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Heathrow reports 7.7% rise in August passenger traffic
2013-09-13 01:00:00| Airport Technology
London Heathrow Airport reported a 7.7% increase in its passenger traffic in August 2013 compared to August 2012.
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Brazil's satellite data suggests rise in Amazon deforestation over past year
2013-09-12 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appears to have risen significantly over the past year, according to data released by the country's space agency, INPE. Data aggregated from INPE's monthly deforestation alert system shows a 34 percent rise for the 12 months ended July 31, 2013 relative to the year-earlier period. Brazil tracks deforestation on an August 1 through July 31 basis. The numbers are less dramatic than those released by Imazon, an independent Brazilian NGO, last month. In aggregate,...
Del. Officials Target Sea Level Rise Awareness
2013-09-12 17:58:13| Chemicals - Topix.net
Gov. Jack Markell is joining other Delaware officials to draw public attention to the threat that rising sea levels pose to Delaware and other coastal states.
Five-fold rise seen in UK landslides
2013-09-12 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Over the last 14 months there has been a five-fold increase in reported landslides in the UK, scientists say. The British Geological Survey (BGS) has over 16,000 records of landscapes, used to compare variations over time. In one month alone - December 2012 - there were 75 UK landslides, compared with a typical annual average of 60. The link between heavy rainfall in 2012 and landslides in the same period was reported at the British Science Festival in Newcastle. "We saw significant increases,...
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UK: John Lewis fashion sales rise on own brand growth
2013-09-12 13:33:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
UK department store operator John Lewis saw first half sales rise on the back of expanding its own-brand collections.
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