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Rising Temps, Invisible Threats: Climate Change Spurs Disease Fears
2015-11-27 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Winter was oddly mild in northern Texas in 2012, a year that saw few snowflakes and barely any ice. When the cold failed to show up, the spring mosquitoes arrived in droves, carrying disease. The insects multiplied during an unusually muggy May, when temperatures hit the 90s and then stayed there. On June 20, Dallas recorded the season's first case of West Nile virus. By late August, there were nearly 400. Nineteen people would die in the greater Dallas area in the worst West Nile outbreak...
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Arkansas a refuge from rising seas in Marshall Islands
2015-11-26 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Valentino Keimbar hides from the intense heat in the shade of a breadfruit tree, waiting for his basketball game to begin. It was supposed to start a couple of hours ago, maybe three, but time matters little here on the Marshall Islands. Keimbar would love to stay on this tiny string of atolls in the vast Pacific Ocean, which he considers a precious gift from his ancestors. But he fears hotter weather and rising seas may soon force everyone to go, and that many will choose an unlikely place 6,000...
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Rising number of glacial lakes threatening communities
2015-11-26 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tribune: With 2015 set to become the hottest year on record, the government on Thursday told the lower house of parliament on Thursday that while there was an increasing phenomenon of glacial lakes presenting a threat to communities, they needed more comprehensive study to determine the effect of climate change. Submitting a written reply in the National Assembly on Thursday during the question hour, Climate Change Minister Zahid Hamid said there were a number of studies on glaciers in Pakistan, but they...
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Haptic Feedback Engineer, Tom Carter, Wins Elektra's "Rising Star - New Engineer of the Year" Award
2015-11-26 17:19:57| Electronics - Topix.net
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Valley facing rising temperatures, decreasing rainfall: Report
2015-11-24 11:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kashmir Reader: By 2030, the number of rainy days in eastern parts of the state are likely to increase by 15 even as rainfall in all other parts, including the Valley, shows a decreasing trend, a report released by the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA) said. All metrological stations in the state are showing decreasing trends in total number of rainy days and rainfall except Jammu and Katra where rainfall in significantly on the rise, said Majid Farooq, coordinator Climate Change Centre (J&K...
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