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Fate of primeval forest in balance as Poland plans logging
2016-05-21 07:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: It is the last remaining relic of an ancient forest that stretched for millennia across the lowlands of Europe and Russia, a shadowy, mossy woodland where bison and lynx roam beneath towering oak trees up to 600 years old. Conservationists believe the fate of the Bialowieza Forest, which straddles Poland and Belarus, is more threatened that at any time since the communist era due to a new Polish government plan for extensive logging in parts of the forest. The plan has pitted the government against...
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Researchers discover fate of melting glacial ice in Greenland
2016-04-25 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Athens, Ga. - Over the past several decades, scientists have observed a significant increase in the melting of glacial land ice on the island of Greenland, spurring concerns about global sea level rise and the long-term effects of atmospheric warming. What has been less clear, however, is what happens to this meltwater once it enters the ocean. Now, a team of researchers led by faculty at the University of Georgia has discovered the fate of much of the freshwater that pour…
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Fate of worlds coastlines rests on melting Antarctic ice
2016-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Councilmembers of an island town in Georgia met in a police station near sandy beaches last week to mull a plan for coping with worsening floods. The meeting followed unprecedented king tide floods in the fall that inundated the island and nearby Savannah, and shut down the highway that connects them. "We've had more frequent flooding in areas that haven't flooded before,' said Jason Buelterman, mayor of the beach town on the eastern shore of Tybee Island, where the population of a few thousand...
Fate of Worlds Coastlines Rests on Melting Antarctic Ice
2016-04-21 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Councilmembers of an island town in Georgia met in a police station near sandy beaches last week to mull a plan for coping with worsening floods. The meeting followed unprecedented king tide floods in the fall that inundated the island and nearby Savannah, and shut down the highway that connects them. "We've had more frequent flooding in areas that haven't flooded before,' said Jason Buelterman, mayor of the beach town on the eastern shore of Tybee Island, where the population of a few thousand...
Tata to decide fate of UK steelworks
2016-03-28 22:08:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
UK union leaders have held talks in India ahead of a Tata Steel board meeting that could decide the fate of thousands of workers.
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