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Study finds heavy upwind air pollution contributed to the catastrophic 2013 Sichuan Flood
2015-07-10 13:55:36| Green Car Congress
How climate change contributed to Syria's civil war
2015-03-06 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MPR: A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Science draws a connection between climate change and the civil war in Syria. A devastating drought in the region from 2007 to 2010 forced a mass migration to the cities. That dramatic social change fomented a rebel movement and government backlash that has killed more than 200,000 people since 2011, according to the United Nations. The Pentagon has listed climate change as a national security thread since 2010. Last...
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RTI-HS, FDA partner to study patients' preferences that contributed to approval of new obesity device
2015-02-02 14:32:07| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
RTI Health Solutions , a business unit of RTI International, partnered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct a study on patients' preferences which contributed to the Agency's regulatory decision to approve the Maestro Rechargeable System, a first-of-kind device to treat obesity. In addition to clinical study results, FDA considered the study results to quantify patients' preferences for benefits and acceptability of risks of various obesity devices.
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Study finds 2008 recession contributed to increase in age of US LDV fleet, slowing of emission reductions
2014-12-29 13:55:31| Green Car Congress
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Geothermal energy contributed 0.4% to total US power generation in 2013: EIA
2014-09-09 01:00:00| Power Technology
Geothermal energy contributed 0.4% to the total electricity generation in the US in 2013 and this figure has remained consistent since 2001, according to a report released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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