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One American tribe is fleeing climate change with the help of $48m others arent so lucky
2016-03-23 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The tiny Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe has called the coastal marshlands of southern Louisiana home ever since their ancestors settled there to avoid forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. But the close-knit community of Isle de Jean Charles has grown increasingly fragmented as their island slowly disappears beneath their feet and powerful storms ravage their homes and crops. A potent combination of accelerating sea level rise, salt water intrusion and subsidence of the land...
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Facebook Gives Us More Ways to Push Each Other's Buttons
2016-02-24 23:59:18| TechNewsWorld
Facebook on Wednesday rolled out a new set of options for its 1.5 billion monthly users to use when responding to posts in their News Feeds. The six "Reactions," as Facebook has termed them, allow users to make more nuanced responses to posts rather than simply clicking on Like. The additional options are Love, Haha, Wow, Sad and Angry.
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Chips&Media licenses VP9/HEVC decoder IP to Nexell and five others
2016-02-17 06:00:22| Digital TV News
Chips&Media has announced that six SoC makers have licensed its WAVE412 Multi-format Decoder IP. WAVE412 is worlds first VP9 and HEVC combo decoder IP in a single core with a super compact size.
MDEQ lifts one water contact advisory for the Mississippi Sound, but not two others
2016-02-16 22:19:13| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has lifted a water contact advisory in Ocean Springs for Front Beach from the Yacht Club to Jackson Avenue. However MDEQ still has an advisory in place in Ocean Springs for Shearwater Beach from Weeks Bayou to Ashley.
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Some trees might slow climate change better than others
2016-02-07 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AOL: Planting trees to help fight climate-change works, right? Well, according to a new study that's not always the case. It turns out that conifer trees, like evergreens, may actually cause temperature increases where they've taken root in place of broad-leafed trees. For example, look at Europe where the study was focused. Once upon a time, its forests were largely leafy deciduous trees. Now, a majority of Europe's trees are managed by humans, and we've been planting trees like pines and spruces...
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