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Effect of Greenland's Draining Lakes Less than Expected
Fears that the rapid draining of water from the top of Greenland's ice sheet may be contributing to the rise of global sea levels have been allayed by new research. Though scientists confirmed that the water can drain away faster than Niagara Falls, it did not seem to accelerate the movement of the ice sheet into the ocean as previously thought. Source: Guardian.co.uk
Tidal Barrier Raises Environmental Hackles
An entrepreneur has launched a plan to protect large swaths of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire from flooding with an 11-mile tidal barrier across the mouth of the Wash which would protect the coastline and generate electricity from tidal currents. But conservationists reacted angrily to the scheme yesterday, saying that it would cause "considerable damage" to an internationally recognised conservation site. Source: Guardian Unlimited
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Gordon Sterling Wins OTC Heritage Award
MTS member Gordon Sterling will be recognized at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference Awards Luncheon May 6 in Houston, Texas, with a Heritage Award. Sterling had a 35-year career with Shell Oil Company and served as 1998-1999 chairman of the OTC Board of Directors. He has been a member of MTS since 1989. Also honored with a Heritage Award at the luncheon will be Pierre-Armand Thomas, Senior Vice President, New Technologies, Offshore, at Technip, an MTS member since 1997. The Offshore Technology Conference is slated for May 5–8 at Houston's Reliant Center and is expected to draw about 70,000 people.
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