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Cities and businesses prepare for threat climate change poses to water
2014-07-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cities are home to half the world's population and produce a staggering 80% of global GDP. As more of us continue to migrate to cities, these numbers are widely expected to grow. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), urban climate change risks are increasing too. We are already witnessing the consequences of this. Last winter's historic flooding in England wreaked havoc on homes and businesses, costing small businesses alone some 830m and counting....
Loss of snowpack and glaciers in Rockies poses water threat
2014-07-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale 360: When Rocky Mountain explorer Walter Wilcox hiked up to Bow Summit in Canadas Banff National Park in 1896, he took a photo of a turquoise lake that later caught the eye of a National Geographic magazine editor. In the photo, which was eventually published, the glacier feeding the lake was just a mile upstream. Since then, the snout of Peyto Glacier has receded more than three miles from the broad valley it carved out thousands of years ago. Remnants of ancient tree trunks the glacier bulldozed...
'Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host' poses the question: Is public radio's 'This...
2014-06-23 00:05:10| Steel - Topix.net
'This American Life' host Ira Glass performs with dancers Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass in their new, hybrid radio-dance show, "Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host."
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Global warming poses threat to Southwest water supply
2014-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Desert Sun: The biggest reservoir in the United States is dropping 1 foot each week. Lake Mead's rapidly sinking water level is set to reach an all-time low in July, driven down by a 14-year drought that scientists say is one of the most severe to hit the Colorado River in more than 1,200 years. The water behind Hoover Dam supplies vast areas of farmland and about 25 million people in three states, and this critical reservoir stands just 40 percent full. Droughts and even decades-long mega-droughts have...
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Mobile app data collection poses risks for enterprises, Gartner says
2014-06-11 16:55:01| InfoWorld: Top News
Most mobile applications will collect and analyze information about end users by 2015, a trend that raises both rewards and risks for enterprises, according to analyst firm Gartner. In fact, 25 percent of companies that take advantage of consumer data "will face damage to their reputations due to inadequate understanding of information trust issues," Gartner analyst Roxane Edjlali wrote in the report, "Adapt Your Information Infrastructure in the Age of Consumer-Centric Mobile Apps."
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