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Forests not keeping pace with climate changeDurham NC (SPX) Nov 02, 2011 More than half of eastern U.S. tree species examined in a massive new Duke University-led study aren't adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as predicted. "Many models have suggested that trees will migrate rapidly to higher latitudes and elevations in response to warming temperatures, but evidence for a consistent, climate-driven northward migration is essentially absent in this large analysis," says James S. Clark, H.L. Blomquist Professor of Environment at Duke's Nicholas School ... read more |
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 Savannas, forests in a battle of the biomes Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by Princeton University researchers to stabilize the two. Wit ... more | .. |
  Seven billion people are not the issue rather human development is what counts As the global media speculate on the number of people likely to inhabit the planet on Oct. 31 an international team of population and development experts argue that it is not simply the number of pe ... more | .. |
  Cattle parasite vaccine offers hope to world's poorest farmers A new approach to vaccinating cattle could help farmers worldwide, research suggests. Scientists have developed a technique using a harmless parasite - which lives in cows but has no effect on their ... more | .. |
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  An analysis of water discourse over 40 years of UN declarations UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health has published a study of the changing language related to water in high-level declarations from eleven UN conferences on wa ... more | .. |
  Bigger birds in central California, courtesy of global climate change Birds are getting bigger in central California, and that was a big surprise for Rae Goodman and her colleagues. Goodman uncovered the trend while working as a graduate student for San Francisco Stat ... more | .. |
 Human-caused climate change a major factor in more frequent Mediterranean droughts Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the C ... more | .. |
 Stalemate over organic farming slows progress in effort to combat food insecurity in Central Africa The polarized debate over the use of organic and inorganic practices to boost farm yields is slowing action and widespread farmer adoption of approaches that could radically transform Africa's food ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
Teaching robots to map large environments
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 For land conservation, formal and informal relationships influence success During the past decade, voluntary contracts called conservation easements have become a popular method for conserving land. Embodied in an agreement between landowners and a government or non-govern ... more | .. |
 Crop sensors outdo farmers at choosing nitrogen rates Choosing how much nitrogen (N) to put on corn fields isn't something farmers take lightly. Many factors go into the decision, including past experiences, the timing of application, yield goals, and ... more | .. |
  Radium likely cause of Tokyo hotspot: city office Japanese authorities believe radium was to blame for a radiation hotspot at a Tokyo supermarket, a local city office said Tuesday, in another scare for a nation still on edge over Fukushima. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian military mop up arms in restive city Nigerian soldiers began a house-to-house search Tuesday for arms in the city of Maiduguri wracked by deadly attacks by a radical Islamist sect in recent months, the army and residents said. ... more |
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 Key UN report ties climate change to extreme weather A new UN report concludes that man-made climate change has boosted the frequency or intensity of heat waves, wildfires, floods and cyclones and that such disasters are likely to multiply in the future. ... more | .. |
  Painkiller overdose 'epidemic' strikes US The United States is facing an epidemic of lethal overdoses from prescription painkillers, which have tripled in the past decade and now account for more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined. ... more | .. |
  Myanmar seeks outside help to build 'green economy' Myanmar urged developed nations on Tuesday to share their green technologies, in the military-backed government's latest effort to reach out to the global community. ... more | .. |
  Thai officials on defensive as flood anger mounts Bangkok authorities insisted on Tuesday they could not ease the flooding crisis for everyone in the city, as anger and misery grew in inundated areas over the lack of assistance from officials. ... more |
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New satellite operations centre planned for Germany to support EU constellation
N. Korea warns of more 'offensive action' after latest missile launch
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  China artist Ai Weiwei gets multi-million tax bill Chinese authorities on Tuesday ordered artist Ai Weiwei to pay 15 million yuan ($2.36 million) in alleged back taxes in what the vocal rights activist called an effort to "crush" him. ... more | .. |
 Fog harvesting gives water to South African village When plumes of fog gather above the rocky mountains encircling a remote South African village, children look at them with excitement, knowing they will have clean drinking water at school. ... more | .. |
  New fission suspected at Japan nuclear plant The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it feared nuclear fission had resumed inside one of the reactors. ... more | .. |
Evacuation after ammonia leak at US nuclear plant Workers were evacuated from an area of a California nuclear power plant Tuesday after an ammonia leak, but there was no immediate danger to the public, the operator said. ... more |
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 Farming Australia takes on China Inc. The Liverpool Plains were long considered off-limits to mining, their rich black soils ranking among Australia's best farming land. Until China came to town. ... more | .. |
  As NATO flies into sunset, Libyans wonder what dawns ahead As NATO ended its Libya mission, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen mingled in a Tripoli hotel with former rebels and young women yearning for democracy after months of air strikes and street battles. ... more | .. |
 Japan lawmaker drinks water from Fukushima plant A Japanese lawmaker has drunk a glass of water taken from a radioactive puddle inside a reactor building at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in a bid to prove decontamination efforts are working. ... more | .. |
 Japan to send nation-building troops to S.Sudan Japan on Tuesday approved a plan to send a unit of ground troops to South Sudan as part of a UN nation-building force, where they are expected to help construct infrastructure for the fledgling nation. ... more |
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Closest-ever view of planet-forming disk captured around distant star
AI-developed controller directs satellite in pioneering in-orbit maneuver
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 China's 'warrior of the sands' battles deserts Using a tried and tested method, Wang Youde digs into a sand dune to build small square ramparts out of straw in which plants designed to check the desert's relentless advance will take root. ... more | .. |
  Campaigners push for vast Antarctic marine reserve Conservationists called Tuesday for the world's biggest marine protection zone to be declared around Antarctica, heralding the possibility of a global fight over its pristine waters. ... more | .. |
 Purdue quake expert returns to Turkish homeland to assess damage A Turkish earthquake expert is headed to the epicenter of the Turkey earthquake to document and decipher why so many buildings failed in and near Ercis. Purdue University civil engineer Ayhan ... more | .. |
  Worms among first animals to surface after K-T boundary extinction event A new study of sediments laid down shortly after an asteroid plowed into the Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago, an event that is linked to widespread global extinctions including the demise of b ... more |
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 A Crack in the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf After more than two weeks of successful flights over Antarctica and its surrounding waters and sea ice, one of the more interesting things NASA's Operation IceBridge team has seen this year is a lar ... more | .. |
  Multiple malaria vaccine offers protection to people most at risk A new malaria vaccine could be the first to tackle different forms of the disease and help those most vulnerable to infection, a study suggests. The new vaccine is designed to trigger producti ... more | .. |
 Seaweed records show impact of ocean warming As the planet continues to warm, it appears that seaweeds may be in especially hot water. New findings reported online on October 27 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, based on herbarium ... more | .. |
 Prehistoric Greenhouse Data from Ocean Floor Could Predict Earth Future New research from the University of Missouri indicates that Atlantic Ocean temperatures during the greenhouse climate of the Late Cretaceous Epoch were influenced by circulation in the deep ocean. T ... more |
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