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250-year-old research methodology helps solve 21st Century population questions
2016-02-27 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers from the ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton and Statistics New Zealand have published an article in the Routledge journal Population Studies arguing that Bayesian methodology, a statistical tool introduced by Rev. Thomas Bayes in the 18th Century, is vital in providing solutions to many difficult statistical problems, particularly those presented by 21st Century population studies. The open access article examines the achievements of Bayesian methodology...
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Rutgers University Study finds sea level rise in the 20th Century was fastest in 3,000 years
2016-02-26 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Global sea level rose faster in the 20th century than in any of the 27 previous centuries, according to a Rutgers University-led study published today. Moreover, without global warming, global sea level would have risen by less than half the observed 20th century increase and might even have fallen. Instead, global sea level rose by about 14 centimeters, or 5.5 inches, from 1900 to 2000. Thats a substantial increase, especially for vulnerable, low-lying coastal areas. The 20th-century...
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Sea Levels Rose Faster Last Century Than In Previous 2,700 Years, Study Finds
2016-02-23 19:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A new study suggests that sea levels are rising at an unprecedented rate and that the problem will continue well into this century. "Sea level rise in the 20th century was truly extraordinary by historical standards," says Bob Kopp, an associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Rutgers University, and who is lead author on the study, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Sea levels rose by roughly 5 inches in the past hundred years, Kopp...
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Hasbro has resurrected the classic memory game 'Simon' with 21st century tech
2016-02-22 22:36:42| Toys - Topix.net
Your childhood is coming back for you, but it may look a different from what you remember. The toy industry has done a bit of a refresh on some of its most iconic items, giving them all a 21st-century spin.
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Greenblatt Sells Stake in Twenty-First Century Fox
2016-02-20 01:20:49| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Joel Greenblatt , founder and managing partner of Gotham Asset Management, acquired more than 200 new stakes in the fourth quarter, but it was his divestiture in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. that got the most attention. Greenblatt's most noteworthy fourth-quarter transaction was the sale of his 2,590,574-share stake in Twenty-First Century Fox, a New York-based mass media company, for an average price of $29.03 per share.
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