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Up to 70,000 homes without power as storms hit Britain
2015-01-09 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Up to 70,000 homes have been left without power in Scotland and trains canceled after high winds battered the northern parts of Britain on Friday. Britain's Met Office issued severe weather warnings for the areas after two Atlantic storms hit the country resulting in gusts of around 100 miles per hour. Scotland's train operator ScotRail, run by FirstGroup, canceled all services until further notice citing safety concerns, while the Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh was closed temporarily. The storms...
Family Ties, Invention Made New Britain The Hardware Capital
2014-12-25 13:45:57| Appliances - Topix.net
Motorists in a Corbin car travel a rural dirt road during the 1910 Munsey Historic Tour, an endurance contest that covered a route through ten states. Motorists in a Corbin car travel a rural dirt road during the 1910 Munsey Historic Tour, an endurance contest that covered a route through ten states.
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Deforestation in the Amazon will cause precipitation in Britain
2014-12-18 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Britains wet weather could be made worse by deforestation in the Amazon, according to a new report into the effect of the loss of vast tracts of rainforest on the worlds climate. It has long been known that the loss of rainforest accelerates global warming because trees suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and turn it into oxygen and when they are felled, the stored carbon is released. Now new research from the University of Virginia argues that trees are not only the lungs of the...
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Deadly future heatwaves could kill thousands in Britain, warn scientists
2014-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Today's children will face deadly heatwaves which could kill thousands more people by the end of the century, the Royal Society has warned. If governments do not get a handle on global warming by 2100, Britain will experience three times as many heatwaves as it does now with the death toll rising Around 2,000 people die each year in the UK because of hot weather, with the elderly at most risk. But that could rise to at least 6,000 in the next century and probably higher because the percentage...
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Dyson: 'Keep engineers in Britain'
2014-11-21 11:45:21| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
James Dyson tells the BBC it's important to keep engineers in Britain to produce hi-tech exports, as he announces a 1bn investment in research and development.
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