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Extreme Collaboration: Freudenberg-NOK Helps Polaris Snowmobiles Navigate Severe Winter Conditions
2014-12-12 11:30:52| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PLYMOUTH, Mich. Since the mid 1950's, Polaris customers have put their confidence and trust in the reliability of their snowmobiles, even when they're thousands of miles away from civilization. And, for almost two decades, Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies (Freudenberg-NOK) engineers have continuously...
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Philippines worst hit by extreme weather in 2013
2014-12-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Philippines, Cambodia and India were the countries hardest hit by extreme weather events in 2013, according to a study unveiled on Tuesday (December 2) at U.N. talks in Lima on a global deal to limit climate change. The report by Germanwatch, a think-tank partly funded by the German government, said the Philippines suffered most because 6,300 people died when Typhoon Haiyan struck a year ago and caused $13 billion in damage. A new storm is now threatening the country. Overall, the study...
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The future of extreme e-sports: The gamepad the draws blood every time your character gets hit
2014-12-02 15:08:09| Extremetech
In a rather chilling case of dystopian sci-fi made real, some Canadians have created a modified Xbox gamepad that draws blood from your arm every time your in-game character takes damage. While this is ostensibly a rather noble effort, it's hard not to see this as the first step towards extreme gaming and e-sports where losers actually die in real life.
Financial systems must consider extreme weather, or risk condemning millions to die
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Its extraordinary how the financial markets that pride themselves on their data analysis and forecasting have such a blind spot when it comes to the impacts of climate change. I was reminded of this by a new report released today from the Royal Society, which calls on our global financial systems to start considering the risks posed by extreme weather, or risk condemning millions of people to die. The failure of financial institutions to focus on the dangers comes despite increasing numbers...
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Climate change: Global weather predicted to become increasingly extreme despite warnings
2014-11-27 10:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Global weather will become increasingly extreme, with the planet facing rising surfacing temperatures, higher sea levels and flash flooding. In the next 100 years the most vulnerable people, either elderly populations or those living in extreme poverty, will face increasing risk from shifting weather patterns, according to a report published by The Royal Society. The 124-page inquiry, Resilience to extreme weather, comprehensively details what we can expect in the coming 100-years and how best...
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