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Social Media as Epidemiology Tool
A change in the way epidemiologists discover and track the spread of disease.
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Germany Recognizes Libyan Rebel Government
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called the opposition National Transitional Council, “the legitimate representation of the Libyan people.”http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/7108#morehttp://www.theoildrum.com/node/8022#more
Germany Must Find 10 Gigawatts of Capacity, Handelsblatt Says
Germany will have to generate as much as 10 gigawatts of energy capacity from alternative sources to make up the shortfall from its accelerated exit from nuclear power by 2022, Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing draft legislation.
Wheat Fields Wilt in Drought as Parched Earth Spreads From China to Kansas
The worst droughts in decades are wilting wheat fields from China to the U.S. to the U.K., overwhelming Russia’s return to grain markets and driving prices to the highest levels since 2008. Parts of China, the biggest grower, had the least rain in a century, some European regions are the driest in 50 years and almost half the winter-wheat crop in the U.S., the largest exporter, is rated poor or worse. Inventory is dropping 8.8 percent, the most in five years, Rabobank International says. Prices will advance 20 percent to as high as $9.25 a bushel by Dec. 31, a Bloomberg survey of 14 analysts and traders shows.
Law would force bay Area cities to plan for sea level rise
Bay Area cities and counties whose jurisdictions contain the San Francisco and Oakland airports and the ports of Oakland and Redwood City would be required to prepare action plans to deal with rising sea levels under a trailblazing bill passed by the state Assembly last week. The bill would require roughly 75 cities, counties, harbor districts, ports and sanitary districts that administer state-granted coastal public lands to have a plan in place by 2013 to contend with storm surges and flooding expected to result from rising sea levels by the end of the century. Besides airports and ports, it would apply to commercial harbors, wastewater treatment plants and protected tideland areas.http://www.opc.ca.gov/council-documents/
http://www.opc.ca.gov/about/science-advisory-team/
http://www.opc.ca.gov/2010/12/climate-adaptation-and-sea-level-rise/
http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise/maps/
http://www.pacinst.org/reports/
http://www.pacinst.org/publications/blogs/index.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-h-gleick/climate-triage-and-the-ne_b_863218.html
http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise/index.htm
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