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COP21:

¶ Can we avoid climate apocalypse? • Nearly every country in the world has agreed that an increase of 2° C in global average temperature since the Industrial Revolution, is too much. World leaders will meet in Paris starting on November 30 at the COP21 meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. [CNN]

A view of Durban, South Africa, if temperatures rise as much as 4° C, according to Climate Central.

¶ COP21: Beginner’s guide to the UN Paris climate summit • World governments have already committed to curbing human activities such as burning fossil fuels that release the gases that interfere with the climate. The difficulty comes when you try to get 195 countries to agree on how to deal with the issue of climate change. [BBC]

Science and Technology:

¶ New onshore wind turbines are coming to market. Senvion’s 3.4M140 is a 3.4-MW…