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One direction: Predicting the formation, movement and dispersal of pumice rafts
2014-10-21 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Large mobile accumulations of pumice fragments, known as rafts, can cause immeasurable damage to vessels and disrupt shipping routes. But could a new technique, based on extensive research in the Southwest Pacific, be able to predict their dispersal
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How world predicting and preparing for climate extremes
2014-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: If we look at the hard facts of climate change, science is telling us we're running out of time. That's what Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said during a panel at the 2014 Social Good Summit on Sunday. Moderated by Mashable's senior climate reporter Andrew Freedman, the panel focused on what actions we're taking to make cities more resilient in the face of climate-related extremes over the next 15 years. Prepping society for increased climate...
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Predicting on-farm costs
2014-08-29 18:41:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Brian Watkins farms near Toledo, Ohio. For a long time, hes been working on a computer model to predict costs on his 7,000-acre corn and soybean farm. He came up with Cropzilla. Using a $3.50 corn price, the numbers have absolutely influenced the decisions hes made on his Ohio farm, he says. read more
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Predicting Share Price: Loews Corporation May Grow To $59 In June
2014-04-07 22:52:57| Grocery - Topix.net
We have developed a statistically reliable share price model for Loews Corporation based on the consumer price index of transportation services and the index of food.
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Predicting Disease Outbreaks in a Changing Climate
2014-04-07 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IRIN: Satellite and other new technologies could be deployed to help predict disease outbreaks and give us more time to devise strategies to counteract them, suggests the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which cites examples of how weather information can be used in the battle against deadly pathogens. In Botswana, it says, an early warning system based on rainfall data forecasts malaria incidence up to four months ahead - malaria outbreaks are associated with inter-annual...
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