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New Portable 14CO2 Laser-Based Analyzer To Provide Data On Climate Change And Carbon Emissions
2014-12-15 01:58:05| pollutiononline Home Page
Direct measurement and the tracking of fossil fuel emissions are key to the management of atmospheric composition, yet surprisingly few such measurement data are available
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THE CLIMATE CORPORATION ACQUIRES 640 LABS, TEAM TO BOLSTER INDUSTRY-LEADING DATA SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
2014-12-08 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
SAN FRANCISCO and CHICAGO (December 8, 2014) - The Climate Corporation announced the acquisition of 640 Labs, an agricultural technology startup based in Chicago. The 640 Labs team will join The Climate Corporation, strengthening the company’s efforts to build the industry’s leading data science platform for farmers. read more
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Climate change play 2071 aims to make data dramatic
2014-11-05 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: How do you dramatise climate change? The obvious route, in recent films and novels, has been to imagine a future dystopia of rising sea levels and ravaged landscapes, where wars are fought over scant resources. The danger is that these sci-fi scenarios can seem so outlandish that they have the effect of distancing us from the present reality. Theatre director Katie Mitchell confronted the subject in 2012 when she and the scientist Stephen Emmott explored the issue of overpopulation. We spent...
Melting Cave Ice Is Taking Ancient Climate Data with It
2014-10-28 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: On a recent visit to Crystal Ice Cave in Idaho, climate and cave researchers had to wade through frigid, knee-deep water to reach the ice formations that give the cave its name. Cavers are good-humored about the hardships of underground exploration, but this water was chilling for more than one reason: it was carrying away some of the very clues they had come to study. Ice is an invaluable source of information about the earth's past. Pollen trapped in ice from polar ice caps and mountaintop glaciers...
White House Launches Climate Tools and Data for Developing World
2014-09-24 22:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The White House is releasing new data and technological tools to help developing countries better prepare for climate change, Obama administration officials announced Wednesday. The information is critical for predicting water availability for farmers and forecasting severe flooding, the White House said. The data can also be used to better track the shrinking of glaciers, soil moisture levels, nutrient flow, vegetation cover, and erosion. ee "New Technology Measures Snowpack Amid California Drought.")...