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5 "good" and "bad" effects of airline mergers
2014-10-30 17:14:18| Airlines - Topix.net
Bill McGee, presenting at the DOT Advisory Committee for Consumer Protections meeting noted the good and bad of airline consolidation. The hearings focused on the use of cell phones for voice calls in the air, the impact of government-imposed taxes and fees and the effects of consolidation on consumer travelers.
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Secondary Effects of Lightning Activity
2014-10-29 15:54:00| Power Technology
The trend toward miniaturisation in electronic systems brings an increased sensitivity to electrical transient phenomena. Transistors have shrunk, and dimensions are now on the order of five molecules thick.
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Case Study: AFLs Optical Sensing Cables Measure Effects of Climate Change in the Antarctic
2014-10-15 17:36:00| Offshore Technology
AFL's optical sensing cables were recently deployed through the McMurdo Ice Shelf and into the Ross Sea in Antarctica, as part of a study to measure the effects of warming ocean water on glacial ice.
Air Pollution Compounds Effects of Climate Change
2014-10-13 18:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: Two separate studies have confirmed the extent of human influence on climate change-and, for once, carbon dioxide is not the usual suspect. One team has just found that air pollution dimmed the skies of northern Europe, reflected sunlight back into space, reduced evaporation, and increased river flow. The second group reports that similar aerosol pollution had a quite different effect on the Asian monsoons: in the second half of the 20th century, the darkening skies reduced temperatures and...
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Some parts of state more vulnerable to health effects of climate change
2014-10-13 07:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: In the last century, Minnesota has generally grown warmer and wetter, changes that have big implications for human health. Some Minnesota counties are much more vulnerable than others to health problems associated with climate change, concludes the first county-by-county Minnesota Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. The Minnesota Department of Health report, released Monday, looks at which counties are most vulnerable to extreme heat, flash flooding and bad air quality. Since 1895,...
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