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Earth is warming is 50x faster than when it comes out of an ice age
2016-02-24 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Recently, The Guardian reported on a significant new study published in Nature Climate Change, finding that even if we meet our carbon reduction targets and stay below the 2°C global warming threshold, sea level rise will eventually inundate many major coastal cities around the world. 20% of the worlds population will eventually have to migrate away from coasts swamped by rising oceans. Cities including New York, London, Rio de Janeiro, Cairo, Calcutta, Jakarta and Shanghai would all be submerged....
For Exxon and Shell, Age of Ultramajors Comes at the Wrong Time
2016-02-24 10:51:09| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
As oil and gas prices have tumbled, Exxon and Shell have been forced to retreat. With oil barely above $30 a barrel, they're cutting spending, including some costly, high-risk mega-projects.
'Ice age blob' of warm ocean water discovered south of Greenland
2016-02-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: New research published in Scientific Reports in February indicates that a warm ocean surface water prevailed during the last ice age, sandwiched between two major ice sheets just south of Greenland. Extreme climate changes in the past Ice core records show that Greenland went through 25 extreme and abrupt climate changes during the last ice age some 20,000 to 70,000 years ago. In less than 50 years the air temperatures over Greenland could increase by 10 to 15 °C. However the warm periods were...
Pharmaceutical executive Michael Jaharis dies at age 87
2016-02-18 22:24:19| Biotech - Topix.net
Jaharis' death Wednesday at his home in New York was announced by Peggy Nicholson, the executive director of the Jaharis Family Foundation. She did not specify a cause.
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Energy secretary says California gas leak a symptom of age
2016-02-17 02:14:21| Energy - Topix.net
The U.S. energy secretary says a major California gas leak is a sign of aging energy infrastructure and the incident calls for stronger gas storage regulations. Secretary Ernest Moniz on Tuesday visited the site of the Southern California Gas Co.
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