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Employment and unemployment developments, March 2004.
Employment and Earnings
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April 1, 2004
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Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 308,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 5.7 percent. Payroll job growth was fairly widespread, as construction employment rose sharply and several major service-providing industries also added jobs.
Unemployment
The unemployment rate, 5.7 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, 8.4 million, were essentially unchanged in March. Both measures remained below their recent highs of June 2003. Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (5.2 percent), adult women (5.1 ...
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Relationship between subtropical and polar-front jets
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
; ...jets: the subtropical jet and the polar-front jet. The subtropical jet is driven...from the deep Tropics, while the polar-front jet is driven by the momentum...baroclinic waves and, in turn, the polar-front jet. Our calculations suggest...
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Location of the Antarctic Polar Front from AMSR-E Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Measurements
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography
; ...of the Southern Ocean polar front (PF) is mapped from...three major circumpolar fronts, which are. from north...the Antarctic polar front (PF), and the southern Antarctic circumpolar front (SACCF). The fronts separate distinct surface...
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Mesoscale subduction at the Antarctic Polar Front driven by baroclinic instability
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography
; ...subduction at the Antarctic Polar Front (PF) is conducted by...isopycnals leads to a net cross-front "bolus" transport. In response...southward above. This net cross-front overturning circulation acts to flatten the isopycnals of the front and results in a subduction...PF and other Southern ...
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 "Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Polar front set to bring temperature drop today.
Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
; ...Get ready for the cold one. A polar front out of Canada was pushing southward...Tuesday night, the dry Canadian front was moving across the British Columbia...thunderstorms were reported south of the front. Tobin said that chilly conditions...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Sailing to far north with crew of guests; A father and son have launched an exciting business taking adventure-hungry tourists on spectacular voyages on a world-beating yacht. But Andrew Hebden discovers that it's not all holidays for The Polar Front.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
; ...pride for Mark Richardson, who manages The Polar Front, the adventure sailing company that operates The Polar Bear, that she is moored in the North East...runs from May until late September. Then, Polar Bear is based in the stunning waters around...
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Big Oil gets OK to explore among polar bears.(Front)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...WASHINGTON Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global...of Alaska, even if "small numbers" of polar bears or Pacific walruses are incidentally...oil companies a blank check to harass the polar bear. About 2,000 of the 25,000 polar...
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Narwhals most at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears.(Front)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON The polar bear has become an icon of global warming...the myth of the unicorn, edged out the polar bear for the ranking of most potentially...reviewed journal Ecological Applications. Polar bears are considered marine mammals because...
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No new Polar protection.(Front)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...expanding protection for climate-threatened polar bears and ruled out a broad new attack...rule that says actions that threaten the polar bear's survival cannot be considered...Environmentalists say that in the case of the polar bear, the biggest threat comes from pollution...
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Edenton's first polar plunge.(Front)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...announced he would like to promote a "polar plunge" in Edenton to benefit Special...Edenton-Chowan Schools, spearheaded the polar effort. Chowan Hospital nurse Jean Bunch...surely went to Bunch, known that day as Polar Hunter. Lee Syphus , director of support...
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Petroleum, other groups join Palin suit on polar bears.(Front)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...in trying to reverse the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species. On Aug...state of Alaska filed suit opposing the polar bear's listing, arguing that its population...threat to its survival. The suit says polar bears have survived warming periods in...
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