je.st
news
Tag: hit
Lake Mead helps provide water to 25 million people. And it just hit a record low
2016-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: It's a good time to revisit the slow-motion water crunch in the American Southwest. Last week, Lake Mead -- a key reservoir that helps supply water for 25 million people in Nevada, Arizona, and California -- shrunk to its lowest level ever. And the question of how to grapple with water scarcity is making headlines yet again. Back in the 20th century, the United States built an army of dams across the West to tame rivers, generate electricity, and store water in reservoirs for cities and farms. This...
Tags: people
provide
low
water
Global big data revenues to hit $187bn in 2019
2016-05-24 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
IDC predicts U.S., Western Europe will be two biggest markets for big data and business analytics.
Japan cash machines hit by $12.7m theft
2016-05-23 11:36:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Cash worth 1.4bn yen ($13m; 8.8m) is taken from cash machines in Japan using credit cards made with stolen South African bank data.
Global warming will hit poorer countries hardest, research finds
2016-05-22 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: New evidence that poorer countries will suffer the worst effects of climate change has shown that the number of hot days in tropical developing countries is likely to increase markedly as global warming takes hold. It has long been expected that poor people would bear the brunt of climate change, largely because so many more of the worlds poorest live in tropical latitudes whereas, wealthier people tend to live in more temperate regions. This is inverse to the generally accepted responsibility...
Tags: research
global
hit
countries
Osborne says Brexit to hit house prices
2016-05-20 23:31:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A UK vote to leave the European Union would cause an "immediate economic shock" that could slow house price growth, Chancellor George Osborne says.
Tags: house
prices
hit
osborne
Sites : [189] [190] [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] [200] [201] [202] [203] [204] [205] [206] [207] [208] next »