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The human cause of climate change: Where does the burden of proof lie?London, UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2011 The debate may largely be drawn along political lines, but the human role in climate change remains one of the most controversial questions in 21st century science. Writing in WIREs Climate Change Dr Kevin Trenberth, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, argues that the evidence for anthropogenic climate change is now so clear that the burden of proof should lie with research which seeks to disprove the human role. In response to Trenberth's argument a second review, by Dr Judith Curr ... read more |
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  Crop diversity myths persist in media The conventional wisdom that says the 20th century was a disaster for crop diversity is nothing more than a myth, according to a forthcoming study by a U expert in intellectual property law. Law pro ... more | .. |
  Thousand-Color Sensor Reveals Contaminants in Earth and Sea The world may seem painted with endless color, but physiologically the human eye sees only three bands of light - red, green, and blue. Now a Tel Aviv University-developed technology is using colors ... more | .. |
 Geologists find ponds not the cause of arsenic poisoning in India's groundwater The source of arsenic in India's groundwater continues to elude scientists more than a decade after the toxin was discovered in the water supply of the Bengal delta in India. But a recent study with ... more | .. |
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  Tokyo city starts radiation tests on food in shops Tokyo city government on Tuesday began radiation tests on samples of food bought in shops to reassure residents amid a contamination scare after a major nuclear accident in northeast Japan. ... more | .. |
  Analysis reveals malaria as ancient, adaptive and persistent foe One of the most comprehensive analyses yet done of the ancient history of insect-borne disease concludes for the first time that malaria is not only native to the New World, but it has been present ... more | .. |
 Australia passes controversial carbon pollution tax Australia's parliament approved a controversial pollution tax on Tuesday, after years of bitter debate over the reform which is aimed at lowering carbon emissions blamed for climate change. ... more | .. |
  The benefits of being the first to settle New research into the genealogies of early human pioneers suggests that the settlers who were first to colonize a new region of the world produced more offspring than the settlers who followed them. ... 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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  Climate change causing massive movement of tree species across the West A huge "migration" of trees has begun across much of the West due to global warming, insect attack, diseases and fire, and many tree species are projected to decline or die out in regions where they ... more | .. |
  Texas A and M professor helping to unravel causes of Ice Age extinctions Did climate change or humans cause the extinctions of the large-bodied Ice Age mammals (commonly called megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth? Scientists have for years d ... more | .. |
 Swimming Jellyfish May Influence Global Climate Swimming jellyfish and other marine animals help mix warm and cold water in the oceans and, by increasing the rate at which heat can travel through the ocean, may influence global climate. The ... more | .. |
 NOAA designates critical habitat for black abalone NOAA's Fisheries Service has filed with the Federal Register a final rule that identifies black abalone critical habitat along the California coast. In February 2009, black abalone was listed as end ... more |
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  'Cultural genocide' behind self-immolations: Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama on Monday said Tibetans faced "cultural genocide" under hardline Chinese rule that he blamed for a recent wave of self-immolations in China's southwest. ... more | .. |
  Colombia mudslide toll climbs to 35 The death toll from a massive mudslide has risen to 35, officials said Monday, as rescuers struggled to find more survivors in this mountainous, coffee-growing region beset by days of heavy rain. ... more | .. |
 China supporters raise one third of Ai's tax bill Thousands of people have donated 5.29 million yuan ($830,000) to help Ai Weiwei pay a huge tax fine, with some throwing money wrapped in paper planes into his garden, the Chinese artist said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Pro-Beijing parties sweep Hong Kong district polls Well-financed pro-Beijing parties swept district polls in Hong Kong, official results showed Monday, ahead of bigger elections next year when the territory's leader will step down. ... 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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 Party loyalty drives China's Xinhua news agency at 80 China's top propaganda official on Monday urged the state-run Xinhua news agency to better serve the Communist Party and become a "world-class" multimedia organisation as it turned 80. ... more | .. |
 Asylum quest: A Chinese dissident's journey The Chinese dissident stood in front of a map of Vietnam, looking for the best place to sneak across the border on his long quest for freedom. ... more | .. |
  Floods show what lies ahead for sinking Bangkok The Thai capital, built on swampland, is slowly sinking and the floods currently besieging Bangkok could be merely a foretaste of a grim future as climate change makes its impact felt, experts say. ... more | .. |
  Conservationists slam moves to ban India tiger tourism Conservationists and wildlife tour operators warned Monday that moves to restrict tiger tourism in India to protect the endangered big cats would have the opposite effect. ... more |
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 Stranded Everest trekkers kept 'in limbo' Foreign tourists trapped by heavy fog for six days in the foothills of Mount Everest told Monday of their ordeal as they waited to be rescued. ... more | .. |
  Excess heavy metals in 10% of China's land: report About 10 percent of China's farmland contains excessive levels of heavy metals due to contaminated water and poisonous waste seeping into the soil, state media said Monday, citing a government survey. ... more | .. |
 Current Training Programs May Not Prepare Firefighters to Combat Stress Current training programs may not effectively prepare firefighters for the range of scenarios they are likely to encounter, according to human factors/ergonomics researchers Michael R. Baumann, Caro ... more | .. |
  Drying intensifying wildfires, carbon release ninefold Drying of northern wetlands has led to much more severe peatland wildfires and nine times as much carbon released into the atmosphere, according to new research led by a University of Guelph profess ... 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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 In Nature, Large Energy Fluctuations May Rile Even Relaxed Systems An international research team led by the University at Buffalo has shown that large energy fluctuations can rile even a "relaxed" system, raising questions about how energy might travel through str ... more | .. |
 Recycling thermal cash register receipts contaminates paper products with BPA Bisphenol A (BPA) - a substance that may have harmful health effects - occurs in 94 percent of thermal cash register receipts, scientists are reporting. The recycling of those receipts, they add, is ... more | .. |
 Bacteria may readily swap beneficial genes Much as people can exchange information instantaneously in the digital age, bacteria associated with humans and their livestock appear to freely and rapidly exchange genetic material related to huma ... more | .. |
 Tropical forests are fertilized by air pollution Scientists braved ticks and a tiger to discover how human activities have perturbed the nitrogen cycle in tropical forests. Studies at two remote Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory sit ... more |
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 Purdue researcher leads effort to capture natural sounds, coordinate global network A Purdue University researcher will lead a global natural soundscape network to coordinate research that could help detect early changes in climate and weather patterns, the presence of pollution an ... more | .. |
 Human skin begins tanning in seconds, and here's how We all know that human skin tans after days spent in the sun. That relatively slow process has known links to ultraviolet (and specifically UVB) exposure, which leads to tanning only after it damage ... more | .. |
 Arabian Sea tropical cyclones are intensified by air pollution A recent increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea may be a side effect of increasing air pollution over the Indian sub-continent, a new multi-institutional study has found. ... more | .. |
 US state of Oklahoma rattled in series of quakes The central US state of Oklahoma was rattled by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake felt as far away as Texas, the strongest ever to strike the area, followed by several smaller shakers on Sunday. ... more |
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