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Young harp seals in the North Atlantic at risk from melting sea ice
2013-08-05 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Shrinking sea ice is bad news for the baby harp seal, according to researchers from Duke University in the US. Pagophilus groenlandicus relies on stable winter sea ice to provide a safe platform to give birth and nurse the young until the pups can swim, hunt and fend off predators. But the Duke team report in PLoS One, the Public Library of Science journal, that in four harp seal breeding regions of the North Atlantic, the winter ice had declined by 6% a decade since 1979. The researchers based...
Android one-click Google authentication method puts users, businesses at risk
2013-08-05 13:38:44| InfoWorld: Top News
A feature that allows Android users to authenticate themselves on Google websites without having to enter their account password can be abused by rogue apps to give attackers access to Google accounts, a security researcher showed Saturday at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas. The feature is called "weblogin" and works by generating a unique token that can be used to directly authenticate users on Google websites using the accounts they have already configured on their devices.
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South Africa Power Plants Seen at Risk of Coal Shortfall by 2015
2013-08-05 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: South Africa needs to invest as much as 90 billion rand ($9 billion) in new coal mines to supply power plants that are at risk of running short of the fuel as soon as 2015, an industry study found. While some of the growing demand from power stations can be satisfied by extending current coal projects, the majority will need to be met from new mines, the Green House, a Cape Town-based consultant, said in its Coal Roadmap report obtained by Bloomberg. Disagreement between mining companies and state...
H@ms Co-op Announces Risk Management Program
2013-08-05 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - H@ms Marketing Services has introduced a new Fixed Forward Price Program that will be provided to hog producers marketing to Thunder Creek Pork in Moose Jaw, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Marin residents to risk arrest at Chevron refinery protest
2013-08-03 23:25:57| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Marin residents will be among those participating in a large march and demonstration in Richmond Saturday to protest the Chevron refinery's contribution to global warming.
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