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Study projects earlier sea-level rise threat to islands
2013-04-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Low-lying islands may be facing more global warming trouble than previously thought. New modeling that includes storm wind and wave action shows some islands could face regular inundation within the next few decades as sea level rises. Even if the islands are not permanently submerged, ocean flooding is likely contaminate freshwater supplies, damage agriculture and infrastructure and threaten important bird, sea turtle and marine mammal habitat. Oceanographer Curt Storlazzi of the USGS Pacific...
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Suncor water spill no threat to health, test says
2013-04-13 23:17:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A spill of contaminated water in the Athabasca River from Suncor Energy Inc's oil sands operations last month was not a threat to human health, Alberta's Environment Department said on Friday, though the water did contain higher-than-allowed amounts of some metals and other compounds.
The growing climate change threat to world food supplies
2013-04-13 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When the Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, it was in protest at heavy-handed treatment and harassment in the province where he lived. But a host of new studies suggest that a major factor in the subsequent uprisings, which became known as the Arab spring, was food insecurity. Drought, rocketing bread prices, food and water shortages have all blighted parts of the Middle East. Analysts at the Centre for American Progress in Washington say a combination...
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Suncor water spill no threat to health, test says
2013-04-13 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A spill of contaminated water in the Athabasca River from Suncor Energy Inc's oil sands operations last month was not a threat to human health, Alberta's Environment Department said on Friday, though the water did contain higher-than-allowed amounts of some metals and other compounds. The department said the water, which spilled into the river after a pipe froze and broke on March 25, was fatal to rainbow trout in a 96-hour test because of high concentrations of naphthenic acid. While it is...
Remote Airplane Hijack Threat Demoed: Simon Says 'Crash!'
2013-04-11 23:53:00| TechNewsWorld
Airplanes can be hijacked using an Android smartphone, security consultant and trained commercial pilot Hugo Teso told an audience at a conference in Germany on Wednesday. Teso, who works for N.runs, created an exploit framework he calls "SIMON," and crafted an Android app he named "PlaneSploit" that delivers attack messages to an aircraft's flight management system.
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