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World Bank Report Says Planets Poorest Most Vulnerable To Global Warming
2013-06-19 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: The World Bank released a statement today warning that the disastrous effects of global warming could be felt in our lifetime, along with a new study projecting the damage to Africa and Asia in particular. The scientists tell us that if the world warms by (3.6 degree Fahrenheit) warming which may be reached in 20 to 30 years that will cause widespread food shortages, unprecedented heat waves, and more intense cyclones, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in the statement. In sub-Saharan?Africa,...
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Watch the planets dance in a triple conjunction
2013-05-24 00:40:29| CNET News.com
In just a few days, Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus will come together in the night sky in what is known as the "Dance of the Planets." [Read more]
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The giants of the green world that profit from the planet's destruction
2013-05-08 11:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. Chapters have opened up in more than 100 US cities and states as well as on more than 300 campuses, where students are holding protests, debates and sit-ins to pressure their to rid their endowments of oil, gas and coal holdings. And under the "Fossil Free UK" banner, the movement is now crossing the Atlantic, with a major push planned by People & Planet for this summer. Some schools,...
Hubble telescope successor may use dead stars to find live planets
2013-04-25 15:32:19| Extremetech
Researchers from Harvard and Tel Aviv Universities published a paper arguing that the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope could be used to look at supposedly "dead" star-systems, and they think that doing so could finally lead us to proof of life elsewhere in the universe.
Google's Earth Day doodle reflects planet's complexity
2013-04-22 07:54:24| CNET News.com
To mark the 43rd Earth Day, Google produces one of its most complex and subtle animated doodles, reflecting our planet's ever-changing landscape. [Read more]
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