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Google: We're Not Killing Chrome OS
2015-11-02 23:01:36| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
"There's no plan to phase out Chrome OS," Google said today.
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Smoke From Wildfires Is Killing Hundreds of Thousands of People
2015-10-29 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Dr. Praveen Buddiga knew he would find a packed waiting room when he arrived at his office that warm September day in California's Central Valley. White flakes drifted from the sky, as if he were inside a snow globe. The Rough Fire, a 152,000-acre blaze sparked by lightning in the Sequoia National Forest, was lofting thick smoke, soot, and ash into the air-and into the lungs of Buddiga's patients 35 miles away, in Fresno. As an allergist, Buddiga knows that wildfires pose a serious, sometimes...
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Typhoon Koppu weakens, heads for Japan after killing 26 in Philippines
2015-10-21 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A typhoon that dumped heavy rains on the northern Philippines, killing 26 people as it flattened houses and destroyed crops, weakened on Wednesday before heading toward southern Japan. Weather officials warned ferries and fishermen against going to sea as typhoon Koppu, packing winds of 55 kph (34 mph), moved northeast toward Japan's Ryukyu islands, at a speed of 6 kph (4 mph). Raging floodwaters and landslides in the main Philippine island of Luzon were responsible for most of the deaths,...
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Lathering up with sunscreen may protect against cancer -- killing coral reefs worldwide
2015-10-21 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Lathering up with sunscreen may prevent sunburn and protect against cancer, but it is also killing coral reefs around the world. That's the conclusion of a team of international scientists, which includes University of Central Florida professor and diving enthusiast John Fauth. The researchers found that oxybenzone, a common UV-filtering compound, is in high concentrations in the waters around the more popular coral reefs in Hawaii, and the Caribbean. The chemical not only kills the coral,...
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Climate change is killing the unsung heroes of the oceans: Krill
2015-10-20 23:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Have you thought about krill recently? No? Weird. Well then, allow me: Krill those tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans that are among the most important marine wildlife are falling victim to climate change. And because of krills position on the food chain, this could be a very big problem. While you might not eat krill, that fish you had for lunch probably does, the New York Times reports: In the Southern Ocean, most marine life is a direct predator of krill or just one step removed. Diminishing...
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