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One of the World's Biggest Lakes Is Dying & We're to Blame
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: He's sitting behind a wooden table piled with a dozen tilapia and Nile perch at the market in Katoro, a roadside town in northern Tanzania. The fish--a staple of the Tanzanian diet--came in that morning from Lake Victoria, an hour's drive north. Around us, hundreds of shoppers are snatching up pineapples, textiles, and motorcycle parts. But Mohammed explains that basic economics is keeping customers away from his fish. "There's less fish," he says. "So the price goes up, so customers can't afford...
WiSpry And SkyeTek Release World's First RF MEMS-Tuned UHF RFID Antenna
2015-01-30 01:41:27| wirelessdesignonline News Articles
WiSpry, Inc., the leader in high-performance tunable radio frequency micromechanical (RF MEMS) semiconductor products for the wireless industry, recently announced that SkyeTek, Inc. has leveraged the company’s adaptive antenna tuning technology to develop the first RF MEMS-enabled radio frequency identification (RFID) reader.
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World's cities experiencing more heatwaves, study shows
2015-01-30 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World cities are experiencing more heatwaves and fewer cold spells, according to a study of extreme temperatures in hundreds of urban areas over the past 40 years. It found that many cities are seeing fewer extremely windy days than in the 1970s and have more extremely hot individual days and nights. The climate researchers from US and Indian universities identified 620 of the worlds urban areas with a population over 250,000 and then chose 217 which were situated close to an international weather...
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Worlds second largest wind farm edges towards finish line
2015-01-30 01:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: RWE Innogy and Siemens are on the brink of switching on the final turbines at the giant Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the North Wales coast, after a setback last month caused by stormy weather. A spokeswoman for RWE told BusinessGreen all 160 turbines have been installed at the site off Liverpool Bay with commissioning activity on the last few under way. Once complete, the 576MW wind farm will be the largest in Wales and the second biggest in the world, after the 630MW London Array project...
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Dubai grabs world's busiest international airport crown from Heathrow
2015-01-28 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Dubai International Airport has surpassed London's Heathrow in terms of annual international passenger traffic, which has now turned out to be the world's busiest international travel hub.
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