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With ice melting, U.S. pushes for limits on fishing in Arctic Ocean
2014-02-22 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: U.S. officials are heading to Greenland for a three-day meeting to persuade other Arctic nations to place a moratorium on high-seas fishing in the Arctic Ocean, where climate change is melting the permanent ice cap and allowing trawlers in for the first time in human history. The United States is proposing an agreement "that would close the international waters of the Arctic Ocean to commercial fishing until there is a good scientific foundation on which to base management of any potential fishing,'...
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Arctic Sea ice sits at record low for mid-February
2014-02-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Arctic sea ice growth has slowed dramatically in recent weeks, thanks in large part to abnormally warm air and water temperatures. Sea ice now sits at record low levels for mid-February. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, as of February 18, sea ice covered about 14.36 million square kilometers in the Arctic. The previous low on this date was 14.37 million square kilometers in 2006. The main culprit -- in addition to the overall trend of global warming -- is likely the rash...
Siemens introduces new series of ICE 3 train
2014-02-20 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Siemens has introduced its new eight-car Series 407 ICE 3 train that can run at a top speed of up to 300km an hour in Germany.
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Some New York City streets closed due to falling ice, snow
2014-02-19 23:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New Yorkers got a reprieve from the relentless winter weather on Wednesday only to find that the season's wrath created a fresh menace of large chunks of snow and ice falling from skyscrapers to the sidewalks below. Several streets in Lower Manhattan around One World Trade Center, the city's tallest building, had to be closed when packs of snow and ice began to melt and fall from the 1,776-foot (541 meter) building, according to the city's Office of Emergency Management. Some of the falling icicles...
Blue Bunny ice cream maker keeps machinery serving up production at top capacity
2014-02-19 20:19:00| Food Processing
Larry Hoing, reliability systems manager at Wells Enterprises, talks about EAM software and how more than 200 maintenance technicians keep more than 10,000 assets for 50+ production lines running as smooth as Blue Bunnys signature vanilla ice cream.
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