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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

Green Car Congress

It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. According to the University Center for Atmospheric Research, more than 75% of natural disasters are triggered directly or indirectly by weather and climate.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

Did I mention that we are also as doomed as doomed can be when it comes to a livable climate and none of what I’ve been working on is going to stop that or even slow it down? Having seen “Inconvenient Truth” the year before I was driven to work on climate change and related environmental issues. I had found my niche.

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How NIST Learns from Horrific Disaster

Cars That Think

The maps need to be refreshed regularly as science, technology, and the climate change. Nine months in to Lombardo's job, however, everything changed. On the evening of Sunday, 22 May 2011, a multiple-vortex tornado touched down in the city of Joplin, Missouri. We simply didn't design for tornadoes before," said Lombardo.

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How NIST Learns from Horrific Disaster

Cars That Think

The maps need to be refreshed regularly as science, technology, and the climate change. Nine months in to Lombardo's job, however, everything changed. On the evening of Sunday, 22 May 2011, a multiple-vortex tornado touched down in the city of Joplin, Missouri. We simply didn't design for tornadoes before," said Lombardo.

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