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Rising seas, peat may have done in large ice age animals
2015-11-02 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Woolly mammoths and other large ice age mammals thrived in northern Alaska until environmental changes turned grasslands into peat and rising sea levels submerged the Bering Land Bridge, cutting off their access to Asia, according to a research paper published Monday. Researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of California studied bones of ice age horses, steppe bison, mammoths and other animals to determine why they died out in whats now Arctic Alaska. We wanted...
Rising Temperatures Kick-Start Sub-Arctic Farming In Alaska
2015-11-01 13:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: We've heard a lot about the negative effects of climate change in the arctic and subarctic. But some Alaskans, like farmer Tim Meyers, are seeing warming temperatures as an opportunity. Now that potato harvest is underway at his Bethel farm, Meyers uses a giant potato washer, like a washing machine for root vegetables, to clean California white potatoes. They're some of the only commercially-produced vegetables in this southwestern Alaska region, about the size of Oregon. Meyers says the warming...
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3D printing: rising to the challenge in ship design
2015-10-27 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The use of 3D printing technology is starting to make its mark on the shipping industry, with great potential in creating intricate vessel appendages and energy-saving devices, and freeing up extensive research potential. Pioneering research organisa
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FedEx sees record holiday shipments on rising retail, e-commerce
2015-10-26 13:37:10| Air Courier - Topix.net
A Federal Express truck makes its way down a freeway in San Diego, California August 22, 2014. A Federal Express truck makes its way down a freeway in San Diego, California August 22, 2014.
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India's rising demands for cooling make it a hot topic
2015-10-26 11:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Narendra Sharma dreads the summer. Temperatures climb above 40C even before the sun has hit the pitted, potholed surface of the streets through which he pushes his vegetable barrow day after day. Even when dusk falls there is little respite. Its tough, even if you are used to it. And the worst of all is that I lose money, he said. Sharma is out of pocket during the summer months because his vegetables go bad in the blinding heat. The more they wilt and blacken, the less he can charge. Even...
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