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Faroe strikes gas in Norwegian Sea
2013-01-31 14:57:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Aberdeen-based Faroe Petroleum uncovers a "significant" gas discovery at its Rodriguez exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.
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Humans Have Already Set in Motion 69 Feet of Sea Level Rise
2013-01-31 02:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: Last week, a much discussed new paper in the journal Nature seemed to suggest to some that we needn`t worry too much about the melting of Greenland, the mile-thick mass of ice at the top of the globe. The research found that the Greenland ice sheet seems to have survived a previous warm period in Earth`s history--the Eemian period, some 126,000 years ago--without vanishing (although it did melt considerably). But Ohio State glaciologist Jason Box isn`t buying it. At Monday`s Climate Desk Live...
Sciencesoft, University of Glasgow to develop software to boost North Sea production
2013-01-31 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
UK-based oil and gas software provider Sciencesoft is teaming up with researchers from the University of Glasgow to develop a software system that could boost oil production in the North Sea.
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Sand After Sandy: Scientists Map Sea Floor For Sediment
2013-01-29 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Congress has now agreed to give some $60 billion to states damaged by Hurricane Sandy. A lot will go to Long Island, one of the hardest hit areas. Besides damages to homes and businesses, its system of protective barrier islands and beaches were partially washed away. Scientists are trying to find out where that sand and sediment went, and whether it can be used to rebuild Long Island's defenses. In January. On a boat in Long Island Bay. The field conditions are not pleasant. But to ocean...
Bangladesh: Sea Change: The Bay of Bengals Vanishing Islands
2013-01-29 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Schoolteacher Nurul Hashem lives in a grass hut set among coconut palms and pine trees, yards from a pristine beach on the sparkling Bay of Bengal. It sounds idyllic, but he longs to return to the island of Kutubdia, 50 miles away, where his family home has been swallowed by ever-rising tides and is now out at sea under several feet of water. To make matters worse, the local government, which welcomed him when he arrived three years ago, wants him and thousands of other families who have fled...
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