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Drought shrinks China's largest freshwater lakeBeijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2012 China's largest freshwater lake has shrunk to its smallest size in years due to drought, state media and officials said Thursday, endangering the ecology in the area and fishermen's livelihoods. After a dry spell of more than a decade, Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi province is drying up fast as scant rainfall has sent water levels in the Gan River - which feeds the lake - to record lows, the Xinhua news agency said. The lake's area was 183 square kilometres (73 square miles) Thursday, an ... read more |
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  To Speed People Up, Human Leg Muscle Slows Down Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second - about 4.5 miles per hour. North Carolina Stat ... more | .. |
  Flatworm Flouts Fundamental Rule of Biology A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to biology. Repor ... more | .. |
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  Ice data at your fingertips Discover ESA's ice mission, track it in real time and obtain the latest measurements with the new CryoSat application. CryoSat is measuring the thickness of polar sea ice and monitoring changes in t ... more | .. |
 Earth's massive extinction: The story gets worse Scientists have uncovered a lot about the Earth's greatest extinction event that took place 250 million years ago when rapid climate change wiped out nearly all marine species and a majority of thos ... more | .. |
  Stop abusing insecticides in rice To prevent devastating insect pest outbreaks in rice that cause millions of dollars of damage, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has called for a ban on certain insecticides in rice p ... more | .. |
  Dike bursts in flood-hit Brazil, 4,000 evacuated A dike burst in Brazil's flood-hit northern Rio de Janeiro state Thursday, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 residents, authorities said. ... more |
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Study shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable
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 Singapore supermarket chain to stop selling shark fin Singapore's largest supermarket chain will stop selling shark fin products from April after an inflammatory comment by one of its suppliers triggered calls for a boycott from activists and the public. ... more | .. |
  Libya must offer militia a way out: ex-PM Libya must offer its still-armed revolutionary fighters a future beyond the gun, the country's former interim prime minister said Thursday, warning that failure could spell destabilizing violence. ... more | .. |
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 Internet fuels Palestinian drive for free expression Inspired by the role of social media in the Arab Spring, Palestinians have harnessed the same tools, under the wary gaze of the authorities in the West Bank and Gaza. ... more |
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  Chile invokes terror law after deadly 'criminal' wildfire Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has invoked anti-terror legislation after at least six firefighters died in a wildfire authorities said may have been caused by radical indigenous activists. ... more | .. |
 Netherlands evacuates hundreds as flood fears rise The authorities in the Netherlands ordered Friday the evacuation of about 800 people living in the north of the country fearing heavy rains could cause a dyke to collapse, police said. ... more | .. |
 Dolphins showing up on world dinner plates U.S. and Canadian conservationists say a survey found marine mammals like whales, dolphins and manatees are increasingly on the menu in poor countries. ... more | .. |
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Rocket Lab Launches 10th Electron Mission for Multi-Launch Customer BlackSky
UT partners with Y-12 to establish national security prototype center
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 Thai elephant killed, mutilated 'for restaurants' Thai wildlife officials on Thursday said body parts from a dead wild elephant found without its tusks, tail and penis were likely destined for restaurants in tourist areas. ... more | .. |
  Japan whaling fleet obstructed by activists Anti-whaling activists have interrupted the Japanese Antarctic hunt for the first time this season, Japan's fisheries agency said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  $80 mn Chinese loan to Cape Verde for social housing China will extend a $80-million loan to Cape Verde for social housing as well as to build a sports stadium and revamp the presidential palace, the African island nation's news agency said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Vietnam culls over 2,500 chickens in bird flu fight Vietnam has culled more than 2,500 chickens from a farm in the Mekong Delta area in an effort to contain a bird flu outbreak, officials said Thursday, amid heightened fears about the virus in the region. ... more |
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 Italy's Mount Etna spewing ash clouds A column of hot ash spewed high into the sky from Italy's Mount Etna on the Mediterranean island of Sicily on Thursday, as Europe's highest active volcano rumbled back to life, officials said. ... more | .. |
  New species found in deep antarctic waters British researchers say they've discovered extraordinary new species of animals living near hydrothermal vents below the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean. ... more | .. |
 Wild elephant kills three in Nepal A wild elephant rampaged through a village in southeastern Nepal on Thursday trampling three people to death, police said. ... more | .. |
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 Groups of ex-rebels reject new Libyan army chief Two powerful groups of former rebels who helped oust dictator Moamer Kadhafi rejected on Wednesday the government's choice of a new army chief, raising fresh security concerns in the war-torn country. ... more | .. |
 G.Bissau to retire 400 troops under military reform About 400 troops will retire from Guinea Bissau's army this month under military sector reforms in the coup-prone country, Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 'Dramatic' loss of harp seals amid warming: study Harp seal pups off the coast of eastern Canada are dying at alarming rates due to a loss of winter ice cover, according to US scientists who questioned on Wednesday if the population will be able to recover. ... more |
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 HK environmentalists outraged at landfill proposal Environmentalists lashed out Thursday at a proposal by the Hong Kong government to create 25 man-made islands off the city's coast, claiming effects on marine ecology would be "irreversible". ... more | .. |
 Prehistoric Predators With Supersized Teeth Had Beefier Arm Bones The toothiest prehistoric predators also had beefier arm bones, according to results of a study published in the journal Paleobiology. Saber-toothed tigers may come to mind, but these extinct cats w ... more | .. |
 Ecologists Call for Screening Imported Plants to Prevent a New Wave of Invasive Species A recent analysis led by ecologist Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that climate change predicted for the United States will boost demand for imported drought- and ... more | .. |
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