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Scientists Cast Doubt On An Apparent 'Hiatus' In Global Warming

2015-06-05 00:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: A team of government scientists has revised its estimate for how much the planet has been warming. The new results, published in the journal Science, may dispel the idea that Earth has been in the midst of a "global warming hiatus" - a period over the past 20 years where the planet's temperature appears to have risen very little. "We think the data no longer supports the notion of having a hiatus," says Tom Karl, a scientist with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and...

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Bjorn Lomborg centre: Leaked documents cast doubt on Abbott government claims

2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Morning Herald: It was the Abbott government's original idea for the University of Western Australia to host a think tank created by the "sceptical environmentalist" Bjorn Lomborg, according to leaked talking points. Mr Lomborg's views have no credibility in the scientific community The government will provide $4 million over four years to bring Dr Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Centre methodology to Australia at a new centre within the University of Western Australia (UWA) business school. In the talking...

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Analyst, Vodafone cast doubt on likelihood of telco's sale

2014-11-24 02:43:32| Telecom - Topix.net

The likelihood of a sell-off of Australia's number three telco, Vodafone Australia, has been greatly exaggerated, according to both the telco itself and a local telecom analyst. Speculation about a possible sale of the telco, which is a joint venture of Vodafone and Hutchison Australia, exploded after Vodafone Group's chief executive, Vittorio Colao, was asked at an investor conference if it would consider selling it business in Australia and two other weak markets.

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Federal officials cast doubt on Ebola travel ban

2014-10-06 07:56:02| Biotech - Topix.net

In this photo provided by CBS News, the National Institute of Health's Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, speaks on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Speaking on the Ebola virus, Fauci said it's perfectly normal to feel anxious about a disease that kills so fast and is ravaging parts of West Africa, but predicts there won't be an outbreak in the U.S. The Associated Press In this photo provided by CBS News, the National Institute of Health's Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, speaks on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington.

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