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Climate change report: Seas rising, heat waves ahead
2013-01-11 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Climate change is already affecting how Americans live and work, and evidence is mounting that the burning of fossil fuels has roughly doubled the probability of extreme heat waves, the Obama administration said Friday. "Sea level is rising, oceans are becoming more acidic, and glacier and Arctic Sea ice are melting," says a draft of the third federal Climate Assessment Report, compiled by more than 240 scientists for a federal advisory committee. "These changes are part of the pattern of global...
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Coral fights back against warming seas
2013-01-08 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: In the world of coral reefs, most of the news is pretty gloomy. Rising ocean temperatures have led to massive die-offs from Indonesia to Florida; emissions-driven acidity could dissolve corals' structure-building ability in 20 years; rising sea levels threaten to block sunlight even from healthy reefs; and in November NOAA called on Congress to afford endangered species status to over 60 species. A blunt, unsparing editorial in the Times this summer slathered on the melodrama: Coral reefs are being...
Lundin drills appraisal well on North Sea's Johan Sverdrup discovery
2013-01-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Lundin Norway, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum, has drilled appraisal well 16/3-5 in PL501 on the Johan Sverdrup discovery in the North Sea.
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Solar takes to the seas SUNDy and Hydrélio
2013-01-07 01:00:00| Power Technology
Water-based solar energy concepts such as SUNDy and Hydrélio demonstrate how third generation solar panels are more economical and versatile than previous designs and can tap into the solar potential of the world's seas. Heidi Vella explores new sola
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