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Space Observatory Provides Clues to Creation of Earth's OceansPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2011 Astronomers have found a new cosmic source for the same kind of water that appeared on Earth billions of years ago and created the oceans. The findings may help explain how Earth's surface ended up covered in water. New measurements from the Herschel Space Observatory show that comet Hartley 2, which comes from the distant Kuiper Belt, contains water with the same chemical signature as Earth's oceans. This remote region of the solar system, some 30 to 50 times as far away as the distance bet ... read more |
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 Decline and recovery of coral reefs linked to 700 years of human and environmental activity Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, according to ... more | .. |
  New modelling results link natural resources and armed conflicts The EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed a statistical modelling tool which allows the risk of conflict occurrence in developing countries to be analysed. Combining online news reports with ... more | .. |
  Culling can't save the Tasmanian devil Culling will not control the spread of facial tumour disease among Tasmanian devils, according to a new study published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology. Unle ... more | .. |
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  Lungfish provides insight to life on land A study into the muscle development of several different fish has given insights into the genetic leap that set the scene for the evolution of hind legs in terrestrial animals. This innovation gave ... more | .. |
 Herbivore populations will go down as temperatures go up As climate change causes temperatures to rise, the number of herbivores will decrease, affecting the human food supply, according to new research from the University of Toronto. In a paper bei ... more | .. |
  RADA Selected for a SAR Development Program RADA Electronic Industries reports that its advanced, Fiber-Optic-Gyro (FOG) based Embedded GPS-INS (EGI) has been selected by an undisclosed European leading radar provider to be integrated into it ... more | .. |
  Rising carbon dioxide levels at end of last ice age not tied to Pacific Ocean After the last ice age peaked about 18,000 years ago, levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide rose about 30 percent. Scientists believe that the additional carbon dioxide-a heat-trapping greenhouse gas ... more |
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'No doubt' Canadian firm will be first to extract deep sea minerals: CEO
Tabletop particle blaster: How tiny nozzles and lasers could replace giant accelerators
Set it and forget it: Autonomous structures can be programmed to jump days in advance | .. |
  Tenerife geology discovery is among 'world's best' Volcanologists from the University of Leicester have uncovered one of the world's best-preserved accessible examples of a monstrous landslide that followed a huge volcanic eruption on the Canarian i ... more | .. |
  When water and air meet Findings by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and their colleagues at Tohoku University and in the Netherlands have resolved a long-standing debate over the structure of water mole ... more | .. |
  Shiite unrest spurs Saudi Arabian jitters Violence in Saudi Arabia's Shiite-dominated Eastern province, center of the kingdom's oil industry, has intensified the political jitters as the monarchy frantically tries to fend off the Arab Spring, settle a thorny succession problem and confront old rival Iran. ... more | .. |
 Worst Cambodian floods in a decade kill 167 Cambodia's worst floods in over a decade have killed 167 people, a disaster official said Wednesday, as efforts intensified to provide aid to tens of thousands of families. ... more |
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 Nuclear contamination found beyond Japan no-go zone High levels of radioactive contamination have been found in soil in the capital of Japan's Fukushima prefecture, a study showed Wednesday, prompting calls to make the area a voluntary evacuation zone. ... more | .. |
 Google Earth eclipses one billion downloads Google Earth software has been downloaded more than one billion times, and that stellar achievement was marked Wednesday with a website showcasing ways the interactive replica of the planet is used. ... more | .. |
 McCain hails Myanmar dam decision Senior US Senator John McCain on Wednesday praised Myanmar's government for the "democratic act" of halting work on a $3.6 billion China-backed mega-dam following public opposition to the project. ... more | .. |
 Environmentalists pitch voyage in sea of tsunami debris Fancy a holiday in a sea of junk? Environmentalists in the United States are offering "eco-adventurers" the chance to do just that. ... more |
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Iran FM warns Europe against 'strategic mistake' at IAEA; Iran obtained 'sensitive' Israeli intel
DOD is investigating Hegseth's staffers over Houthi-strikes chats
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  Tutu makes last-ditch push for Dalai Lama visa Archbishop Desmond Tutu's office made a last-ditch appeal Wednesday for South Africa to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama to attend his 80th birthday celebrations. ... more | .. |
  Food crisis looming in Sudan: UN agency The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation on Wednesday asked for $3.5 million (2.6 million euros) to help 235,000 people on the brink of starvation on the border between Sudan and South Sudan. ... more | .. |
Syria hails 'historic' Russia, China vetoes A senior aide to Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday hailed as "historic" Russian and Chinese vetoes of a UN resolution against his regime's deadly crackdown on protests. ... more | .. |
  Finland vows care for narcolepsy kids who had swine flu shot The Finnish government and major insurance companies announced Wednesday they will pay for lifetime medical care for children diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving the swine flu vaccine. ... more |
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  Petition demands US label genetically engineered food Supporters and producers of organic foods petitioned the US government Tuesday for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods, and encouraged consumers to go online and join the cause. ... more | .. |
S.Africa would have granted Dalai Lama visa: report South Africa's government would have granted the Dalai Lama a visa to visit the country if he hadn't cancelled his trip, the Deputy President was reported to have said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution threatening action against Syria's deadly crackdown on protests, in a move both condemned and lamented by Western powers. ... more | .. |
Micro-breweries take on local flavour in China In a poky room in a backstreet of Beijing, self-taught brewer Carl Setzer uses spicy Sichuan peppercorns, oolong tea leaves and cinnamon to invent beer flavours suited to Chinese tastebuds. ... more |
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Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
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 US Coastguard to help drought-hit N.Z. territory The US Coastguard will ship drinking water to a remote New Zealand territory in the Pacific which faces a state of emergency due to severe drought, Wellington said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Over 380,000 Malawians on free HIV drugs: officials AIDS-ravaged Malawi has 383,000 people on free anti-retrovirals (ARVs), up from 5,000 when the programme started seven years ago, health authorities said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Pope urges 'concrete aid' for African famine victims Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday urged the international community to offer concrete aid for the drought and famine-struck Horn of Africa region, where more than 13 million need aid. ... more | .. |
 A year after Nobel, Norwegian salmon off the menu in China Furious about last year's Nobel Peace Prize, awarded in Oslo to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Beijing has taken aim at Norway's emblematic salmon, plunging exports to the Asian giant into freefall. ... more |
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  Oil spill as container ship hits N. Zealand reef A large container ship ran aground on a reef off New Zealand's North Island Wednesday, releasing a "light sheen of oil" but not posing a major environmental hazard, the country's maritime authority said. ... more | .. |
 Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second Lowest Level Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) a ... more | .. |
 APL Builds On Earth Science Success With New Hosted Payload Proposal Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are proposing a new space-based monitoring system that would help scientists answer some of the most fundamental question ... more | .. |
 Productivity of land plants may be greater than previously thought London. The global uptake of carbon by land plants may be up to 45 per cent more than previously thought. This is the conclusion of an international team of scientists, based on the variability of h ... more |
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