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Melting Cave Ice Is Taking Ancient Climate Data with It
2014-10-28 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: On a recent visit to Crystal Ice Cave in Idaho, climate and cave researchers had to wade through frigid, knee-deep water to reach the ice formations that give the cave its name. Cavers are good-humored about the hardships of underground exploration, but this water was chilling for more than one reason: it was carrying away some of the very clues they had come to study. Ice is an invaluable source of information about the earth's past. Pollen trapped in ice from polar ice caps and mountaintop glaciers...
Banning mobile phones in cars saves lives. No it doesnt. Yes it does. No it doesnt.
2014-10-28 17:30:59| Extremetech
Contrarian studies say there's little difference. Drivers who flout the law may be lousy drivers regardless.
Humanity's 'inexorable' population growth is so rapid even global catastrophe wouldn't stop it
2014-10-27 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The global human population is locked in to an inexorable rise this century and will not be easily shifted, even by apocalyptic events such as a third world war or lethal pandemic, a study has found. There is no quick fix to the population time-bomb, because there are now so many people even unimaginable global disasters won't stop growth, scientists have concluded. Although measures designed to reduce human fertility in the parts of the world where the population growth is fastest will eventually...
Your Company Is Probably Going to Get Hacked. Here's How to Protect It.
2014-10-27 18:41:42| Air Courier - Topix.net
In 2014 alone, the headlines arrived with unnerving regularity: Target CEO steps down after the cyber-theft of 40 million payment card numbers; a Russia crime ring has amassed 1.2 billion name and password combinations; a cyber-attack on JPMorgan Chase could compromise the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small businesses. And that doesn't even include the quieter drip-drip of Fortune 500 trade secrets falling into the hands of Chinese cyber-spies.
EU emissions target isn't as ambitious as it seems
2014-10-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: It sounds bold and ambitious. European Union leaders last night signed off on an agreement to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40 per cent by 2030. But climate scientists are wary of applauding the plan. For one thing, the target is a cut of 40 per cent compared with greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 - nearly 25 years ago. Since then, the EU has made cuts of almost 20 per cent, mainly through burning less coal and outsourcing heavy industries to developing countries. So it is virtually halfway there...
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