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Ancient ice sheet may have melted later than previously thought
2014-07-03 05:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: After one of the snowiest winters in recent history, William Philipps will forego the beach to spend the summer studying glaciers at the world's northernmost university. The University at Buffalo geology graduate student and self-proclaimed "nerd who likes rocks" will travel to the University Centre on Svalbard (UNIS) in Norway to collect data that proves the Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice-Sheet's (SBSIS) time of deglaciation - the point when the ice began to melt - is older than its suggested age of...
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Calaveras Dam Replacement Team Roots Out Ancient Landslides, Asbestos
2014-06-25 19:53:40| ENR.com: Headline News
To build a safer dam, crews must first contend with naturally occurring asbestos and excavating 10 million cubic yards of earth.
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Ancient Chinese anti-flooding efforts blamed for deadly Yellow river flooding
2014-06-20 12:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A combination of human-caused environmental degradation and efforts to control the great Yellow river in China, made almost 3,000 years ago, may be responsible for flooding that killed millions and led to the fall of an empire, according to new research. In what could be considered a grim lesson from history of the importance of responsible land use, archeologists in China have found evidence that societies changed their environments much earlier than previously believed. "Human intervention...
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Glanbia Nutritionals Opens Ancient Grain Ingredients Processing Facility
2014-06-13 12:44:50| foodingredientsonline Home Page
Glanbia Nutritionals Inc., a global innovator in value-added protein, flaxseed, chia, and ancient grain ingredients, announces the official opening of its new food-grade Next Generation Grain processing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Setting higher standards for food safety
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Humans, Not Climate, to Blame for Mass Extinction Ancient Species
2014-06-04 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A new study unequivocally blames humans, and not the climate, for the worldwide mass extinction of large ancient species dating back to 100,000 years ago. "Our results strongly underline the fact that human expansion throughout the world has meant an enormous loss of large animals," postdoctoral fellow Sren Faurby of Aarhus University said in a statement. Scientists have struggled to figure out what led to this mass extinction of the world's large mammals (also known as megafauna) during and...
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