Tag: salt

Himalayan lakes are exacerbating glacial melt

Joe Hutchison - December 4, 2019

The rate glaciers are melting in the Himalaya is being significantly accelerated by lakes already formed by glacial retreat, new research led by the...

Pix – Ice patrol vehicles takes control

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Deadline News Journalist - February 17, 2011

New ice patrol vehicles are being deployed to improve Scotland’s resilience said Transport Minister Keith Brown today. The vehicles will be fully equipped with mobile...

That’ll come in Andes – 26,000 tonnes of salt arrives from Peru

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Christine Lavelle - January 7, 2011

SCOTLAND stocked up for a harsh January on the roads as thousands of tonnes of salt was brought into the country. With more snow and...

Winter will always get the cold shoulder from me

Shaun Milne - November 24, 2010

There are few things in life that can stop me in my tracks. But there is one which fells me every time. Coldness. I hate...

Scots councils pay for weather forecast

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Deadline News Journalist - October 1, 2010

By Cara Sulieman THREE SCOTS councils are shelling out £90,000 for someone to predict the weather. Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils are paying the Met Office...