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Causes of 2011 Arctic ozone hole determined http://t.co/AmI06Pl8vS

2013-03-11 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Science Daily: A combination of extreme cold temperatures, human-made chemicals and a stagnant atmosphere were behind what became known as the Arctic ozone hole of 2011, a new NASA study finds. Even when both poles of the planet undergo ozone losses during the winter, the Arctic's ozone depletion tends to be milder and shorter-lived than the Antarctic's. This is because the three key ingredients needed for ozone-destroying chemical reactions -- chlorine from human-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), frigid temperatures...

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Using space telescopes to measure black hole distortion

2013-02-28 03:57:31| CNET News.com

The ability to measure the distortion of space and time near the supermassive black holes lurking at the hearts of many, if not all, large galaxies may give astronomers a new tool for studying galactic evolution. [Read more]

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Comment - Spirits - Filling The Bourbon Hole

2013-02-25 13:16:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

What do Bacardi, Diageo and Pernod Ricard have in common? Aside from the obvious, Ian Buxton proffers that they share the same problem when it comes to Bourbon, and that's their lack of it.

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Climate change could burn a hole in the government's finances, GAO says

2013-02-15 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: As climate change leads to more frequent and destructive natural disasters and threatens crop yields, bridges and other infrastructure, the federal government faces big financial risks that it is poorly positioned to address, auditors said Thursday. These risks, along with the threat of gaps in critical weather forecasting satellites that could last years, topped a biennial list released Thursday of federal programs at high risk of waste, fraud, abuse or financial loss. The federal government...

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