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Deadly Louisiana deluge had a major climate change assist, study finds
2016-09-08 00:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: The 7.1 trillion gallons of torrential rainfall that a storm dumped on Louisiana in August, leading to a flooding disaster that killed at least 13 people and caused more than $1 billion in damage, had a direct link to human-caused global warming, a new study finds. In short, while these events are still rare on the order of about once every 1,000 years at the local level they used to be far more infrequent, the study, released Wednesday, concludes. Scientists studying the storm using readings...
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IBM researchers announce major breakthrough in phase change memory
2016-05-18 14:33:34| Extremetech
Researchers from IBM have unveiled a breakthrough in phase-change memory. Their work could lead to dramatic density improvements for the proposed next-gen memory standard and make it far more competitive compared to NAND flash and DRAM.
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Sanders: Climate change poses 'major' national security threat
2015-12-05 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says climate change poses major national security threat to the U.S. I mean, were talking about, according to the CIA, future, major national security issues when people are forced to migrate because their countries or their land are flooded, they cant grow food, Sanders said at a rally in Keene, N.H., on Saturday. Were talking about a major, major crisis. The Vermont senator said there is no longer any debate among scientists...
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Bernie Sanders: Climate Change Is A Major Planetary Crisis And The U.S. Must Act Now
2015-11-05 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told reporters Wednesday that President Obama should reject the Keystone XL pipeline before the United Nations` conference on climate change starts at the end of the month. Its imperative that we not just talk the talk but walk the walk, that the United States lead the world in combating climate change, Sanders said. The proposed pipeline would add 1,179 miles to the existing Keystone pipeline system. It would carry crude oil from Canada`s...
Climate change major security threat but old & bold don't get it
2015-10-28 12:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NEWS.com.au: CLIMATE change was a sleeper issue for ageing defence brass because potential security impacts were 20 to 30 years away according to former Chief of Defence retired Admiral Chris Barrie. Speaking at a Climate Security summit at the Australian Defence Force Academy Admiral Barrie, who is an adjunct professor at the Australian National University, said older military leaders tended to downplay the potential risk from climate change. "I think there are a lot of people in the 40-year-old and...