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Plants re-grow after five centuries under the ice
2013-05-27 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: While monitoring the retreat of the Teardrop Glacier in the Canadian Arctic, scientists have found that recently unfrozen plants, some of which had been under ice since the reign of Henry VIII, were capable of new growth. While in the field, the researchers from the University of Alberta discovered that the receding ice--which has doubled from 2 meters per year in the 1990s to 4.1 meters per year in 2009--had uncovered lots of mosses and other non-vascular plants, including more than 60 plant...
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Centuries-old frozen plants revived
2013-05-27 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Plants that were frozen during the "Little Ice Age" centuries ago have been observed sprouting new growth, scientists say. Samples of 400-year-old plants known as bryophytes have flourished under laboratory conditions. Researchers say this back-from-the-dead trick has implications for how ecosystems recover from the planet's cyclic long periods of ice coverage. The findings appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They come from a group from the University of Alberta,...
Labour Costs in Pig Processing Plants Vary Across EU
2013-05-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - A report from IFIP has found that the average gross wage of workers in pig meat processing plants in France is almost double that in Germany.
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Horizons nuclear plants to boost investment in the UK, says Energy Minister
2013-05-24 09:00:00| Power Technology
UK Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon said proposals by Hitachi and Horizon to build nuclear plants will boost investment and jobs in the country.
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Auto plants skipping summer shutdowns
2013-05-23 13:51:37| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Workers at the Ford Michigan Assembly plant, who will have only one week off in July rather than the typical two-week summer shutdown.
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