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Rising CO2 levels at end of Ice Age not tied to Pacific OceanCorvallis, OR (SPX) Oct 07, 2011 At the end of the last Ice Age, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose rapidly as the planet warmed; scientists have long hypothesized that the source was CO2 released from the deep ocean. But a new study using detailed radiocarbon dating of foraminifera found in a sediment core from the Gorda Ridge off Oregon reveals that the Northeast Pacific was not an important reservoir of carbon during glacial times. The finding may send scientists back to the proverbial drawing board looking for other poten ... read more |
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  Hydrogen fluoride may be the major cause of coal burning endemic fluorosis Professor Handong Liangfrom State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology Beijing and his group demonstrate that hydrogen fluoride is the prior re ... more | .. |
  How the brain makes memories: Rhythmically! The brain learns through changes in the strength of its synapses - the connections between neurons - in response to stimuli. Now, in a discovery that challenges conventional wisdom on the brain mech ... more | .. |
 Alzheimer's might be transmissible in similar way as infectious prion diseases The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer's disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, ... more | .. |
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  The waste from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami On 11 March 2011 there was a legal vacuum in Japan concerning radioactive waste resulting from a nuclear disaster. Current waste management Law places technical and financial responsibility for wast ... more | .. |
 Keeping track of reality A structural variation in a part of the brain may explain why some people are better than others at distinguishing real events from those they might have imagined or been told about, researchers hav ... more | .. |
  Forest structure, services and biodiversity may be lost even as form remains A forest may look like a forest, have many of the same trees that used to live there, but still lose the ecological, economic or cultural values that once made it what it was, researchers suggest th ... more | .. |
  Monkeys 'move and feel' virtual objects using only their brains In a first ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two monkeys trained at the Duke University Center for Neuroengineering learned to employ brain acti ... 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
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  The Climate Change Debate: Man Versus Nature The public discussion on climate change has become so polarized that some scientists don't even acknowledge there is a debate. Climate scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Gavin ... more | .. |
  Reefs recovered faster after mass extinction than first thought Harsh living conditions caused by major fluctuations in the carbon content and sea levels, overacidification and oxygen deficiency in the seas triggered the largest mass extinction of all time at th ... more | .. |
 Experts sound alarm over disaster planning The explosive growth of urban areas is resulting in greater damage and more deaths from natural disasters than ever before, experts warned Thursday, calling for better planning and safer housing. ... more | .. |
 Cloud hangs over climate finance An impasse in global climate talks is casting a shadow on clean energy financing in the developing world, with growing doubts over a program that has funded billions of dollars in projects. ... more |
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 Chilean court overturns ban on giant Patagonia dam A Chilean court on Thursday overturned a three-month suspension of a project to build a giant hydroelectric dam complex in the Patagonian wilderness, which environmentalists say will destroy a unique habitat. ... more | .. |
  Tutu's last-ditch visa appeal for Dalai Lama rejected Desmond Tutu's last-ditch appeal to South Africa to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama on the eve of his 80th birthday was rejected Thursday, marring the start of the celebrations. ... more | .. |
 OSCE: Georgia refugees must be aided Security in Georgia remains stable three years after its conflict with Russia but serious humanitarian issues are unresolved, a top European diplomat says. ... more | .. |
  Hundreds of firefighters battle Portuguese forest blaze Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters on Thursday contained a forest blaze that had raged near the country's western coast for the past 24 hours, the civil protection agency said on its website. ... 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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 Japan nuclear plant worker dies A worker at Japan's disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant died Thursday, its operator said, adding that the death was not necessarily related to radioactive leaks. ... more | .. |
  Indian Ocean tsunami alert system to be tested on Oct 12 Nearly two dozen countries next Wednesday will take part in a full-scale test of the Indian Ocean's tsunami alert system, using the 2004 Sumatra quake as the basis for the exercise, UNESCO said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Tutu's last-ditch visa appeal for Dalai Lama rejected Desmond Tutu's last-ditch appeal to South Africa to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama on the eve of his 80th birthday was rejected Thursday, marring the start of the celebrations. ... more | .. |
 Barbie packaging to get earth-friendly makeover US toy giant Mattel, maker of the world-famous Barbie doll, has decided to use more environmentally friendly materials in its packaging after months of criticism from Greenpeace. ... more |
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 Philippine typhoon death toll reaches 82 The death toll from back-to-back typhoons that pummelled the Philippines last week has reached 82, the government said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  World's highest webcam brings Everest to Internet The world's highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet's tallest peak. ... more | .. |
 Dead birds found in N. Zealand oil slick The first dead birds have been found in oil which leaked from a container ship stranded off New Zealand, authorities said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Russia, China praised, vilified over UN Syria vetoes Russia and China, praised by Syria for vetoing a UN resolution against its deadly crackdown on protests, have come under fresh attack by Western powers wanting to punish President Bashar al-Assad's regime. ... 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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 Ultrasounds worsen Asia women shortage: UN Increased access to technology that allows parents to know the sex of their foetus has left Asia short of 117 million women, mostly in China and India, the UN said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Floods drown Asia's rice bowl Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia's rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region's poorest, experts say. ... more | .. |
 One year after Nobel, silence shrouds China dissident The decision to award jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize a year ago provoked a furious reaction from Beijing, which has since placed a shroud of silence around him and his family. ... 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 |
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