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United Kingdom: Drilling pause for Balcombe fracking protests is sensible move, say police

2013-08-16 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Cuadrilla has halted its oil-drilling operations in West Sussex in anticipation of an influx of anti-fracking protesters at the site this weekend. The company, which is pioneering the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing in Britain, said that after discussions with police it had doubled the height of its security fences and installed razor wire at the Balcombe site, and had called a halt to the drilling until further notice. A spokesman said this was owing to concerns "for the health...

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Has global warming stopped? It's just on pause, insist scientists

2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Huge amounts of heat equivalent to the power of 150 billion electric kettles are being continuously absorbed by the deep ocean, which could explain why global warming has paused over the past 10 to 15 years, scientists have concluded in a series of reports to explain why the Earths rate of warming has slowed down. Global average temperatures are higher now than they have ever been since modern records began. However, after a period of rapid temperature increases during the 1980s and 1990s...

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Global warming 'on pause' but set to resume

2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Surface temperatures around the world have not increased on average since the late 1990s, causing some sceptics to suggest that climate change is not happening as quickly as experts predict. But in a set of three new reports, the Met Office claims that global warming has been disguised in recent years by the oceans, which have absorbed greater amounts of heat and prevented us from noticing the difference at surface level. This process, caused by the natural cycle of the oceans, could delay...

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