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Climate Change May Benefit Most Mammals That Live in Northern Europes Arctic and Sub-Arctic Land Areas in Short Run
2013-01-14 18:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The climate changes depicted by climatologists up to the year 2080 will benefit most mammals that live in northern Europe's Arctic and sub-Arctic land areas today if they are able to reach their new climatic ranges. This is the conclusion drawn by ecologists at Ume University in a recently published article in the journal PLoS ONE. The scientists Anouschka Hof, Roland Jansson, and Christer Nilsson of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Ume University investigated how future...
Will changes in climate wipe out mammals in Arctic and sub-Arctic areas?
2013-01-14 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Contact: Anouschka Hof anouschka.hof@emg.umu.se 46-907-866-377 Umea University The climate changes depicted by climatologists up to the year 2080 will benefit most mammals that live in northern Europe's Arctic and sub-Arctic land areas today if they are able to reach their new climatic ranges. This is the conclusion dr…
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US launches review of Arctic drilling after Shell rig accident
2013-01-14 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The US Interior Department has launched a high-level assessment of Royal Dutch Shell's 2012 Arctic oil drilling programme in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, in an effort to review existing practices.
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Shell Violated Air Permits for Arctic Ships, E.P.A. Says
2013-01-11 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency says that Shell committed numerous violations of the air pollution permits for its two Arctic drill ships, adding to the companys catalog of Alaskan offshore woes. The agency said late Thursday that the drill ships, the Noble Discoverer and the Kulluk, had repeatedly allowed excess nitrogen oxides to escape during the abbreviated 2012 drilling season last summer and fall. The violations were discovered during E.P.A. inspections and through Shells self-reporting...
NGOs call on Obama Administration to suspend Arctic oil drilling after series of blunders
2013-01-10 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A coalition of 17 conservation groups are calling on the Obama Administration to suspend offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic after Shell's attempt to drill there has been undermined by a series of mishaps. Shell's long stream of problems was capped this month when the company lost control of its drilling rig which ran aground on Sitkalidak Island in southern Alaska. Officials have now warned that up to 272 gallons of diesel fuel may have spilled from the rig's lifeboats. "These recent...
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