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201 Years Ago, This Volcano Caused a Climate Catastrophe
2016-04-09 00:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: 201 Years Ago, This Volcano Caused a Climate Catastrophe Indonesia's Tambora eruption brought on a deadly spate of cooling-presaging the costs that come with sudden changes to climate. On April 10, 1815, Indonesia's island of Sumbawa became ground zero for the worst volcanic eruption in modern times-and a chilling example of a widespread climate catastrophe. The Tambora event was the largest volcanic eruption in the last millennium. On the U.S. Geological Survey's Volcano Explosivity...
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33 Years Ago, Tariffs Saved Harley-Davidson Inc. -- or Did They?
2016-04-06 13:08:56| Automakers - Topix.net
Prices rose and jobs were lost, but limiting competition didn't play as big of a role in helping the bike maker as history suggests. Marking the only time a single company was helped by imposing trade tariffs, Harley-Davidson used the cover of protectionism to retool and remake its bikes, but history finds it wasn't even necessary.
Fire 100 years ago leaves Gloucester's Rosewell mansion in ruins
2016-03-24 04:08:08| Apparel - Topix.net
When your roots reach back as far as those in Hampton Roads, it's no surprise to see so many historic structures from the region show up on the Virginia Center for Architecture's new list of the state's 100 most beloved buildings. Far more puzzling is the fact that they don't begin to appear until No.
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Exposure to air pollution 30 years ago associated with increased risk of death
2016-02-09 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Exposure to air pollution more than 30 years ago may still affect an individual's mortality risk today, according to new research. The new report comes from one of the world's longest running air pollution studies, which included 368,000 people in England and Wales followed over a 38 year period. The team, from the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, estimated air pollution levels in the areas where the individuals lived in 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001, using measurements from Britain's extensive...
50 years ago: President of new Florida Junior College begins organization
2016-02-01 19:06:49| Railroads - Topix.net
It began at 4:30 a.m. when J. Bruce Wilson left his home in Brevard County and drove to Jacksonville, where he met local education officials, established a place to work and toured possible sites for the two-year college. One of his first stops was the Atlantic Coast Line Building, now the CSX Building, where he moved into a temporary office in Room 1330.
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