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Study Estimates 100,300 Deaths From Indonesias Fires In 2015
2016-09-20 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Harvard and Columbia university have issued a groundbreaking study estimating that 100,300 premature deaths resulted from the destructive Indonesian forest fire crisis that occurred lat year. The peer-reviewed study published today used air pollution readings and satellite data to calculate forest fire smoke exposure, estimating that 2,200 premature deaths occurred in Singapore, 6,500 in Malaysia and 91,600 in Indonesia. [1] The estimate is vastly greater than the Indonesian governments official...
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The alarming number of fires in the Brazilian Amazon
2016-09-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MongaBay: From the speeding boat, the jungle was a single block of green, its shades recycled across the riverbank and reflected on the thick, black water. The steam rolling from the trees was as foamy as the tracks we were leaving. Birds cut the clouds with their multicolored feathers. The forest around us was dense, hot, all humming and watching. The hard light confused our senses. Daniel was silent, scratching his head and reinforcing my suspicion that we were lost. But he is at home in the jungle. He...
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Hundreds flee fires threatening Spain's Costa Blanca resorts
2016-09-05 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fires raged around Spain's eastern Costa Blanca resorts on Sunday and Monday, forcing more than 1,000 residents and tourists to flee, emergency services said. Authorities said they believed people had started three blazes that ripped through vegetation and destroyed buildings in the town of Javea and other areas up the coast from the popular holiday spot of Benidorm. "The hand of man again was involved in a very precise way, choosing the hottest day of the year," Jose Maria Angel, the head...
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Samsung pulls Galaxy Note 7 following battery fires
2016-09-02 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Korean electronics giant offers to swap device, says customer safety is 'absolute priority'.
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5 alarming facts about Amazon forest fires
2016-09-01 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mini Planet: The Amazon is being burned. Heres what you need to know. From July to November, it is fire season in the Amazon rainforest. But while fires can be a normal part of the life cycle in forests, most of the flames in the Amazon are far from natural and damaging. Each year, people burn rainforest to clear the land for farming and pasture, as well as illegal logging. Whats worse, these practices make the forest even more vulnerable to future blazes and contribute to climate change. Here are...
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