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The rise—which may aggravate monsoon flooding in Bangladesh and India—could have future impacts on both regional and global climate. Global sea-level patterns are not geographically uniform. finds that the sea-level rise is at least partly a result of climate change. The Indo-Pacific warm pool. Click to enlarge. Weiqing Han.

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. Maria Oden , also a bioengineering professor, founded the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies.

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JANUARY 17, 2010

As part of the initial agreement signed by the partners on 17 January at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, the SBRP will undertake research projects that combine the arid and salt-rich environment of Abu Dhabi with innovative and promising saltwater farming practices. Carl Hodges of Global Seawater Inc. , Earlier post.).

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The result implies that globally, cloud changes caused by particles from all forms of industrial pollution block 1 Watt of solar energy per square meter of Earth’s surface, masking almost a third of the present-day warming from greenhouse gases. This path is also part of a popular open-ocean shipping route between Europe and Asia.

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This second wave of urbanisation is projected to see more than 3 billion additional people living in cities in a time-span of just 80 years, primarily in Africa and Asia. However, water savings of 30%, and energy saving of up to 50% can be achieved in cities with limited investment and encouraging behavioral change, according to UNEP.

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Since 2012, voestalpine has invested more than €100 million (US$140 million) in new plants in China, Germany, Romania, South Africa, and the US. With our new materials, we have managed to produce components that have absolutely unique selling points on a global level. Additional plants and expanded capacity are in the planning stage.

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JULY 20, 2010

A new report from the National Research Council quantifies , per degree of warming, several anticipated effects and impacts of global warming, including changes in streamflow, wildfires, crop productivity, extreme hot summers, and sea level rise. Anticipated impacts. In addition, warming of 1 °C to 2 °C (1.8 °F Warming of 3 °C (5.4 °F)

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JANUARY 8, 2014

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Automakers will push for changes in the California ZEV mandates. More than 2.2

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Water consumption or withdrawals per unit of energy produced, by energy type, in the United States. With increasing frequency ,” write the Pacific Institute researchers, “ we value energy production over water production. ”. by Jack Rosebro. Source: DHI Group. Click to enlarge. Climate change.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). kWh in Africa. Cape Wind will not lead the US energy revolution.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The analysis also indicated that emissions varied by region: New hydropower facilities in Western Europe were estimated to have near-zero climate impacts, whereas those in Western Africa yielded climate impacts greater than coal and natural gas plants over all timescales. —Ocko and Hamburg (2019). Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

At this year’s Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) expo at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Rheinmetall AG is presenting turnkey, mobile modular solutions for producing, storing and transporting CO 2 -free hydrogen. Byproducts such as oxygen can either be used for their own requirements or sold into the global commodity market.

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For over 50 years, that first seed has been watered with members’ passion, values, and care. With nearly 200 projects established across sub-Saharan Africa, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, IEEE Smart Village has benefited more than 1.4 The Foundation’s work has blossomed into meaningful, real-world impact. million people.

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JULY 31, 2017

South Africa has the potential to produce more than 400,000 tonnes of ethanol per year from existing ferroalloy and titania producers. This would prevent the release of more than 700,000 tonnes of CO 2 per annum—the equivalent to removing 250,000 cars from South Africa’s roads.

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Until recently, the residents of Melamchi, Nepal, cooked meals and heated water for bathing over a wood-burning stove. Her team collaborated with Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), an organization that couples tourism with humanitarian technology to provide solar energy in off-grid communities.

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Estimates of shale gas resources in other parts of the world are highly uncertain, the EIA notes. These include France, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa, Morocco, and Chile. The first is those countries that currently depend heavily on natural gas imports but that also have significant shale gas resources. A hat-tip to John! ).

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MARCH 27, 2010

New NASA measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), part of the global ocean conveyor belt that helps regulate climate around the North Atlantic, show no significant slowing over the past 15 years. There, in the seas surrounding Greenland, the water cools, sinks to great depths and changes direction.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

As part of the challenge, Ford and the challenge cosponsor, the Institute for Information Industry of Taiwan, are providing resources to developers to help them find new ways to increase traffic efficiency. follows the first set of 10 global challenges, which were held throughout 2014 in Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

IBM is opening its 12 th global research lab, and its first in Africa. IBM Research - Africa will have its first location in Nairobi, Kenya in collaboration between the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) through the Kenya ICT Board. Operations at IBM Research - Africa will commence immediately.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

