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Volcanoes Can Mitigate Climate Change?
2014-11-23 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Small volcanic eruptions over the years may actually helped slow climate change. That's at least according to a new study which details how minor eruptions between 200 and 2013 may have directly cooled the average global temperature. The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, describes how volcanoes blast helpful particles, called aerosols, into the air during an eruption. When these sulfer dioxide aerosols reach the stratosphere (the second layer of our atmosphere), they...
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EPA Settles With Stone Energy Corporation To Restore And Mitigate Damage To West Virginia Streams
2014-11-07 03:18:03| oilandgasonline Home Page
In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stone Energy Corporation will restore streams damaged by the company’s unauthorized discharge of dredged or fill material in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
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NATS and Terma trial new radar to mitigate effects of wind turbines
2014-10-10 01:00:00| Airport Technology
UK air navigation services provider NATS and radar manufacturer Terma have trialled the latter's Scanter system to analyse its performance as an extended range wind turbine mitigation system.
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International Panel says Urgent Action Needed Mitigate Climate Change
2014-09-19 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A leading climate scientist warns failure to act on reducing threats from climate change will have disastrous global consequences. He said the science on climate change is solid and inaction is no solution. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to release the final installment of its 5th Assessment Report in a few weeks. The previous report lays out the risks of climate change and stresses the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere through adaptation...
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Experts at UN conference call for action to mitigate climate-related health risks
2014-08-28 10:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UN News Centre: Experts are urging the international community to act fast to reduce climate change and its health consequences at the first-ever global conference on health and climate, which opened today at the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). The evidence is overwhelming: climate change endangers human health, said Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. Solutions exist and we need to act decisively to change this trajectory. Measures to adapt to climate change...
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