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Scientists to study Amazon rainforest fate if CO2 levels rise
2014-05-15 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of scientists from more than 20 institutions around the world will gauge the impact on the world's largest rainforest if a time comes when the planet has 30 percent more carbon dioxide (CO2) than today, according to a project launched on Wednesday. A large experiment including towers that will pump CO2 into plots of dense forests will be built in a region north of Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazonas state. Sensors and field observation will evaluate the reaction of the trees when subject...
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Todays oil prices drop as US crude inventories rise
2014-05-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices dropped today following a rise in US crude inventories, prompting concerns over crude oil demand.
Safety concerns of bounce house toys rise after two boys were injured
2014-05-14 22:15:05| Toys - Topix.net
Questions of safety are now coming to the forefront after a Little Tikes bounce house went airborne and seriously injured two children.
What Does the U.S. Look Like after 10 Feet of Sea Level Rise?
2014-05-14 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: New research indicates that climate change has already triggered an unstoppable decay of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The projected decay will lead to at least 4 feet of accelerating global sea level rise within the next two-plus centuries, and at least 10 feet of rise in the end. What does the U.S. look like with an ocean that is 10 feet higher? The radically transformed map would lose 28,800 square miles of land, home today to 12.3 million people. These figures come from Climate Central...
VIDEO: Rise in Chinese visitors to UK
2014-05-14 21:55:01| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
New figures demonstrate the growing importance to the UK of tourism from China.
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