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Study Shows More Shrubbery in a Warming WorldGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2011 Scientists have used satellite data from NASA-built Landsat missions to confirm that more than 20 years of warming temperatures in northern Quebec, Canada, have resulted in an increase in the amount and extent of shrubs and grasses. "For the first time, we've been able to map this change in detail, and it's because of the spatial resolution and length-of-record that you can get with Landsat," says Jeff Masek, the program's project scientist. He's based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gree ... read more |
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 NASA Gears Up for Airborne Study of Earth's Radiation Balance NASA scientists have successfully completed flight tests in preparation for deployment of a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tr ... more | .. |
  Accelerating adoption of agricultural technology Research shows that it takes about eight years from the time public research funds are invested in technology development to the time the technology is first implemented. In the agricultural sector ... more | .. |
  Taxi driver training changes brain structure As London taxi drivers in training are busy learning how to navigate the city's thousands of streets and places of interest over a period of years, the experience actually changes the very structure ... more | .. |
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 Blue light irradiation promotes growth, increases antioxidants in lettuce seedlings The quality of agricultural seedlings is important to crop growth and yield after transplantation. Good quality seedlings exhibit characteristics such as thick stems, thick leaves, dark green leaves ... more | .. |
  Nighttime images help track disease from the sky Normally used to spot where people live, satellite images of nighttime lights can help keep tabs on the diseases festering among them, too, according to new research. Princeton University-led ... more | .. |
  Body rebuilding: Researchers regenerate muscle in mice A team of scientists from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and CellThera, a private company located in WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center, have regenerated functional muscle tissue i ... more | .. |
  Sewage treatment plants may contribute to antibiotic resistance problem Water discharged into lakes and rivers from municipal sewage treatment plants may contain significant concentrations of the genes that make bacteria antibiotic-resistant. That's the conclusion of a ... more |
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US seeks deals for Alaska energy as Asia representatives visit
Czechs sign nuclear deal with S.Korea firm KHNP: PM
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 Spring's rising soil temperatures see hormones wake seeds from their winter slumber Dormant seeds in the soil detect and respond to seasonal changes in soil temperature by changing their sensitivity to plant hormones, new research by the University of Warwick has found. This sensit ... more | .. |
  US, Australia, NZ 'disappointed' on Japan whale hunt The United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands said Tuesday they were "disappointed" over the start of Japan's annual whale hunt off Antarctica and warned against violent clashes. ... more | .. |
  The hermit of Fukushima 'staying put' despite risks Naoto Matsumura is tired of being accused of madness for refusing to leave his farm in the shadow of Japan's still-leaking Fukushima nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
  Study finds climate changes faster than species can adapt The ranges of species will have to change dramatically as a result of climate change between now and 2100 because the climate will change more than 100 times faster than the rate at which species ca ... more |
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  Besieged China villagers vow to keep up protests Residents of a southern Chinese village that has become a flashpoint for anger over government land grabs vowed Wednesday to continue protesting despite a six-day police blockade. ... more | .. |
 Chinese wines take on Bordeaux in blind tasting A blind tasting to be held in Beijing Wednesday will pit Chinese wines against vintages from Bordeaux, repeating a now-infamous 1976 event in which the classics were humbled by new world wines. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: 'Beware Arab Spring' To those who hail the "Arab Spring" and the first free elections in Egypt in 60 years, a prominent Israeli responded, "Remember Mussolini, remember Hitler." ... more | .. |
 Canada deals blow to climate talks drive Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol marks a slap in the face for marathon efforts to bring all countries under one legal roof in the fight against climate change, but the impact may be limited. ... more |
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Ukraine war 'existential', Russia says, launching revenge strikes
'Aces up the sleeve': Ukraine drone attacks in Russia shake up conflict
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 UN seeks $1.5 bln for Somalia famine crisis The humanitarian crisis gripping millions of Somalis due to a harsh drought this year will persist for the coming months, the UN said Tuesday as it appealed for $1.5 billion for 2012. ... more | .. |
 Google Street View explores Japan disaster zone Google has published a bank of interactive images of the area of Japan hit by a huge quake and tsunami in March, letting viewers take a virtual walk through the zone before and after the disasters. ... more | .. |
Japan minister questions radioactive water dump Japan's industry minister Tuesday rejected a plan by the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release low-level radioactive water into the sea without approval by local fishermen. ... more | .. |
 Mexican farmers despair over record drought Dust blows across once fertile fields in north Mexico, where the worst drought in 70 years has left thousands of cattle dead and destroyed more than two million acres (almost one million hectares) of crops. ... more |
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 Astrium awarded Sentinel 5 Precursor contract Astrium has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as prime contractor for the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite (S5p) a low-cost mission to monitor atmospheric chemistry. The contract ... more | .. |
  South Pole conquest hailed 100 years on with eye on climate Norway's prime minister and several hundred scientists and adventurers gathered at the South Pole Wednesday to celebrate its conquest 100 years ago, with a focus on climate change as a backdrop. ... more | .. |
 China frees cyber dissident after eight years in jail Chinese authorities have freed a former newspaper reporter and cyber dissident who was jailed for subversion in 2003, a human rights group said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Russian protests not over Russia's political dissidents are planning a Dec. 24 demonstration in Moscow to symbolically skewer Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his United Russia Party. ... 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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  Major 7.1 quake strikes Papua New Guinea: USGS A violent 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Wednesday, shaking buildings and prompting residents to run into the streets and causing panic in the highlands. ... more | .. |
 Left-handed iron corkscrews point to new weapon in battle against superbugs Scientists at the University of Warwick have taken inspiration from corkscrew structures found in nature to develop a new weapon in the fight against infections like E-coli and MRSA. Researchers hav ... more | .. |
 Why Are Humans Not Smarter We put a lot of energy into improving our memory, intelligence, and attention. There are even drugs that make us sharper, such as Ritalin and caffeine. But maybe smarter isn't really all that better ... more | .. |
 Antarctic expedition checks CryoSat down-under Next week marks 100 years since Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole. As a team of scientists brave the Antarctic to validate data from ESA's CryoSat mission, it's hard to imagine what these first ... more |
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  Keeping our beaches safe Fecal contamination of public beaches caused by sewage overflow is both dangerous for swimmers and costly for state and local economies. Current methods to detect Escherichia coli, a bacterium highl ... more | .. |
 Law enforcement vital for great ape survival Recent studies show that the populations of African great apes are rapidly decreasing. Many areas where apes occur are scarcely managed and weakly protected. Researchers from the Max Planck Institut ... more | .. |
  First super predator had remarkable vision South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide scientists working on fossils from Kangaroo Island, South Australia, have found eyes belonging to a giant 500 million-year-old marine predator that ... more | .. |
 Novel drug wipes out deadliest malaria parasite through starvation An antimalarial agent developed by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University proved effective at clearing infections caused by the malaria parasite most lethal to huma ... more |
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