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Will the latest school shooting tragedies foment any substantive change in gun laws? (Include your thoughts in comments)
2015-10-06 20:13:34| American School & University
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Climate Change Intensified South Carolina Floods
2015-10-06 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scientists say climate change has exacerbated the effects of a storm blamed for at least 12 deaths in the southeastern U.S. On Monday, after weekend downpours, flooding continued to overwhelm large parts of South Carolina and North Carolina in what was described as a "once-in-a-millennium' storm. Individual weather events cannot be attributed to climate change, but climatologists say atmospheric conditions tied to climate change intensified this downpour. An alert board announces the closing...
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Part 5: Brokers Adapt to Change
2015-10-06 17:01:00| National Real Estate Investor
The majority of respondents (68 percent) have worked in the industry for more than 16 years, with 53 percent having worked in the industry for more than 20 years. read more
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Climate change could displace half a million people from islands
2015-10-06 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Residents of the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific know they have it bad. Flooding is on the rise and many face the real possibility that their island homes will disappear by the end of the century. Now, a new study projects things could even be worse than previously thought for low-lying island atolls around the world, which are home to half a million people and also host several key U.S. military installations. Studying the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, scientists from the U.S. Geological...
What the historic South Carolina floods can - and cant - tell us about climate change
2015-10-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In 2013, after some controversy, South Carolinas Department of Natural Resources released a report on risks the state could face due to climate change. One of those risks? A predicted result of climate change is the increase in intense storm events causing greater water inputs in shorter periods of time, affecting flood frequency and duration, the report noted. Now, with an unfathomable amount of flooding hitting the state, its easy to wonder if this is precisely the sort of event that South...
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