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Laying The Blame For Extreme WeatherBoulder CO (SPX) Oct 12, 2011 Floods, tornadoes, droughts and wildfires: They are all weather-related, but blaming the latest meteorological disaster on climate change has always been a tricky matter that climate scientists have been shy to do. After all, how can you point to a specific and local event, such as a tornado or dry spell, and say it is caused by something as long-term and huge as global warming? "That's been the mantra of the community and I think it's wrong," said climate scientist Kevin Trenberth of the Na ... read more |
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  New study shows how trees clean the air in London New research by scientists at the University of Southampton has shown how London's trees can improve air quality by filtering out pollution particulates, which are damaging to human health. A ... more | .. |
 Changes in rainfall patterns are projected for next 30 years Scientists at University of Hawaii - Manoa have projected an increased frequency of heavy rainfall events but a decrease in rainfall intensity during the next 30 years (2011-2040) for the southern s ... more | .. |
  A living species of aquatic beetle found in 20-million-year-old sediments The fossil beetle discovered in the 16-23 million years old sediments of the Irtysh River in southern Siberia belongs to the modern species Helophorus sibiricus, a member of the water scavenger beet ... more | .. |
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  Plant genomes may help next generation respond to climate change In the face of climate change, animals have an advantage over plants: They can move. But a new study led by Brown University researchers shows that plants may have some tricks of their own. In ... more | .. |
  New program to expand, enhance use of LIDAR sensing technology Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new system that will enable highway construction engineers in the field to immediately analyze soil movements caused by active landslides and ... more | .. |
  Research shows how life might have survived 'snowball Earth' "Under those frigid conditions, there are not a lot of places where you would expect liquid water and light to occur in the same area, and you need both of those things for photosynthetic algae to s ... more | .. |
  Could a Mega-Tsunami Wipe Out the Eastern Seaboard? As scientists have been baffled by earthquakes in the U.S. and a tsunami in Japan, there is one thing some of them seem to agree on - something really bad is about to happen and it's going to happen ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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 New technique unlocks secrets of ancient ocean Earth's largest mass extinction event, the end-Permian mass extinction, occurred some 252 million years ago. An estimated 90 percent of Earth's marine life was eradicated. To better understand the c ... more | .. |
 The Baltic Sea contributes carbon dioxide to the atmosphere The Baltic Sea emits more carbon dioxide than it can bind. Local variations have increased the exposure of the Bay of Bothnia. These are the results from a study of how carbon dioxide flows between ... more | .. |
  Assad again promises Syria reforms as China presses Syrian President Bashar al-Assad plans to create a new constitution, a top ruling party official said on Tuesday, as China joined long-time ally Russia in pressing for prompt reforms in a country riven by a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters. ... more | .. |
  Filipino captain in N.Z. sea pollution crisis charged The Filipino captain of a ship stuck on a New Zealand reef was arrested and charged Wednesday as up to 70 containers fell into rough seas and a black tide of oil washed up on beaches. ... more |
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  'Iron' fist proposed for Miami's giant snail problem Huge, slimy snails from Africa have overrun a Miami-area town and the US government said Tuesday a potent pesticide is the best way to get rid of their exploding numbers. ... more | .. |
 Hurricane targets Mexico on eve of Pan American games Mexico's Pacific coast was on alert for Hurricane Jova, packing torrential rains and a risk of dangerous mudslides Tuesday just as athletes from around the world began arriving for this week's Pan American Games. ... more | .. |
 Thailand beefs up airport flood defences Thailand has bolstered flood defences at Bangkok's main airport and other areas as it works to shield the city of 12 million people from the worst inundation in decades, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Underwater eruption prompts evacuation in Canaries An underwater volcanic eruption has prompted the authorities to evacuate about 500 people from a village on Spain's El Hierro island in the Canaries, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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  13 bodies found after China boat raid: Thai official Thai authorities on Tuesday said the bodies of 13 people had been recovered after a raid last week on two Chinese cargo boats on the Mekong thought to have been carried out by a notorious drug gang. ... more | .. |
Myanmar's censor calls for press freedom The head of Myanmar's powerful state censorship body has called for more press freedom. ... more | .. |
 Chilean giant dam row enters Supreme Court A simmering row over Chile's $10 billion HidroAysen hydroelectric dam has gone to the Supreme Court after critics turned down government explanations of the project's importance for Chilean industrial and social development and chose instead to fight it out in the highest judicial battleground. ... more | .. |
Commentary: Egypt's Tower of Babel Hours before Cairo's latest bloody explosion this week, one of Egypt's most prominent and influential businessmen, in a private message to friends abroad, warned the Arab Spring was dead and that next month's elections could trigger "a major conflict with blood in the streets." ... more |
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  One year after contested Nobel, Norway reaches out to China Norway's foreign minister on Tuesday lamented the icy relations between his country and China since last year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a jailed Chinese dissident, and called on Beijing to turn the page. ... more | .. |
New oil spills in N.Z's worst sea pollution crisis New Zealand on Tuesday declared its worst maritime pollution disaster, as oil gushed into a pristine bay from a stranded container ship being pounded in heavy seas. ... more | .. |
  HIV project in India averted 100,000 infections: study A scheme in six Indian states that concentrated safe-sex campaigns on a few niche groups prevented 100,000 HIV infections over five years, according to estimates published in The Lancet on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 A new leaf turns in carbon science 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 abso ... more |
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Solein protein tech moves toward ISS zero-gravity pilot project
Japan launches initiative for lunar construction technology
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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 | .. |
  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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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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