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SeaWorld Orlando: Antarctica construction walls down
Construction walls have been removed around the site of Antarctica -- Empire of the Penguin at SeaWorld Orlando. Theme-park guests could get a peek but not enter the area, SeaWorld's largest expansion in its history, on Sunday. Antarctica is scheduled...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, SeaWorld
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SeaWorld's Antarctica could further tilt Orlando's tourism market
Three years ago, Harry Potter loosened Mickey Mouse's grip on Orlando's theme-park market. Now, Puck the Penguin is ready to try pulling Mickey's fingers even farther apart. After more than a year of construction, SeaWorld Orlando this week will...
Tags: International Travel, Travel, SeaWorld, Avatar (movie), Restaurant and Catering Industry
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CU-Boulder researchers help show impact of global melt
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.A new study that included contributions by University of Colorado researchers shows that glacial melt from sources not including the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets contributes as much to sea level rise as does the ice loss from those two land masses....Tags: Colleges and Universities, NASA, Education, Landforms, Bodies of Water
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Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared: study
ReutersOSLO (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less severe than expected this century, limiting sea level rise to a maximum of 69 cm (27 inches), an international study said on Tuesday. Even so, such a rise could...Tags: Scientific Institutions, Nuclear Power, Ban Ki-moon, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bodies of Water
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Ice melt, sea level rise, to be less severe than feared - study
Reuters* Seas to rise 16.5 to 69 cm with moderate warming-ice2sea * Melt of Greenland, Antarctica less severe than expected By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 14 (Reuters) - A melt of ice on Greenland and Antarctica is likely to be less...Tags: Scientific Institutions, Nuclear Power, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Bodies of Water, Global Change
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EDITORIAL: The other pollinators
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe buzz generated by a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and two commercial beekeeping groups is discouraging. Nearly 32 percent of managed U.S. honeybee colonies died last winter, pushing the loss rate up by 42 percent over the...Tags: Pittsburgh, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Technology
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SeaWorld's shares details of cuisine at Antarctica's new Expedition Cafe
OrlandoSentinel.comTheme park foodies will soon have a new eatery to add to their list, with the opening of the eclectic Expedition Cafe, which is part of SeaWorld's new Antarctica expansion.... -
SeaWorld Orlando: 'American Idol' alum Lauren Alaina to sing Antarctica's theme song
Former "American Idol" contestant and country singer Lauren Alaina has recorded the official theme song for SeaWorld Orlando's upcoming attraction Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin. She recorded two versions of the song called "Antarctica: One World,...
Tags: Lauren Alaina, Amusement and Theme Parks, American Idol (tv program), SeaWorld, Scott McCreery
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Roberts rivets readers with tale of Mawson 'Alone On The Ice'
It's not likely I'll ever have a chance to visit Antarctica. So it follows that I'm unlikely ever to be alone on the ice at the bottom of the world. Thanks to adventure author David Roberts, I don't need to go south to learn the tribulations faced by...
Tags: Australia, Snow Storms, Petroleum Industry, England
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NASA accomplishes smartphones' mission
Smartphone cameras are fine for snapping photos of your BFF, but NASA has officially taken that technology to new heights. The space agency has successfully tested smartphones as low-cost satellites, thanks to the recent launch of the Antares rocket from...Tags: Space Programs, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), Entertainment, NASA, Satellite Technology
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BRIEF: UCSC grad shares video of icebreaking trip through Antartica
The Santa Cruz SentinelCassandra Brooks, a UC Santa Cruz graduate, and a PhD student with the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University, shared a video of her amazing journey through the Ross Sea in Antartica. Brooks, who is studying... -
NASA's next rover target after Mars? Greenland
NASA is sending a rover to a remote frontier on harsh terrain that's unfriendly to humans. But it won't be to the moon or Mars -- it's headed for Greenland. From May 3 to June 8, the Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research will...
Tags: NASA, Greenland, Science, Science and Technology
May 19, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 10, 2013
|Blog| OrlandoSentinel.com
May 9, 2013
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May 9, 2013
|Column| Petoskey News
May 9, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 8, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 3, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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