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Researchers explore plankton's shifting role in deep sea carbon storageSan Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2011 The tiny phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi, invisible to the naked eye, plays an outsized role in drawing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it deep in the seas. But this role may change as ocean water becomes warmer and more acidic, according to a San Francisco State University research team. In a study published this week in the journal Global Change Biology, SF State Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathon Stillman and colleagues show how climate-driven changes in nitrogen sources and ca ... read more |
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  Endangered species? Should cheap phosphorus be first on an elemental 'Red List?' Should the periodic table bear a warning label in the 21st century or be revised with a lesson about elemental supply and demand? If so, that lesson could start with one element considered a staple ... more | .. |
  Bacteria forge nitrogen from nitric oxide The anaerobic oxidation of ammonia (anammox) is an important pathway in the nitrogen cycle that was only discovered in the 1980s. Currently, scientists estimate that about 50 percent of the nitrogen ... more | .. |
  Earthquakes generate big heat in super-small areas Most earthquakes that are seen, heard, and felt around the world are caused by fast slip on faults. While the earthquake rupture itself can travel on a fault as fast as the speed of sound or better, ... more | .. |
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  Insoluble dust particles can form cloud droplets affecting global and regional climates New information on the role of insoluble dust particles in forming cloud droplets could improve the accuracy of regional climate models, especially in areas of the world that have significant amount ... more | .. |
  Differences in jet lag severity could be rooted in how circadian clock sets itself It's no secret that long-distance, west-to-east air travel - Seattle to Paris, for example - can raise havoc with a person's sleep and waking patterns, and that the effects are substantially less pr ... more | .. |
  Method of studying roots rarely used in wetlands improves ecosystem research A method of monitoring roots rarely used in wetlands will help Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers effectively study the response of a high-carbon ecosystem to elevated temperatures and levels ... more | .. |
 Children prefer cooperation Recent studies have shown that chimpanzees possess many of the cognitive prerequisites necessary for humanlike collaboration. Cognitive abilities, however, might not be all that differs between chim ... 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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  T rex was bigger and grew faster than previously thought In a new study just published in the journal PLoS One, a team of scientists led by Professor John R. Hutchinson of The Royal Veterinary College, London, and Peter Makovicky, PhD, curator of dinosaur ... more | .. |
  Myanmar to allow unions Myanmar will allow unions to be formed and workers to strike when a new law kicks in this month. ... more | .. |
 War-damaged power cable cuts Tripoli water supply Tripoli has been without mains water for days because of damage to a power cable in Bani Walid, where all the capital's water is pumped from, Tripoli's water and sanitation company said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Far more bluefin sold than reported caught: report More than twice as many tonnes of Atlantic bluefin tuna were sold last year compared with official catch records for this threatened species, according to a report released on Tuesday. ... more |
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  Radioactive emissions from Fukushima plant fall: TEPCO Emissions of radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have been cut by half over the past month, its operator said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Climate change poses immediate threat to health: experts Climate change poses an immediate and serious threat to global health and stability, as floods and droughts destroy people's homes and food supplies and increase mass migration, experts warned Monday. ... more | .. |
 Chinese activists save 1,000 dogs from slaughter Animal rights activists brought together through an online campaign have rescued nearly 1,000 dogs on their way to slaughterhouses in southwest China, state media and campaigners said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Airports reopen after Chile ash woes The main airports in Argentina and Uruguay were up and running again Monday, but officials warned that continuing eruptions from neighboring Chile's Puyehue volcano could disrupt air travel for months to come. ... 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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 More death feared as rain pummels Central America Civil Defense officials across Central America were on high alert Monday as heavy rain that has pounded the region for more than a week showed no sign of relenting. ... more | .. |
 Jordan king names PM, security chief to push reform Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday pushed ahead with his political reform plans, appointing a new prime minister and intelligence chief after the government of Maaruf Bakhit failed to meet growing calls for change. ... more | .. |
  A year after Nobel, China rejects Norway's peace offering China on Monday rejected the Norwegian foreign minister's call to restore the political dialogue Beijing put on ice after the Nobel Peace Prize went to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo a year ago. ... more | .. |
 Chinese wine students are boon for Bordeaux One of France's oldest oenology schools, La Tour Blanche, is fighting falling enrolment through a tie-up with a Beijing wine school, the latest in a string of Bordeaux institutes to look East for their future. ... more |
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Thai PM says floods costs to top $3.3bn The Thai premier on Monday said reconstruction from massive floods swamping vast swathes of the country is expected to cost the government over $3.3 billion - a fifth more than previously estimated. ... more | .. |
  Kenyan forces hunt militants deep inside Somalia Kenya hunted Shebab militants deep inside Somalia Monday, claiming self-defence for an unprecedented incursion which the Somali insurgents warned would trigger reprisals in the heart of Nairobi. ... more | .. |
Police warn China activist against speaking out Chinese police have warned prominent government critic Hu Jia that he will be detained again if he continues his activism and speaks to foreign media, human rights defenders said Monday. ... more | .. |
Planned Tanzanian soda ash plant threatens flamingoes Salmon-coloured clouds of flamingoes sweeping overhead is a common sight at east Africa's Rift Valley lakes, but the mounds of mud where they lay their eggs are found only here. ... 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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  More oil spills expected from stricken N.Z. ship New Zealand warned more oil was set to spill from a crippled container ship Monday, as looming bad weather threatened to halt the draining of fuel from the stricken vessel's tanks. ... more | .. |
 Sugar high for bees A field of flowers may seem innocuous - but for the birds and bees that depend on it for sustenance, that floral landscape can be a battlefield mined with predators and competitors. The more efficie ... more | .. |
 Examining the impact of green politics on recent national elections A political candidate's electoral victory or defeat is influenced by his or her stance on climate change policy, according to new Stanford University studies of the most recent presidential and cong ... more | .. |
 Severe drought, other changes can cause permanent ecosystem disruption An eight-year study has concluded that increasingly frequent and severe drought, dropping water tables and dried-up springs have pushed some aquatic desert ecosystems into "catastrophic regime chang ... more |
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  Future forests may soak up more carbon dioxide than previously believed North American forests appear to have a greater capacity to soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than researchers had previously anticipated. As a result, they could help slow the pace of ... more | .. |
  Hospital superbug debugged An international team of scientists led by Monash University researchers has uncovered how a common hospital bacterium becomes a deadly superbug that kills increasing numbers of hospital patients wo ... more | .. |
 Children, not chimps, choose collaboration When all else is equal, human children prefer to work together in solving a problem rather than on their own. Chimpanzees, on the other hand, show no such preference. That's according to a study of ... more | .. |
 Fukushima city begins decontamination of homes Fukushima City began Tuesday its first decontamination of private properties, seven months after the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl spread radioactive materials over eastern Japan. ... more |
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