je.st
news
Tag: extreme
The Extreme Costs of Corrosion
2015-06-25 17:51:00| Offshore Technology
How costly is corrosion? The economic impact of corrosion is far greater than most people realise; according to this report published by NACE the cost of corrosion in the US alone is $276bn a year - that's more than 3% of the nation's GDP!
Most extreme weather has climate change link, study says
2015-06-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In the wake of major hurricanes, floods and heat waves, scientists are quick to say that no single weather event can be attributed to climate change until careful analysis draws that conclusion. Now, a new study argues that thinking is backwards, that all extreme weather has a link to climate change. The default position has been holding science back in connecting weather and climate, concludes the authors of a peer-reviewed paper published Monday in Nature Climate Change. This "could be a...
Buffalo MiniStation Extreme NFC (1TB)
2015-06-24 05:02:27| PC Magazine: New Product Reviews
The 1-terabyte Buffalo MiniStation Extreme NFC has a built-in cable you can't lose, a rugged chassis that will survive a rough daily commute, and an NFC card and reader add some security to this portable hard drive.
Study Suggests Key Role for Warming in Extreme Weather
2015-06-23 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: When massive storms inundate coastlines or a veritable snowpocalypse keeps a city buried for days, the first question on many minds is: Was climate change to blame? It may play more of a role than previous studies have suggested, according to scientists who advocate a different approach to searching for the fingerprints of warming in extreme weather. In a new study detailed in the journal Nature Climate Change, these scientists suggest that if investigations focus on the well-known and robust...
Risk of Extreme Weather From Climate Change to Rise Over Next Century, Report Says
2015-06-23 02:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: More people will be exposed to floods, droughts, heat waves and other extreme weather associated with climate change over the next century than previously thought, according to a new report in the British medical journal The Lancet. The report, published online Monday, analyzes the health effects of recent episodes of severe weather that scientists have linked to climate change. It provides estimates of the number of people who are likely to experience the effects of climate change in coming decades,...
Sites : [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] next »