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Catching up with an active, destructive California wildfire season
2015-09-17 17:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: This year has provided a particularly active wildfire season for the state of California as hundreds of thousands of acres have burned, fueled by the state's ongoing drought. What's made this season particularly note-worthy is the destruction caused by this season's blazes, destroying hundreds of homes and structures and forcing mandatory evacuations across multiple communities. Not that the severity of this season has come as a surprise. California's drought, ongoing since 2012 and officially...
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Crackdown 3 will deliver Microsofts cloud-backed, fully destructive terrain
2015-08-07 22:08:59| Extremetech
The new Crackdown 3 features fully destructive terrain, and it's tapped Microsoft's cloud backend to deliver it. If it works, this could be the future of gaming.
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Driverless cars a destructive force in auto industry
2015-05-29 19:13:36| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
What happens to an industry which develops a new offering so fantastic that ownership of its product is cut in half? Investors in carmakers may in coming decades find out, as the advent of driverless cars disrupts an industry already suffering from over-investment and poor long-term performance. Cars that drive themselves will do just that, allowing owners to keep a given vehicle working more of the time.
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Obamas storm warning: Climate change make hurricanes more powerful and destructive
2015-05-28 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: President Obama headed down to Miami Thursday, where he visited the National Hurricane Center, did some science and issued a stern warning about the risks climate change poses - to the low-lying coastal city, especially. The best climate scientists in the world are telling us that extreme weather events like hurricanes are likely to become more powerful," Obama said, according to the Hill. "When you combine stronger storms with rising seas, thats a recipe for more devastating floods." He...
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just On Call - Cott Corp CEO predicts end of "value destructive" pricing
2015-02-26 13:27:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
US soft drinks companies will continue to increase their per-litre prices after realising that low prices have been damaging the industry, the head of Cott Corp has said.