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Scientists Find Canadian Oil Safe for Pipelines, but Critics Say Questions Remain
2013-06-26 04:36:33| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Diluted bitumen the blend of thick Canadian crude that would be shipped by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is no riskier to transport than other types of crude oil, a new study has found, a conclusion that came under sharp attack by environmentalists. The study, which was conducted by the National Academy of Sciences and released on Tuesday, found that batches of diluted bitumen were no more likely to corrode or damage pipelines. And it determined that pipeline operators had no reason to change...
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Scientists create nanoscopic data storage using graphene paper and electron ink
2013-06-24 18:43:10| Extremetech
Using graphene "paper" and electron "ink," Danish and Chinese researchers have created one of the tiniest data storage methods ever devised. This technique could eventually be used as a means of nanoscale data storage (can you imagine storing the entire Library of Congress on a single gram of graphene?), or to create graphene-based computer circuits.
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Iowa: Recent flood and drought signal what's to come, scientists and officials say
2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press-Citizen: Given the choice between a drought or flooding, Johnson County farmer Russ Meade would take his chances with swampy fields any year. Psychologically, a drought affects you a lot worse because youre seeing things slowly die, said Meade, who helps run his familys 720-acre corn, soybean and cattle farm near Tiffin. The past two growing seasons, though, Meade has faced both extremes. Last summer, his crops wilted during the fifth-driest summer on record in Iowa. That was followed by the wettest...
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As Calgary floods, scientists warn of rising risks
2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The normally tame Bow and Elbow Rivers that course their way through downtown Calgary, Alberta, have taken over the city, transforming Canada's fourth-largest city into North America's Venice. A slow-moving storm system, coming on top of an unusually wet spring, has produced massive flooding across southern Alberta, prompting tens of thousands to hastily evacuate sections of Calgary, and producing surreal images of the city's landmarks, such as the Calgary Stampede grounds, under several feet of...
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World Food Prize goes to three biotech scientists
2013-06-19 21:43:53| Biotech - Topix.net
This year's World Food Prize is going to a Belgian scientist and two researchers in the United States for their innovations that brought the world genetically modified crops.
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