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Did climate 'hockey stick' graph get it right after all?
2013-04-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: It is, perhaps, the most contentious wiggly line in the history of science. Starting in the year 1000 it depicts global temperatures in wobbly, but overall decline until round about the beginning of the last century, then rearing sharply upwards, ending much higher than at any time in its thousand year span. Quickly dubbed the 'hockey stick' since the long decline looks (sort of) like the stick's handle and the rapid rise (more or less) like its blade it has been at the heart of heated debate...
News Nearby: Burlington Athlete Charged in Bat Attack After Hockey Gamei
2013-03-17 12:57:40| Apparel - Topix.net
Here is a look at the stories making headlines in the Woburn region this week: Burlington: Burlington Athlete Charged in Bat Attack After Hockey Game .
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A bigger, badder climate hockey stick
2013-03-07 20:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: Back in 1999, Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann released the climate change movements most potent symbol: The hockey stick, a line graph of global temperature over the last 1,500 years that shows an unmistakable, massive uptick in the 20th century when humans began to dump large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Its among the most compelling bits of proof out there that human beings are behind global warming, and as such has become a target on Manns back for climate denialists...
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Canada: Climate change leaves hockey on thin ice
2013-02-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Montreal Gazette: Concordia University geography professor and climate-change researcher Damon Matthews has bad news for fans of pickup hockey -- there might not be any more outdoor rinks in southern Canada by 2050. Matthews and colleagues from McGill University published a study last year that discovered a significant decrease in the length of the skating season during the past half-century in Canada. The number of days that are cold enough to lay an extra layer of ice on the rink has decreased pretty much...
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CANADA: Anheuser-Busch InBev signs hockey show Budweiser deal
2013-01-18 14:47:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Anheuser-Busch InBev has signed a "multi-year" deal that will see its Budweiser brand sponsor a segment of a long-running Canadian ice-hockey TV show.