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World is unprepared for major El Nio later this year
2014-05-07 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Wild weather is coming in 2014, with floods, storms and droughts expected around the Pacific, but little is being done to protect the people on the front line THE weather is preparing to go wild, and will wreak havoc and death around the globe later this year. An El Nio, a splurge of warm water in the Pacific Ocean, is coming. It will unleash floods in the Americas, while South-East Asia and Australia face drought. Yet little is being done to address these consequences. "The tropical climate...
Most small businesses unprepared for lower Canadian dollar: survey
2014-04-09 22:30:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Most small businesses have no plan to deal with the impact of a falling loonie on their bottom line and are instead taking ad hoc steps like reducing costs or altering prices, according to a new poll by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce...
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UN warns world unprepared risk from climate change
2014-03-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: The UN's expert group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published the second part of its broader Fifth Assessment Report on Monday, containing updated climate forecasts and a stronger warning to governments. It assesses the impacts of climate change, and how vulnerable and adaptable human and natural systems are to it. The latest report warns that rising carbon emissions will increase the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration. The impact of climate change, the IPCC...
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Climate change report: IPCC finds governments unprepared
2014-03-30 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Before the press conference begins at 9am local time (about 25 minutes from now), we can take a look at what we already know. There have been several drafts of the report leaked already, giving fair indication of the warnings to come from the IPCC. According to the most recent leaked draft, the effects of climate change are already being felt "on all continents and across the oceans." An already approved section reveals Arctic ecosystems and warm water coral reefs are already experiencing "irreversible...
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Immortality, biotechnology, and the woefully unprepared criminal justice system
2014-03-21 16:00:46| Extremetech
Here's an interesting thought experiment for you: What happens to life imprisonment -- for murder and other heinous crimes -- if the human lifespan is increased? If we live until 150 or 250 or 350 (which is very possible, given the direction of recent efforts into life extension) how many more prisons will we have to build to hold all of those murderers and rapists who just won't die? Even if we can build enough prisons to hold them, will it be economically viable to do so? What about parole? Right now, many life sentences are up for parole after 15 or 20 years -- but if we live for 350 years, doesn't a 15-year incarceration seem a little bit on the lenient side for a serious crime?
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