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New safety study of Panama Canal locks commissioned
2015-09-16 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has selected Brazil-based Fundacao Homem de Mar (FHM) to assess the feasibility of maritime operations in the Panama Canal locks.
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Water demand from fracking less than 1% U.S. total: study
2015-09-15 21:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fracking by the U.S. oil and gas industry has increased the burden on the nation's water resources, but still accounts for less than 1 percent of America's total industrial water use, according to a paper by researchers at Duke University published on Tuesday. The controversial extraction method consumed roughly 48 billion gallons of water per year from 2012 to 2014, according to the study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, roughly the same amount that flows over...
Sierra Nevada snowpack lowest in 500 years; new study says
2015-09-15 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canada Journal: The Sierra Nevada snowpack that is a critical water source for California fell to a 500-year low last winter far worse than scientists had estimated and underlining the severity of the current drought, according to new research. For the study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers compared the snowpack on April 1 with estimates from the last 500 years derived from tree ring studies. Tree rings provide a window into the climate of centuries past, expanding during warm periods...
Consumer and Market Insights: Soup Market in the Netherlands - New Market Study Published
2015-09-15 05:13:47| Food - Topix.net
The Dutch Soup market is forecast to register sluggish growth during 2014-2019. The Dried Soup is the largest category in value terms while the UHT Soup category is forecast to register the fastest growth during 2014-2019.
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Half of world's sea turtles have eaten plastic, study says
2015-09-15 02:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: More than half the sea turtles in the world are thought to have eaten plastic or other forms of human rubbish, according to a new study. Queensland University academics studied drift maps of plastic and compared these with known turtle habitats and records of animals which died after eating plastic debris, the International Business Times (IBT) reported. They then used this to estimate how many turtles are likely to have eaten debris, either dumped in the oceans by humans or swept out to sea....
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