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NASA Satellite Spies Atmospheric Double Whammy
2014-06-09 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: NASA's eyes in the sky are important parts of weather-monitoring efforts, with satellites tracking hurricanes as they barrel across the ocean and storm systems as they sweep across the country. But sometimes they just find really cool stuff in the atmosphere. Such is the case with an image taken by the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua satellite (with a hat tip to Climate Central board member and University of Georgia professor Marshall Shepherd on Twitter). On June 8 it spotted a wow-worthy combo...
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From 'Potent' Pollen to Double Whammy Allergy Seasons
2013-05-17 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: Climate changes and rising carbon dioxide levels don't just affect the environment. Experts say they also affect your nose. Warmer temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels mean certain plants will thrive, and those are the plants that tend to make us sneeze during allergy season. Allergies may seem like a minor nuisance, but according to the CDC there are an estimated 50 million Americans living with allergies, and $18 billion is spent every year dealing with the affliction. From hay fever...
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The Flanarant: Asia hit by multiple whammy
2013-03-12 19:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
New pressures on Asian manufacturers are likely to hit apparel buyers on both sides of the Atlantic, including labour issues, minimum wages, raw material prices, abscondment, pollution and financial "redlining". Mike Flanagan looks at the likely impact.
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