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Climate sensitivity to CO2 more limited than extreme projectionsCorvallis, OR (SPX) Nov 29, 2011 A new study suggests that the rate of global warming from doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be less than the most dire estimates of some previous studies - and, in fact, may be less severe than projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in 2007. Authors of the study, which was funded by the National Science Foundation and published online this week in the journal Science, say that global warming is real and that increases in atmospheric CO2 will have multiple seriou ... read more |
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  19 hurricanes in third-most active Atlantic season The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season produced a total of 19 storms, including Hurricane Irene that lashed the US East Coast in August in the third-most active year on record, US observers said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Planting depth's effect on container-grown trees Many landscape trees are started in-ground, then sold as bare-root "liners" to producers who plant them in large containers to grow. To minimize wind damage and to facilitate transport from potting ... more | .. |
  Studying bat skulls, evolutionary biologists discover how species evolve A new study involving bat skulls, bite force measurements and scat samples collected by an international team of evolutionary biologists is helping to solve a nagging question of evolution: Why some ... more | .. |
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  Scientists Uncover New Role for Gene in Maintaining Steady Weight Against the backdrop of the growing epidemic of obesity in the United States, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have made an important new discovery regarding a sp ... more | .. |
 Hopkins Scientists Turn on Fountain of Youth in Yeast Collaborations between Johns Hopkins and National Taiwan University researchers have successfully manipulated the life span of common, single-celled yeast organisms by figuring out how to remove and ... more | .. |
 Traveling is key for survival and conservation Nowadays, more and more animal habitats are being fragmented, or lost. Many species need assistance and conservation of their environments to survive, and it is important to know the best way this c ... more | .. |
 Saving millions of lives and protecting our climate through clean cooking options For many people in the developing world getting enough food to eat is a persistent challenge. However the challenge does not stop there. A new issue of the international journal Energy Policy detail ... 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
Set it and forget it: Autonomous structures can be programmed to jump days in advance | .. |
  Ancient Environment Drives Marine Diversity Much of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record - but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth? "It's a question that goes back a ... more | .. |
  APL Proposes First Global Orbital Observation Program A consortium led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is proposing a geoscience program that would give scientists the first continuous real-time look at t ... more | .. |
 Global commission delivers food security policy recommendations A new report published by an independent global commission of eminent scientists states that the world's food system needs an immediate transformation to meet current and future threats to food secu ... more | .. |
  Ethiopia dragged back into Somali quagmire The conflict in Somalia looks like it's being internationalized again as Ethiopia is dragged back into the Horn of Africa quagmire to help a Kenyan invasion battling Islamist fighters that has bogged down in winter rains. ... more |
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 Researchers pinpoint date and rate of Earth's most extreme extinction It's well known that Earth's most severe mass extinction occurred about 250 million years ago. What's not well known is the specific time when the extinctions occurred. A team of researchers from No ... more | .. |
 UK-DMC-1 to take well-earned retirement UK- DMC- 1, one of the first generation Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellites, is to be retired from service after over 8 years in orbit. UK-DMC-1, was launched on 27th September 2003 with fe ... more | .. |
  UN mobilizes civil society for Rio's environment summit The United Nations on Monday launched a campaign to mobilize civil society ahead of next year's Rio environment conference which Brazil will chair. ... more | .. |
  NZ National Party just misses a majority A jubilant newly elected Prime Minister John Key said his center-right National Party, with one seat shy of a parliamentary majority, will work for all New Zealanders. ... 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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  Global AIDS funding cuts will affect millions: activists A $1.6-billion (1.2-billion-euro) cut in funding for AIDS treatment could affect millions of people as donors failed to meet commitments to the Global Fund, campaigners said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Eco-friendly Pope tells young to protect creation Pope Benedict XVI on Monday called on young people to be the "guardians of creation" and urged greater respect for nature, as United Nations talks on climate change in South Africa got underway. ... more | .. |
 Ramping up carbon cuts before 2020 unlikely: US Pledges under the UN from the world's major carbon polluters to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions are unlikely to be revised upward before 2020, a US climate negotiator said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Rifts emerge as UN climate talks open UN climate talks got under way here Monday amid calls for action to head off worsening drought, floods and storms but also to fears of a bust-up just two years after a near-fiasco in Copenhagen. ... more |
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 French court annuls ban on Monsanto GM crops France's top administrative court on Monday overturned a government order banning French farmers from planting genetically modified crops from the US agriculture giant Monsanto. ... more | .. |
  Thai minister survives flood censure vote A top Thai government minister easily survived a no confidence vote in parliament Monday as lawmakers threw out claims that official flood relief work had been plagued by corruption and mismanagement. ... more | .. |
  Plan for crucial Australian rivers draws anger Farmers Monday slammed the government's draft plan to rescue a crucial river system supplying Australia's food bowl, saying it will destroy communities and put pressure on food prices. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear plant director sick: company The director of Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is stepping down because of illness, the plant's operator said Monday, without revealing whether his condition was radiation-related. ... 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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 Climate change denial still runs strong in US On the US political stage, skepticism and denial of climate change are as popular as ever, and experts say that world talks which opened Monday in Durban, South Africa are unlikely to turn the tide. ... more | .. |
Climate set to worsen food crises: Oxfam Storms and droughts that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply, Oxfam said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Vulnerable nations fear slowdown in climate fight Countries most vulnerable to climate change are alarmed by recent proposals from rich and major emerging economies to delay a global deal to curb greenhouse gases until at least 2020, delegates and analysts at UN talks opening Monday say. ... more | .. |
  China's Wen pledges more school buses after crash Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to improve safety and provide more school buses after the deaths of 19 children in a massively overcrowded bus sparked a public outcry. ... more |
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 After apartheid, Tutu aims at 'huge enemy' climate change Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday branded climate change a "huge, huge enemy" that threatened the common home of humanity, imperilling rich and poor alike. ... more | .. |
 Salvaging Kyoto a 'tall order': UN climate chief Breathing new life into the Kyoto Protocol is a "tall order" and the toughest challenge facing global talks on climate change, the UN climate chief said Sunday on the eve of the conference. ... more | .. |
 Japan's rice farmers mull TPP future Osamu Tamaki is one of the few rice farmers in Japan who see an Asia-Pacific free trade deal as a window of opportunity rather than the death knell for a highly cosseted industry. ... more | .. |
  China to launch Mekong patrols next month: report China will next month launch joint patrols with three other countries on the Mekong River, a key waterway where 13 Chinese sailors were killed in an October attack, state media said. ... more |
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