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Great Lakes mayors join forces to adapt to climate change
2014-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CTV: The provincial government is supporting a new program launched by members of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative in an effort to adapt their municipalities to climate change. The one time, $145,000 grant will help develop the Municipal Adaptation and Resilience Service or MARS program. The goal of MARS is to give member municipalities a portal where they can share information to help them adapt and prepare for major environmental events such as storms and flooding. Recent...
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IBM Cloud Helps Leading Retailers Quickly Adapt to Changing Consumer Trends
2014-01-14 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Wakefern and El Corte Ingles Adopt IBM Smarter Commerce to Reach a New Generation of Digitally Savvy Shoppers in the Moment<br /> <br /> NEW YORK - National Retail Federation Convention: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that leading retailers Wakefern and El Corte Ingles have adopted IBM Smarter Commerce on cloud to quickly respond to changing consumer trends, compete more effectively in local markets and extend their brand into new regions. The news comes at this year's National Retail ...This story is related to the following:Electronic Commerce Software |
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Australia: Cities 'must adapt' to climate change
2014-01-10 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: An Australian urban planner says climate change is a daunting reality for the country and significant changes to how people live are necessary to prevent towns becoming deserted. Last year was Australia 's hottest year on record and temperatures are expected to rise further. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said 12 locations in South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales recorded temperatures of 48°C or higher in December. Western Australia urban planner Charles Johnson says people need to...
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Report: Some plants may not adapt quickly to future climate change
2013-12-24 09:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TG Daily: Using the largest dated evolutionary tree of flowering plants ever assembled, a new study suggests how plants developed traits to withstand low temperatures, with implications that human-induced climate change may pose a bigger threat than initially thought to plants and global agriculture. The study appearing Sunday (Dec. 22) in the journal Nature and co-authored by University of Florida scientists shows many angiosperms, or flowering plants, evolved mechanisms to cope with freezing temperatures...
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Weather info project aims to help African farmers adapt
2013-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Farmers facing long periods of dry weather and floods have expressed hope that a new climate change adaptation initiative being rolled out in Tanzania and Malawi will spell an end to dismal crop yields. The Climate Services Adaptation Programme launched in November 2013 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) presents a window of opportunity for African farmers to use scientific knowledge to battle weather challenges. With $10 million in funding pledged by Norway, the pilot project is...
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