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World's fastest-melting glacier loses massive chunk in 2 days
2015-08-23 11:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: One of the world's most rapidly flowing glaciers may have just set another record, and it's not one not that bodes well for low-lying coastal cities and nations around the world, which are vulnerable to sea level rise. During the past month, a NASA satellite captured images showing a sudden loss of ice, also known as a calving event (or in this case, possibly multiple events) from Greenland's Jakobshavn Isbrae Glacier between July 31 and August 16, 2015. Images posted on the Arctic sea ice blog,...
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One of Worlds Fastest Melting Glaciers May Have Lost Largest Chunk of Ice Recorded History
2015-08-20 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: With the world`s glaciers melting at record rates, the Jakobshavn--Greenland's fastest-moving glacier and one of the fastest melting in the world--may have lost its largest chunk of ice in recorded history. Massive calving event on Greenland`s fastest melting #glacier http://t.co/aRvxQcDOvf Images: http://t.co/fmoHfapp4o pic.twitter.com/VC4arPdVw0 -- The Ice Age (@Jamie_Woodward_) August 20, 2015 The Washington Post reported that members of the Arctic Sea Ice Forum examined satellite images...
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Kroger buys big chunk of DunnhumbyUSA, changes name
2015-04-27 19:00:15| Grocery - Topix.net
Kroger Co. has acquired the majority of Cincinnati-based DunnhumbyUSA, the data analysis firm that has provided it with valuable customer insight.
Stocks take back a chunk of lost ground
2014-09-27 00:48:34| Footwear - Topix.net
Good economic and corporate news helped the stock market stage a rebound at the end of a turbulent week of trading. Nike jumped after turning in higher profits, leading the Dow Jones industrial average higher.
Power wholesaler Edison Mission clears bankruptcy, sells chunk of assets to NRG Energy
2014-03-11 21:41:37| Energy - Topix.net
A federal bankruptcy judge in Chicago has given power wholesaler Edison Mission Energy the go-ahead to emerge from bankruptcy by selling most of its assets to NRG Energy Inc. for $2.6 billion.
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