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Climate change panel warnings over human effects are real, say scientists
2014-03-26 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of Russia: Allegations that the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meeting in Japan at Yokohama this week, is being too alarmist in its warnings over the human consequences of things like global warming have been denied. VoR's Tim Ecott spoke to Dr Arthur Petersen, chief scientist at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Government representatives and scientists on Tuesday opened a five-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to finalise a report assessing...
Smog in Beijing Triggers New Warnings to Avoid Outdoors
2014-03-24 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Pollution in Beijing rose to nearly 10 times levels considered safe by the World Health Organization, triggering warnings to avoid outdoor activity. The concentration of PM2.5 -- the small particles that pose the greatest risk to human health -- hit 242 in the Chinese capital as of 3 p.m., a U.S. Embassy monitor said. The WHO recommends 24-hour exposure to PM2.5 levels of less than 25. High pollution levels prompted Premier Li Keqiang to say earlier this month the government would declare...
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Volvo Car Group initiates Scandinavian pilot using connected car cloud-based communication for slippery road warnings
2014-03-20 10:30:21| Green Car Congress
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86 flood warnings still in place southern and central England
2014-02-19 17:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Environment Agency has confirmed that a total of 86 flood warnings, two of them severe, remain across southern and central England, as the extreme weather begins to settle. It added that river levels along the Thames, which rose to its highest level since 1883 last week, will remain high this week but gradually begin to drop. This is also the case for the Severn. Of the 86 flood warnings, the two severe alerts are in the badly-hit south-west. This means there is a danger to life. Elsewhere,...
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Portland Commissioner Nick Fish applauds residents for heeding warnings, staying inside as city says 'stay home'
2014-02-11 20:28:21| PortlandOnline
Andrew Theen in The Oregonian, February 08, 2014
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