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Oil giants: the ten biggest offshore oil and gas companies by revenue
2016-07-11 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Despite a plunge in crude prices, oil and gas giants like Sinopec, Shell and Saudi Aramco have retained their positions at the top of the industry. Offshore-technology.com lists the top ten offshore oil and gas companies, based on the latest annual r
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'Perfect Storm' of Humans and Climate Change Doomed Ice Age Giants
2016-07-02 03:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The saber-toothed cat, large ground sloth and other ice age giants of South America didn't go extinct solely because of climate change or prehistoric human activity, but because of a perfect storm of the two that hit the giant beasts at the same time, a new study finds. For years, researchers have debated what felled many of the megafauna animals that weigh more than 100 lbs. (45 kilograms) shortly after the end of the last ice age. Some scientists blamed humans, who had newly colonized the...
Study Revealed Both Humans and Climate Change Killed Off Ice Age Giants, But How?
2016-06-20 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Patagonia in South America was once the home of Ice Age giants, like huge sloths, bears and saber-toothed cats. Suddenly, they all died at exactly the same time--around 12,300 years ago. A new study published in the journal Science Advances revealed that the species were killed off as a result of human activities and rapid climate change. Molecular biologist Alan Cooper of the University of Adelaide said his team discovered that human hunting drove a swift blow to the populations of these Ice...
Palm oil giant's impact in Indonesia worse than reported, says Greenpeace
2016-06-09 11:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One of the worlds largest producers of palm oil has drained and planted on areas of peatland supposed to be protected by Indonesian law, claims a new report from Greenpeace, with levels of damage potentially worse than previously reported. The NGO says satellite images of Ketapang, west Kalimantan show drainage canals covering an area of peatland that the Malaysia-based company IOI had marked for restoration in a sustainability commitment in 2014. Draining peatland is the first step for developing...
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Tech Giants Back New EU Online Hate Speech Rules
2016-05-31 19:04:03| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft promise to wipe illegal hate speech from their sites in less than 24 hours.
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