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Published May 20, 2021, 7:17 PM The Arctic has warmed three times more quickly than the planet as a whole, and faster than previously thought, a report warned on Thursday. Arctic sea ice looks set to be an early victims of rising temperatures, with each fraction of a degree making a big difference: the chance of it disappearing entirely in summer is 10 times greater if Earth warms by 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels compared to 1.5C, the goal set by the 2015 Paris Accord. The alarm...

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© iStock A new report reveals that the Arctic is warming at a faster pace than the rest of the Earth and could experience its first summer without any sea ice by 2050 under most scenarios where the world is unable to limit climate change. The study, released by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), found that the "vast majority" of climate models predict that the Arctic would begin experiencing summers in which all sea ice in the region melts away by 2050. The Arctic region ...

South Africa wants to block imports of more products that aren’t ‘100% local’ Subscribe Small business development minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the department is in talks with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to designate more products under the 100% local content category to support SMMEs in the local manufacturing sector. The minister said this when ministers in the economics sector replied to oral questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Tuesday. ...

Roads assessment project nears completion  08 May 2021 - 10:50 By Irfan Bukhari | The Peninsula Doha: Aimed at enhancing roads safety in the country by reducing traffic accidents, Qatar Roads Assessment Programme being conducted under the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has been completed to the extent of 90%. “Enhance Roads Safety through Qatar Roads Assessment Programme (Q_RAP) is now 90% complete, which aims to prepare appropriate engineering solutions to raise safety fo...

We Know How to Prevent Traffic Deaths. Our Goal Should Be Zero. Tens of thousands of people die on our streets and highways every year. There are proven evidence-based strategies that could make our roads safe for everyone. April 28, 2021 •  (mpynes@pennlive.com) CSVT bridge across the West Bran/TNSI will never forget the feeling of leaving at a moment’s notice to fly to the scene of a deadly transportation disaster. During my time as vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Bo...

Posted April 23, 2021 Permafrost, or continuously frozen ground, covers about 24 percent of the Northern Hemisphere, including 50 percent of Canada, more than 60 percent of Russia, and almost 85 percent of Alaska. Scientific understanding and modelling of long-term permafrost dynamics are still at the development stage [1, 2] but the effects of thawing permafrost on Arctic coastline erosion and infrastructure collapse are already causing concerns. Ice under permafrost soil. Photo: SeppFriedhube...

Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has remanded in police custody a businessman, Chidi Nwanyanwu, charged with adulteration of engine oil and inscribing forged Standard Organisations of Nigeria (SON) logos on the products. The judge made the order following Nwanyanwu’s arraignment alongside his two firms. The SON accused the defendants of dealing in adulterated engine oil, non-compliance with SON’s Conformity Assessment Programme and forging of SON’s logo, the mark...

Punch Newspapers Sections Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A surety, Gajah Lovely, has been arraigned before Justice G. O. Imadegbelo of the Edo State High Court for failing to produce a suspect, Richman Pere, who he stood for. Lovely was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on two counts of conspiracy to pervert justice and failure to produce a suspect. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Following the plea of the defendant, the EFCC counsel, Ibrahim Mohammed, asked the court for a...

Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Lagos Tuesday remanded a businessman, Chidi Nwanyanwu, in police custody for allegedly adulterating engine oil and inscribing forged Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) logos on the product.