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How to Stop Your Emergency Generator Dead in its Tracks
2016-07-21 22:07:06| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Do you own, operate, or maintain diesel emergency or standby generators? read more
Nine dead in China as remnants of super typhoon Nepartak strike
2016-07-11 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nine people were killed and 18 are missing after wind and driving rain bought by the remains of super typhoon Nepartak swept into China over the weekend, the government said on Monday. The deaths were all in the southeastern province of Fujian, where the typhoon made landfall, the civil affairs ministry said in a statement on its website. Total economic damage has been put at 900 million yuan ($134.60 million), with 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres) of crops destroyed and more than 900 houses...
Dead trees aren't a wildfire threat, but overlogging them will ruin our forest ecosystems
2016-07-07 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: There are now 66 million dead trees in California`s forests due to several years of drought and native bark beetles, creating a "catastrophic" wildfire threat-or so claims U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. While Vilsack`s assertion may resonate with many in the general public because it makes intuitive sense, it simply isn`t true. Among scientists, there is an overwhelming consensus that weather (hot, dry, windy conditions) determines how wildland fires behave, not the density of dead...
66 Million Dead Trees in California Increases Wildfire Risk
2016-07-05 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Those orange tree patches pictured arent harbingers of winter. They are dying or dead trees in California, most likely the result of pine beetle forest damage. Its hot now in much of the golden state, and as temperatures continue to rise, something else is happening: Trees are dying in unprecedented numbers. A recent U.S. Forest Service aerial detection survey revealed a record 66 million dead trees in southern Sierra Nevada. What were left with is a breeding ground for wildfires in a state...
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Flooding in China leaves more than 100 people dead or missing
2016-07-05 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Flooding in the Yangtze river basin in China has left 112 people dead or missing in recent days, with more damage feared from a typhoon expected to land within days. About 16 million people have been affected by heavy rains that have engulfed vast areas near the Yangtze, Chinas longest river, the Beijing News cited the civil affairs ministry as saying. Water levels in Lake Taihu, close to Shanghai, are at their highest since 1954, it said, adding the area faced a serious risk of flooding if...
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