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A Bird's Eye View: Transmitter Noise

2015-02-25 12:24:35| rfglobalnet Downloads

For this installment in our series on environmental noise we are going to discuss transmitter noise. Transmitter noise is not always considered part of the environmental noise but it is still very much part of the environment in which our systems have to operate.

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Officials crack down on wind farms that kill birds, bats

2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: From a mile away, the sleek rows of wind turbines turn lazily in the stiff morning breeze, the rising sun glinting off their shiny fiberglass blades. Their size - many turbines tower 300 feet above the ground - only becomes apparent from up close, as the tips of the knife-edged blades spanning nearly an acre slice the air at 200 mph. Utility companies installed thousands of new turbines last year and are on track to install even more this year, generating pollution-free electricity whenever...

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Officials crack down on wind farms that kill birds, bats

2015-01-30 01:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

USA Today: From a mile away, the sleek rows of wind turbines turn lazily in the stiff morning breeze, the rising sun glinting off their shiny fiberglass blades. Their size many turbines tower 300 feet above the ground only becomes apparent from up close, as the tips of the knife-edged blades spanning nearly an acre slice the air at 200 mph. Utility companies installed thousands of new turbines last year and are on track to install even more this year, generating pollution-free electricity whenever the...

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Decline South Florida wading birds could mean Everglades worse off

2015-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Miami Herald: A decline in small herons and egrets that nest and forage among the Everglades wetlands and tree islands could mean work to restore the troubled ecosystem is not moving fast enough. An annual survey by the South Florida Water Management District released Thursday found that in 2014, five years after a record rebound, the overall number of nests in and around refuges, wildlife sanctuaries and water conservation areas was down by 60 percent -- 28 percent lower than in 2013. The drop in Everglades...

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