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Climate change killed Europeans in 2003 heat
2016-07-09 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Hundreds of west European were killed in the 2003 heat wave by human-induced climate change, scientists say in a ground-breaking report. British researchers say climate change was responsible for the deaths of more than 60 people in London in 2003, and over 500 in Paris. In a rare instance of direct attribution of human mortality to warming temperatures, they say that year`s European heatwave raised the risk of heat-related death by 20% in London, and in Paris by 70%. Using both climate and mortality...
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Europeans, Russians launch joint mission to search for life on Mars
2016-03-14 18:37:48| Extremetech
The Europeans and Russians jointly launched the first half of a two-part mission to Mars today. The Trace Gas Orbiter will search for the source of Mars' periodic methane emissions and hunt for a landing site for a later rover mission launching in 2018.
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Only 18% of Europeans trust operators on personal data
2016-01-19 11:30:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Less than a third (32 percent) of Europeans believe there are advantages to big data, according to a study conducted by TNS Infratest on behalf of the Vodafone Institute. The survey of 8,000 respondents in eight European countries revealed that even fewer digital users 26 percent thought companies respected the privacy of their personal data, with only 29 percent feeling they had control over what information is collected about them. In terms of the types of companies that Europeans trust to correctly handle their personal data, telecoms operators were trusted by just 18 percent of respondents, slightly above social media companies (11 percent), messaging providers (14 percent) and search engine companies (16 percent).
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Most Europeans Think CAP is Important
2016-01-08 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EUROPEAN UNION - Over 80 per cent of survey respondents consider the role of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) "very or fairly important" for stimulating jobs and growth and for supporting the role of the farmer in the food chain, according to a new eurobarometer survey.
Study: Europeans to suffer more ragweed with global warming
2015-05-25 17:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Global warming will bring much more sneezing and wheezing to Europe by mid-century, a new study says. Ragweed pollen levels are likely to quadruple for much of Europe because warmer temperatures will allow the plants to take root more, and carbon dioxide will make them grow more, says a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. Other factors not related to man-made climate change will also contribute. Ragweed isn't native to Europe, but was imported from America in the late...
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