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Steep decline for plants and animals
2013-05-12 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: More than half of common plant species and a third of animals could see a serious decline in their habitat range because of climate change. New research suggests that biodiversity around the globe will be significantly impacted if temperatures rise more than 2C. But the scientists say that the losses can be reduced if rapid action is taken to curb greenhouse gases. The paper is published in the journal, Nature Climate Change. An international team of researchers looked at the impacts...
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Exoskeleton turns plants into faunaborgs so they can autonomously seek sunlight and water
2013-05-09 20:23:04| Extremetech
If you don't have a backyard -- or have one that doesn't get enough light -- it might be too much of a hassle to fit caring for some plants into your daily routine. Sure, plants just sit around not causing too much trouble, but you still have to maneuver them into the sunlight along with watering them, and if you have a limited availability of windows that face natural light, it can become tedious to play musical windows all day. A new project out of Rutgers University aims to put plants into their own exoskeletons that can autonomously chase the sunlight around, making your day a little less tedious.
Portola cuts energy use by 30% in North American plants
2013-05-09 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
Portola Packaging has announced that the company's North American facilities reduced their energy usage by almost 30% and recycled about nine million pounds of material during the past three years.
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Mitsubishi Electric Digital Instrumentation And Control System For Nuclear Power Plants In Fujian Province, China Begins Operations
2013-05-08 00:00:00| econline News Articles
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced recently that the digital instrumentation and control (I&C) system for nuclear power plants in China, developed jointly by Mitsubishi Electric and China Techenergy Corporation Ltd. (CTEC), has begun commercial operations
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Warm-Up Burner suits sugarcane processing plants. .
2013-05-06 14:30:56| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
By warming natural draft boilers, Warm-Up Burner creates draft necessary to begin burning solid fuel; thus, there are no forced-draft or induced-draft fans to interlock to. Controls on burner provide for flame supervision and ability to lockout fuel in event of flame failure. Burner has been approved by FM Global. This story is related to the following:Thermal and Heating Equipment Sponsored by: Noren Products, Inc - PNANewsletter AdSearch for suppliers of: Fuel Oil Burners | Burners | Draft Inducers |
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