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Carbon Sequestration Estimate In U.S. Increased - Barring A DroughtCorvallis OR (SPX) Apr 15, 2011 A research group has concluded that forests and other terrestrial ecosystems in the lower 48 states can sequester up to 40 percent of the nation's fossil fuel carbon emissions, a larger amount than previously estimated - unless a drought or other major disturbance occurs. Widespread droughts, such as those that occurred in 2002 and 2006, can cut the amount of carbon sequestered by about 20 percent, the scientists concluded in a recent study that was supported by the National Science Foundation and ... read more |
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  Greenhouse Gases From Forest Soils Reactive nitrogen compounds from agriculture, transport, and industry lead to increased emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) from forests in Europe. Nitrous oxide emission from forest ... more | .. |
  Birds Inherited Strong Sense Of Smell From Dinosaurs Birds are known more for their senses of vision and hearing than smell, but new research suggests that millions of years ago, the winged critters also boasted a better sense for scents. A stud ... more | .. |
  Scripps Research Scientists Identify Mechanism Of Long-Term Memory Using advanced imaging technology, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a change in chemical influx into a specific set of neurons in the common fruit ... more | .. |
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  Invasive Mussels Causing Massive Ecological Changes In Great Lakes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused "massive, ecosystem-wide changes" throughout lakes Michigan and Huron, two of the planet's largest freshwater lakes, according ... more | .. |
  BP feels fishermen's fury over Gulf oil spill BP faced protests from angry fishermen and disgruntled shareholders on Thursday at its first annual general meeting since the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ... more | .. |
 Are Your Values Right Or Left? The Answer Is More Literal Than You Think Up equals good, happy, optimistic; down the opposite. Right is honest and trustworthy. Left, not so much. That's what language and culture tell us. "We use mental metaphors to structure our thinking ... more | .. |
 Russia will not lift polar bear hunting ban: government Russia will not allow any polar bear hunting in its far north, despite agreeing a quota of 29 bears with the United States, the government said in a statement posted Thursday on its website. ... more |
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  New Citrus Variety Released By Uc Riverside Is Very Sweet, Juicy And Low-Seeded Juicy. Extremely Sweet. Visually attractive. Easy to peel. Low seeded. These are the fine qualities that mark 'KinnowLS,' the latest citrus variety released by researchers at the University of Calif ... more | .. |
  Accelerated Lab Evolution Of Biomolecules Could Yield New Generation Of Medicines Scientists at Harvard University have harnessed the prowess of fast-replicating bacterial viruses, also known as phages, to accelerate the evolution of biomolecules in the laboratory. The work, repo ... more | .. |
 Long-Sought Fossil Mammal With Transitional Middle Ear Found Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announce the discovery of Liaoconodon hui, a complete fossil mammal from the Mesozoic found in China t ... more | .. |
 Circadian Rhythms Spark Plants' Ability To Survive Freezing Weather span class="NL"> a href="http://www.msu.edu" class="highlight">Michigan State University /a> br> /span> Just as monarch butterflies depend on circadian cues to begin their annual migration, so do ... more |
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 Single 'ancestor' language theorized Modern languages, all 6,000 or so, may have all descended from a single ancestral language spoken in Africa more than 50,000 years ago, a study says. ... more | .. |
 Brazil issues $1.2 bln in fines on beef companies Brazilian authorities announced Thursday they are seeking $1.2 billion in fines against 14 companies accused of buying beef from farms exploiting illegally deforested areas or slave labor in the Amazon. ... more | .. |
  UN should not take sides in I.Coast: Medvedev The United Nations should be impartial in the crisis in Ivory Coast, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, saying any move to exceed its mandate would set a dangerous precedent. ... more | .. |
  Japan police find 10 bodies in nuclear zone Japanese police on Thursday found the bodies of 10 tsunami victims in the first search of a 10-kilometre (six-mile) zone around an atomic plant, as emergency crews battled to contain a nuclear crisis. ... more |
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US says new nuclear deal should include China, accuses Beijing of secret tests
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  US frowns on Chinese force in Tibet The United States on Thursday criticized China after violent incidents at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, and called on Beijing to respect religious freedom. ... more | .. |
 Sierra Leone investigates a mining land acquisition The government of Sierra Leone said Thursday it has launched an investigation into the alleged acquisition of the Bagla Hills iron ore deposit in the east of the country by two mining companies. ... more | .. |
  Egypt military to reconsider protester sentences Egypt's military rulers, who have drawn fire from youth groups for a crackdown on protests, said on Thursday they were reviewing the cases of protesters recently sentenced in military trials. ... more | .. |
 Japan can pay for rebuild: central bank governor Japan's economy suffered a big blow in the triple earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, but the country should have no problem financing reconstruction, the central bank chief said Thursday. ... more |
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 Fossil find highlights evolutionary step British and U.S. researchers say fossilized remains found near a Scottish lake illuminate a key moment in the history of evolution of life on land. ... more | .. |
 What's in a name? Lots for the newly discovered The nearly three century old method for naming newly discovered nature will face a rebellion this Friday at Yale University. ... more | .. |
 Japan hula girls to save hot springs from nuclear fallout They pulled on their grass skirts to help save their mining town once before, now Japan's "hula girls" plan to save it again, this time from becoming a nuclear ghost town. ... more |
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  Probe blames tired sailor for Barrier Reef crash An Australian investigation into why a Chinese-registered cargo ship ran aground and badly damaged the Great Barrier Reef blamed a tired chief mate on Thursday . ... more | .. |
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 Nuclear workers face radiation limit, but fight on The thinning ranks of men struggling to tame Japan's nuclear emergency are invoking the spirit of the samurai as they ignore personal radiation limits in their battle to avert disaster. ... more | .. |
 Negative Image Of People Produces Selfish Actions The expectations people have about how others will behave play a large role in determining whether people cooperate with each other or not. And moreover that very first expectation, or impression, i ... more |
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  Material Devloped To Remove Radioactive Contaminants From Drinking Water A combination of forest byproducts and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water, researchers from North Carolina State University have found. "As ... more | .. |
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 Scientists Bridge A Gap With New Species Of Dinosaur A team of scientists led by the Smithsonian Institution has discovered a fossilized dinosaur skull and neck vertebrae that not only reveal a new species, but also an evolutionary link between two gr ... more |
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