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Storm threatens 100 million in US with snow, ice, coldChicago (AFP) Jan 31, 2011 A mammoth storm threatens to dump mounds of fresh snow, sleet and ice on about 100 million already winter-weary people from the US heartland to the east coast, forecasters said Monday. Blizzard, winter storm and freezing rain warnings were issued for more than 25 states, from North Dakota and Colorado down to New Mexico, then up through Texas, Kansas and Missouri to the Great Lakes region and across Pennsylvania to New England. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urged residents to pr ... read more |
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  Recession did not cut back pollution: US agency The worst global recession in 80 years did little to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and China made a major polluting leap, US figures showed on Monday. ... more | .. |
  The Undead May Influence Biodiversity, Greenhouse Gas Emissions It's commonly known, at least among microbiologists, that microbes have an additional option to living or dying - dormancy. Dormant microbes are less like zombies and more like hibernating bea ... more | .. |
  Precise Way To Monitor Ocean Wave Behavior And Shore Impacts Engineers have created a new type of "stereo vision" to use in studying ocean waves as they pound against the shore, providing a better way to understand and monitor this violent, ever-changing envi ... more | .. |
 The Cold Facts Of A Mass Extinction About 450 million years ago, Earth suffered the second-largest mass extinction in its history - -the Late Ordovician mass extinction, during which more than 75 percent of marine species died. ... more |
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  Hundreds evacuate as Japan volcano erupts Hundreds of people living near a Japanese volcano that has been spewing columns of smoke and ash thousands of metres into the air were forced to evacuate their homes Monday, a local official said. ... more | .. |
 Swamped Australia braces for monster cyclone Australia's Queensland state is facing one of the worst cyclones in its history, officials warned Monday, bringing wild winds and potentially devastating rainfall to areas still awash with floods. ... more | .. |
 Information Theory Gives Better Handle On Predicting Floods Many different aspects are involved in predicting high water and floods, such as the type of precipitation, wind, buildings and vegetation. The greater the number of variables included in predictive ... more | .. |
  A New Appreciation Of The Ecology-Evolution Dynamic Ecology drives evolution. In the next issue of Science, UC Davis expert Thomas Schoener describes growing evidence that the reverse is also true, and explores what that might mean to our understandi ... more |
  
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 Fast Growth, Low Defense - Plants Facing A Dilemma Plants are attacked by a multitude of insects and mammals. As defense against these herbivores they developed complex defense mechanisms over the course of evolution: spines, thorns, leaf hairs and ... more | .. |
 Study Finds Common Ground For Ecosystems And Fishing In Northwest Mexico Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have completed a new study on the geography of commercial fisheries in Northwest Mexico and the results could have far-ranging impl ... more | .. |
  More Frequent Drought Likely In Eastern Africa The increased frequency of drought observed in Eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as global temperatures continue to rise, according to UC Santa Barbara scientist Pa ... more | .. |
  Sudan recognises landslide vote for indepedent south Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha said on Monday that Khartoum accepted the landslide vote for southern independence, in the first official reaction from the north after preliminary results were announced. ... more |
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  Countries evacuate citizens as Egypt crisis worsens Countries around the globe stepped up evacuation of foreign tourists and workers from Egypt Monday as anti-government protestors applied further pressure to force out beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak. ... more | .. |
 US calls for 'orderly transition' in Egypt The United States has called for an "orderly transition" to a new government in Egypt but stopped short of demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down as protests engulf his regime. ... more | .. |
 21 rhinos killed in S.Africa so far this year Poachers killed 21 rhinos in South Africa in January despite measures introduced to curb the surge after the worst year of rhino poaching on record, the country's parks agency said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 US ambassador to China to quit amid 2012 buzz The White House said Monday that US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman will soon resign, amid reports he may mount a bid for the Republican nomination to take on President Barack Obama in 2012. ... more |
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 Fish consumption at all time high, says UN agency Fish consumption reached record levels in 2010 and world stocks need to be urgently rebuilt, experts at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a report Monday. ... more | .. |
 Nigeria religious war boosts poll tensions Dozens of people have been reported killed in renewed fighting between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria's troubled north, heightening fears the bloodshed will worsen as Africa's most populous nation braces for divisive elections in April. ... more | .. |
Suu Kyi's NLD party remains defiant Despite losing a legal appeal in Myanmar for recognition as an official political party, the National League for Democracy said it will continue to support the people. ... more | .. |
  Beijing on high alert for Lunar New Year fires Firefighters in Beijing have been placed on high alert for this week's Lunar New Year festivities, with especially dry weather raising the risk of fireworks-related blazes, state media said Monday. ... more |
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China restricts news, discussion of Egypt unrest Chinese censors are blocking online discussion and sanitising news reports about the unrest in Egypt, in a sign of official unease that the uprising could fuel calls for reform at home. ... more | .. |
Australia dodges cyclone 'bullet', but worse feared Australia's Queensland state could be hit by a monster cyclone packing fierce 260 kilometre (162 mile) per hour winds, just as it recovers from weeks of deadly floods, officials warned Monday. ... more | .. |
Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Arab world protests? The vibrant protest movements across the Arab world, Russian human rights activists and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will all likely be in the running for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, observers say as the deadline for nominating candidates approaches. ... more | .. |
  China goes rabbit-crazy for Lunar New Year In stews, as pets or adorning shop windows, rabbits are ubiquitous as millions of Chinese mark the Lunar New Year, hoping for a more tranquil time ahead as the old Year of the Tiger roars its last. ... more |
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 Smaller Rows Contribute To More Soybean Yields In Colder Climates Soybean production has continued to increase in the Northeast United States with more and more first time growers planting the crop and many experienced growers planting alongside corn crops. To sav ... more | .. |
 Test Shows Dinosaurs Survived Mass Extinction By 700,000 Years University of Alberta researchers determined that a fossilized dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5 and 66 million y ... more | .. |
 Notre Dame Biologists Call For Regulation Of Rare Plant Sales People are increasingly obtaining endangered or threatened plants, often illegally, and moving them outside their native range, according to an article in the journal Nature by Patrick Shirey and Ga ... more | .. |
 High School Biology Teachers Reluctant To Endorse Evolution In Class The majority of public high school biology teachers are not strong classroom advocates of evolutionary biology, despite 40 years of court cases that have ruled teaching creationism or intelligent de ... more |
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 Warming North Atlantic Water Tied To Heating Arctic The temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water flowing north into the Arctic Ocean adjacent to Greenland - the warmest water in at least 2,000 years - are likely related to the amplification of glob ... more | .. |
 On The Hunt For Universal Intelligence We have developed an 'anytime' intelligence test, in other words a test that can be interrupted at any time, but that gives a more accurate idea of the intelligence of the test subject if there is a ... more | .. |
 Raging Bolivia river sweeps away bus, killing 34 At least 34 people were killed when a river in southeastern Bolivia burst its banks, sweeping away a passenger bus and a truck, authorities said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 More Africa droughts as global temps rise The increased frequency of drought conditions in Eastern Africa for the last 20 years is likely to continue while global temperatures rise, researchers say. ... more |
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