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Bondi under siege as swelling ocean seeps into suburbs
2013-09-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Bondi beach will shrink to a thin ribbon of sand and extreme storm surges would reach the top of its concrete sea wall, research commissioned by the local council shows. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on Friday, found the sea level would rise and could be expected to be up to 80 centimetres higher by the end of the century. As scientists warned of dire global consequences from climate change at the report's release in Stockholm, residents in Sydney...
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Ash Trees Under Siege
2013-06-26 18:58:00| Transmission & Distribution World
By B. Scott Bennett, Indiana Michigan Power The emerald ash borer (EAB) is a wood-boring beetle indigenous to countries in northeastern Asia. It was identified as the killer of ash trees in southeastern Michigan. The damage that resulted in the years after its discovery was aggressive and extensive, with tens of millions of dead ash trees reported in 13 states, so far. What is new for these eastern and central cities, such as Columbus, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana, is that the damage will be very evident, whereas before it was only suspected and anticipated. read more
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Wintel under siege as mobile and Android ascend at Computex
2013-06-06 19:43:53| InfoWorld: Top News
Surging tablet sales and the muted response to Windows 8 have opened the door for Android at this year's Computex and exposed deeper cracks in the Wintel powerhouse of Windows software and Intel chips. Microsoft and Intel have dominated the Computex trade show for decades, with faster chips and new versions of Windows making the headlines each year. They are still a dominant force, but Taiwan's PC makers are branching out to save their skins and compete better with smartphones and tablets from Apple and Samsung.
Caffeine Under Siege by the FDA
2013-05-15 09:00:42| Food Processing
FDA investigation could be just the beginning of regulatory and litigation battles.
Nicaragua cloud forest 'under siege'
2013-05-03 11:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A famed rainforest in Nicaragua is under growing threat from illegal loggers, say indigenous leaders. The Bosawas Biosphere Reserve is Central America's largest tropical forest with clouds constantly drifting over the hilly terrain. But the Mayangna and Miskito people who live there say 30,000 hectares a year are being deforested by "colonists". They are calling on US president Barack Obama, who is visiting the region, to support their battle. Described by the United Nations as a global...
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