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Winter weather delayed a third of the nation's flights in January
2014-03-18 23:16:01| Airlines - Topix.net
Snowstorms across the U.S. delayed many flights in January as only two-thirds of domestic flights got to their destinations on time, a government report said Tuesday.
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Winter storms foul airlines' on-time performance
2014-03-18 23:16:00| Airlines - Topix.net
An airline traveler checks the status of flights that are mostly cancelled at Dulles International Airport on February 13 U.S. airlines posted one of their worst January on-time performances ever, as winter storms pounded parts of the country.
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Scotland faces bumper year blood-sucking midges after exceptionally wet winter
2014-03-18 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Those planning on visiting Scotland this year have been warned that the country is set to have a bumper year for swarming, blood-sucking midges. The unusually mild winter and wet, warm start to spring have put in place the perfect conditions for the insects larvae to thrive, according to leading expert Dr Alison Blackwell. The beasties plague many of Scotlands most beautiful natural landscapes, and have been estimated to cost the countrys tourism industry around 290 million a year....
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Warmest winter on record worsens California drought
2014-03-18 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California is coming off of its warmest winter on record, aggravating an enduring drought in the most populous U.S. state, federal weather scientists said Monday. The state had a average temperature of 48 Fahrenheit (9 Celsius) for December, January and February, an increase from 47.2 F in 1980-81, the last hottest winter, and more than 4 degrees hotter than the 20th-century average in California, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a statement. Warmer winters could...
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Extreme Winter Hurts Great Lakes Duck Population
2014-03-17 22:56:50| Chemicals - Topix.net
The long winter in the northern half of the U.S. has been hard on everything, including resident populations of waterfowl that rely on fish for a substantial portion of their diet - fish that are now locked beneath a historical amount of ice on the Great Lakes and other area waters.
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