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Facing severe drought, 'war effort' needed to save the Amazon, says scientist
2014-11-03 05:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Severe droughts in southern Brazil may be linked to deforestation and degradation of Earth's largest rainforest, argues a new report published by a Brazilian scientist. Reviewing data from roughly 200 studies, Antonio Donato Nobre of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) warns that reducing deforestation will not be enough to restore the ecological function of the Amazon rainforest, which acts as a giant water pump that delivers precipitation across much of South America. Brazilian...
Amazon rainforest losing ability to regulate climate, scientist warns
2014-10-31 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Amazon rainforest has degraded to the point where it is losing its ability to benignly regulate weather systems, according to a stark new warning from one of Brazils leading scientists. In a new report, Antonio Nobre, researcher in the governments space institute, Earth System Science Centre, says the logging and burning of the worlds greatest forest might be connected to worsening droughts such as the one currently plaguing So Paulo and is likely to lead eventually to more extreme...
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Ericsson Turns to Silicon Valley Scientist in Cloud Effort
2014-10-30 02:53:47| Appliances - Topix.net
Ericsson AB, which pioneered phone- network equipment more than a century ago, is counting on a Silicon Valley scientist to help the Swedish company become a contender in cloud computing that promises higher growth rates. Since starting in March as head of Ericsson's newly created cloud unit, Jason Hoffman, 42, has helped orchestrate a takeover of a California software provider and struck a partnership with a security company to bolster his division and differentiate its offering.
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Oceans acidifying at unprecedented rate, says chief scientist
2014-10-24 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Sir Mark Walport, the UK governments chief scientist, has warned that since the industrial revolution the acidity of the worlds oceans has increased by 25% and is set to rise further -- threatening fish stocks and the natural environment. Today ocean acidification is being driven by manmade carbon emissions, which are often absorbed by the seas. Scientists have observed that the current acidification trend far exceeds historical, naturally occurring trends. Speaking to the BBC, Walport said,...
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Celebrity Real Estate: Higgs Boson Scientist Buys Upper West Side Co-Op for $2.73M
2014-10-19 10:41:05| Real Estate - Topix.net
Dr. Tony Liss is one of the scientists who helped discover the Higgs boson through the work of CERN using the Large Hadron Collider . Now, he and his wife are trading Geneva for the Upper West Side , having just purchased a duplex apartment in a brownstone at 331 West 84th Street for around $2.73 million , according to The New York Observer .
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