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UN finds rising mercury emissions, need for treaty
2013-01-10 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international cooperation to fix, the U.N.'s environment agency said Thursday. The report by the U.N. Environment Program showed for the first time that hundreds of tons of mercury have leaked from the soil into rivers and lakes around the world. As a result of rising emissions, communities in developing countries face increasing health and environmental risks...
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Big pharma finds new magic bullet in S'pore
2013-01-10 09:07:10| Chemicals - Topix.net
AS its 12-year-old biomedical and pharmaceutical scene matures, Singapore is beginning to change the way in which it adds value to some of the largest companies it has wooed here AS its 12-year-old biomedical and pharmaceutical scene matures, Singapore is beginning to change the way in which it adds value to some of the largest companies it has ... (more)
Nearly half of the world's food ends up as waste, report finds
2013-01-10 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As much as half of all the food produced in the world equivalent to 2bn tonnes ends up as waste every year, engineers warned in a report published on Thursday. The UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) blames the "staggering" new figures in its analysis on unnecessarily strict sell-by dates, buy-one-get-one free and Western consumer demand for cosmetically perfect food, along with "poor engineering and agricultural practices", inadequate infrastructure and poor storage facilities....
Sea Level Rise May Eclipse 3 Feet By 2100, Study Finds
2013-01-09 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: A new assessment that gauges the views of leading ice sheet experts finds that scientists think global sea level rise during this century may be far more significant than previously thought, possibly eclipsing 1 meter, or 3.3 feet, by 2100. Such a sharp rise in sea level would inundate heavily populated coastal areas around the world, potentially forcing the relocation of 187 million people, the study said. The new report adds to a growing body of evidence showing that the globe's ice sheets in...
TomTom Research Finds Los Angeles Most Congested City in North America
2013-01-09 00:38:24| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
TomTom’s latest Congestion Index shows traffic congestion pain points in North America lie in the West
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