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UCI studies find different reasons for global methane riddleIrvine, CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2011 Two new UC Irvine papers reach markedly different conclusions about why methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, unexpectedly leveled off near the end of the 20th century. They appear in the journal Nature. Both note that after decades of increases due to worldwide industry and agriculture, the tapering off of the hazardous hydrocarbon in the atmosphere - which began in the 1980s - was remarkable. "It was an amazing mystery as to why this occurred," said earth system science professor Eric S ... read more |
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  New drug could cure nearly any viral infection Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, ... more | .. |
 Ocean probes to help refine climate change forecasting A USC researcher has opened a new window to understanding how the ocean impacts climate change. Lisa Collins, environmental studies lecturer with the USC Dornsife College, spent four years collectin ... more | .. |
  Thousands riot in southwest China: Xinhua Thousands of rioters took to the streets in southwestern China, with some smashing and burning vehicles, after a city official injured a female cyclist, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
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  Sri Lanka's elephant census begins despite boycott Thousands of workers, soldiers and volunteers fanned out across Sri Lanka on Friday to begin the country's first national elephant survey despite a boycott by some wildlife groups. ... more | .. |
  Iraq treads carefully with Syria unrest Iraq is treading carefully in its response to Syria's deadly crackdown on protesters, balancing its ties to Iran, which backs Damascus, and international condemnation of Syria, officials and analysts say. ... more | .. |
  Honda plans nuclear mission for robot: media Japan's Honda is hoping to retool its humanoid robot ASIMO for a nuclear mission so it can join emergency work inside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, a press report said Friday. ... more | .. |
 China rights activist goes on trial Chinese human rights activist Wang Lihong went on trial in Beijing on Friday, witnesses said, nearly four months after she was arrested as part of a widespread crackdown on dissent. ... more |
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 Border town a break for drought-fleeing Somalis Exhausted, sick and starving Somalis fleeing extreme drought tarry in this desolate village before making the final long trek across the border to become refugees in neighbouring Kenya. ... more | .. |
  Japan heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital A blistering summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four lives and seen 900 people hospitalised this week, media said Friday, amid an energy saving campaign due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 Major breakthrough on how viruses infect plants CSIRO plant scientists have shed light on a problem that has puzzled researchers since the first virus was discovered in 1892 - how exactly do they cause disease? 14 July 2011 In a major breakthro ... more | .. |
  Narcissism may benefit the young, researchers report; but older adults? Not so much We all know one, or think we do: the person whose self-regard seems out of proportion to his or her actual merits. Popular culture labels these folks "narcissists," almost always a derogatory term. ... more |
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 Species affected by climate change: to shift or not to shift? Relocating species threatened by climate change is a radical and hotly debated strategy for maintaining biodiversity. In a paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers from CSI ... more | .. |
 Haiti gets $2M grant to help create jobs Haiti's devastated economy will receive a boost of $2 million through a grant from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund to help regenerate the country's small business sector. ... more | .. |
 Weather "tweets" sprinkled in with forecasts The Weather Channel on Thursday added Twitter comments about local conditions to forecasts broadcast to computers, televisions, and mobile devices. ... more | .. |
  Ivory Coast charges 62 pro-Gbagbo army officers Ivory Coast has charged 62 army officers close to ousted president Laurent Gbagbo and is holding 40 of them in custody, a military justice official said Thursday. ... more |
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Russia: Other nations ready to supply Iran with nukes; as US claims strikes 'devastated' program
Russian drone and missile barrage on Kyiv kills seven
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 Hard-liner said to take over al-Shabaab The Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab, increasingly a target for covert U.S. operations, was reported Thursday to have replaced its longtime leader, Ahmad Abdi Godane, with a seasoned military commander who advocates global jihad. ... more | .. |
  China jails seven over tainted pork A Chinese court has jailed seven people for selling an illegal fat-burning chemical that can sicken humans to pork producers, official media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  26 injured in China quake: state media A 5.2-magnitude earthquake that struck China's far-western region of Xinjiang on Thursday injured at least 26 people, three of them critically, state media said. ... more | .. |
  Prehistoric marine reptile fossil has embryo inside A fossil of a prehistoric water reptile has an embryo inside, providing the first evidence that plesiosaurs gave birth to live offspring rather than laying eggs, a US study said Thursday. ... more |
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 S.Africa rhino horn stocks secret due to security fears South Africa's rhino horn stocks will remain secret due to security fears, amid a poaching crisis that has seen more than 200 animals slaughtered this year, the environment minister said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 MSF launches mass vaccination in Ethiopian camp Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launched a mass vaccination Thursday against measles at a refugee camp in southern Ethiopia hosting Somalis who have fled a severe drought. ... more | .. |
 US announces $17 million in new Africa famine aid Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced $17 million in new US aid to famine-hit East Africa, to tackle what she called the world's "most severe humanitarian emergency." ... more | .. |
 Quake-hit N.Z. city unveils plans for low-rise future The earthquake-devastated New Zealand city of Christchurch announced plans Thursday to rebuild its downtown area as a low-rise precinct dominated by parkland. ... 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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Somali children struggle in famine-struck Mogadishu In drought-ravaged Somalia where food is scarce, three-year-old Ibrahim is so severely malnourished he weighs less than eight kilos (18 pounds), about the same as an eight-month-old baby. ... more | .. |
 Syrian forces enter another two protest hubs: activists Syria's army sent tanks and troops early Thursday into another two towns as it pursued its crackdown on protests against the authoritarian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, rights activists said. ... more | .. |
 China ups security for Panchen Lama's visit Armed police stood guard Thursday outside a Buddhist monastery in northwestern China ahead of an expected visit by the government-appointed Panchen Lama, witnesses and a rights group said. ... more | .. |
 Is this how simple life got complicated A new study has created an analog of what researchers think the first multicellular cooperation might have looked like, showing that yeast cells-in an environment that requires them to work for thei ... more |
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  Up-And-Coming Forests Will Remain Important Carbon Sinks The aging forests of the Upper Great Lakes could be considered the baby boomers of the region's ecosystem. The decline of trees in this area is a cause for concern among policymakers and ecolo ... more | .. |
  Deep recycling in the Earth faster than thought The recycling of the Earth's crust in volcanoes happens much faster than scientists have previously assumed. Rock of the oceanic crust, which sinks deep into the earth due to the movement of tectoni ... more | .. |
 Forests absorb one third our fossil fuel emissions The world's established forests remove 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon per year from the atmosphere - equivalent to one third of current annual fossil fuel emissions - according to new research publish ... more | .. |
 Scientists find eruption at undersea volcano after forecasting the event A team of scientists just discovered a new eruption of Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano located about 250 miles off the Oregon coast - and one of the most active and intensely studied seamounts i ... more |
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