donderdag 31 maart 2016

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Pentagon Proposes Troop and Tank Buildup in Eastern Europe

MARCH 31, 2016
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The Pentagon has drafted plans deploy U.S. troops and tanks full time along NATO’s eastern border, in what would be the first such deployment since the end of the Cold War. The proposal is part of a broader U.S. military escalation in Eastern Europe, amid increasing tensions between the U.S. and Russia.

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German Historian Says AP Cooperated with Nazi Regime

MARCH 31, 2016
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Hitler
A German historian has revealed the Associated Press cooperated with the Nazi regime in the 1930s and at times supplied U.S. outlets Nazi propaganda billed as news stories. The revelations are based on archival materials unearthed by historian Harriet Scharnberg. The documents show the AP signed onto a law promising not to publish anything to "weaken" the regime. Under the law, the AP also hired reporters who worked for the Nazi propaganda division, including a photographer whose photos were personally selected by Hitler. The Associated Press says it "rejects the suggestion that it collaborated with the Nazi regime at any time."

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MARCH 31, 2016
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Dramatic Sea Level Rise Could Flood Coastal Cities by 2100

MARCH 31, 2016
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Coastal cities including New York, London, Shanghai and Hong Kong could be flooded before the end of the century. The dramatic new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, predicts global warming could melt the West Antarctic ice sheet within decades—far faster than previously predicted. The collapse of this sheet, combined with ice melting in other regions, could cause seas to rise up to six feet by 2100. The study’s authors, Robert DeConto of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and David Pollard of Pennsylvania State University, also found the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet is not yet inevitable, but that the emission reduction plans outlined in the 2015 Paris climate deal are far too weak to stop the sheet from melting.

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Bauke Jan Douma zei

Kan iemenad dit even melden bij het KNMI? Daar vinden ze dat het
nieuwe klimaatverdrag "kansen biedt".