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Climate scientist describes hotter, drier Oregon

2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Gazette-Times: How about a 24-inch rise in the sea level at Newport by 2100? Or an increase in temperature of up to 14 degrees Fahrenheit? Those are some of the possible effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest, as outlined by Phil Mote, who helped to write the Northwest portion of the third national climate assessment that was released May 6. Mote is an Oregon State University professor and the director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute for the Oregon University System. During a one-hour...

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UGA scientist wins international Wellcome Image Award

2014-05-24 14:02:52| Biotech - Topix.net

Stefan Eberhard, a research professional in the University of Georgia's Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, was recognized recently for his outstanding microscope image at the 2014 Wellcome Trust Image Awards in London, an international competition celebrating the best in science imaging talent and techniques.

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Vancouver Island's glaciers will disappear in 25 years, scientist says

2014-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Province: All Vancouver Island glaciers, including the iconic Comox glacier, will be gone within 25 years due to climate change, says University of Victoria geography professor Dan Smith. There are not many glaciers left, Smith said Wednesday. In the 1970s, they did an inventory on Vancouver Island and they counted about 170 glaciers, and Id say there are five of what you could call glaciers left. Comox glacier at a square kilometre is the largest, but compared with others in the Rockies, is...

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