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Storm surges, rising seas could doom Pacific islands this century
2013-04-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: As ice caps melt and sea levels rise, islands around the world could eventually become completely submerged, like real-world cities of Atlantis. Scientists have determined that the tides could consume low-lying islands in the next 50 to 150 years. But they'll become uninhabitable well before they're underwater, and that day might not be in the too distant future. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey released yesterday finds that the two northwestern Hawaiian atolls of Midway and Laysan and...
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Scientists use islands to gauge rainfall's effect on landscapes
2013-04-10 22:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: If you've ever stood on a hill during a rainstorm, you've probably witnessed landscape evolution, at least on a small scale: rivulets of water streaming down a slope, cutting deeper trenches in Earth when the rain turns heavier. It's a simple phenomenon that scientists have long believed applies to large-scale landforms as well -- that is, rivers cut faster into mountains that receive heavier precipitation. It's thought that if rainfall patterns influence how rivers cut into rock, over time, the...
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Canary Islands Government migrates Telecommunications to Red Hat
2013-04-02 18:34:56| MobileTechNews
The government of the Canary Islands reports a 70% budget savings with their move to open source solutions.
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NanoH2O Awarded Retrofit Of Large Desalination Plant In Canary Islands, Spain
2013-04-01 04:53:03| econline Home Page
NanoH2O Inc., manufacturer of the most efficient and cost effective reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for seawater desalination, recently announced that its high rejection QuantumFlux seawater RO membranes have been chosen to retrofit one of two first-pass trains at the Puerto del Rosario IV plant located on Fuerteventura Island, Spain.
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Advance Auto Parts coming to Staten Island's Eltingville section
2013-04-01 00:41:39| Auto Parts - Topix.net
Advance Auto Parts' first Staten Island store will open for business at the Eltingville Shopping Center at 4310-4370 Amboy Rd., says Muss Development LLC, which owns the property.
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