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'Polar vortex' costs billions. Open next fuel bill with care
2014-01-24 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The polar vortex that swept through much of the United States earlier this month may have cost the economy as much as $5 billion, according to Planalytics, a research firm in Berwyn, Pa., and London that tracks the effect of weather on the economy. In addition to damaged crops, grounded airline flights, disrupted deliveries, and lost work hours, cold weather can also diminish consumer spending and stress household utility budgets. When the weather is colder, people have a tendency not to go...
As More Arctic Ice Melts, Polar Bears Get Creative to Feed Themselves
2014-01-21 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: As warming temperatures change the landscape of the Arctic, polar bears there are showing remarkable resiliency in surviving by changing their diet to accommodate, according to recent research. Historically, polar bears' prey of choice are ringed seal pups. But as a warming climate causes Arctic sea ice to melt quicker each year, it limits hunting opportunities for polar bears, who venture out on the ice in search of prey. A group of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History observed...
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Polar Vortex Spins Blackouts Through Canadian Province
2014-01-15 17:46:45| ENR.com: Headline News
Plunging temperatiures reveal weak points in Newfoundland and Labrador power grid.
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Polar Vortex Storms Attributed to Record Energy Consumption Rates and Device Malfunctions
2014-01-14 20:12:00| Transmission & Distribution World
January's record-breaking cold front, also named the polar vortex, was an extreme weather pattern that affected nearly 80 percent of North America. read more
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Antarctica & the Arctic: A polar primer for the new great game
2014-01-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Just after noon on Sept. 4, 2010, a squat, yellow-black cargo ship lumbered out of the Norwegian port of Kirkenes. Naked ridges of glacially scarred granite slid by on either side as the Nordic Barents motored toward the open sea with 41,000 tons of iron ore locked in her belly. It might have resembled a routine voyage to Western Europe. But the sense of normalcy vanished as the ship reached the mouth of the fiord, a geographic and economic crossroads at the extreme northern edge of Scandinavia....
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