:: eyedot ::: images information ideation ::

:: EYE (anatomy), light-sensitive organ of vision in animals.
:: EYE (verb), to look at to look at something or somebody inquisitively.
:: EYE (noun), an ability to recognize and appreciate something; a point of view or way of thinking.

:: 8.04.2003 ::  

A followup on last week's bit on global warming:

Warming Climate in Alaska Causes Headaches for Oil Companies
In an ironic twist, oil companies operating on Alaska's North Slope are finding their work impeded by a warming climate. The companies depend on long stretches of hard freeze during which they can haul heavy drilling equipment over tundra, but those cold periods are shrinking. In 1970, there were more than 200 days with adequate snow and ice cover to meet state standards for safe tundra travel; in recent years, there have been only about half that many days. The window for oil exploration on the North Slope "seems to get shorter every year," said Jack Bergeron of oil company Total E&P USA.

Stories in Reuters' Planet Ark, the South Africa Independent and Grist Magazine.

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