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How Do You Manage U.S. Oceans? Look At Local SuccessesProvidence RI (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 Policymakers are very familiar with land-use planning. But what is the best approach for planning uses of America's coastal waters and oceans? That question has gained importance since President Obama formed the National Ocean Council last summer and charged it with developing an ecosystem-based stewardship policy for the nation's oceans, coastal waters and the Great Lakes. A team of natural and social scientists led by Brown University offers some guidance. Published in the scientific journal Con ... read more |
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  Beijing lays out action plan to fight pollution Beijing - one of the world's most polluted cities - launched a five-year action plan on Tuesday that aims to improve the environment by phasing out coal-fired boilers and reducing bad air days. ... more | .. |
  Mission Into Ice Clouds: MACPEX Pilot Bill Rieke The Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment (MACPEX) is a NASA field campaign that is investigating cirrus cloud properties and the processes that affect their impact on solar radiation. ... more | .. |
  Goa Seeks ISRO Expertise For Mapping Mangroves, Sand Dunes Goa government will take the help of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to map its sand dunes and mangroves as part of the crucial 2011 CRZ rules. State Environment Minister Aleixo Sequira sa ... more | .. |
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  World's oldest man turns 114 in Japan The world's oldest man, Japanese citizen Jiroemon Kimura, turned 114 on Tuesday, celebrating the day away from the public spotlight with his family near Kyoto. ... more | .. |
  Sandia And UNM Lead Effort To Destroy Cancers Melding nanotechnology and medical research, Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, and the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center have produced an effective strategy that use ... more | .. |
 Introducing World's First Intubation Robot First there was McSleepy. Now it's time to introduce the first intubation robot operated by remote control. This robotic system named The Kepler Intubation System (KIS), and developed by Dr. Thomas ... more | .. |
  Taiwan fears impact of Japan-style disaster Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou warned Tuesday the island would find it difficult to cope with simultaneous disasters similar to the quake and tsunami that struck Japan last month. ... 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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 Mekong nations at odds on controversial Laos dam Laos faced pressure from its neighbours on Tuesday to delay construction of a controversial dam on the Mekong River as they failed to agree on a project that has sparked deep environmental concerns. ... more | .. |
 Oxygenation At A Depth Of 120 Meters Can Save The Baltic Sea Oxygenation brings dead sea bottoms to life. This creates the necessary conditions for the establishment of new ecosystems that enable nature itself to deal with eutrophication. By conducting pilot ... more | .. |
  Change Strategy To Save Diversity Of Species Active efforts are required to preserve biodiversity in the seas - that far most people are in agreement. But in our enthusiasm to save uncommon species, we sometimes miss the common species that fo ... more | .. |
 Missing The Gorilla University of Utah psychologists have learned why many people experience "inattention blindness" - the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla in ... more |
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  The Pain Of Evolution: A Big Toothache For Reptiles Our susceptibility to oral infection has some parallels to those of ancient reptiles that evolved to eat a diet incorporating plants in addition to meat. That's according to Robert Reisz from the Un ... more | .. |
 Mercury On The Rise In Endangered Pacific Seabirds Using 120 years of feathers from natural history museums in the United States, Harvard University researchers have been able to track increases in the neurotoxin methylmercury in the black-footed al ... more | .. |
  Chile to revamp prison system Chile will revamp its nationwide prison network to address key security issues and remove overcrowding, following President Sebastian Pinera's pledge to reform what he called an inhumane system that killed more than 80 inmates in one incident last year. ... more | .. |
 India monsoon forecast brings inflation hope India's weather office on Tuesday forecast a "normal" monsoon this year that could boost food production and ease high inflation. ... 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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 Leaders pledge aid to complete Chernobyl shelter International leaders pledged hundreds of millions of dollars at a conference in Kiev Tuesday to complete a permanent shelter to secure the ruins of Ukraine's exploded Chernobyl power station. ... more | .. |
 Russian police arrest 10 activists for highway protest Russian police on Tuesday arrested 10 activists who were trying to stop logging in a Moscow forest for wood to be used to build a disputed highway, an environmental group said. ... more | .. |
  Russia risks repeat of wildfire crisis: NGO Russia is on track to experience another summer of catastrophic wildfires due to a lack of prevention measures and misdirected state funds, an environmental group warned on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Top US court considers major climate change case Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Tuesday to take a definitive stand in a key global warming case on the right of US states to regulate carbon emissions as a "public nuisance." ... more |
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  Floods force hundreds to evacuate in central Canada Persistent flooding in Canada's central province of Manitoba has forced hundreds of people from their homes and closed dozens of roads, authorities said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Arctic Coasts On The Retreat The coastline in Arctic regions reacts to climate change with increased erosion and retreats by half a metre per year on average. This means substantial changes for Arctic ecosystems near the coast ... more | .. |
 Some Dinosaurs Hunted By Night Stephen Spielberg's movie Jurassic Park got one thing right. Velociraptors hunted by night while big plant-eating dinosaurs browsed around the clock, according to a paper on the eyes of fossil anima ... more | .. |
  Work on Sudan split continues Their message was clear: the discussion over the future of Sudan isn't over but African leaders charged with overseeing the peaceful division of Sudan said Tuesday they are hopeful that most of the issues plaguing the country as it prepares to separate will be resolved soon. ... 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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 New count made of world's barrier islands Earth has more barrier islands, strips of sand parallel to a coast but separated from it by estuaries or lagoons, than previously thought, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Carbon Sequestration Estimate In US Increased - Barring A Drought 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 ... more | .. |
 Polluted Air Leads To Disease By Promoting Widespread Inflammation Chronic inhalation of polluted air appears to activate a protein that triggers the release of white blood cells, setting off events that lead to widespread inflammation, according to new research in ... more | .. |
 Hunter becomes guardian of Taiwan's bears When he was young, Taiwanese aboriginal hunter Lin Yuan-yuan became a legend after he killed two ferocious Formosan black bears. Now he has devoted his life to saving the endangered species. ... more |
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  Safer Treatment Could Be Realized For Millions Suffering From Parasite Infection A safer and more effective treatment for 10 million people in developing countries who suffer from infections caused by trypanosome parasites could become a reality thanks to new research from Queen ... more | .. |
 Human Rules May Determine Environmental Tipping Points A new paper appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that people, governments, and institutions that shape the way people interact may be just as important fo ... more | .. |
  Chinese rights lawyer released amid crackdown A top Chinese rights lawyer has returned home after two months in police custody, his wife said Wednesday, amid a fierce crackdown on government critics and activists. ... more | .. |
 Recent Census In DR Congo Finds Gorillas Have Survived A census team led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Insitut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo has announ ... more |
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