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Norway gives nod to impact study for drilling around Arctic islands
2013-04-23 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Norwegian Government on 21 April gave the go-ahead for an impact study on an environmentally-sensitive area in the Arctic region, taking a step towards opening up the area for oil and gas exploration.
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CWC launches pay TV in Cayman Islands
2013-04-22 11:30:02| Digital TV News
LIME, the Caribbean division of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), has introduced pay TV to the Cayman Islands with the launch of its 'LIME TV' service. LIME TV is delivered over a broadband connection via a set top box, or connected device, in the customer's home.
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Norway's ruling party backs oil drilling around Arctic islands
2013-04-21 13:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study. Exploration in the waters around the Lofoten islands just above the Arctic circle is becoming one of the most contentious issues for parliamentary elections in September. The picturesque area had been off limits because it is home to the world's richest cod stocks, with environmental groups and the tourism...
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New Sinking Islands and Lands
2013-04-17 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The seas do rise and fall over the ages. Lands sink and rise depending on the weather. Dynamic modeling of sea-level rise, which takes storm wind and wave action into account, paints a much graver picture for some low-lying Pacific islands under climate-change scenarios than the passive computer modeling used in earlier research, according to a new report. A team led by research oceanographer Curt Storlazzi of the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center compared passive bathtub inundation...
Study projects earlier sea-level rise threat to islands
2013-04-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Low-lying islands may be facing more global warming trouble than previously thought. New modeling that includes storm wind and wave action shows some islands could face regular inundation within the next few decades as sea level rises. Even if the islands are not permanently submerged, ocean flooding is likely contaminate freshwater supplies, damage agriculture and infrastructure and threaten important bird, sea turtle and marine mammal habitat. Oceanographer Curt Storlazzi of the USGS Pacific...
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