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Threat 'Abrupt' Climate Impacts Warrants Early Warning System, Panel Finds
2013-12-03 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Climate change "tipping points" could be sudden and surprising, experts say. The threat of sudden climate change disaster-from the poles melting to farmlands failing-is real and requires an early warning system, an expert panel suggested on Tuesday. Looking at "tipping points" for global warming disasters, the National Research Council panel report on "abrupt" climate impacts finds noteworthy risks of sharp, sudden sea-level rise, water shortages, and extinctions worldwide in coming years and decades....
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Berkeley scientists devise satellite-based early warning system for wildfires
2013-10-23 22:25:19| Extremetech
As human civilization continues to creep into what was once remote wilderness, the impact of wildfires is becoming more severe. The solution may be a satellite-based early warning system called FUEGO (Spanish for fire) being developed at UC Berkeley.
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The underwater internet could be an early warning system for natural disasters
2013-10-16 15:04:20| Extremetech
Using a network of sensors, a team of researchers have unveiled plans to knit the world above and below the waves together to create an underwater internet. cCombining all the disparate networks of underwater acoustic sensors into one could improve data gathering and make important early warning systems more accessible and reliable.
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Early warning, massive evacuations save eastern India from large cyclone casualties
2013-10-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Aid workers in India this week said an organized early warning and evacuation system helped minimize the death toll as Cyclone Phailin lashed the country's eastern coast, and they said the experience underscores the type of disaster preparation nations will need as climate change leads to fiercer and more frequent storms. By yesterday, about 25 people had been reported killed, according to news reports. While tragic, officials noted, the numbers pale in comparison to 10,000 people who were killed...
Early warning signs of population collapse
2013-04-11 02:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Spatial measurements of population density could reveal when threatened natural populations are in danger of crashing. Many factors -- including climate change, overfishing or loss of food supply -- can push a wild animal population to the brink of collapse. Ecologists have long sought ways to measure the risk of such a collapse, which could help wildlife and fishery managers take steps to protect endangered populations. Last year, MIT physicists demonstrated that they could measure a population's...
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