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Ecological collapse circumscribes traditional women's work in Iraq's Mesopotamian Marshes
2016-03-24 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: For thousands of years, the marshes at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern day Iraq were an oasis of green in a dry landscape, hosting a wealth of wildlife. The culture of the Marsh Arab, or Ma'dan, people who live there is tightly interwoven with the ecosystem of the marshes. The once dense and ubiquitous common reed (Phragmites australis) served as raw material for homes, handicrafts, tools, and animal fodder for thousands of years. Distinctive mudhif communal houses, built...
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Dividend Darling Steel Dynamics Is Bucking the Commodity Collapse
2016-03-03 16:13:38| Steel - Topix.net
The rout in commodity prices has weighed on several industries ranging from oil and gas and financials to manufacturing and basic materials. In the basic materials sector, U.S. steel companies such as Nucor , AK Steel Holding , and United States Steel have struggled as China's overproduction clogged the supply chain and the strong U.S. dollar lowered the competitiveness of U.S. exports.
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Oil States International's Collapse Continues
2016-02-29 13:46:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Oil States International reported Q4 revenue of $234.5 million and eps of $0.02. Revenue was well shy of the $248 million analysts were expecting.
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Honeybee hive collapse mystery rooted in hive size
2016-02-27 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: University of Idaho professor Brian Dennis is helping scientists understand a baffling but vitally important puzzle: What is causing the decline of honeybees? Working in collaboration with William Kemp, a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist and UI alumnus, Dennis has built a mathematical model that demonstrates the vulnerability of hives with too few bees. "The tightly organized social lives of honeybees, once such an amazing adaptation for success in the world, turns out to lack resilience...
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1 dead, 5 injured after UK power plant collapse
2016-02-24 07:28:57| Biotech - Topix.net
Vast coal seams dozens of feet thick that lie beneath the rolling hills of the Northern Plains once appeared almost limitless, fueling boasts that domestic reserves were sufficient to power the U.S. for centuries. Vast coal seams dozens of feet thick that lie beneath the rolling hills of the Northern Plains once appeared almost limitless, fueling boasts that domestic reserves were sufficient to power the U.S. for centuries.
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