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Amkor buys Toshiba's local ops [Business Times (Malaysia)]
2013-08-07 09:07:16| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) KUALA LUMPUR: NASDAQ-listed Amkor Technology Inc has acquired Toshiba Corp's semiconductor packaging operation in Malaysia, Toshiba Electronics Malaysia Sdn Bhd for an undisclosed sum.
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Global warming is happening is '10 times faster than at any time in the Earth's history'
2013-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: American scientists claim the planet is undergoing one of the largest changes in climate in the past 65 million years. Climatologists at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment have warned the likely rate of change over the next century will be at least 10 times quicker than any climate shift since the dinosaurs became extinct. If the trend continues at its current rapid pace, it will place significant stress on terrestrial ecosystems around the world, and many species will need to make...
Climate warming 10 times faster than historic rate
2013-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KQED: A new report by Stanford University scientists finds that the earth is warming ten times faster than it has at any time since the dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. If the current pace of greenhouse gas emissions continues, the researchers say, temperatures in North America, Europe and much of Asia could increase 4 degrees by 2050 and 9 degrees by the end of the century. Extreme weather events, including heat waves and heavy rainfall, are expected to become more severe and more frequent....
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Climate Changing 10 Times Faster than in Past 65 Million Years
2013-08-01 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Stanford University climate researchers warn that the likely rate of climate change over the next century will be 10 times faster than the rate of any climate shift in the past 65 million years, meaning the planet will undergo one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct. Noah Diffenbaugh, an associate professor of environmental Earth system science, and Chris Field, a professor of biology and of environmental Earth system science at the Stanford Woods Institute for the...
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China Air Pollution About Three Times Higher than Safe Particulate Level
2013-08-01 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: Beijing registered air pollution levels that are at least three times higher than the "safe" level advised by the World Health Organization. The latest figures on the particulate matter in air were released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The report included data from 74 cities. The agency said that the concentration of PM2.5 particulates in 74 cities was about 76 micrograms per cubic meter for the first six months. According to the WHO this concentration should not be over 25...
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