Webpagedigest 08/27/2015

New NASA research points to an “unavoidable” rise of several feet for the Earth’s oceans - Quartz

'New satellite research from NASA shows that not only are global sea levels rising quickly, but they could rise even more drastically than previous reports estimated.'
http://qz.com/489718/the-sea-is-going-to-rise-three-feet-and-theres-nothing-we-can-do-to-stop-it/

Media Blackout: Canada Plans to Dump Nuclear Waste Less than Mile from US Border

'...our Canadian neighbors have proposed a plan to construct a DGR 0.6 miles from America’s largest source of fresh water, the Great Lakes...'
http://theantimedia.org/canada-wants-to-dump-nuclear-waste-less-than-a-mile-from-us-border/

10 Years After Katrina - The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/08/26/us/ten-years-after-katrina.html?_r=0

No One Is Ready for the Next Katrina | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2015/08/no-one-ready-next-katrina/

Welcome to the World, Drone-Killing Laser Cannon | WIRED

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/welcome-world-drone-killing-laser-cannon/

Report: Apple to release new iPhone model
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apples-rumored-iphone-6s-event-will-be-september-127721501079.html

Univision’s Jorge Ramos Comes Out Swinging: ‘It’s Not Donald Trump’s Country, This Is Our Country’
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/univision-jorge-ramos-comes-swinging-not-donald-trump-041857581.html

Usain Bolt wiped out by cameraman on Segway when celebrating 200m gold | Sport | The Guardian

(article with gif)
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/27/usain-bolt-wiped-out-by-cameraman-on-segway-when-celebrating-200m-gold

There is light at the end of the world’s longest tunnel in the Swiss Alps - Quartz

http://qz.com/489616/there-is-light-at-the-end-of-the-worlds-longest-tunnel-in-the-swiss-alps/

POLL: 38% Of Dog Owners Love Their Pet More Than Their Partner
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55deaadee4b0e7117ba8de3f?kvcommref=mostpopular

Baby Panda Dies At National Zoo
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55de0e05e4b08cd3359e5a73?cps=gravity_5020_2746556273547589079&kvcommref=mostpopular

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Miley Cyrus Goes Undercover to See What People Really Think of Her
(video)

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/miley-cyrus-goes-undercover-see-115900563.html

Majestic as hell

(Humor/gif)
http://i.imgur.com/hWoHSGr.gifv