je.st
news
Tag: levels
Ice levels, rule changes to boost Arctic northern sea route
2013-05-29 12:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Shipping along the Arctic northern sea route is set to grow more than 30-fold over the next eight years and could account for a quarter of the cargo traffic between Europe and Asia by 2030, experts said on Wednesday. With global warming thawing sea ice, the route, which runs along Russia's northern coast and links Europe with ports in East Asia, is opening for longer and longer each year. Russia is also easing regulations to accommodate more vessels aiming to spur use of the still fledgling...
Tags: levels
sea
rule
northern
Japanese Lab Workers Exposed to Low Levels of Radiation
2013-05-26 04:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As many as 55 workers at a national laboratory may have been exposed to low levels of radiation after an experiment overheated, releasing radioactive particles into the air, the agency operating the lab said Saturday. While the size of the accident was small, it received intensive coverage in Japans news media, a reflection of the anxiety over nuclear safety since the Fukushima accident two years ago. The president of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, which ran the lab, resigned last week over...
Tags: low
levels
japanese
workers
Google's Makani Buy Could Take Wind Energy to Higher Levels
2013-05-23 22:57:00| TechNewsWorld
Google X Labs, the not-so-secret-but-secretive facility that works on cutting edge projects, has bought airborne wind turbine developer Makani Power, which announced the news on its website. Makani uses tethered aircraft that fly in figure 8s to generate power. The purchase formalizes a long and productive relationship between the two companies.
Tags: buy
higher
levels
energy
Drop in US underground water levels has accelerated: USGS
2013-05-21 14:36:42| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Water levels in U.S. aquifers, the vast underground storage areas tapped for agriculture, energy and human consumption, between 2000 and 2008 dropped at a rate that was almost three times as great as any time during the 20th century, U.S. officials said on Monday. The accelerated decline in the subterranean reservoirs is due to a combination of factors, most of them linked to rising population in the United States, according to Leonard Konikow, a research hydrologist at the U.S. Geological Survey....
Tags: water
levels
drop
underground
05.22.13 -- Carbon Dioxide Worldwide Atmospheric Levels Reach 400 Parts Per Million
2013-05-21 13:30:29| pollutiononline Home Page
05/22/13 Pollution Online Newsletter
Tags: parts
million
levels
reach
Sites : [170] [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] [178] [179] [180] [181] [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] next »