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Diseases can be tracked better and faster with new tech
2013-10-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Surveillance is key to eliminating and preventing infectious diseases. Early detection offers the chance of rapid response, which can stop a handful of cases or a few clusters of illness from becoming something far worse. Take polio. Surveillance underpins the current global eradication effort: without it, we wouldn't know where or how the virus circulates, as 90 per cent of cases have no symptoms, which makes it difficult to identify them. As a result of early detection, however, 99 per cent...
Australia: Carbon cycle tracked as Victoria's forests breathe
2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Nestled among the dry eucalypt forests behind Nagambie, north of Melbourne, the 36-metre metal ''flux tower'' looks out of place. Far above the sparse grey box and lemon gums it sends out an infrared beam that, 20 times a second, measures the transfer of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the landscape. The project is part of scientific efforts to understand one of the big unknown questions in climate science: will soil, trees and plants continue to soak up large amounts of CO2 as the...
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Porn piracy tracked to computers in Vatican City
2013-04-10 02:00:48| CNET News.com
Even the residents of Vatican City need to be entertained, but are they pirating porn? [Read more]
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Climate change to be tracked via new systems
2013-03-26 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GNA: New systems for tracking the social impact of efforts to adapt to climate change could soon be in place in Africa and South Asia. Working with policy and research partners in these regions, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (Adaptify and Garama 3C Limited) has designed a framework and tools that would enable countries to ensure that their efforts to adapt to climate change and efforts to development work in concert. IIED is engaging with governments of five...
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United Kingdom: Fears fracking could be "fast tracked"
2013-02-23 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Growth and Infrastructure Bill, currently going through the House of Lords, could allow exploration for shale gas to be considered as of "national significance', meaning the Government can override local authorities to grant planning permission. The National Trust, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of the Earth, the Town & Country Planning Association, Wildlife Trusts and Greenpeace have joined up to fight the change in the law. Baroness Young of Old Scone, an independent peer,...
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