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New Interpretation Of Antarctic Ice CoresHelmholtz, Germany (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 Climate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI) expand a prevalent theory regarding the development of ice ages. In the current issue of the journal Nature three physicists from AWI's working group "Dynamics of the Palaeoclimate" present new calculations on the connection between natural insolation and long-term changes in global climate activity. Up to now the presumption was that temperature fluctuations in Antarctica, which ha ... read more |
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  Has The Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction Already Arrived With the steep decline in populations of many animal species, from frogs and fish to tigers, some scientists have warned that Earth is on the brink of a mass extinction like those that occurred only ... more | .. |
  Dry Lake Reveals Evidence Of Southwestern Megadroughts There's an old saying that if you don't like the weather in New Mexico, wait five minutes. Maybe it should be amended to 10,000 years, according to new research. In a letter published recently ... more | .. |
  Queens University Scientists Behind Safer Drinking Water In US Pioneering technology by scientists at Queen's University Belfast, which is transforming the lives of millions of people in Asia, is now being used to create safer drinking water in the United State ... more | .. |
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  Invasive Species Widespread, But Not More Than At Home Range Invasive plant species have long had a reputation as being bad for a new ecosystem when they are introduced. Stan Harpole, assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Iowa St ... more | .. |
 Productivity And Quality Of Grape Vary According To Plot Of Vineyard Under Cultivation Not all the terrain of the same vineyard has the same properties. Research undertaken by Neiker-Tecnalia (the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development) confirmed that, over the sam ... more | .. |
 Sustaining The Biodiversity Of The Western Great Plains Fire, cattle and even prairie dogs all could play a role in sustaining the biodiversity of the western Great Plains, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researcher. As large g ... more | .. |
 Polishing The Apple's Popular Image As A Healthy Food Scientists are reporting the first evidence that consumption of a healthful antioxidant substance in apples extends the average lifespan of test animals, and does so by 10 percent. The new res ... 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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  Clouds Amplify Ecological Light Pollution The brightness of the nightly sky glow over major cities has been shown to depend strongly on cloud cover. In natural environments, clouds make the night sky darker by blocking the light of the star ... more | .. |
 New Growth Inhibitors More Effective In Plants, Less Toxic To People A Purdue University scientist and researchers in Japan have produced a new class of improved plant growth regulators that are expected to be less toxic to humans. Angus Murphy, a professor of ... more | .. |
  Anti-gay US church has right to picket funerals: court A church that pickets military funerals with signs saying "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags" is protected by the US constitution's right to free speech, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Somali government push makes headway A multi-pronged offensive by forces supporting Somalia's beleaguered Transitional Federal Government against Islamist insurgents linked to al-Qaida appears to be making headway despite reports of heavy losses. ... more |
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  Death sentences for Indian train burners An Indian court handed down death penalties to 11 of 31 people convicted of burning a train carriage in which 59 passengers died. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Horsemen of the apocalypse What a world! Much of North Africa remains roiled with mass protests against autocratic or crazed leaders. One predictable result has been skyrocketing oil prices with potentially adverse consequences for recovering economies. And, in the United States, a possible shutdown of government looms because America's two political parties prefer to indulge in a game of "chicken" a la Washington not Kiev. ... more | .. |
 UK climatologists seek bubble blowers, cloud watchers Meteorologists launched a new campaign Wednesday to get people in England involved in measuring climate change by using a mirror, soap bubbles or simply looking up at the sky. ... more | .. |
 India loses top tiger defender One of India's foremost conservationists, who devoted his life to saving the country's dwindling tiger population, has died aged 73 after a two-month battle with cancer. ... 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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 Amid wine boom, Chinese buy up Bordeaux chateaux China gained another foothold in the booming wine trade with Bordeaux when a Chinese jewellery magnate added a chateau in the south west of France to his glittering assets. ... more | .. |
  China to raise minimum income tax threshold China said Wednesday it would increase the minimum threshold for income tax as Beijing tries to boost domestic consumption and narrow the country's widening wealth gap. ... more | .. |
  Fossil of flying dinosaur found in Texas A fossil of a flying reptile from 89 million years ago found in Texas may be the earliest North American example of a prehistoric Pteranodon, scientists say. ... more | .. |
  Massive dust storm hits quake-hit Christchurch Strong winds whipped up huge dust clouds in earthquake-hit Christchurch Wednesday, as officials defended the devastated city's building standards. ... more |
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  Global warming means more snowstorms: scientists Climate change is not only making the planet warmer, it is also making snowstorms stronger and more frequent, US scientists said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
China warns journalists on 'Jasmine' rallies Chinese police warned foreign journalists on Wednesday to obey restrictions on covering rallies called by an online protest campaign or face possible loss of their permission to work in China. ... more | .. |
 China says drought eased after snow, rain China has said that snow and rain in the country's northern wheat-growing regions over the past week had helped to ease a crippling drought that had sparked fears about rising global food prices. ... more | .. |
 How Severe Can Climate Change Become How severe can climate change become in a warming world? Worse than anything we've seen in written history, according to results of a study appearing this week in the journal Science. An internation ... 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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Pollution a threat to China's growth China's environment minister warned that pollution in the country poses a threat to long-term economic growth. ... more | .. |
  Europe approves weather satellite plan Europe will go ahead with a $4.7 billion plan to build a next-generation weather satellite system, as participating nations say they've agreed to the financing. ... more | .. |
 China files shrimp dispute against US at WTO China has taken the United States to the World Trade Organization over a controversial anti-dumping calculation imposed by Washington against Chinese frozen shrimp, the trade body said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
N.Zealand quake to hit growth: finance minister The Christchurch earthquake will cripple growth in New Zealand, possibly pitching the nation into recession and forcing down interest rates, Finance Minister Bill English said Tuesday. ... more |
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With Mideast revolts, 'it's cool to be Arab' The popular revolts shaking the Arab world have injected a sense of pride in peoples across the region often labelled as 'terrorists' or 'backwards' and for long subjected to repressive regimes. ... more | .. |
 Treaty denying Egypt Nile veto set for ratification Egypt is set to lose its veto power on rights to Nile waters after Burundi signed a deal paving the way for the ratification of a new treaty on the great river, an official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Asia-Pacific live fish trade under threat: experts An insatiable appetite for reef fish like snapper in Hong Kong and other markets is fuelling over-fishing in the Coral Triangle, a key area for marine biodiversity, experts said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Google backs weather insurance startup Google on Monday was among investors pumping $42 million into a climate change inspired technology startup that calculates the chances of crops being ruined by weather. ... more |
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