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Global property giant helps prepare Malagasy children for storms
2013-03-26 10:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: CBRE is the largest commercial property advisor in the world and since 2011 has been mobilising its employees across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to help significantly increase funds for UNICEF's work in Madagascar, one of the poorest countries on the planet. Children have contributed least to the global challenge of climate change, yet they continue to feel the impact more acutely than any other demographic. Climate change in the developing world drives children out of education and into...
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Prof Sir John Beddington warns of floods, droughts and storms
2013-03-25 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The government's chief scientist has said that there is already enough CO2 in the atmosphere for there to be more floods and droughts over the next 25 years. Prof Sir John Beddington said there was a "need for urgency" in tackling climate change. He said that the later governments left it, the harder it would be to combat. Prof Beddington made his comments in the final week of his tenure as the government's chief scientific adviser. "The [current] variation we are seeing in temperature...
Alabama Power Restores Service to 147,000 Customers After Severe Storms
2013-03-20 17:02:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The derecho wind event that rolled through the state Monday afternoon hit the heart of Alabama Power's service territory, bringing with it 60-80 mph winds, lightning and hail that caused outages for more than 222,000 Alabama Power customers.
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About 130,000 lack power in Southeast after storms
2013-03-19 17:28:11| Energy - Topix.net
About 130,000 homes and businesses were still without power early Tuesday in Alabama and Georgia following severe thunderstorms on Monday.
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Recent Storms Highlight Flaws In Top U.S. Weather Model
2013-03-15 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The U.S., which pioneered the groundbreaking science of weather forecasting using mathematical simulations of the atmosphere, has fallen behind other nations when it comes to the accuracy of its global forecasting model. The consequences could be dire for people in harm's way if the U.S. is less prepared for extreme weather and climate events. The emerging "modeling gap' could erode the accuracy of U.S. weather forecasts and also cause greater economic losses from weather events. A 2011 study...
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