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Deaths From Extreme Weather Events Have Fallen 98 Percent Since the 1920sLos Angeles, CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2011 Despite concerns about global warming and a large increase in the number of reported storms and droughts, the world's death rate from extreme weather events was lower from 2000 to 2010 than it has been in any decade since 1900, according to a new Reason Foundation study. The Reason Foundation report chronicles the number of worldwide deaths caused by extreme weather events between 1900 and 2010 and finds global deaths caused by extreme weather events peaked in the decade running from 1920 to 1929, ... read more |
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  Uncertain climate models impair long-term climate strategies A new paper published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, explains weaknesses in our understanding of climate change and how we can fix them. These issues mean predictions vary wil ... more | .. |
  If insurance companies pay out too often farmers will be threatened with ruin Insurance can help farmers to survive dry periods. However, it can also result in the long term in overgrazing and therefore threaten their existence if insurance companies pay out in periods of mod ... more | .. |
  Aquarius Yields NASA's First Global Map of Ocean Salinity NASA's new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission's anticipated discoveries. Aquarius, which is a ... more | .. |
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  Scientists turn back the clock on adult stem cells aging Researchers have shown they can reverse the aging process for human adult stem cells, which are responsible for helping old or damaged tissues regenerate. The findings could lead to medical treatmen ... more | .. |
  Understanding methane's seabed escape A shipboard expedition off Norway, to determine how methane escapes from beneath the Arctic seabed, has discovered widespread pockets of the gas and numerous channels that allow it to reach the seaf ... more | .. |
  Astrotech Subsidiary Wins Contract for NASA Mission Astrotech has won a fully-funded task order under the previously announced Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Company will provide f ... more | .. |
  Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things Human devices, from light bulbs to iPods, send information using electrons. Human bodies and all other living things, on the other hand, send signals and perform work using ions or protons. Ma ... more |
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World's first non-silicon 2D computer developed
From plastic trash to solar hydrogen a practical method emerges
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  Biodiversity helps dilute infectious disease, reduce its severity Researchers at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that loss of biodiversity may be contributing to a fungal infection that is killing amphibians around the world, and provides mor ... more | .. |
  Primitive birds shared dinosaur fate A new study puts an end to the longstanding debate about how archaic birds went extinct, suggesting they were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that put an end to dinosaurs 65 million ... more | .. |
  Continents influenced human migration, spread of technology How modern-day humans dispersed on the planet and the pace of civilization-changing technologies that accompanied their migrations are enduring mysteries. Scholars believe ancient peoples on Europe ... more | .. |
 Paraguay outbreak threatens farms, jobs Paraguay faces a worsening crisis in its fragile agriculture and livestock sector as mounting losses from a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak threaten to decimate exports and make thousands jobless. ... more |
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 Myanmar stands firm on Myitsone dam Work continues on a $3.6 billion hydropower dam project in Myanmar on the Irrawaddy River despite widespread objections. ... more | .. |
 Haiti seeks greater local role in rebuilding Haitians feel "left out" of international efforts to rebuild their quake-shattered country and should have a greater role, President Michel Martelly said in remarks released on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 10 infected with polio in China outbreak At least 10 people in northwestern China have contracted a highly infectious strain of polio, in the first outbreak of the disease in the country for 12 years, a United Nations group said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Somali rebels send back starving thousands into famine zone Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked rebels said Thursday they were moving over 12,000 starving families back into famine zones they had fled, where the UN has warned they will die without help. ... more |
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AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments
Japan says two Chinese aircraft carriers seen in Pacific
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  Hurricane Hilary strengthens off Mexico's Pacific Hurricane Hilary strengthened Thursday off the southwestern Pacific coast of Mexico, threatening to punish coastal areas with strong winds and heavy surf, forecasters said. ... more | .. |
 Two million sick from Pakistan floods Two million Pakistanis have fallen ill from diseases since monsoon rains left the southern region under several feet of water, the country's disaster authority said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Putin touts Arctic Northeast passage Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged on Thursday to turn the Northeast passage into a key shipping route and modernise its Arctic infrastructure as Moscow seeks to stake out a claim over the energy-rich region. ... more | .. |
Ugandans displaced by UK company landgrab: Oxfam At least 22,500 Ugandans were forced from their homes to make way for a British timber company, the aid agency Oxfam said in a report Thursday calling for an investigation into alleged abuses. ... more |
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Booming China is number one Bordeaux importer The booming Chinese mainland is now the largest importer of Bordeaux by volume, driving a jump in exports of the French wine, an industry body said. ... more | .. |
 Yao Ming urges Chinese to give up shark fin soup Basketball star Yao Ming and British entrepreneur Richard Branson on Thursday launched a campaign urging Chinese to stop eating shark fin soup to help save the predators. ... more | .. |
Japan typhoon kills 11, spares nuclear plant A powerful typhoon that barrelled through Japan and threatened the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant killed at least 11 people including a woman aged 101, officials and reports said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Himalayan villagers tell of quake chaos, 110 dead Military helicopters on Thursday reached remote villages in northeast India cut off for four days by a strong earthquake which killed at least 110 people across four countries. ... more |
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Unexpected Dust Patterns Found on Uranus Moons Confound Scientists
Earth-based telescopes offer a fresh look at cosmic dawn
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  Japan carrier unveils smartphone radiation gauge Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is to unveil a smartphone with changeable "jackets" that measure bad breath, body fat and even radiation levels. ... more | .. |
Philippines eats, sells biodiversity riches A Philippine brown deer hobbles on three legs in a tiny mud pit of a pen at a government-run wildlife rescue centre, a grim symbol of the country's rapidly vanishing flora and fauna. ... more | .. |
 Kenya rounds up elephants to ease trouble with humans Kenyan rangers Thursday began relocating 50 rampaging elephants to the renowned Maasai Mara game reserve to stem rising human deaths and property destruction in outlying villages. ... more | .. |
 Deep oceans can mask global warming for decade-long periods The planet's deep oceans at times may absorb enough heat to flatten the rate of global warming for periods of as long as a decade even in the midst of longer-term warming, according to a new analysi ... more |
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 50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of future of El Nino phenomenon Earth warming will presumably not lead to a permanent El Nino state in the South Pacific Ocean. This is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers after it investigated 50-million- ... more | .. |
 Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier It's a bit of a challenge. But, imagine a microscopic jet vacuum cleaner, the size of a pen nib that hovers over cell surfaces without ever touching them. Then imagine that the soap in the cleaning ... more | .. |
 Captive breeding could transform saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs Marine biologists at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity ... more | .. |
 Technology funding makes climate protection cheaper To cost-effectively protect the climate, not only an emissions trading scheme but also financial support for new technologies is needed. Economising on targeted funding, for example for renewable en ... more |
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