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Disappearance of wildflowers may have doomed Ice Age giants
2014-02-06 00:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Flower power may have meant the difference between life and death for some of the extinct giants of the Ice Age, including the mighty woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros. Scientists who studied DNA preserved in Arctic permafrost sediments and in the remains of such ancient animals have concluded that these Ice Age beasts relied heavily on the protein-rich wildflowers that once blanketed the region. But dramatic Ice Age climate change caused a huge decline in these plants, leaving the Arctic...
Ice causes major delay for UPS
2014-02-05 23:17:16| Trucking - Topix.net
Ice from Tuesday night's storm has caused a significant disruption to United Parcel Service Inc.'s operations in Louisville, according to a company statement.
Melting Sea Ice Makes Arctic Drilling a Risky Business
2014-02-05 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Sea ice melting partly because of human-caused climate change could open previously inaccessible Arctic Ocean waters to expanded oil drilling, but the risks of drilling there will be extremely high. As sea ice melts in the Arctic, the oil and gas industry has expressed new interest in drilling offshore and is expected to invest roughly $100 billion there by 2023, according to a new paper from the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Washington-based think tank. The paper highlights an agreement between ExxonMobil...
Arctic Ice Season Shortens by 24 Days as Fewer Lakes Freeze to the Bottom
2014-02-05 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The winter ice season in the Arctic is 24 days shorter today than it was in the 1950s, according to new research led by University of Waterloo scientists. Writing in the journal The Cryosphere, the researchers report that not only is the ice season shorter now than it was more than six decades ago, the ice is also thinner - by 38 centimeters at its thickest point. "We've found that the thickness of the ice has decreased tremendously in response to climate warming in the region," said Cristina...
120 million of us to get snow and ice
2014-02-05 01:53:43| Airlines - Topix.net
Lt. Rick Lucy of the Baxter County, Arkansas, Sheriff's Office helps Donna Mullaney up an embankment in Mountain Home on Tuesday, February 4, after she lost control of her vehicle on an icy road.
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