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The Culture Of Climate ChangeMoffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2011 A changing climate changes the environment. We know that. But it also may change culture. In a lesson that could have some relevance to human societies today, geographers at the University of Ottawa examined the overlap between climatic change and the changes in tool technology and other artifacts by Native American tribes during three ancient time periods. Humans have lived on the North American continent long enough to have experienced dramatic shifts in climate caused by ice sheet expansion and ... read more |
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  Scientists Find Part Of New Zealand's Submerged "Pink Terraces" They were called the Eighth Wonder of the World. Until the late 19th century, New Zealand's Pink and White Terraces along Lake Rotomahana on the North Island, attracted tourists from around the worl ... more | .. |
  Pollutants In Aquifers May Threaten Future Of Mexico's Fast-Growing 'Riviera Maya' Pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, shampoo, toothpaste, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico's "Riviera Maya," research shows. ... more | .. |
  Scientists Urge New Research Policies In Wake Of Gulf Disaster Scientists are having a difficult time gauging the recovery of marine species from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico because they lack sufficient data about historical population ... more | .. |
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  Helping Feed The World Without Polluting Its Waters A growing global population has lead to increasing demands for food. Farmers around the world rely, at least in part on phosphorus-based fertilizers in order to sustain and improve crop yields. But ... more | .. |
 New Discoveries Improve Climate Models New discoveries on how underwater ridges impact the ocean's circulation system will help improve climate projections. An underwater ridge can trap the flow of cold, dense water at the bottom of the ... more | .. |
  Death In The Bat Caves Conservationists across the United States are racing to discover a solution to White-Nose Syndrome, a disease that is threatening to wipe out bat species across North America. A review published in ... more | .. |
 Arctic Fisheries Catches 75 Times Higher Than Previous Reports University of British Columbia researchers estimate that fisheries catches in the Arctic totaled 950,000 tonnes from 1950 to 2006, almost 75 times the amount reported to the United Nations Food and ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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 Two Severe Amazon Droughts In Five Years Alarms Scientists New research shows that the 2010 Amazon drought may have been even more devastating to the region's rainforests than the unusual 2005 drought, which was previously billed as a one-in-100 year event. ... more | .. |
  Wildfires wreck homes in cyclone-hit Australia Wildfires destroyed at least 59 homes in Perth, Australia's fourth largest city, officials said Monday, as soldiers fanned out for massive cleanup operations across the cyclone-hit northeast. ... more | .. |
 Study shows extinction 'domino effect' New Zealand researchers say the local extinction of two bird species a century ago is linked to the present decline of a common forest shrub. ... more | .. |
 Southern Africa floods threaten more crops Floods and heavy rain across southern Africa have damaged thousands of hectares (acres) of farmland and more may be hit in coming weeks, raising fears for food supplies, the UN food agency said Monday. ... more |
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  Universal flu vaccine successfully tested: report Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday. ... more | .. |
  China saw more people divorce than marry in 2010 Nearly two million couples divorced in 2010 in China - far more than the number who got married in the world's most populous nation, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 Russia resumes sturgeon caviar exports to Europe Russia has resumed sturgeon caviar exports to the European Union after a nine-year ban, a fisheries watchdog said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Tropical Atlantic Sees Weaker Trade Winds And More Rainfall Earth's global temperature has been rising gradually over the last decades, but the warming has not been the same everywhere. Scientists are therefore trying to pin down how the warming has affected ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
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 Smithsonian Scientists Discover Seven New Species Of Fish Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish-something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic analysis, ... more | .. |
  Future Surgeons May Use Robotic Nurse Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation. ... more | .. |
  African nations ride the possibilities of bamboo bikes The sight of tall, green bamboo stalks swaying above the dusty lands of his west African country led Ibrahim Djan Nyampong to an unusual conclusion: bicycles. ... more | .. |
  Normal life begins to return in Cairo Life began to return to the streets of Cairo on Sunday as banks and shops opened after nine days and the army stepped up its presence around Tahrir Square, epicentre of anti-regime protests. ... more |
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 Wolverine Population Threatened By Climate Change The aggressive wolverine may not be powerful enough to survive climate change in the contiguous United States, new research concludes. Wolverine habitat in the northwestern United States is li ... more | .. |
  Chinese tourists 'spend over $3 bln in Taiwan' Taiwanese authorities on Sunday defended their policy of allowing more Chinese tourists to visit the island, saying it has generated more than three billion dollars worth of business since mid-2008. ... more | .. |
 Discovery Of Jumping Gene Cluster Tangles Tree Of Life Since the days of Darwin, the "tree of life" has been the preeminent metaphor for the process of evolution, reflecting the gradual branching and changing of individual species. The discovery t ... more | .. |
 Asia faces climate-induced migration 'crisis' Asia must prepare for millions of people to flee their homes to safer havens within countries and across borders as weather patterns become more extreme, the Asian Development Bank warns. ... more |
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Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return
Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes
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 Long-Lived Mexican Trees May Illuminate Fates Of Past Civilizations A new, detailed record of rainfall fluctuations in ancient Mexico that spans more than twelve centuries promises to improve our understanding of the role drought played in the rise and fall of pre-H ... more | .. |
 First Crustacean Genome Is Sequenced The ubiquitous freshwater "water flea," Daphnia pulex, may be too small to see, but it has amply proven its value as an "sentinel species" for the presence of toxins and pollutants in the environmen ... more | .. |
  One million Sri Lankans hit by floods, 14 dead Sri Lanka's monsoon rains spread to more villages and towns on Sunday, leaving at least 14 people dead and more than one million with flooded homes, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Chinese New Year, Vegas-style Brian Wu hoisted his six-year-old daughter onto his shoulders at The Mirage hotel-casino so the delighted little girl could get a better look at the leaping dragons shimmying to a boisterous drumbeat. ... more |
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 Embattled Australia hit by fires Wildfires destroyed homes and flooding claimed the life of a man in embattled Australia on Sunday, as officials warned that last week's monster cyclone would compound economic woes. ... more | .. |
 Pollutants may threaten Mexico's coast: study Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, chemical run-off from highways and many other pollutants infiltrate the giant aquifer under Mexico's "Riviera Maya," a new study shows. ... more | .. |
  Coal stoves coat Mongolian capital in smog As her seven children scamper in and out of the small door of their traditional felt hut in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator, Narantuya sits over the stove, pouring blocks of black coal onto the fire. ... more | .. |
 Cyclone adds to Barrier Reef's flood woes Hammered by a monster cyclone just weeks after flooding spewed toxic waste into its pristine waters, Australia's Great Barrier Reef could face a slow recovery due to climate change, experts warn. ... more |
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