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It's Hard to Argue With Climate Change When You See Over 100 Years of Data at Once
2016-02-18 16:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mic: It's no secret there's a huge disparity between what Americans think about climate change and what most scientists think about climate change. Opinions on climate change vary, but there are a few indisputable facts that are hard to ignore. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in our atmosphere. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide. Humans have burned a lot of fossil fuels over the last couple centuries, which in turn has released more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and...
Humans settled, set fire to Madagascar's forests 1,000 years ago
2016-02-18 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] There's no question that our species has had a dramatic impact on the planet's physical environment, particularly over the last few centuries, with the rise of modern industry, transportation, and infrastructure. But as new research shows, humans have been transforming the landscape, with lasting impacts, since long before the start of the Industrial Era. Scientists from MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have found that a widespread and permanent loss…
Humans settled, set fire to Madagascar's forests 1,000 years ago
2016-02-18 12:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Scientists from MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have found that a widespread and permanent loss of forests in Madagascar that occurred 1,000 years ago was due not to climate change or any natural disaster, but to human settlers who set fire to the forests to make way for grazing cattle. The researchers came to this conclusion after determining the composition of two stalagmites from a cave in northwestern Madagascar. Stalagmites form from water that percolates from the surface,...
UPS has been locked in a sideways trading range the past 2 years, but momentum has been waning.
2016-02-16 20:10:33| Air Courier - Topix.net
It is important not to become predictable in a lot of situations. Instead of leading with a short-term chart of Trifecta Stocks holding United Parcel Service and then a longer-term chart, we want to reverse the order this morning.
Daimler CEO gets 3 more years after record profits
2016-02-16 18:03:50| Automakers - Topix.net
" Car, truck and bus maker Daimler AG has given CEO Dieter Zetsche a three-year extension of his contract, a few days after the company reported record annual profits. Zetsche's contract would have run out at the end of this year but will now run through the end of 2019.
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