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UH: Mauna Kea summit road to remain closed
Posted by KITV: None Given on June 30th, 2015
KITV: The Mauna Kea summit road, beginning at the Halepohaku mid-level facilities, will remain closed to all but authorized personnel until further notice, according to the University of Hawai'i.
The UH Office of Mauna Kea Management is currently assessing damage to the road and stability of the slopes for potential rockfalls.
UH exercised its authority under the Mauna Kea Comprehensive Management Plan to close the road last week due to hazardous conditions. They included the presence of boulders...
Queensland minister green groups forced radical shift Great Barrier Reef
Posted by Guardian: Joshua Robertson on June 30th, 2015
Guardian: Government moves to protect the Great Barrier Reef would not have occurred but for green groups “holding governments to account”, Queensland’s environment minister, Steven Miles, says.
The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has accused environment groups of exaggerating threats to the reef, citing Greenpeace for waging a “deceptive campaign” to have it declared “in danger” by the UN.
But Miles voiced his support for the role of green groups before his trip to Germany for a final UN decision...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 30th, 2015
ScienceDaily: Researchers from Royal Holloway, Birkbeck and Kings College, University of London used satellite images to map abandoned shore lines around Palaeolake Mega-Chad, and analysed sediments to calculate the age of these shore lines, producing a lake level history spanning the last 15,000 years.
At its peak around 6,000 years ago, Palaeolake Mega-Chad was the largest freshwater lake on Earth, with an area of 360,000 km2. Now today's Lake Chad is reduced to a fraction of that size, at only 355 km2. The...
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