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80 percent of world climate data are not computerizedMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 26, 2011 In order to gain a better knowledge of climate variations, such as those caused by global warming, and be able to tackle them, we need to understand what happened in the recent past. This is the conclusion of a research study led by the Rovira i Virgili University (URV), which shows that the scientific community today is only able to access and analyse 20% of the recorded climate information held. The remaining data are not accessible in digital format. Some climate data in Europe go back to the 1 ... read more |
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  Nanotechnology for water filter Nanotechnology has developed tremendously in the past decade and was able to create many new materials with a vast range of potential applications. Carbon nanotubes are an example of these new mater ... more | .. |
  Fool's gold gives scientists priceless insight into Earth's evolution Fool's gold is providing scientists with valuable insights into a turning point in the Earth's evolution, which took place billions of years ago. Scientists are recreating ancient forms of the ... more | .. |
  Northwest Forest Plan has unintended benefit - carbon sequestration The Northwest Forest Plan enacted in 1993 was designed to conserve old-growth forests and protect species such as the northern spotted owl, but researchers conclude in a new study that it had anothe ... more | .. |
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  Animal Species Large and Small Follow Same Rule for How Common They Are in Ecosystems Animal species all follow the same rule for how common they are in an ecosystem, scientists have discovered. And the rule is simple. Everything from birds to fishes, crabs to snails to worms, ... more | .. |
 Rewriting the Book of Life MIT and Harvard researchers have developed technologies that could be used to rewrite the genetic code of a living cell, allowing them to make large-scale edits to the cell's genome. Such tech ... more | .. |
 The fantastic Mrs Fox knows best for urban fox families In urban fox families, mothers determine which cubs get to stay and which must leave while fathers have little say in the matter, new research by biologists at the University of Bristol has found. ... more | .. |
 Mitochondria share an ancestor with SAR11, a globally significant marine microbe Billions of years ago, an astounding evolutionary event occurred: certain bacteria became obliged to live inside other cells, thus starting a chain of events that resulted in what is now the mitocho ... more |
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US urges China to keep Iran from shutting key trade route
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 The key to life on land A chance discovery of a genetic mutation in wild barley that grows in Israel's Judean Desert, in the course of a doctoral study at the University of Haifa, has led to an international study decipher ... more | .. |
  As agricultural riches waylay pollinators an endangered tree suffers For the conservation of species, hostile territory might sometimes have its advantages. That's according to a study of pollen flow among trees found only in remnant patches of native Chilean forest. ... more | .. |
 Software can protect water supplies U.S. researchers say a free software program can protect water utilities from terrorist attacks and contaminants while increasing water quality. ... more | .. |
  Canada goes ahead with Arctic patrol ships Canada is going ahead with a $3.3 billion plan to beef up Arctic security and assert its sovereignty amid competing measures by other countries increasingly interested in the thawing region's immense potential. ... more |
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  Qatar-Saudi patch-up bad for Arab Spring? Signs of deepening ties between Qatar and Saudi Arabia after a decade of differences could mean trouble for the Arab Spring and media freedom in the region, the Foreign Policy Web site said. ... more | .. |
Iraqi jihadists back anti-regime protests in Syria Iraqi jihadists have strongly backed protests against President Bashar al-Assad even though his regime purportedly aided the militants by allowing arms and fighters to cross into Iraq. ... more | .. |
 China sub makes first dive to below 5,000m: report A Chinese submersible conducted the country's deepest manned dive ever Tuesday, state media reported, as it seeks to exploit the vast resources of the ocean floor. ... more | .. |
  Uighur leader fears for China detainees after clashes An exiled leader of China's Uighur minority said Monday she feared for the safety of dozens of people she said were injured in recent clashes with police in the country's Xinjiang region and then detained. ... more |
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Israel targets Iran Guards, Tehran prison in fresh wave of strikes
Israel says struck to 'obstruct access routes' to Iran's Fordo
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  US cryonics founder dies, has body frozen Robert Ettinger, founder of a movement that advocates storing bodies at ultra-low temperatures after death until new technology allows them to be revived, has died and his body frozen at the institute he founded, his family said Monday. ... more | .. |
China calls Vatican excommunication threats 'rude' China said the Vatican's threats to excommunicate two Catholic bishops ordained without papal approval were "extremely unreasonable and rude", state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Eight jailed over Chinese tainted pork scandal A court in China on Monday jailed five people for "endangering public safety" after they were convicted of selling an illegal fat-burning chemical to pork producers, state media said. ... more | .. |
  IAEA chief visits Japan's stricken nuclear plant The head of the UN atomic watchdog agency visited Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant on Monday to survey efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years. ... more |
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 Japan passes second recovery budget Japan's parliament on Monday enacted a $25 billion extra budget to pay for relief and rebuilding after the March 11 quake-tsunami, as Prime Minister Naoto Kan faced mounting pressure to resign. ... more | .. |
 UN urges 'massive' action on Horn of Africa drought The United Nations on Monday urged "massive" action for the drought-stricken Horn of Africa region but charities slammed low aid pledges ahead of talks with donor countries in Nairobi this week. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian forces kill at least 23 after bomb blast: Amnesty Nigerian security forces killed at least 23 people after a bomb blast blamed on Islamists over the weekend, allegedly randomly shooting and burning a market, Amnesty International said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Floods rupture Pakistani feudal ties Bakhsh Ali Lashari has spent the last year living in a tent since floods devastated a third of Pakistan. His home is no longer under water, but death threats mean he's never going back. ... more |
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Lunar dust poses lower health risk than urban air pollution study shows
Macron says Europe must become 'space power' again
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 Has warming put 'Dirty Dozen' pollutants back in the saddle? "Dirty Dozen" chemicals, including the notoriously toxic DDT, are being freed from Arctic sea ice and snow through global warming, a study published on Sunday suggested. ... more | .. |
 Famine in Somalia is 'immoral': UN aid coordinator With the world scrambling to rescue 12 million people on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa, UN emergency official Cristina Amaral said the fact that children are dying of hunger is "immoral". ... more | .. |
 Aid reaches drought-ravaged Somalia The International Red Cross said Sunday it had handed out 400 tonnes of food in drought-hit parts of rebel-held southern Somalia as the UN prepares to host emergency talks on the crisis in the region. ... more | .. |
 Swat rebuilds year after Pakistan floods A year after floods swept away homes and livelihoods, Pakistani survivors of a Taliban uprising are courting fresh disaster in the picturesque Swat valley by refusing to leave for higher ground. ... more |
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 Syria faces tougher EU sanctions Syria faces tougher European sanctions but there's no telling they'll work while President Bashar Assad pushes ahead with arrests and attacks on protesters he sees hindering his reforms. ... more | .. |
 Somali rebels maintain aid ban, reject famine Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents said Friday a ban on foreign aid groups remained in force and rejected a UN declaration that parts of the country had been hit by famine. ... more | .. |
 How to eat well and save the planet too Eating used to be so simple. If you liked it and could afford it, down the hatch it went. Yum-yum, end of story. ... more | .. |
 Dalai Lama says China demonization 'childish' The Dalai Lama said that Chinese leaders show through their strident denunciations of him that they are "childish" and lack their full brains, but voiced hope that China will change in time. ... more |
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