The report estimates that carbon emissions equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector are being captured and stored by marine ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. In parts of southeast Asia losses of mangroves since the 1940s are as high as 90%. Blue carbon sink. Wider Benefits.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The new Focus will be one of up to 10 unique models to be built from Ford’s new global C-car platform, which is expected to generate total sales in all regions of 2 million units annually by 2012—a doubling Ford’s 2008 C-car volumes. Duratec I-4 unit while contributing to projected fuel economy gains of more than 10%.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

F) rise in global temperatures if the current high emissions of greenhouse gasses continue. The conference, attended by 130 international scientists and policy specialists, is the first to consider the global consequences of climate change beyond 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 °F). Source: Met Office. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

If they meet all the pledges they've made for emission reductions by 2030, global temperature rise will be at 2.4° Many people see such actions as "playing God," and worry about the unintended consequences of meddling with nature on a global scale. Humanity is already reducing global warming. Wanser: It's partly a play on words.

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JUNE 5, 2010

A research collaboration between South Africa-based Sasol and the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP) has led to the commissioning of high-tech equipment to gain better insights into the properties and performance of synthetic diesel fuels. This area of research is known as tribology.

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AUGUST 1, 2009

The oscillator is fitted with pistons and, when activated by wave action, pumps high-pressure water through a sub-sea pipeline to the shore. Onshore, conventional hydroelectric generators convert this high-pressure water into electrical energy. There is no underwater generator, power electronics or gearbox underwater to go wrong. —Dr

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

There is also growing concern among some scientists that thresholds or tipping points may now be reached in a matter of years or a few decades including significant changes to the Indian sub-continent’s monsoon, the Sahara and West Africa monsoons, and climate systems affecting a critical ecosystem like the Amazon rainforest.

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AUGUST 11, 2013

As evil and damaging as racism is to individuals and our society overall, the Climate LiarDeniers’s evil far exceeds the scope of race haters because the damage is done to everyone at a global level of catastrophe that no racial supremacist ever dreamed of. . It’s as obvious as water is wet. .

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

As global temperatures rise, greenhouse gases accumulate, and all signs point to Really Bad Things happening in the coming decades, Spectrum readers are clearly looking for a way out of our current climate predicament. The pumps tap into vast stores of groundwater that lie not too far underground and cover much of sub-Saharan Africa.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Parry and colleagues warn that this underestimate of the cost of adaptation threatens to weaken the outcome of UNFCCC negotiations, which are due to culminate in Copenhagen in December with a global deal aimed at tackling climate change. The UNFCCC has estimated annual global costs of adapting to climate change to be US$40-170 billion.

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If global warming continues unabated, and if the world veers toward catastrophe, it would be better to have tools ready to avoid the most dire outcomes, he says. Scientists warn that global warming is likely to hit 1.5 °C Frank Keutsch , who is leading the high-profile Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx).

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JANUARY 13, 2013

The session is expected to culminate in the adoption of a new convention by the 147 states attending the session to reduce mercury emissions and releases to the air, water and land. UNEP produced its first Global Mercury Assessment in 2002 and a subsequent study in 2007.

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Italy-based Snam, a global energy infrastructure company, and RINA, a global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the hydrogen sector, in order to realize the significant potential of hydrogen as a fundamental energy carrier.

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MARCH 6, 2010

Some offset projects may provide further benefits, such as: (a) the promotion of sustainable development; (b) improvements in air or water quality; (c) the creation of new domestic and international economic opportunities; and (d) the incentivization of innovation as parties seek new methods of generating offsets.

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Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 Additional highlights of the 9 th annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015 report include: China saw by far the biggest renewable energy investments in 2014—a record $83.3 billion) and South Africa ($5.5

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

from a market for Russian crude and natural gas (via LNG) to a global competitor. It would also force foreign suppliers to seek other markets for all or part of the exports they previously sent to the U.S. into a major (potential) LNG competitor in global LNG import markets, and, via the U.S. This has transformed the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. “ Bretton Woods plus Yalta, multiplied by Reykjavik.

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During a House Financial Services Committee hearing in October 2019, Representative Maxine Waters D-Calif.) Waters said, “That’s not a commitment.” dollars (or other currencies, as Amazon is a global business) on demand. Netflix is AWS’s largest customer. Not far behind, in terms of monthly spending, are Twitch and LinkedIn.

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