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Drought-weakened trees more likely to die in fires
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: rolonged droughts are causing more trees to die in forest fires in the western United States, according to a new study that looked at decades of controlled fire data. Climate change is heating up and drying up the American West, and these two changes are weakening trees, which makes them less able to resist the effects of fire, the authors of the study conclude. "What we're interested in is trying to understand what the climate might be in relation to a fire event," Phil van Mantgem, a research...
2 die as Shanghai continues to suffer searing heat
2013-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Shanghai Daily: SHANGHAI'S extreme heat has claimed two lives in the past few days as the city heads for its hottest July in 140 years. As of yesterday, the city had recorded 23 days with the mercury hitting 35 degrees Celsius and above this month. The maximum temperature was 39.1 degrees yesterday, marking the seventh consecutive day the mercury has risen above 38 degrees, a record since the city began recording temperatures in 1873. The last time Shanghai had 23 days of high temperatures in July was in 1934....
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NJ Senate candidate: 'Millions will die' from climate change
2013-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) said Wednesday that his claim in a Senate campaign ad that millions will die from climate change is not an overstatement. Holt defended his comment, which aired in an online advertisement in which he advocated for a carbon tax, in a meeting with The Star-Ledgers editorial board. I think its no exaggeration at all to say that millions will die. And in fact theres pretty good evidence that millions already have died because of climate change, he told the Newark,...
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Join Your Peers in Recognizing the Winners of the 2013 International Die Casting Design ...
2013-07-23 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Winners of International Die Casting Design Competition will be recognized for their outstanding casting designs on September 16 during 2013 Die Casting Design Competition Luncheon, which will take place from 12:15 to 2:00 pm during Die Casting Congress and Tabletop in Louisville, KY. Said competition highlights and acknowledges industry innovation in addition to promoting increased use of die castings through recognizing and publicizing outstanding designs. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Do or die? Windows RT decision looms for new Microsoft leadership
2013-07-18 14:57:53| InfoWorld: Top News
While the Microsoft marketing band plays on in spite of Windows RT's epic fail, Microsoft's new Operating Systems group, led by longtime Microsoft Exchange honcho Terry Myerson, faces an impossible juggling act.
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