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Drought Bites as Amazons Flying Rivers Dry Up
2014-09-14 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: The unprecedented drought now affecting So Paulo, South Americas giant metropolis, is believed to be caused by the absence of the flying rivers-the vapour clouds from the Amazon that normally bring rain to the centre and south of Brazil. Some Brazilian scientists say the absence of rain that has dried up rivers and reservoirs in central and southeast Brazil is not just a quirk of nature, but a change brought about by a combination of the continuing deforestation of the Amazon and global warming....
Corn production up 3% from 2013; soybean production up 19%
2014-09-11 20:01:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USDA Corn production is forecast at 14.4 billion bushels, up 3% from both the August forecast and from 2013. Soybean production is forecast at a record 3.91 billion bushels, up 3% from August and up 19% from last year. read more
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Apple's iPhone 6 Launch In China Has Been Screwed Up
2014-09-11 16:42:27| Telecom - Topix.net
Apple will not launch the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in China on the pre-scheduled Sept. 19 date, according to The New York Times .
Rocky Mountain Forests Vanishing as Planet Heats Up
2014-09-10 23:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Climate change could kill up to 90 percent of the forests covering the Rocky Mountains, warned the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists today in a new study based in part on projections made by the U.S. Forest Service. Extreme heat and drought, more and larger wildfires over a longer fire season, and beetle infestations have killed tens of millions of trees in the Rocky Mountains over the past 15 years, according to the study, "Rocky Mountain Forests at Risk." Large wildfires, such as the...
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UC Riverside team shows new eco-routing navigation tool can cut EV energy use up to 51%
2014-09-10 19:30:46| Green Car Congress
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