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Natural Cycle Driving Cold Winter Extremes But Not Warm Winter ExtremesSan Diego CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2011 During the last two winters, some regions of the northern hemisphere experienced extreme cold not seen in recent decades. But at the same time, the winters of 2009-10 and 2010-11 were also marked by more prominent, although less newsworthy, extreme warm spells. New research examines daily wintertime temperature extremes since 1948 The study finds that the warm extremes were much more severe and widespread than the cold extremes during the northern hemisphere winters of 2009-10 (which featured an e ... read more |
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 Cutting soot emissions fastest and cheapest to slow global warming A new study of dust-like particles of soot in the air - now emerging as the second most important - but previously overlooked - factor in global warming provides fresh evidence that reducing soot em ... more | .. |
  Chemists modify sea bacteria byproduct for use as potential cancer drug University of Florida researchers have modified a toxic chemical produced by tiny marine microbes and successfully deployed it against laboratory models of colon cancer. Writing in ACS Medicin ... more | .. |
  A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage A new birth control vaccine for white-tailed deer - a growing nuisance in urban areas for gardens and landscaping - eliminates the dangerous reproductive behavior behind the annual autumn surge in a ... more | .. |
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  Next NASA Earth-Observing Satellite Arrives in California for Launch On Tuesday, Aug. 30, NASA's next earth-observing research satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to begin preparations for an October launch. The National Polar-orbiting ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Next-Gen Weather Sensor Nears Launch A NASA spacecraft carrying a Raytheon climate and weather monitoring sensor has been shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for launch. Data provided by the Visible Infra ... more | .. |
  40 year old Mariner 5 solar wind problem finds answer Research led by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has resolved a 40 year old problem with observations of turbulence in the solar wind first made by the probe Mariner Five. The research r ... more | .. |
 Nigerian-built satellite acquires first image just days after launch The Nigerian-built satellite, NigeriaSat-X, has acquired its first satellite image just three days after the successful launch on 17th August. Revealing buildings and the landscape surrounding ... more |
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Scientists develop electronic skin to give robots the feeling of human touch
Nairobi startup's bid to be 'operating system for global South'
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 'Smart collars' will track wildlife U.S. researchers say "smart collars" will enable people to learn how animals live their lives and possibly transform how wild populations are managed. ... more | .. |
 La Nina risks increase, to detriment of E. Africa: UN There is a 50 percent chance the climatic condition known as La Nina - which is associated with droughts in East Africa - will return this year, the UN weather agency said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Japan's PM to be sworn in, name cabinet Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was due to be sworn in on Friday and name a cabinet with which he hopes to drive a fragile post-quake recovery forward and build party unity. ... more | .. |
 Experts recommend nets after Seychelles shark attacks Authorities in the Seychelles will erect special anti-shark sea nets around a popular beach where two tourists were killed in separate attacks last month, officials said Thursday. ... more |
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  Rush to provide relief after Nigerian flood kills 102 Flooding that killed more than 100 people in the southwestern corner of Nigeria led to a scramble on Thursday to provide badly needed relief supplies, with homes and bridges collapsed. ... more | .. |
 Huge migration impedes Somali children education: UNICEF Famine and drought have impaired education chances for more than 60 percent of Somali children as families flee their homes to seek assistance, a UNICEF official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Katia dips to tropical storm, expected to strengthen Katia was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday but was expected to regain strength as it moved westward in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said. ... more | .. |
  China cancels Estonian minister's visit over Dalai Lama China has cancelled the visit of Estonia's agriculture minister in the wake of a trip by the Dalai Lama to the Baltic country last month, an Estonian farms ministry spokesman said Thursday. ... more |
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Hegseth defends $961.6B Defense Department budget request
Iran's nuclear programme, Netanyahu's age-old obsession
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  Uruguay shanty towns get partial reprieve About half of the 200,000 residents of Montevideo's shanty towns are set to win a reprieve in a government plan to regularize substandard housing seen as an embarrassment to a country hailed abroad as a buoyant emerging economy with prospects of further growth. ... more | .. |
 Global protests against Japan dolphin hunt Demonstrators protested outside of Japan's embassies around the world on Thursday to urge an end to its killing of dolphins, criticizing the bloody annual hunt as wantonly cruel. ... more | .. |
  Iceland receives Chinese request for land purchase: ministry Iceland's interior ministry said Thursday it had received a request from a Chinese investor and property developer for permission to buy a tract of Icelandic land for a tourist resort. ... more | .. |
 Woolly rhino fossil hints at origins of Ice Age giants A 3.6-million-year-old woolly rhinoceros fossil discovered in Tibet indicates that some giant mammoths, sloths and saber-tooth cats may have evolved in highlands before the Ice Age, experts say. ... more |
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 Irene damages to US more than $10 bn: firm Hurricane Irene caused more than $10 billion in total damages to the United States as it swept across the country's east coast, a leading risk-assessment firm said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Hurricane Katia forms in Atlantic: forecasters Forecasters late Wednesday said Hurricane Katia had formed in the Atlantic, the second of the season, as it roiled steadily westward. ... more | .. |
 Japan in first national quake drill since tsunami Japan on Thursday conducted its first national earthquake drill since the March 11 disasters that left 20,000 dead or missing and triggered a nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 Starving Somalis make new life in war-torn Mogadishu Exhausted and hungry in Somalia's famine-struck capital after fleeing drought and conflict, Fadumo Shamon is determined not to leave until she gets food for her starving children. ... more |
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EU clears European satellite giant SES bid for US rival Intelsat
Aethero Secures $8.4M to Build the Next Generation of Space-Based Computing and Autonomous Spacecraft
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 Nigerian flooding claims 102 lives: Red Cross At least 102 people were killed when a dam burst in torrential rain and flooding in southwest Nigeria, a local Red Cross official told AFP Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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 C-sections up in China ahead of school deadline The number of caesarean deliveries rose sharply in China this week as mothers rushed to give birth before the deadline for school enrollment, state media and local governments said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Humans shaped stone axes 1.8 million years ago A new study suggests that Homo erectus, a precursor to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million years ago, at least 300,000 years earlier than previously thoug ... more |
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 Rainwater harvesting systems combine new technology with old social habits As a crippling drought grips much of the Southern and Southwestern United States, the population continues to grow and water resources become scarcer. One way to address the water problem is by a co ... more | .. |
 Satellite Observes Unusually Hot July in the Great Plains Much of the United States sweated through an unusually humid heat wave during July, a month that brought record-breaking temperatures to many areas across the Great Plains. As temperatures soared, N ... more | .. |
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 Bedrock nitrogen may help forests buffer climate change For the first time, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have demonstrated that forest trees have the ability to tap into nitrogen found in rocks, boosting the trees' growth and their ... more |
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