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Oil Drillers Under Pressure to Scrap Rigs to Cope With Downturn
2014-12-24 09:39:41| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Offshore oil-drilling contractors, who last year were able to charge record rates for their vessels, are now under pressure to scrap old rigs at an unprecedented pace. The recent five-year low in oil prices is threatening an industry already grappling with a flood of new vessels and weakening demand.
Shape-shifting may help some species cope with climate change
2014-12-22 23:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers have found that a Rocky Mountain mustard plant alters its physical appearance and flowering time in response to different environmental conditions, suggesting some species can quickly shape-shift to cope with climate change without having to migrate or evolve. The findings appear in the journal Global Change Biology. The study was conducted by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of South Carolina at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Scientists studying climate...
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FedEx, UPS and Postal Service scramble to cope with peak holiday shipping days
2014-12-18 03:39:40| Trucking - Topix.net
A FedEx employee watches packages stream by inside the sorting and shipping hub at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. Inside FedEx's sorting facility, mechanical arms whir within a labyrinth of buzzing blue and yellow machinery.
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FedEx, UPS and Postal Service scramble to cope with peak holiday shipping days
2014-12-18 03:11:23| Air Courier - Topix.net
A FedEx employee watches packages stream by inside the sorting and shipping hub at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. Inside FedEx's sorting facility, mechanical arms whir within a labyrinth of buzzing blue and yellow machinery.
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Climate change means 2014 could be warmest year ever - but London can cope
2014-12-03 10:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: This year could be the warmest ever recorded in the UK, researchers have predicted. According to the Central England Temperature (CET) record, the world's oldest measure, the 11 months from January to November have already been the hottest on record. Meteorologists say there is now a 75% chance that 2014 will be the warmest since 1772, depending on whether this month's temperatures do not drop too steeply. The University of Reading experts say climate change is at least partly responsible,...
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