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Using autonomous vehicles to track ice in Iceberg Alley
2015-08-11 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Researchers at the Memorial University of Newfoundlands Autonomous Ocean Systems Laboratory (AOSL) are developing bespoke autonomous vehicles to track and gather data on moving sea ice that threatens ships and oil rigs operating in the Northwest Atl
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How Nike's Medieval Ice Pack Helmet Will Cool Athletes' Skulls
2015-07-28 23:08:02| Footwear - Topix.net
According to Nike, pouring a bottle of water on your head isn't a good enough way to cool down after finishing a decathlon. The sporting goods company's solution? A super-cooling piece of headgear, which doesn't have a price tag yet, but is surely more expensive than a water bottle.
Atlantis awaits: Melting ice and rising water for coastal cities
2015-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Baltimore Sun: Our civilization is built on coastlines. Oceans were the first grocery stores, providing easy protein for early humans who learned to fish and gather shellfish and seaweed. Oceans were the first highways, enabling early exploration, commerce and migration. Oceans remain vital sources of food and trade, even as societies have grown and advanced. That's why three-fourths of the world's major cities are located on coasts. But despite their many blessings, the Earth's oceans are becoming a curse....
Sunday musings: Restricting airfare distribution, ice cream to die for, frying for flying
2015-07-27 01:44:08| Airlines - Topix.net
Last week Senator Chuck Schumer took airlines to task for restricting the publication of airfares. Travelers Unites has long been focused on this issue and has been speaking with all members of the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee about Delta Air Line's cavalier attitude about restricting airfare distribution.
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The 'mini ice age' hoopla is a giant failure of science communication
2015-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: This month theres been a hoopla about a mini ice age, and unfortunately it tells us more about failures of science communication than the climate. Such failures can maintain the illusion of doubt and uncertainty, even when theres a scientific consensus that the world is warming. The story starts benignly with a peer-reviewed paper and a presentation in early July by Professor Valentina Zharkova, from Northumbria University, at Britains National Astronomy Meeting. The paper presents a model for...
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