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A new leaf turns in carbon scienceCanberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 11, 2011 In a paper published in Nature, a team of US, Dutch and Australian scientists have estimated that the global rate of photosynthesis, the chemical process governing the way ocean and land plants absorb and release CO2, occurs 25% faster than previously thought. From analysing more than 30 years of data collected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego including air samples collected and analysed by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology from the Cape Grim Air Pollution Monitoring Station, ... read more |
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  Rethinking connection between soil as a carbon reservoir and global warming Soils store three times as much carbon as plants and the atmosphere. Soil organic matter such as humus plays a key role in the global carbon cycle as it stores huge amounts of carbon and thus counte ... more | .. |
  Southern California's tectonic plates revealed in detail Rifting is one of the fundamental geological forces that have shaped our planet. Were it not for the stretching of continents and the oceans that filled those newly created basins, Earth would be a ... more | .. |
  A 3D Look at Philippe Provided Clues of Transition into a Hurricane Tropical Storm Philippe took its time to strengthen into a hurricane because of wind shear problems. The wind shear lessened, and Philippe became a hurricane, after 12 days of moving across the Atla ... more | .. |
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  Scripps Research scientists find stem cell reprogramming technique is safer than previously thought Stem cells made by reprogramming patients' own cells might one day be used as therapies for a host of diseases, but scientists have feared that dangerous mutations within these cells might be caused ... more | .. |
  In the brain, winning is everywhere Winning may not be the only thing, but the human brain devotes a lot of resources to the outcome of games, a new study by Yale researchers suggest. The study published in the journal Neuron shows th ... more | .. |
  Last universal common ancestor more complex than previously thought Scientists call it LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, but they don't know much about this great-grandparent of all living things. Many believe LUCA was little more than a crude assemblage of ... more | .. |
 The establishment of genetically engineered canola populations in the US Large, persistent populations of genetically engineered canola 1 have been found outside of cultivation in North Dakota. As genetically engineered crops become increasingly prevalent in the United S ... more |
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Leaders warn race for minerals could turn seabed into 'wild west'
China carefully assembling a deep-sea mining strategy
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  From myth to reality: Photos prove triple rainbows exist Few people have ever claimed to see three rainbows arcing through the sky at once. In fact, scientific reports of these phenomena, called tertiary rainbows, were so rare - only five in 250 years - t ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
  More Tibetans self-immolate, one dies One of two Tibetan teenagers died after they set themselves on fire near a monastery in China's Sichuan province, a Tibetan activist agency said. ... more | .. |
  Egypt fears ruling generals digging in As revolutionary Egypt is convulsed once again by troops fighting protesters in the streets there are growing concerns that the self-appointed ruling military council is dragging its feet on setting up a post-Mubarak civilian government to buy time so it can stay in power. ... more |
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  Oil slick hits N.Z. coast as clean-up hampered Oil from a stranded container ship began washing up on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty on Monday, as bad weather hampered clean-up efforts and attempts to salvage the crippled vessel. ... more | .. |
  Bird flu kills two in Indonesia: hospital Two children have died of bird flu in Indonesia, the first deaths there from the virus in several months, hospital staff said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Bulgaria imposes tax on plastic bags Bulgaria has imposed a new ecotax on the production of plastic bags in an effort to limit their use for the good of the environment, the government said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Russia offers to draft 'more balanced' Syria resolution Moscow and Beijing are ready to propose a UN resolution on Syria that is more "balanced" than the West's draft that they controversially vetoed last week, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. ... more |
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Iran says has intel to strike Israel in response to 'any' attack on nuclear sites
Iran says to submit own nuclear proposal to US soon
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  Japan offers 10,000 free trips to foreigners: report Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfares to visit the country next year, in an attempt to boost the tourism industry which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Mexico on high alert for Hurricane Jova Mexican authorities have placed four southern coastal states on high alert ahead of Tuesday's expected arrival of Jova, a major hurricane barreling in from the Pacific. ... more | .. |
 Floods kill hundreds in Southeast Asia Massive floods have left 500 people dead across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, officials said Monday, as authorities stepped up efforts to reach victims of the unusually heavy monsoon rains. ... more | .. |
 China says 100 mln farmers to move to cities by 2020 More than 100 million Chinese farmers will move to cities by 2020, posing huge challenges for urban planners and already stretched social welfare systems, according to a new official forecast. ... more |
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  Myanmar seeks to ease Beijing worries over dam Myanmar's foreign minister held talks Monday with Chinese leaders to try to ease Beijing's concerns over the halting of a $3.6 billion Chinese-backed mega dam project, state media and an official said. ... more | .. |
 Fungus could wipe out Philippine bananas: growers A disease that has ravaged banana plantations across Southeast Asia could wipe out the Philippine industry in three years unless the government finds a cure, a growers' group warned Monday. ... more | .. |
 China province cools hopes of 'one-child' policy easing An official from China's most populous province said there would be no "major" change to population control measures, Chinese media reported, cooling expectations it may ease the one-child policy. ... more | .. |
 Underwater volancic eruption near Spanish Canary island An underwater volcano erupted just off Spain's El Hierro island in the Canaries, which has been rocked by thousands of small tremors since July, local officials said Monday. ... more |
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Axiom private mission to ISS delayed because of weather
Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
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 China's richest village opens skyscraper hotel One of China's tallest buildings has opened for business in the nation's 'wealthiest village' of Huaxi, a symbol of the country's breakneck economic growth, officials and state press said Monday. ... more | .. |
  China halts Mekong shipping after deadly attack China Monday suspended shipping on the Mekong after 11 sailors were killed on two cargo ships attacked last week in the Golden Triangle where the river runs through China, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. ... more | .. |
 Quake hits Japan nuclear crisis zone, but plant stable A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's Fukushima area on Monday, but a nuclear plant there that was crippled by a huge quake and tsunami in March remained stable, officials said. ... more | .. |
Hurricane Jova takes aim at southwestern Mexico Hurricane Jova grew to a category two storm Sunday as it roiled the sea in the eastern Pacific, US meteorologists said, as the system remained on course to make landfall on the central-southwestern Mexican coast in the coming days. ... more |
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  Demonstrators in Bolivia resume march Hundreds of indigenous people protesting the construction of a road in Bolivia's Amazon basin region marched Sunday toward the capital, La Paz, their leaders said. ... more | .. |
Attack on Chinese boats in Mekong River kills 11 Eleven Chinese were killed and two missing after their cargo boats were attacked in the golden triangle area of the Mekong River, state media said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 NZealand PM demands oil slick answers Salvage crews were scrambling to off-load oil from a stranded container ship in New Zealand's pristine Bay of Plenty Sunday, as Prime Minister John Key demanded to know why the vessel hit a reef in calm waters. ... more | .. |
 Japan starts thyroid tests for Fukushima children Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Sunday began health check-ups of 360,000 children amid worries that radiation from a crippled nuclear plant had exposed them to the risk of thyroid abnormalities. ... more |
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