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Fastest Sea-Level Rise in Two Millennia Linked to Increasing Global TemperaturesWashington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2011 The rate of sea level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years--and has shown a consistent link between changes in global mean surface temperature and sea level. The findings are published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The research, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), was conducted by Andrew Kemp, Yale University; Benjamin Horton, University of Pennsylvania; Jeffrey Donnelly, Woo ... read more |
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  Human Activities Emit Way More Carbon Dioxide Than Do Volcanoes On average, human activities put out in just three to five days the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide that volcanoes produce globally each year. So concludes a scientist who reviewed five publishe ... more | .. |
  Arctic snow harbors deadly assassin Heavy and prolonged snowfall can bring about unexpected conditions that encourage fungal growth, leading to the death of plants in the Arctic, according to experts. A new international study c ... more | .. |
  Atmospheric carbon dioxide buildup unlikely to spark abrupt climate change There have been instances in Earth history when average temperatures have changed rapidly, as much as 10 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit) over a few decades, and some have speculated the same ... more | .. |
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 Flood-hit China braces for more storms Flood-hit areas of central and southern China braced for more heavy rains Monday with several major rivers already swollen after downpours that have affected millions and left scores dead or missing. ... more | .. |
 Andes resort struggles with volcanic ash This upscale resort town in Argentina's Andes, popular with jet-setters for nearby skiing and jaw-dropping scenery, is distraught digging out of a thick blanket of volcanic ash and facing an uncertain future. ... more | .. |
 Oceans in distress foreshadow mass extinction Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warned Monday. ... more | .. |
  No 'business as usual' as IAEA meets on nuclear safety The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog warned Monday that confidence in atomic energy had been deeply shaken by the Fukushima disaster as a conference began to debate lessons to be drawn from the crisis in Japan. ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
Teaching robots to map large environments
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  Food prices to rise as France seeks reform A U.N.-backed report is predicting a decade of higher food prices just as France is pushing the issue of commodity trading reform to the top of the Group of 20 agenda. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: Here come the 'age wars' The threat of "the greatest strike for 100 years" by Britain's main labor union for public employees is a new skirmish in the age wars. Ostensibly about previous government promises to pay early and privileged pensions to its own employees, it is really about ways to share wealth between the generations. ... more | .. |
 Climate change disasters could be predicted Climate change disasters, such as the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, dieback of the Amazon rainforest or collapse of the Atlantic overturning circulation, could be predicted according to Univer ... more | .. |
 Where have all the flowers gone? It's summer wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, a time when high-peaks meadows are dotted with riotous color.But for how long? Once, wildflower season in montane meadow ecosystems extended thr ... more |
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 Purdue handheld technology detects chemicals on store produce Purdue University researchers recently took their miniature mass spectrometer grocery shopping to test for traces of chemicals on standard and organic produce. In the technology's first venture out ... more | .. |
 Probing the secrets of the ryegrasses LMU chemists led by Professor Dirk Trauner have developed a concise and efficient method for the synthesis of the alkaloid loline and related compounds. Loline alkaloids are a biologically interesti ... more | .. |
 Moody's cuts Japan's TEPCO to junk status Ratings agency Moody's on Monday downgraded TEPCO, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, to below investment grade, warning the rating was on review for further possible action. ... more | .. |
 Salivating over wheat plants may net Hessian flies big meal or death The interaction between a Hessian fly's saliva and the wheat plant it is attacking may be the key to whether the pest eats like a king or dies like a starving pauper, according to a study done at Pu ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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  Wife of jailed China dissident disappears The wife of prominent jailed Chinese rights activist Hu Jia said Monday in an online post that unidentified people had apprehended her at Beijing's airport, but it was unclear if she was in custody. ... more | .. |
  'My dishwasher is trying to kill me' A potentially pathogenic fungus has found a home living in extreme conditions in some of the most common household appliances, researchers have found. A new paper published in the British Mycologica ... more | .. |
 Chile court blocks Patagonia dam project A Chilean court Monday ordered the suspension of a project to build a complex of giant hydroelectric dams in the Patagonian wilderness, bowing to appeals by lawmakers and environmental groups. ... more | .. |
 China's Three Gorges Dam operator defends project The operator of China's Three Gorges Dam has defended the controversial project, saying it has a "sacred mission" to control flooding, generate clean energy and ensure water supply. ... more |
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 Flight chaos in Australia as ash cloud returns An ash cloud created by a volcanic eruption in Chile more than two weeks ago has prompted Australian airlines to suspend some flights after the plume looped the globe and returned Down Under. ... more | .. |
 Beatriz nears hurricane strength off Mexico Tropical Storm Beatriz strengthened Monday in the Pacific off the south-central Mexican coast as US forecasters warned the system could grow to hurricane strength later Monday. ... more | .. |
 Congo measles epidemic: 'every child' to get vaccinated Congo aims to vaccinate every child in its second largest city after a measles outbreak killed 32 people, health officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Fire risk soars in seven US states Seven states in the central and southwest US were facing "extreme fire risk" late Sunday, officials said, as gusting winds sent massive blazes flaring up and jumping roadways, especially in Arizona. ... more |
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Bezos's Blue Origin postpones rocket launch over weather
SpaceX launches 29 satellites after fireball spotted in the sky
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 New website to monitor greenhouse gases An Australian research institute on Monday launched a website that allows the public to monitor greenhouse gas emissions in the southern hemisphere. ... more | .. |
  Africa's tree belt takes root in Senegal An ambitious plan to build a vast forest belt straight across Africa to contain desertification has taken root in Senegal, greening huge tracts of land with drought-tolerant tree species. ... more | .. |
 New Zealand quake costs climb New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Monday said the bill from the devastating Christchurch earthquakes had soared to NZ$25 billion (US$20.2 billion), far more than previously thought. ... more | .. |
 Land barons seen behind Amazon activist killings Nearly a month after the murder in Brazil's Amazon of an activist couple believed to have been threatened by land and logging barons, the investigation has gone nowhere. ... more |
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 TEPCO to open second Fukushima reactor building Tokyo Electric Power Co. Sunday said it would open a second reactor building at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to send repair crews inside for the first time since it was crippled. ... more | .. |
 Chile lifts evacuation order as volcano quiets down Thousands of evacuated Chileans were allowed to return home Sunday two weeks after the eruption of the Puyehue volcano, which sent a huge ash cloud into the sky and disrupted air travel in the southern hemisphere. ... more | .. |
  Egypt military to try journalists over torture claim Military prosecutors in Egypt are to try a newspaper editor and a journalist over comments in an article on torture attributed to a military official, a military source said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Afforestation will hardly dent warming problem: study Schemes to convert croplands or marginal lands to forests will make almost no inroads against global warming this century, a scientific study published on Sunday said. ... more |
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