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Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals

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Despite extremely low LME nickel exchange inventories, which are currently at the 2007 level and amount to less than 5 days of global use only, the LME nickel contract was down by 30% since the beginning of the year. The forecast for nickel supply in 2023 is almost unchanged at 3.45 The deficit forecast for 2023 was revised to 0.2

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BC government unveils climate plan

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The government of British Columbia recently unveiled its Climate Leadership Plan , targeting the reduction of net annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 million tonnes below current forecasts by 2050 and the creation of up to 66,000 jobs over the next ten years. BC’s target is to reduce 2050 emissions 80% below 2007 levels.

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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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for year 2007. A new black carbon (BC) emissions inventory from China found BC emissions levels in 2007 of 1,957 Gg BC—higher than reported in earlier studies. A new black carbon (BC) emissions inventory from China found BC emissions levels in 2007 of 1,957 Gg BC—higher than reported in earlier studies.

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UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

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Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Shifts in the hydrological cycle resulting in the disappearance of regional climates with related losses of ecosystems, species and the spread of drylands northwards and southwards away from the equator. per year from 2000-2007. Click to enlarge.

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Colorado State University Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2010 Hurricane Season

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The Colorado State University forecast team predicts an above-average 2010 Atlantic basin hurricane season based on the premise that El Niño conditions will dissipate by this summer and that anomalously warm tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures will persist. Phil Klotzbach, lead forecaster on the CSU Hurricane Forecast Team.

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Researchers use IPCC AR5 models to forecast 10% drop in Colorado River flow in next few decades

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The study expands on findings published in 2007 in the journal Science that the American Southwest is becoming more arid as temperatures rise and rainfall patterns shift. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1787. It may not sound like a phenomenally large amount except the water and the river is already over-allocated.

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Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

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The open-access study, published in Global Change Biology Bioenergy , offers a first look at how energy sorghum compares to maize and miscanthus grown in the Midwest, providing data for biogeochemical and ecological models used to forecast crop growth, productivity, and sustainability. Moore, C.E., von Haden, A.C., Burnham, M.B., Gibson, C.D.,

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