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IPCC report: Britain could cool if Gulf Stream slows
2013-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: For the first time, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to give a clear prediction of how global warming will affect currents in the Atlantic Ocean. It will say that the circulation of warm and cold water in the Atlantic, which includes the Gulf Stream, will weaken by 20 to 44 per cent by the end of the century. Scientists claim that such a slow-down in the Gulf Stream will have a big impact on Britain, causing cooling of about 1.8F (1C) and disrupting weather patterns....
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ASF Scare in Britain a False Alarm
2013-09-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Britain has had its first African swine fever scare, following a positive test, the National Pig Association (NPA) has reported.
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Are Ryanair the worst brand in Britain? Maybe, but their boss has got ...
2013-09-19 19:21:49| Airlines - Topix.net
We all seem to have our horror stories about the budget airline and our new columnist, best-selling author John Niven, is no exception Admittedly this story seems to rank up there with ' Nigel Farage found to be unpleasant ' and ' Jimmy Savile no longer fondly remembered ' in terms of shock value newsworthiness.
Return of bogs in Britain?
2013-09-10 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Experts are calling for a third of the country's peatlands, covering a million hectares or almost 2.5 million acres, to be in good condition or under restoration schemes by 2020. A failure to preserve the UK's peat areas, which occur both in uplands and in low-lying wetlands, could see billions of tonnes of carbon they store being lost to the atmosphere, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) UK peatland programme's experts warned. Peatlands store twice as much carbon as...
Gas driller freezes plans in rural Britain after fracking protests
2013-09-03 14:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Oil exploration at a site in rural England that sparked anti-fracking protests two weeks ago will be put on hold later this month and reconsidered next year with the freeze hailed a "cautious victory" by campaigners. Shale gas driller Cuadrilla Resources on Tuesday withdrew an application to extend drilling and horizontal well testing at a site near Balcombe village in West Sussex beyond September 28 when its current permit expires and said it would submit new plans. The new application for...
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