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China completes system to monitor Earth's crustBeijing (IANS) Mar 15, 2012 China Friday completed a system designed to monitor the movement of the Earth's crust and predict earthquakes, officials said. Based on satellite navigation, the system involves a network of 260 permanent observing stations and 2,000 part-time observing stations with data-processing technology. It will also be used for weather forecasting and scientific research, among other purposes, Xinhua quoted the China Earthquake Administration as saying. Experts in charge of the project agreed t ... read more |
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  Multi-Agency Satellite Begins Climate and Weather Studies NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP), which is now making global environmental observations. The satellite will provide scientists with c ... more | .. |
  Earth's protective bubble hasn't burst For the first time, the loss of atmospheric ions from Earth and Mars has been observed during the same solar wind stream. In a new study, data from ESA's Cluster and Mars Express spacecraft, which o ... more | .. |
  China to launch 12 weather satellites by 2020 China will launch 12 meteorological satellites before 2020 to boost the country's weather monitoring capabilities, an official said Saturday. The satellites would be among 14 scheduled to be l ... more | .. |
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  Report Shows Forest Growth in North Outpacing Other Parts of Country U.S. Forest Service scientists released an assessment that shows forest land has expanded in northern states during the past century despite a 130-percent population jump and relentless environmenta ... more | .. |
  Four-winged dinosaur's feathers were black with iridescent sheen A team of American and Chinese researchers has revealed the color and detailed feather pattern of Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 130 million years ago. The non-av ... more | .. |
  Variety of toxicants can harm subsequent generations A Washington State University researcher has demonstrated that a variety of environmental toxicants can have negative effects on not just an exposed animal but the next three generations of its offs ... more | .. |
  Running hot and cold in the deep sea: Scientists explore rare environment Among the many intriguing aspects of the deep sea, Earth's largest ecosystem, exist environments known as hydrothermal vent systems where hot water surges out from the seafloor. On the flipside the ... more |
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  What have we got in common with a gorilla? A team of researchers have completed the genome sequence for the gorilla - the last genus of the living great apes to have its genome decoded. While confirming that our closest relative is the chimp ... more | .. |
  Mechanism for Burgess Shale-type preservation The Burgess Shale of British Columbia is arguably the most important fossil deposit in the world, providing an astounding record of the Cambrian "Explosion," the rapid flowering of complex life from ... more | .. |
 Strong scientific evidence that eating berries benefits the brain Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and othe ... more | .. |
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  Berkeley Lab Quantifies Effect of Soot on Snow and Ice A new study from scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), published in Nature Climate Change, has quantitatively demonstrated that black carbon-also known as soot, a p ... more | .. |
 New radar will give better storm warnings Weather radar technology called "livesaving," that provides faster and more precise storm detection, is set to be tested in Texas, officials say. ... 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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 S.Africa game dealer gets 8 year jail term for rhino horns A South African wildlife dealer was sentenced to eight years in jail over 38 horns cut off sedated rhinos, a measure which, he said Wednesday, was meant to protect them from poaching. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen calls for 'urgent' political reforms China could see a repeat of the Cultural Revolution's deadly chaos without "urgent" political reform, Wen Jiabao warned Wednesday in a dramatic parting shot at his final news conference as premier. ... more | .. |
 Human-like fossils in China caves puzzle scientists The most recent fossils ever found of a human-like species in southeast China have presented scientists with a mystery about what may be an unknown Stone Age culture, researchers said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 EC: Poland veto won't stop 'road map' Poland's move to block the adoption of the EU's low-carbon "road map" for 2050 won't derail the goal, European Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says. ... more |
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 Fresh turmoil in China's Tibetan areas after 2008 unrest Armed police in full riot gear stand guard along the main street in Aba, a small Chinese town where a young monk burned himself to death last March, setting off a series of self-immolations. ... more | .. |
 Australia to become hotter, drier: climate report Australia's climate is warming at an alarming rate and is set to become drier despite recent record floods, scientists said Wednesday in a report that warns of increased drought and fiercer storms. ... more |
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Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
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 Knowledge gap widens gulf between South Asian nations People in the South Asian region have little knowledge about each other that widens the gulf between them, experts at a regional conference said Saturday. The experts from the South Asian countries ... more | .. |
 Oceans Acidifying Faster today Than in Past 300 Million Years The oceans may be acidifying faster today than they did in the last 300 million years, according to scientists publishing a paper this week in the journal Science. "What we're doing today really sta ... more |
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 Immortal worms defy ageing 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 o ... more | .. |
 Sawfishes sure can wield a saw Sawfishes wouldn't be sawfishes if they didn't come equipped with long toothy snouts-their saws. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have figured out what they u ... more | .. |
 Crystal structure of archael chromatin clarified Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan have clarified for the first time how chromatin in archaea, one of the three evolutionary branches of organisms in nature, binds to DNA. The ... more | .. |
 Manganese concentrations higher in residential neighborhoods than industrial sites, varies by region In residential neighborhoods near manufacturing industries, a breath of air may be more hazardous than refreshing depending on the location, finds a recent study involving a Kansas State University ... more |
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