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Queensland to build worlds first bus and train tunnel in Brisbane
2013-11-19 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The Queensland Government in Australia has announced a $5bn Underground Bus and Train (UBAT) project in Brisbane.
Emerson Bearing Provides Bearings for the World's Tallest Building
2013-11-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BOSTON, MA — Emerson Bearing, a Boston based bearing company catering to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) markets throughout the world now supplies bearings and related products for the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa (<a href="http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/language/en-us/home.aspx">http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/language/en-us/home.aspx</a>), that "vertical odyssey" that is the centerpiece of downtown Dubai.<br /> <br /> This ...This story is related to the following:Bearings |
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Who will become the worlds first climate change refugee?
2013-11-17 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Ioane Teitiota was not seeking fame when he moved to New Zealand, but he is now getting it. He is the first person, so far as is known, to request asylum in a common-law country on the basis of being a climate change refugee. A native of Kiribati - a small island state in the South Pacific - Mr. Teitiota went to New Zealand several years ago as a legal guest worker, but he stayed on and his visa expired. He has now asked the New Zealand government to refrain from sending him and his family back...
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Map shows deforestation in Indonesia is worlds fastest
2013-11-16 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jakarta Post: Indonesia has the fastest rate of deforestation in the past 12 years, according to a new global map on deforestation. A team of researchers from 15 universities -- led by the University of Maryland and assisted by Google and NASA -- has created the first high-resolution global map on Google Earth that maps forest cover. In a study that was published in the journal Science on Thursday, the researchers reported a global loss of 2.3 million square kilometers of forest between 2000 and 2012 and...
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Malaysia has the world's highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest map
2013-11-16 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Malaysia had the world's highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012, according to a new global forest map developed in partnership with Google. Malaysia's total forest loss during the period amounted to 14.4 percent of its year 2000 forest cover. The loss translates to 47,278 square kilometers (18,244 square miles), an area larger than Denmark. Malaysia's forest loss was partly offset by a 25,978 sq km gain in vegetation cover resulting from natural recovery, reforestation, and establishment...
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