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More extreme weather projected in the Amazon could have global climate consequences
2015-10-12 22:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurekAlert: A new paper co-authored by WHRC scientists Philip Duffy and Paulo Brando evaluates the accuracy of current climate models and uses them to project future drought and wet periods in the Amazon. They conclude that the whole of the Amazon will confront more hydrological extremes, and that most of the region will experience much more frequent and extensive drought. These changes would have profound implications for forest structure, composition, biomass, and carbon emissions. According to Dr. Duffy,...
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Climate change could triple Amazon drought, study finds
2015-10-12 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: When thinking about greenhouse gas emissions, there are a few obvious sources that come to mind, such as cars or coal-burning plants. But there are also some huge natural reservoirs of carbon on Earth, known as carbon sinks, which could pour huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere if they were unleashed. The worlds forests are one major example. Trees store large amounts of carbon while theyre alive but when they die, they release all that carbon back into the atmosphere. So as...
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Columbus Day sales, deals, coupons 2015: Ikea, Amazon, Macy's, Best Buy and more
2015-10-12 01:27:35| Footwear - Topix.net
So while the holiday may be controversial - Columbus Day celebrates the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas though indigenous people already lived here - there is little controversy about the sales offered. Amazon: Up to 60% off clothes and accessories.
Amazon Fire HD 10
2015-10-10 12:02:01| PC Magazine: New Product Reviews
Amazon's Fire HD 10 tablet serves up access to all the Amazon content you could possibly want, but its clunky form factor, subpar screen, and higher price place it a step behind the smaller Fire HD 8.
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Amazon Casts Its Net on the Internet of Things
2015-10-09 20:50:23| TechNewsWorld
Amazon on Thursday leapt into the Internet of Things market with the announcement of its AWS IoT platform. AWS IoT lets devices -- ranging from cars and turbines to sensor grids and light bulbs -- connect to services from Amazon Web Services. That in turn allows companies to store, process, analyze and act on the mountains of data generated by connected devices.
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