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(http://www.techcrunch.com)
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over 4 years ago
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The latest layer to be turned on in Google Maps is one for webcams. Just click on the “More” button on the top right of each map right next to the “Traffic” button. When you do that, it shows you thumbnails from different public Webcams around the...
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(http://news.bbc.co.uk)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Severe droughts lasting centuries have happened often in West Africa's recent history, and another one is almost inevitable, researchers say.
Analysis of sediments in a Ghanaian lake shows the last of these "megadroughts" ended 250 ye...
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(http://www.nytimes.com)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Evidence from fossil coral reefs in Mexico underlines the potential for a sudden jump in sea levels because of global warming, scientists report in a new study.
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(http://www.consumerenergyreport...)
- scanned by: Alvis Brigis
over 4 years ago
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Two environmental groups have teamed up with Google in an effort to help steer renewable energy development away from sensitive areas, by utilizing Google Earth maps.
The National Audubon Society and the Natural Resources Defense Council on Wed...
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(http://www.openthefuture.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Whether or not Katrina could be indisputably linked to global warming, it has become the iconic global warming event in the public mind -- a climate 9/11, if you will. When New Orleans is hit again (and it will be), the ineffective projects from F...
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(http://www.nature.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Climate change is not only making Arctic sea ice disappear — it's also changing the type of ice that forms. Researchers are now trying to determine how an increase in 'pancake ice' is affecting the far north, including whether it's accelerating lo...
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(http://www.scienceblog.com)
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over 4 years ago
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Global warming is expected to cause the sea level along the northeastern U.S. coast to rise almost twice as fast as global sea levels during this century, putting New York City at greater risk for damage from hurricanes and winter storm surge, acc...
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(http://www.latimes.com)
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over 4 years ago
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California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global warming, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said Tuesday.
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(http://www.treehugger.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is spearheading a plan to expand citywide solar production and create jobs.
Weak article. Great project.
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(http://blog.wired.com)
- scanned by: Adam Cutsinger
over 4 years ago
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The process of elimination is (or ought to be) in effect, because the only and inevitable long, long term solution for humanity is extra-solar colonization.
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(http://blog.wired.com)
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over 4 years ago
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The research revealed that tree mortality rates in old-growth forests from southern British Columbia to Arizona have doubled every few decades over the past 50 years.
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