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MAY 5, 2010

million square km for the month, remaining just below (310,000 square km) the 1979 to 2000 average, according to the latest update from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). This was the latest date for the maximum Arctic sea ice extent since the start of the satellite record in 1979. Tags: Brief. million square miles).

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

million square miles in September—the third lowest for any September since records began in 1979. below the 1979-2000 average, and the 13 th consecutive September with below-average Arctic sea ice extent. above the 1979-2000 average. Tags: Brief. Arctic sea ice covered an average 2.1 The coverage was 23.8%

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APRIL 30, 2010

IXTOC I: 3 Jun 1979 to 23 Mar 1980. On June 3, 1979, the 2-mile deep exploratory well, IXTOC I, blew out in the Bahia de Campeche, 600 miles south of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico. Tags: Oil. Earlier post.) Projections are that the oil slick will reach Louisiana shoreline areas today.

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MAY 17, 2010

below the 1979-2000 average extent and the 15 th smallest April extent since records began in 1979. below the 1979-2000 average. Tags: Brief. Other highlights from the report include: Arctic sea ice was below normal for the 11 th consecutive April, covering an average of 5.7 million square miles (14.7

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Taking over the American Motors Corporation in 1979 allowed Renault to sell Kenosha-built Alliances and Encores here (and to create the XJ Jeep Cherokee and very influential Eagle Premier ), but the Dauphine climbed higher in the car-sales charts than any other Renault model to reach our shores.

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MAY 25, 2009

The Nikkei estimates that Japan passenger car production in fiscal 2009 will likely decrease to 1979 levels, mostly due to a plunge in exports. Tags: Brief. The projection, which was compiled based on automakers’ data and interviews with company officials, calls for the eight Japanese passenger car firms to assemble 8.21 million units.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

This is 22% below the 1979–2000 average extent and the second lowest August extent since records began in 1979. above the 1979–2000 average, resulting in the largest August sea ice extent on record. Tags: Brief. Arctic sea ice covered an average of 2.3 million square miles (6.0 million square kilometers) during August.

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AUGUST 16, 2009

below the 1979-2000 average extent and the third-lowest July sea ice extent on record, behind 2007 and 2006. above the 1979-2000 average. per decade since 1979, while July Antarctic sea ice extent has increased by 0.8% Tags: Brief. Arctic sea ice covered an average of 3.4 million square miles during July. This is 12.7%

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APRIL 10, 2023

The LJ's price tag varied, depending on which paint and interior options were selected. That engine made 200 horses and 330 pound-feet, while providing single-digit gas mileage midway between the 1973 and 1979 Oil Crises. There were three trim levels for the 1976 Grand Prix : base, SJ and LJ. liter) V8 was available.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

CAP, established in 1979, is a leading provider of vehicle valuation data, new vehicle information and business solutions to the automotive industry. Tags: Brief. Uncertainty over the performance of electric vehicles means reliable future residual value forecasting is currently impossible, according to UK-based CAP.

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JULY 15, 2009

Collaboration on science and technology (S&T) has been a component of US-China cooperation since 1979. Tags: Brief. US and Chinese officials will discuss elements of the Center in the months ahead, with the objective of launching initial operations by year end.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Relative contribution of major greenhouse gases to the overall change in radiative forcing between 1979 and 1984 (a) and from 2003 to 2008 (b). During the time period 1979-1984 , CO 2 contributed 56% of the increase in radiative forcing caused by long-lived greenhouse gases. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Source: WMO.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

The result is an accurate account of the melt seasons from 1979 to 2007. Tags: Brief. —Thorsten Markus. To examine melt season length, Markus and colleagues used data from satellite passive microwave sensors. Markus, T., Stroeve, and J. 114, C12024, doi: 10.1029/2009JC005436.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

According to the CU-Boulder center, the 2009 minimum sea ice extent was the third lowest since satellite record-keeping began in 1979. square kilometers) below the 1979-2000 September average, according to the report. Tags: Brief. Maslanik, University of Colorado at Boulder. Click to enlarge. This was 409,000 square miles (1.06

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Last month, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced that Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its minimum extent for the year ( earlier post ), with less sea ice than all but two previous years since satellite measurements began in 1979. Tags: Brief. Jack Rosebro.

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APRIL 11, 2009

64 °C since 1979. Of 22 climate models contributing to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 21 underpredict the rapid warming (0.64 °C decade -1 ) observed over springtime Eurasia since 1979. Tags: Black carbon Climate Change. Wm -2 ) than North America (1.2 Mahowald1, T. Painter, V. Ramanathan, and P. 9, 2481–2497.

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

West Virginia is home to about 22,000 coal miners, down from 62,500 in 1979. Tags: Brief. The state has seen record low coal unemployment, coupled with record high coal production, in part because of “brute force” mining processes such as mountaintop removal. —Jack Rosebro.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

The revised estimates confirm the Deepwater Horizon incident as surpassing the 1979 Ixtoc I blowout in the Bahia de Campeche as the largest unintentional release of oil. Tags: Oil. Earlier post.). Government scientists will continue to analyze data and may in time be able to further refine this estimate.

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AUGUST 22, 2009

Since 1979, the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution has addressed some of the major environmental problems of the member countries of the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Europe. Tags: Brief. In addition, the data viewer can produce graphics and key emission estimates.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The computer, and the office, of the future Broadly speaking, the PARC researchers set out to explore possible technologies for use in what Xerox had tagged “the office of the future.” Alan Kay Metcalfe left PARC in 1979 to found 3Com, which, along with other startups, commercialized Ethernet. Success required a larger community.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

The UCAR Program began in FY 1979. Tags: Brief. Successful research in high temperature sensor materials will facilitate the design and development of novel sensor structures including sensorbots, injectable sensors, and sensor nets.

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MAY 14, 2010

Since its beginning in 1979, nearly 1,800 students will have worked beside their professors in over 700 federally funded research projects, valued in excess of $132 million. Tags: Brief. The seven projects chosen this year are valued at almost $2.4 DOE award: $298,395).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

They just posted a reply on their website : “ In an opinion piece by George Will published on February 15, 2009 in the Washington Post, George Will states “According to the University of Illinois’ Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.”. km less in February 2009 than in February 1979.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

And while support for these operations varies by country, the demand for new data is outpacing the ability of crewed aircraft to collect it—at least with a price tag that doesn’t put it out of reach for all but the most well-funded operations. (Some Baslers flying missions in Antarctica today flew World War II missions in their past life.)

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JULY 15, 2009

It’s actually not the first time that the countries have collaborated on science and technology - it has been at the heart of their co-operation since 1979. Tags: Green cars Latest news China clean cars clean vehicles U.S.A US-China Clean Energy Research Centre.

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MAY 27, 2010

The PEMEX IXTOC I subsea blowout in 1979—the second largest oil spill on the records—resulted in a subsea flow of 10,000 to 30,000 barrels per day. Tags: Oil. At the FRTG rates, the BP well could have dumped between approximately 18 million gallons (US) and 39 million gallons into the Gulf so far. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 4, 2022

Finally, in 1979, Shoup left PARC to start his own company to manufacture and market a paint system, the Aurora 100. Fire-Breathing Dragon: The Story of the Dorado Computer In 1979, three years after Alan Kay had wanted to throw away the Altos “like Kleenex,” the Dorado, a machine 10 times more powerful, finally saw the light of day. “It

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Tags: Ethanol Perspective Policy. The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products.

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