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Report: Hawaii ill-prepared for effects of climate change
2015-11-21 00:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hawaii News Now: Hawaii isn't prepared for the expected effects of climate change in the coming decades, including rising temperatures and coastal flooding, according to a new report. The report gave Hawaii a "D-' for climate change preparedness. "Hawaii faces considerable and increasing threat levels from extreme heat and coastal flooding,' the report said. "The state has taken only limited action to address current extreme heat risk. Although Hawaii has taken strong action to address current coastal flooding...
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GoMRI to grant $38m to study oil spill effects on Gulf of Mexico
2015-11-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
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Hong Kong outlines ways to mitigate effects of climate change
2015-11-08 09:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Channel NewsAsia: The Hong Kong government has issued a report outlining ways to mitigate the effects of climate change in the city. The "Hong Kong Climate Change" report, the first of its kind, is a consolidation of the work done by both the public and private sectors to-date. It will be presented to the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP-21) later this month. Five years ago, the government put forward an ambitious target to reduce carbon intensity by 50-60 percent from 2005 levels - by 2020. And five years on,...
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KAIST/Hyundai team explores effects of water direct injection on gasoline engine under high load
2015-11-03 15:55:29| Green Car Congress
Researchers project long-term effects of climate change, deforestation on Himalayan mountain basins
2015-10-20 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: As part of an multi-disciplinary study, a team of Baylor researchers found that climatic changes, an increase in agricultural land use and population growth in the Himalaya Mountain basins could have negative impacts on water availability, further stressing a region plagued by natural disasters and food insecurity. The study--"Projected hydrologic changes in monsoon-dominated Himalaya Mountain basins with changing climate and deforestation"--is published in the Journal of Hydrology. Using a sophisticated...
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