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New city zoning plans tied to changes in climate
2013-10-30 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: City officials proposed new zoning rules Tuesday that would require developers of large new buildings in Boston to submit plans to deal with flooding, heat waves, and other potential complications of climate change as sea levels and temperatures are projected to rise. The rules, which will be presented to the Boston Redevelopment Authority board next month, are among a number of steps city officials said they have taken since Hurricane Sandy last year demonstrated the dangers posed by a changing...
Recall Tied To Kan. Plant Prompts Federal Tracking
2013-10-25 02:24:07| Biotech - Topix.net
Federal officials are watching for possible reports of illnesses linked to packaged foods from a plant in Kansas that have been recalled over concerns about potential Listeria contamination.
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NPR: Wild weather tied to unusual jet stream activity
2013-09-25 19:30:01| PortlandOnline
News story posted to npr.org September 25, 2013.
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Wild Weather Tied To Unusual Jet Stream Activity
2013-09-25 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: There has been a lot of extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere this year, including the recent torrential rains in Colorado, flooding in Europe, bitter cold in Florida and a heat wave in Alaska. And scientists say all of it is related to some odd behavior by the powerful air currents called the polar jet stream. The jet stream is "this ribbon of very fast moving winds that's high over our heads," says Jennifer Francis, a research scientist at the Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences at Rutgers...
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Heat waves tied to flare-ups of digestive illness
2013-08-30 06:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flare-ups of inflammatory bowel disease and "stomach bugs" may be more common during and immediately after heat waves, a new study suggests. Swiss researchers looked at five years of records from one hospital and found more admissions related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) during long stretches of hot days. Hospitalizations for so-called infectious gastroenteritis, marked by vomiting and watery diarrhea, also increased, lagging behind IBD admissions by about a week. The study "shows...
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