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The hockey stick and the climate wars

2013-09-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Living on earth: In a 2009 incident that came to be known as 'climategate', several climate scientists had their e-mails hacked and quoted out of context in an bid to discredit the researchers and their work. Host Steve Curwood talks with Penn State meteorologist scientist Michael Mann, who was a target of the attacks and has now written a book about the experience. Transcript CURWOOD: It's Living on Earth, I'm Steve Curwood. Michael Mann is a Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University and was a lead...

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Water Wars: Egyptians Condemn Ethiopia's Nile Dam Project

2013-09-28 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: "Ethiopia is killing us," taxi driver Ahmed Hossam said, as he picked his way through Cairo's notoriously traffic-clogged streets. "If they build this dam, there will be no Nile. If there's no Nile, then there's no Egypt." Projects on the scale of the $4.7 billion, 1.1-mile-long (1.7-kilometer-long) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam often encounter impassioned resistance, but few inspire the kind of dread and fury with which most Egyptians regard plans to dam the Blue Nile River. Egypt insists Ethiopia's...

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Valve's SteamOS Arms Linux Gaming for Living Room Wars

2013-09-25 00:07:10| TechNewsWorld

After bringing its Steam gaming service to Linux earlier this year, Valve on Tuesday unveiled SteamOS, a new, Linux-based operating system that is designed to deliver PC entertainment in the living room. The new OS will connect with the Steam gaming service, offering all of the features PC-based Steam users are accustomed to, and yet is designed with the big screen in mind, Valve said.

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