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Caribbean needs help to combat climate change
2013-12-29 09:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: CHRISTMAS 2013 was not a happy one for some parts of the Eastern Caribbean. The region was hit by extraordinarily heavy rains which caused massive floods and landslides. As a result, there was catastrophe everywhere. Eight people died in St Vincent and the Grenadines, dozens of families there were forced out of their homes, water and electricity were cut off in many places, and some people are still missing. In St Lucia, five people were killed by landslides and the rains caused extensive destruction...
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DoD: To conquer nations and budgets, combat must go totally autonomous
2013-12-27 21:00:57| Extremetech
In a turn of phrase that seems designed to provoke headlines, the US Department of Defense this week said one of its primary goals is to "take the 'man' out of unmanned" combat. This quote and much more comes from the latest in the Department's ongoing series of Roadmap to the Future reports, which seek to lay out both the current realities and future plans of the US military and defense industry.
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Pakistan secures $3.8 million World Bank fund to combat climate change
2013-12-21 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Recorder: Pakistan has won dollars 3.8 million Readiness Fund of Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) to combat climate change and tropical deforestation after a tough competition at Geneva, Switzerland. The FCPF is the World Bank administered facility that is set up to compensate developing countries for reductions in carbon dioxide emissions achieved by preserving their forests. A total of eight new countries including Pakistan have been selected for the FCPF fund after Norway pledged dollars 100...
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US Navy launches fifth littoral combat ship
2013-12-19 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The US Navy has christened and successfully launched the fifth littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), during a ceremony held at the Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, US.
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Could China combat smog with artificial rain?
2013-12-05 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: China plans to open the heavens to bring back its blue skies. According to local news reports, a document released by the China Meteorological Administration says that from 2015, local weather authorities will be allowed to use cloud seeding to create rain and clear the country's notorious smog. It's part of the government's plan to invest 1.7 trillion yuan ($277 billion) in tackling air pollution. But will it work? Programmes to generate artificial rain have been running since the 1950s. In...
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