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Scientists on 'strangest continent' Antarctica investigate effect climate change on animals

2015-05-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Radio Australia: An eclectic group of scientists in Antarctica, known as the "strangest continent on earth", undertake painstaking research into the effects of climate change on local animals and the environment. King George Island is a remote speck of ice-covered mountains at the far north of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is also the nearest thing in Antarctica to an accessible destination. Every summer, hundreds of scientists fly down from the bottom of South America to the island's gravel runway operated by...

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Researchers set to investigate why dolphin sightings almost doubled off western Scotland

2015-04-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Daily Record: RESEARCHERS are to investigate why common dolphin sightings off western Scotland have almost doubled. Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust monitoring teams said encounters off the Hebrides are up 68 per cent over the last 12 years. But the reasons for the rise are still unclear and they need volunteers to help in their research. Common dolphins come to the Hebrides in spring to take advantage of seasonal food stocks, sometimes forming super-pods of thousands of individuals. The species...

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Authorities investigate Asiana aircraft crash landing at Hiroshima airport

2015-04-15 01:00:00| Airport Technology

An Asiana Airlines aircraft carrying 74 passengers and seven crew members skidded off the runway at the Hiroshima airport during landing.

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Canadian regulators investigate CN Rail fatal accident

2015-04-10 17:52:28| Railroads - Topix.net

Canada's Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it has launched an investigation into the death of a Canadian National Railway Ltd employee near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Thursday night. The railway, Canada's largest, has suffered a spate of accidents in recent months, including a derailment of two crude-oil trains in the same area of northern Ontario within three weeks, raising the concern of government officials.

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