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Is time running out for "dumb" watches?
2014-09-15 05:46:16| Jewelry - Topix.net
When the tech giant last week unveiled the Apple Watch, its sleek, futuristic timepiece selling for $349 early next year, it roared into a sleepy smartwatch industry dominated by niche devices, most of which had underwhelmed. Although late to the party, Apple has already proved it can upend entire industries: Look what its iPhones and iPads did for cellphones and tablets.
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'We are running out of time': CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere surprise scientists
2014-09-11 00:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere made the biggest jump last year since 1984, according to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, raising alarm bells about society's inaction on curbing global warming. "Far from falling, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere actually increased last year at the fastest rate for nearly 30 years," Michel Jarraud, the WMO Secretary General, said in a statement. "We must reverse this trend by cutting...
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Ban Ki-moon: Time is running out to tackle climate change
2014-09-04 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that "time is running out" to tackle escalating climate risks, warning it will cost far more to try and adapt to climate impacts later this century than it will to try to curb greenhouse gas emissions now. Writing on Huffington Post yesterday ahead of the meeting of world leaders that he is convening later this month to discuss the global response to climate change, Ban reiterated his view that climate change is already having negative impacts on the...
Time running out to speak up about Internet 'tolla
2014-07-11 20:13:39| Telecom - Topix.net
Time running out to speak up about Internet 'toll lanes' Net neutrality sounds deadly dull, but losing it will affect your small business.
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WMO: Carbon Dioxide hits 400ppm, 'Time running out'
2014-05-27 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: The World Meteorological Association (WMO) announced Monday that the average monthly concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the northern hemisphere exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) in April, the highest monthly average on record. A press release from the United Nations' weather agency says crossing the "threshold is of symbolic and scientific significance and reinforces evidence that the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are responsible for the continuing increase in heat-trapping...
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