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Amazon forest fire risk to increase in 2013
2013-06-07 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be considerably higher than in 2011 and 2012 for many Amazon forests in the Southern Hemisphere. The outlook is based on a fire severity model that produced a successful first forecast in 2012. The model, produced by a group led by Jim Randerson of the University of California, Irvine, considers historical fire data from NASA's Terra satellite, along with sea surface temperature data from NOAA. Previous research...
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Brazil: Climate conditions determine Amazon fire risk
2013-06-07 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Using an innovative satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying several times more forest than has been lost through deforestation in recent years. In the southern Amazon rainforest, fires below the forest treetops, or "understory fires," have been hidden from view from NASA satellites that detect actively burning fires. The new method has now led to the first regional estimate of understory...
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Amazon Coins arrive for Kindle Fire users
2013-05-13 15:47:19| CNET News.com
The e-commerce giant marks the launch by disbursing 500 free Coins -- a $5 value -- into the Amazon accounts of existing and new Kindle Fire customers in the U.S. [Read more]
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Amazon Kindle Fire to go 10-inch
2013-05-04 02:38:16| CNET News.com
Amazon started small. Now it's going big. The online retailer is expected to bring out its biggest tablet yet later this year. [Read more]
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$99 Amazon Kindle Fire HD With 7-Inch Display May Or May Not Be On...
2013-03-24 22:09:37| Semiconductors - Topix.net
A report this week that Amazon.com Inc. has a $99 Kindle Fire HD device with a seven-inch display already in production for shipping this year caught the eyes of almost everybody with an interest in the tablet market.
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