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Pakistan, UN seek to cut risk of glacial lake floods
2013-01-28 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Abdul Jabbar was in his house in the Bindu Gol valley of Pakistan's northern Chitral district when a glacial lake burst through the ridge holding it back high above. "We felt the ground shaking and heard the roar of the water, and we ran out of our homes,' he said. The 2010 flood destroyed a few dwellings in his village of Drongagh, as well as many orchards, cultivated fields and water channels. "One person died in Shogram village when she chased after her livestock and was swept away by the water,'...
Drill reaches deep Antarctic lake
2013-01-28 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An American attempt to bore down into Lake Whillans, a body of water buried almost 1km under the Antarctic ice, has achieved its aim. Scientists reported on Sunday that sensors on their drill system had noted a change in pressure, indicating contact had been made with the lake. A camera was then sent down to verify the breakthrough. The Whillans project is one of a number of such ventures trying to investigate Antarctica's buried lakes. In December, a British team abandoned its efforts...
Lake Zurich/Barrington Area Magnet for Grocery Stores
2013-01-27 11:02:21| Grocery - Topix.net
The Lake Zurich area, particularly the Rte. 12 corridor, seems to be somewhat of a mecca for grocery stores.
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Salt Lake City Airport Closed Due to Icy Runway
2013-01-24 20:57:08| Airlines - Topix.net
The Salt Lake City International Airport was closed Thursday morning because of icy conditions after a Frontier airplane slid on the runway during landing.
Lake Trout Are Bad News for Lake Yellowstone
2013-01-22 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: It's a case of trout versus trout, and in the face-off between native Yellowstone cutthroats (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri) and the intruders on the scene, lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), the judgment handed down is a no-brainer. The lake trout must go. The problem, explained Pat Bigelow, a fisheries biologist at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, emerged in 1994 when lake trout were discovered in Yellowstone Lake. Why lake trout were introduced into the lake is a mystery. Perhaps, biologists...
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