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Planetary-Scale Cloud OS Could Reshape Internet as We Know It
2014-05-24 17:58:13| Telecom - Topix.net
NEWS ANALYSIS: OpenStack initiatives in the cloud and application policy efforts from VMware and Cisco could greatly change the Internet as we know it.
Gas boom to reshape US role in Asia: study
2013-11-08 09:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A boom in gas production will reshape the US role in Asia and could fuel new tensions with a growing, energy-hungry China, a new report says. US foreign policy has historically been based largely on demand for outside energy, with Washington closely allying itself with oil-rich Arab monarchies. But a major increase in gas production -- in part through the controversial practice of "fracking" deep underground -- has given the United States the prospect not just of energy independence but of playing...
Shale gas, oil reshape world energy landscape
2013-09-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: After unleashing an energy revolution in the United States, shale gas and oil are now becoming energy game-changers worldwide, a break with the past whose ramifications are still unclear. Thanks to the advent of hydraulic fracturing technology -- used to extract oil and gas locked in sedimentary shale rock -- the United States is on track to become the world-number-one oil producer by 2017 and a net exporter by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Besides radically changing...
Massive Aquifer Discovered in Kenya holds 70 Years Worth of Water, May Reshape Nation
2013-09-11 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A newly-discovered aquifer in Kenya's arid Turkana region contains enough water to meet the nation's needs for the next 70 years. The discovery of the Lotikipi Basin Aquifer was officially announced Wednesday at an international water security meeting of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in Nairobi. The find is certainly a boon for the African nation, especially in a region known to be one of the driest parts of Kenya. In addition to Lotikipi, four other water...
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Massive Rim Fire Continues to Reshape Lives and Topography
2013-08-26 15:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: On Day 9, the sweeping Rim fire reshaped lives and topography from pristine wilderness areas to a famed national park to mountain communities that could be in the direct line of fire, depending at any moment on which way the wind blew. In Groveland, Abby Esteres nervously puffed on a cigarette Sunday morning after her first night back in her Pine Lake Mountain home. "I haven't been able to eat not knowing if our house burned down or not," said the 27-year-old housekeeper, who went through a week...
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