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United Kingdom: Hartlepool nuclear power plant fire triggers emergency response
2013-04-21 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A fire at a nuclear power plant triggered a major response by emergency services after smoke was seen billowing into the air. Police and fire crews were called to Hartlepool power station at about 6.30pm on Saturday after a blaze broke out while a turbine was being reactivated. The fire caused smoke to billow from the plant but Cleveland police said it was drifting away from nearby homes. Firefighters extinguished the blaze but remained on site as a precaution. No one was injured. A statement...
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Apple-AppGratis flap triggers threat from French minister
2013-04-11 22:43:43| CNET News.com
France's digital industry minister dumps verbal vichyssoise on Apple for banning French startup's service from App Store. [Read more]
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Volcanic ash triggers plankton bloom
2013-04-10 02:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruption, which disrupted European flights, also had a "significant but short-lived" impact on ocean life, a study shows. Ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano deposited dissolved iron into the North Atlantic, triggering a plankton bloom. The authors said it was good fortune they were at sea at the time as it provided a unique opportunity to sample the ocean during a volcanic eruption. The findings appear in the Geophysical Research Letters journal. In April...
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Eco-change triggers rapid evolution
2013-04-09 08:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Changes to their surroundings can trigger "rapid evolution" in species as they adopt traits to help them survive in the new conditions, a study shows. Studying soil mites in a laboratory, researchers found that the invertebrates' age of maturity almost doubled in just 20-or-so generations. It had been assumed that evolutionary change only occurred over a much longer timescale. The findings have been published in the journal Ecology Letters. "What this study shows for the first time is...
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Tiffany triggers app downloads, site purchases via mobile banner ad - Luxury Daily
2013-02-26 10:04:01| Jewelry - Topix.net
Hermes boosts spring sporting campaign via interactive microsite French leather goods and scarves maker Hermes is boosting its spring sporting campaign with a new interactive microsite that plays four different short films featuring its products.
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