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NASA Finds Sea Ice Driving Arctic Air PollutantsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 02, 2012 Drastic reductions in Arctic sea ice in the last decade may be intensifying the chemical release of bromine into the atmosphere, resulting in ground-level ozone depletion and the deposit of toxic mercury in the Arctic, according to a new NASA-led study. The connection between changes in the Arctic Ocean's ice cover and bromine chemical processes is determined by the interaction between the salt in sea ice, frigid temperatures and sunlight. When these mix, the salty ice releases bromine into the ai ... read more |
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 Watching the planet breathe Scientists have come up with an entirely new way to monitor the health of Earth's plants from space. In work published in Geophysical Research Letters [1], researchers working at NASA's Jet Propulsi ... more | .. |
  Acidic Europa May Eat Away at Chances for Life The ocean underneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be too acid to support life, due to compounds that may regularly migrate downward from its surface, researchers find. Europa, ... more | .. |
  Next-Gen Weather Satellites to Improve Tornado Warnings When you read the following paragraph, consider the following: Tornado season hasn't even started yet. On Jan. 22 and 23, 2012, more than 37 tornadoes struck the southern USA. Ten of them tore acros ... more | .. |
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 NASA Satellite Movie Shows Movement of Tornadic Weather System A satellite animation of NOAA's GOES-13 satellite imagery showed the movement of the front that triggered severe storms and tornadoes in several states on February 29, 2012. On Thursday, NASA releas ... more | .. |
 GPM Microwave Imager Instrument for NASA and JAXA Mission Arrives at Goddard The Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GMI) instrument has arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for integration into NASA's upcoming Earth science spacecra ... more | .. |
 China's advanced remote sensing satellite operating soundly China's first high-resolution remote sensing satellite ZY-1-02C has carried out orbit tests, and images delivered from it reach international levels, China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Ap ... more | .. |
 At least 11 dead as tornadoes strike US midwest A deadly string of tornadoes cut a swath of destruction across the US midwest, killing at least 11 people and threatening scores more as a massive storm pushed eastward early Thursday. ... more |
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Trump signs orders to boost US nuclear energy
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  Mobile industry eyes savings by recycling More than a billion mobile phones are made every year but fewer than one percent are recycled, experts say, noting that billions of dollars could be saved if consumers go green. ... more | .. |
  Did Neanderthals take to the seas first? Neanderthals may have taken to the seas to become ancient mariners centuries before modern humans managed the same trick, researchers in Greece say. ... more | .. |
  Mugabe admits 'comrades' have died of AIDS Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe admitted Thursday that some of his political allies have died of AIDS, as he launched a programme urging parliamentarians to lead by example in fighting the disease. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Paradise lost Rick Santorum recently defended a statement he made last October in which he said that after reading President John F. Kennedy's famous 1960 speech about the separation of church and state, "I almost threw up." ... more |
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 Sentence for ex-Ukraine minister blasted A prison sentence handed to former the Ukrainian internal affairs minister is more evidence the country doesn't respect human rights, critics say. ... more | .. |
  Ocean acidification may be worst in 300 million years: study High levels of pollution may be turning the planet's oceans acidic at a faster rate than at any time in the past 300 million years, with unknown consequences for future sea life, researchers said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Paper giant 'pulping protected Indonesian trees' Environmental group Greenpeace accused one of the world's biggest paper companies Thursday of illegally logging internationally protected trees on Indonesia's lush Sumatra island. ... more | .. |
 River flowing from China dries up in India: lawmaker Water levels have plunged in a major river in India's northeast that originates in Tibet, local officials told AFP on Thursday, triggering speculation that China might be responsible. ... more |
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Russia strikes Kyiv after first stage of major prisoner swap
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
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  Harsh winter gives hope to Afghan farmers Afghanistan's harshest winter in two decades has killed dozens of people, but heavy snow has brought prospects of an end to drought and bumper crops for farmers - including those in the opium trade. ... more | .. |
  China steps up Internet controls in Tibet China's top leader in Tibet has ordered increased controls over the Internet and mobile phones, state press said Thursday, ahead of upcoming sensitive anniversaries in the restive region. ... more | .. |
  Fears for safety at Fukushima one year on To some of the men who earn as little as $100 a day to work inside Japan's Fukushima Daiichi, the plant at the centre of a year-old nuclear disaster is far from safe - despite the official line. ... more | .. |
 Radiation fears haunt Japanese food shoppers For Japanese shoppers, food safety was taken for granted until the Fukushima crisis. Now many have lost faith in government guarantees and fear that radiation could have contaminated their diet. ... more |
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Iran to elect MPs amid tensions with West Iran is to vote on Friday in parliamentary elections that leaders are keen to show as a sign of defiance to the West, which is imposing tough sanctions over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
  Brazil needs two years to rebuild burned Antarctic base Brazil will need as long as two years to rebuild its Antarctic navy base destroyed by a deadly fire, a government official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  ICC issues warrant for Sudan defence minister The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it has issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's defence minister for crimes against the civilian population in Darfur. ... more | .. |
  Arctic sea ice decline may be driving snowy winters seen in recent years A new study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology provides further evidence of a relationship between melting ice in the Arctic regions and widespread cold outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere. ... more |
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Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
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  Ice Age coyotes were supersized compared to coyotes today Coyotes today are pint-sized compared to their Ice Age counterparts, finds a new fossil study. Between 11,500 and 10,000 years ago - a mere blink of an eye in geologic terms - coyotes shrunk to thei ... more | .. |
 Amoeba may offer key clue to photosynthetic evolution The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isn't available, energy is generated by breaking down ... more | .. |
 Immortal worms defy aging Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the ... more | .. |
  For disaster debris arriving from Japan, radiation least of the concerns The first anniversary is approaching of the March, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, and later this year debris from that event should begin to wash up on U.S. shores - ... more |
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 Wild cereals threatened by global warming Wheats and barleys are the staple food for humans and animal feed around the world, and their wild progenitors have undergone genetic changes over the last 28 years that imply a risk for crop improv ... more | .. |
  Polysternon isonae, a new species of turtle that lived with dinosaurs in Isona Researchers at the Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP), the Museu de la Conca Della (MCD) and the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) have published in the online edition of ... more | .. |
 Neurotoxins in shark fins: A human health concern Sharks are among the most threatened of marine species worldwide due to unsustainable overfishing. Sharks are primarily killed for their fins alone, to fuel the growing demand for shark fin soup, wh ... more | .. |
 Sea level rise to alter economics of California beaches Rising sea levels are likely to change Southern California beaches in the coming century, but not in ways you might expect. While some beaches may shrink or possibly disappear, others are pois ... more |
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