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Failure to prepare for extreme weather costs billions
2014-02-12 10:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit Free Press: Failing to prepare for extreme weather events has cost the United States $1.15 trillion in economic losses from 1980 to 2010 and could cost another trillion in coming years, a Department of Homeland Security official told a Senate panel Wednesday. "According to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, future impacts of climate change project national economic losses on the order of $1.2 trillion through 2050," said David Heyman, DHS' assistant secretary for policy. Wednesday's Senate Homeland...
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US 'climate hubs' to save farms from extreme weather
2014-02-07 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: The US government is creating seven new "climate hubs" that will help everyday people, particularly farmers, handle the effects of global warming. The hubs are essentially a combination of real-world and online networks that will operate out of the offices of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to connect existing government agencies more effectively. The hope is that the hubs will help minimise the harmful effects of climate change, such as excess storms and droughts, by helping scientists,...
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Farmer alters crop rotation, drainage to cut weather extreme risks
2014-02-07 21:34:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Opts out of continuous corn The combination of weather extremes and disease and insect pressure have been especially hard on continuous corn, which took a 40-bushel per acre yield hit in 2010, 2011 and 2012 compared to rotated corn. For me the answer was to go back to a 50:50 corn-bean rotation, says Gary Niemeyer. It had been 85:15. read more
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Nanocomposite delivers extreme fracture toughness.
2014-02-04 14:31:02| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Toughened with carbon nanotubes, Arovex® HT features Kentera™ technology, which acts as bridge between carbon nanomaterials and resin matrix. Kentera effectively disperses nanomaterials, allowing their mechanical property advantages to transfer loads from resin matrix to fibers, resulting in stronger products. Prepreg optimizes durability of carbon fiber products found in sporting goods, aerospace, automotive, and marine industries. This story is related to the following:Nanocomposites |
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Extreme weather is a reality the insurance industry must adapt
2014-01-31 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The atmosphere is heating up and becoming more humid, we can say this with great certainty. This is likely to lead to an increase in extreme weather and more flooding. Recent major catastrophes are entirely consistent with this. Climate change might not cause such events but it can make them much worse. Since 1980, the cost of natural catastrophes has grown by $870bn in real terms and 2011 was the second costliest year on record for natural catastrophes including devastating floods in Thailand...
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