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Vast ice structures discovered beneath Greenland ice sheet
2014-06-16 16:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Far beneath the flat, tranquil surface of northern Greenlands ice sheet, scientists have discovered vast ice structures as tall as skyscrapers and as wide as the island of Manhattan. The formations are caused when ice at the base of the glacier melts and refreezes over hundreds of years, in a process that may be quickening the glaciers slide into the sea. Using radar from airborne surveys, researchers found that the structures, which cover about a tenth of northern Greenland, are made not...
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Apple Is Launching A Vast Project To Map The Inside Of Every Large Building It Can
2014-06-07 17:20:11| Wireless - Topix.net
Apple has embarked on an ambitious program to use the sensors in its iPhones to map the large indoor areas of stores, offices, event spaces and commercial buildings, according to Onyx Beacon CEO Roman Foeckl, who attended Apple's WWDC conference for developers.
Salinity may ruin vast tract of arable coastal land
2014-05-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dhaka Tribune: Environmentalists have warned that vast stretches of coastal arable land in Bangladesh may become barren because of an alarming rise in salinitydue toa climate change-triggered rise in sea level. Researchers say none of the existing varieties of salinity-tolerant rice can stand the level of salinity that has affected some of the coastal districts. In fact, the best salinity-tolerant variety that could be developed was nowhere near the level already reached, scientists said. Bangladesh Rice...
Obama Opens Vast Climate Data Resources to Public Use
2014-03-21 00:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The White House, federal agencies and private partners Wednesday unveiled the Climate Data Initiative, a project that gives local leaders across the country information to plan for the impacts of climate change while building resilience to rising temperatures already affecting Americans. The Climate Data Initiative makes use of the federal government's extensive, freely-available climate-relevant data resources to stimulate innovation and private-sector entrepreneurship in support of national...
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While America Spars Over Keystone XL, A Vast Network Of Pipelines
2014-03-20 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: After countless marches, arrests, Congressional votes, and editorials, the five-and-a-half year battle over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is nearing its end. If a recent ruling in Nebraska doesn`t delay the decision further, America could find out as soon as this spring whether or not the pipeline, which has become a focal point in America`s environmental movement, will be built. But while critics and proponents of Keystone XL have sparred over the last few years, numerous pipelines - many...
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