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East Coast heads for record-breaking Christmas heat wave as cold air stays locked in Arctic
2015-12-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: An unusual, long-lasting weather pattern will lead to the warmest Christmas Eve on record for many locations east of the Mississippi River on Thursday, as the planet as a whole barrels toward the milestone of its warmest year on record. By the end of this week, it's likely that hundreds more warm temperature records will have fallen across the United States, adding to December's already impressive tally of about 6,000 warm temperature records (record highs and record warm lows). As has occurred...
Greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian Arctic aquatic systems dated for the first time
2015-12-19 06:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: For the first time, researchers have successfully dated the carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emitted by ponds and lakes on Bylot Island, Nunavut. The research team observed significant variability in age and emission rates of greenhouse gases (GHG) from aquatic systems located in a continuous permafrost zone. The study, whose lead author is Frédéric Bouchard affiliated to the INRS Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre and the Geography Department of Université de Montréal, appeared in the...
GCI completes wireless acquisition; Arctic fiber advances
2015-12-17 13:00:34| Wireless - Topix.net
In 2014, General Communications Inc. agreed to a $300 million deal with to Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc for all the latter company's wireless subscribers and 33 percent of Alaska Wireless Network, a combination of both companies' wireless infrastructure. ACS has used the proceeds from the deal to pay down its debt, and now focuses on its broadband business.
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Shell seeks to preserve U.S. drilling rights in Arctic Ocean
2015-12-16 19:50:37| Energy - Topix.net
Royal Dutch Shell is fighting to preserve U.S. drilling rights in Arctic waters three months after halting exploration indefinitely there because it failed to find meaningful oil or natural gas deposits. Europe's largest oil company filed a notice of appeal Tuesday challenging the Interior Department's Oct. 29 rejection of the company's requests to stop the clock on Arctic oil and gas leases that otherwise expire between 2017 and 2020.
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Shell seeks to preserve U.S. drilling rights in Arctic Ocean
2015-12-16 16:38:39| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Royal Dutch Shell is fighting to preserve U.S. drilling rights in Arctic waters three months after halting exploration indefinitely there because it failed to find meaningful oil or natural gas deposits. Europe's largest oil company filed a notice of appeal Tuesday challenging the Interior Department's Oct. 29 rejection of the company's requests to stop the clock on Arctic oil and gas leases that otherwise expire between 2017 and 2020.
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