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Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Getting Longer
2014-02-15 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The summer melt season for Arctic sea ice has lengthened by a month or more since 1979, a new study finds. The primary culprit is a delayed fall freeze-up -- the autumn chill when sea water freezes into ice -- but the fallout remains the same: the Arctic ice cap is stuck in a vicious feedback loop betwixt its warming environment and melting ice, researchers reported Feb. 4 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The Arctic is one of the fastest warming places on Earth. Temperatures here...
Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Eliminates Major Barrier for Parasites in Marine Mammals
2014-02-14 18:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The great Arctic thaw--up to 50 percent of sea ice by area and 75 percent by volume in the summer season--could be offering new opportunities for one of the planets most successful parasites. Toxoplasma gondii, an infection spread by almost all cat species, has been identified for the first time in the western Arctic Beluga whale. Toxoplasma is found almost everywhere that cats settle: domestic pets, ocelots, cougar, wild cats all carry and spread oocysts of the parasite (structures it uses to...
Shell to sell three North Sea assets
2014-02-14 12:30:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Shell says it remains committed to operations in UK waters as it announces it is to sell of three of its North Sea assets.
Amarinth Secures 600K Order From ConocoPhillips To Supply High Pressure Pumps For Alder Platform In The North Sea
2014-02-14 01:20:37| chemicalonline News Articles
Amarinth, a leading company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical and industrial markets, has secured a £600K order from ConocoPhillips for a challenging requirement to design and manufacture API 610 OH2 separator recirculation pumps for the Britannia operated Alder platform in the North Sea.
HMS Pembroke completes docking period, sets sail for sea trials
2014-02-11 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The UK Royal Navys Sandown-class minehunter, HMS Pembroke (M107) has successfully completed Support Period (Docking) (SP(D)) and has set sail from Babcocks Rosyth dockyard to undergo sea trials.
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