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Davos and Climate Change: 'Warning Shots' From Africa and Pacific
2015-02-01 05:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Diplomat: When global figures gathered in the Swiss resort of Davos last week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) its 45th they were facing potentially the close of one era and the start of another. In its introduction to the meeting, the Geneva-based WEF secretariat said complexity, fragility and uncertainty could end the period of economic integration and international partnership that began in 1989, and would now involve major political, economic, social and technological transformation....
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Iceland Rises 1.4 inches year due to Climate Change
2015-01-31 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Maine: A study has found that Iceland's region under ice has been shrinking at a faster rate due to climate change. It is causing a gradual rise in the level of the earth's crust. According to researchers associated with the study, the ice part of the region is rising as much as 1.4 inches every year, much faster than previously thought. The research was conducted by research teams from the University of Arizona and the University of Iceland. The detailed report with findings of the team has been published...
Brown Forman requests zoning change for planned Old Forester Distillery
2015-01-31 10:29:18| Beverages - Topix.net
Brown Forman plans to make the building operate as it did at the turn of the 20th century when the site was the original home for Old Forester.
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SAP System Change Log 1/26/2015
2015-01-30 19:26:13| PortlandOnline
Excel Document, 426kbCategory: SAP System Change Log
Vertical Gardens Beat Soil Made Salty by Climate Change
2015-01-30 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The soil in Knolkhol village in southwest Bangladesh has become increasingly salty because of incursions of seawater. The situation became particularly acute in the aftermath of Cyclone Aila in 2009, which brought storm surges that broke embankments and flooded farmland. After 2009 vegetable crops planted in the ground there yielded only meager returns--if they didn't fail completely. But for the past three years hundreds of villagers have enjoyed the bounty of so-called vertical gardens--essentially...
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