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Testing geoengineering as a solution to climate changeWashington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2011 Solar radiation management is a class of theoretical concepts for manipulating the climate in order to reduce the risks of global warming caused by greenhouse gasses. But its potential effectiveness and risks are uncertain, and it is unclear whether tests could help narrow these uncertainties. A team composed of Caltech's Doug MacMynowski, Carnegie's Ken Caldeira and Ho-Jeong Shin, and Harvard's David Keith used modeling to determine the type of testing that might be effective in the future. Their ... read more |
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  Food Chemical Regulations Rely Heavily on Industry Self-Policing and Lack Transparency Safety decisions concerning one-third of the more than 10,000 substances that may be added to human food were made by food manufacturers and a trade association without review by the U.S. Food and D ... more | .. |
 Magnetic tongue ready to help produce tastier processed foods The "electronic nose," which detects odors, has a companion among emerging futuristic "e-sensing" devices intended to replace abilities that once were strictly human-and-animal-only. It is a " ... more | .. |
  Growing Something out of Nothing Fears of global warming and its impact on our environment have left scientists scrambling to decrease levels of atmospheric carbon we humans produce. Now, Tel Aviv University researchers are doing t ... more | .. |
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  Desalination part of solution for China? As China grapples with ever-increasing water shortages, desalination is viewed by the government as part of the solution. ... more | .. |
  Baku hails U.N. vote, Armenia not worried Azerbaijan hailed its election to the U.N. Security Council this week while an Armenian leader said the vote won't much affect the countries' strained relations. ... more | .. |
  Teenager saved days after Turkey quake as toll reaches 550 Snow blanketed quake-hit eastern Turkey Thursday, while emergency crews found a teenager alive in the rubble more than 100 hours after the disaster even as the death toll climbed to 550. ... more | .. |
  Bangkok exodus as floods advance on city centre Thousands of Bangkok residents flocked to bus, rail and air terminals Thursday while heavy traffic snaked out of the sprawling Thai capital in an exodus from a mass of approaching floodwater. ... 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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 China opposes foreign interference in Syria: state media Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Thursday held talks with China's special envoy for the Middle East who reaffirmed his country's opposition to foreign interference in Syria, the official Syrian news agency said. ... more | .. |
  S.Africa navy chief warns pirates could head south African nations need to pool efforts to fight maritime security threats and to prevent pirates from other parts of the continent from heading south, South Africa's navy chief said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Rina weakens as it heads for Cancun Rina lost some of its fury Thursday but held course for a direct hit on Mexico's popular Caribbean beaches, where authorities ordered tourists and locals out of low-lying areas. ... more | .. |
  Government building bombed in Tibet: campaigners A bomb blast has ripped through a government building in Tibet, causing damage but no injuries, a leading campaign group told AFP on Thursday, citing two sources. ... more |
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 Nuclear pollution of sea from Fukushima was world's biggest France's nuclear monitor said on Thursday that the amount of caesium 137 that leaked into the Pacific from the Fukushima disaster was the greatest single nuclear contamination of the sea ever seen. ... more | .. |
  Scientists confirm fungus as US bat-killer The disease that has ravaged bat populations across North America since 2006 is caused by a fungus, scientists confirmed in a study published Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Brazil snub to OAS heightens row over dam The Brazilian government's public snub to the Organization of American States, environmental groups and leaders of indigenous communities raised the stakes in the controversy over its plans for the world's third largest dam. ... more | .. |
 The healthy diners saving Nepal's vultures Nepal's vultures - decimated by medicine fed to the livestock they call dinner - are making a comeback thanks to their own chain of healthy-eating restaurants. ... 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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 Malaysia's Bakun dam online but criticisms persist The first turbine is spinning, electricity is pulsing out, and the water level is climbing in the Borneo jungle behind Malaysia's huge $2.2 billion Bakun hydroelectric dam. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong foodie festival raises wine hub profile The Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival opens Thursday with organisers and exhibitors hoping to cash in on the explosive growth in demand from wealthy mainland Chinese for the finer things in life. ... more | .. |
Protests hit China as property prices fall Hundreds of angry home buyers launched a series of protests in China's commercial hub of Shanghai this week, as owners decried falling prices for their properties, state media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
China orders stricter control of Internet, media China has ordered stricter control of social networking sites and a crackdown on "vulgar" material on the web, as Beijing attempts to tighten its grip on the fast-growing Internet sector. ... more |
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 Young voters desert conservatives in Seoul poll South Korea's ruling and main opposition party vowed reforms Thursday after disenchanted younger voters rejected both of them and swept an independent candidate to victory in Seoul's mayoral election. ... more | .. |
 US residents say Hawaii's coral reef ecosystems worth $33.57 billion per year A peer-reviewed study commissioned by NOAA shows the American people assign an estimated total economic value of $33.57 billion for the coral reefs of the main Hawaiian Islands. "The study sho ... more | .. |
 Pastoralists in drought-stricken Kenya receive insurance payouts for massive livestock losses In the midst of a drought-induced food crisis affecting millions in the Horn of Africa, an innovative insurance program for poor livestock keepers is making its first payouts, providing compensation ... more | .. |
 No simultaneous warming of northern and southern hemispheres as a result of climate change for 20 000 years A common argument against global warming is that the climate has always varied. Temperatures rise sometimes and this is perfectly natural is the usual line. However, Svante Bjorck, a climate r ... 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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  Morning UV exposure may be less damaging to the skin Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that the timing of exposure to UV rays - early in the morning or later in the afternoon - can influence the onset of skin cance ... more | .. |
 Junk DNA Defines Differences Between Humans and Chimps For years, scientists believed the vast phenotypic differences between humans and chimpanzees would be easily explained - the two species must have significantly different genetic makeups. How ... more | .. |
  Study uncovers physiological nature of disgust in politics Most likely, you would be disgusted if confronted with a picture of a man eating a mouthful of writhing worms. Or a particularly bloody wound. Or a horribly emaciated but still living body. But just ... more | .. |
 Genetic Evidence Confirms Coyote Migration Route to Virginia and Hybridization with Wolves Changes in North American ecosystems over the past 150 years have caused coyotes to move from their native habitats in the plains and southwestern deserts of North America to habitats throughout the ... more |
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 Computer scientist cracks mysterious Copiale Cipher The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages, hidden in the depths of an academic archi ... more | .. |
 Land animals, ecosystems walloped after Permian dieoff The cataclysmic events that marked the end of the Permian Period some 252 million years ago were a watershed moment in the history of life on Earth. As much as 90 percent of ocean organisms were ext ... more | .. |
 Looting in Turkey as quake survivors seethe over aid Desperate survivors of Turkey's devastating earthquake looted truckloads of aid supplies as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged failures Wednesday in the relief effort. ... more | .. |
 Plants feel the force "Picture yourself hiking through the woods or walking across a lawn," says Elizabeth Haswell, PhD, assistant professor of biology in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. "Now ask ... more |
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