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Easing Alaska's wildfire seasons means tackling climate change
2015-07-10 03:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Dispatch News: Alaska is burning. As of July 8 more than 300 fires are blazing across the state in an extreme and costly fire season that could last well into August. Firefighters and the resources they depend on are being pressed to the limits. I know exactly what our front-line defenders are going through. Ive been there. During the summer of 1983, I was among a group of smokejumpers dispatched from western states to Alaska during a major fire bust, a relatively large number of fires started mostly by...
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Ivory Coast weather conditions threaten next season's cocoa
2015-07-06 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heavy rain and overcast conditions in the past week threaten to damage the early flowering for next season's cocoa main crop in some of Ivory Coast's growing regions, farmers said on Monday. The world's top cocoa producer is currently harvesting its April-to-September mid-crop, and arrivals reached 1,575,000 tonnes by July 5, down from 1,605,000 tonnes in the same period of the previous season. The flowers for next season's cocoa are beginning to appear on trees and farmers are turning their...
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Climate change creating longer, more intense fire seasons, warns interior secretary
2015-06-13 05:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Intelligencer: Climate change is a burning issue for the United States and particularly the American West, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, whose department has to fight increasingly intense forest and range fires. In a tweet Friday, Jewell warned: Fire seasons are longer and more intense from climate change. They damage landscapes vital for wildlife and people. The 23,000-acre Taylor Bridge fire, east of Cle Elum, consumed forests and threatened homes in 2012. Fires on the east slope...
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Four Seasons Hotels Add Uber for Room Service
2015-06-09 18:03:53| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The new app lets you order extra pillows, call in breakfast, and will even tell a hotel if your flight is delayed.
At Four Seasons, one last gathering of its 'family'
2015-06-07 20:19:47| Electronics - Topix.net
As Center City Realtor Laurie Phillips paused in the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia - her refuge, clubhouse, and second home for 32 years - Carol Tamburino approached her mournfully. "We need a new hangout.
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