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Cities sizzle more heat waves, hotter nights
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Temperatures on Earth are creeping upward, and nowhere are they being felt more intensely than in the cities where half of the planet's population resides, a new study suggests. Nearly half the planet`s urban areas experienced a significant rise in the number of extreme heat days and of heat waves that lasted six days or more, according to the study published online Thursday in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Nearly two thirds of those cities also experienced significant increases...
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World's cities experiencing more heatwaves, study shows
2015-01-30 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World cities are experiencing more heatwaves and fewer cold spells, according to a study of extreme temperatures in hundreds of urban areas over the past 40 years. It found that many cities are seeing fewer extremely windy days than in the 1970s and have more extremely hot individual days and nights. The climate researchers from US and Indian universities identified 620 of the worlds urban areas with a population over 250,000 and then chose 217 which were situated close to an international weather...
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Google is a few cities away from becoming your next and best internet provider
2015-01-29 15:29:42| Extremetech
Google Fiber is planning a major new expansion across multiple cities in the South and Southeast while simultaneously exploring wireless possibilities. Could the search giant be preparing to open a huge new front against the ISP status quo?
Apple's Record Quarter; New Google Fiber Cities; Twitter Group DMs
2015-01-28 19:02:42| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
From Apple's record iPhone sales to the newest Google Fiber cities, here's what you missed on Tuesday.
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Smarter cities could start with a simple light bulb swap
2015-01-25 04:44:46| Wireless - Topix.net
Simply swapping out the old-school incandescent, sodium or metal halide lamps with newer LED bulbs that can also contain an array of sensors can push a city on the path to becoming smarter, said Wim Efrin the Executive Vice President for Industry Solutions and Chief Globalization Officer with Cisco. According to Efrin, while cities are installing the LED lamps they often elect to put in video surveillance and even Wi-Fi access points too.
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