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Climate realities

2014-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: ON Tuesday, world leaders will converge at United Nations headquarters in New York for a summit meeting on the climate that will set the stage for global negotiations next year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of global climate change. The summit is titled Catalyzing Action, a decidedly hopeful characterization. I wish I were so hopeful. It is true that, in theory, we can avoid the worst consequences of climate change with an intensive global effort over the next several...

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Eli Lilly Navigates The Realities Of Innovation

2014-05-31 12:49:37| Biotech - Topix.net

You have seen the headlines, reading like obituaries for the about-to-be departed.

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Showtime Brings Realities of Texas Drought Home to Millions

2014-04-11 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EDF: It may seem like only yesterday that Texans were asked to conserve water after another scorching summer, but in reality it was four, dry years ago. The drought, which began in 2010 after La Nia altered sea level temperatures in the Pacific, continues to persist in the Lone Star State and promises to surpass the states record-setting multi-year drought from the 1950s. Ranchers have been forced to sell off cattle, town water supplies continue to go dry, and power plants struggle to provide a reliable...

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Virtual realities: simulation tech for offshore safety

2014-03-20 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

From familiarising rig operators with future working environments before they have even been built to testing how new software might interact with other systems in a crisis, advances in modern technology are bringing new health and safety opportuniti

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