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Top Australian climate scientist: Heat wave encroaching on entirely new territory
2013-01-12 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Australia`s top government-appointed climate commissioner says this week`s heat wave is occurring amid record-breaking weather around the world. "This has been a landmark event for me," professor Tim Flannery told Climate Desk from his home in Melbourne. "When you start breaking records, and you do it consistently, and you see it over and over again, that is a good indication there`s a shift underway - this is not just within the normal variation of things." Flannery is perhaps best known in the...
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Roads melt, gas evaporates in Australia's unprecedented heat wave
2013-01-11 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Australia has been experiencing a record setting heat wave. Melissa Block speaks with Dr. Karl Braganza, manager of climate monitoring at the Bureau of Meteorology's National Climate Centre in Australia, about why this is happening, and how Australians are coping. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: All over Australia - Alice Springs, Adelaide, Sydney, Wagga Wagga - it's been an extremely hot summer and it's expected to get hotter. The continent is experiencing a record-breaking heat wave. Roads have melted...
Australia races to control fires as new heat wave looms
2013-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Fire crews are tackling dozens of bushfires in south-east Australia, as forecasters predict another spell of hot weather for the weekend. More than 100 separate fires are burning in New South Wales. Some 3,000 sq km of land has been razed. One of the fires is encroaching on a disused army range littered with unexploded bombs, though fire crews are confident they can tackle the blaze. Dozens of homes have been destroyed, but no-one is believed to have died. Wildfires plague Australia most...
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Wave Completes $50 M Black Rock Cable Acquisition
2013-01-10 11:01:00| fiberopticsonline News Articles
WaveDivision Holdings , a business-class fiber optic and broadband services company with business and residential customers in Washington, Oregon, and California, today announced that it has completed a $50 million acquisition of Black Rock Cable
Australian heat wave sears new colors onto maps
2013-01-09 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia's record-breaking heatwave has sent temperatures soaring, melting road tar and setting off hundreds of wildfires - as well as searing new colors onto weather maps. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has added dark purple and magenta to its color-coded weather forecasting map to represent temperatures of 51 to 54 degrees Celsius (123.8 to 129.2 Fahrenheit), officials said. Temperatures on the map were previously capped at 50 degrees Celsius, represented by the color black. "In...
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