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Report warns of sea level rise in Maryland
2013-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SoMd News: Although a new report suggests the sea level might rise as much as 2 feet by 2050, the change might not have an effect on Charles County. New research from a University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science study that was released last month indicates that the water could rise 2 feet along Marylands shoreline by that time, and nearly 4 feet within a century from now. The report, which said sea level rise has occurred more quickly in the mid-Atlantic region than anywhere else along the Atlantic...
Microsoft Warns of Wi-Fi-related Flaw That Can Expose Windows Phone Credentials
2013-08-07 03:13:00| Wireless - Topix.net
Network World - Microsoft has warned Windows Phone users of a security weakness in a Wi-Fi authentication protocol that, ironically, was designed to make Wi-Fi more secure.
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United Kingdom: Fracking will meet resistance from southern nimbys, minister warns
2013-08-04 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A warning that fracking may soon lead to fierce resistance from middle-class southern nimbys has been given by the energy minister Michael Fallon. Fallon, a strong supporter of shale gas, told a private meeting in Westminster: "We are going to see how thick their rectory walls are, whether they like the flaring at the end of the drive." Fallon, who is MP for Sevenoaks in Kent, said exploratory studies for fracking were already poised to start in the north of England and were set to spread the...
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United Kingdom: Lib Dem president Tim Farron warns fracking could harm countryside 'for decades'
2013-08-03 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: In the first major attack on fracking by a leading member of the Coalition, Tim Farron, the Lib Dems' president, said he was "greatly worried' by the Government's "dash for shale gas' and that he would lobby for measures that would severely limit its potential development. Mr Farron's views clash strongly with those of Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary and a fellow Lib Dem. Mr Davey has said he is "excited' about the secure supply of energy and thousands of jobs that shale-gas extraction could create....
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Rising sea levels will seal fate of 316 U.S. cities, study warns
2013-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: A rise in sea levels has already sealed the fate of at least 316 American cities, including Miami and Jacksonville, but if global warming keeps up its current rate through 2100, the number of towns and cities doomed by water could easily go up to 1,400, a chilling new study says. Prior greenhouse gas emissions have already locked in four feet of future sea-level rise that will submerge parts of 316 municipalities, says the paper that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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