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The Amazon Rainforest's Silent Killer, Understory Fires, Outburns Deforestation
2013-06-11 11:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Latinos Post: Researchers for the first time mapped the extent and frequency of understory fires across a study area (green) spanning 1.2 million square miles (3 million square kilometers) in the southern Amazon forest. Fires were widespread across the forest frontier during the study period from 1999-2010. Recurrent fires, however, are concentrated in areas favored by the confluence of climate conditions suitable for burning and ignition sources from humans. Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest may capture...
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Canada: New study looks at killer whale deaths to understand whales' lives
2013-06-10 13:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo!News: Researchers are learning a lot about the lives of orcas from the deaths of orcas, thanks to a team of experts from British Columbia and the United States. Though killer whale carcasses are on occasion found washed up on beaches around the North Pacific, few tests were being done to figure out why or how. The lack of information became a real concern when researchers noticed an alarming drop in the 1990s in the population of southern resident killer whales found around southern Vancouver Island...
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Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
2013-06-07 22:04:51| Grocery - Topix.net
A medical helicopter crashed in the parking lot of an elementary school eastern Kentucky, killing all three crewmembers aboard.
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EU unlikely to crack down on "invisible killer" PM2.5
2013-06-06 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: European member states struggling to curb pollution are likely to escape tighter limits on dangerous fine dust particles, an EU official has revealed. With studies showing the average European citizen loses eight months from their lifetime as a result of poor air quality, the European Commission is this year updating its air quality strategy that aims to tackle a range of pollution threats, including particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Despite strict EU laws, at least 17 member...
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Friday Poll: Are 'killer robots' a real threat?
2013-05-31 15:00:00| CNET News.com
The United Nations and Human Rights Watch are both concerned about the development of killer robots that can take lives without human direction. Are you? [Read more]
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