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End of Winter: How 2012 Snow Stack UpGreenbelt, MD (SPX) Mar 19, 2012 The mild winter of 2012 has many people asking, "Where's the snow?" These two snow cover maps show the difference between snow extent on March 3, 2011, and March 5, 2012. The maps were compiled from data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. In 2012, the snow cover is very spotty compared to 2011. In 2011, the Great Lakes were clearly defined by surrounding snow, and snow blanketed the Rocky Mountains, Nevada's Basin ... read more |
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  Greenland ice sheet may melt completely with 1.6 degrees global warming The Greenland ice sheet is likely to be more vulnerable to global warming than previously thought. The temperature threshold for melting the ice sheet completely is in the range of 0.8 to 3.2 degree ... more | .. |
  Device invented to rapidly detect infectious disease Infectious diseases can spread very rapidly, so quickly identifying them can be crucial to stopping an epidemic. However, current testing for such diseases can take hours and days. But not for much ... more | .. |
  Nitrate in drinking water poses health risks for rural Californians One in 10 people living in California's most productive agricultural areas is at risk for harmful levels of nitrate contamination in their drinking water, according to a report released by the Unive ... more | .. |
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  Princeton scientists identify neural activity sequences that help form memory, decision-making Princeton University researchers have used a novel virtual reality and brain imaging system to detect a form of neural activity underlying how the brain forms short-term memories that are used in ma ... more | .. |
  Some mammals used highly complex teeth to compete with dinosaurs Conventional wisdom holds that during the Mesozoic Era, mammals were small creatures that held on at life's edges. But at least one mammal group, rodent-like creatures called multituberculates, actu ... more | .. |
  Warming of 2 degrees inevitable over Canada Even if zero emissions of greenhouse gases were to be achieved, the world's temperature would continue to rise by about a quarter of a degree over a decade. That's a best-case scenario, according to ... more | .. |
 Climate Change Skepticism Stems from Recession In recent years, the American public has grown increasingly skeptical of the existence of man-made climate change. Although pundits and scholars have suggested several reasons for this trend, a new ... more |
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  Santorini: The Ground is Moving Again in Paradise Do a Google image search for "Greece." Before you find pictures of the Parthenon or Acropolis, you'll see several beautiful photos of Santorini, the picturesque island in the Aegean Sea. The British ... more | .. |
 Unexpected Crustacean Diversity Discovered in Northern Freshwater Ecosystems Freshwater ecosystems in northern regions are home to significantly more species of water fleas than traditionally thought, adding to evidence that regions with vanishing waters contain unique anima ... more | .. |
  Tennessee's Urban Forests Valued in the Billions Tennessee's urban forests, currently valued at about $80 billion, also provide almost $650 million in benefits such as carbon storage, pollution removal, and energy reduction according to a new U.S. ... more | .. |
  Poachers may wipe out rhinos in S. Africa, campaigner warns Rhinos will be wiped out from South Africa's wildlife parks by 2015 if poaching continues at its current rate, a campaigner fighting to save the beasts has warned. ... more |
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  Australia braces for cyclone, floods A severe tropical cyclone smashed into Western Australia's north coast on Saturday, forcing residents to bunker down as they waited for the destructive gale-force winds to pass. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan immolation prompts big gathering: groups A Tibetan father-of-three set himself on fire in China, prompting a large gathering of monks and lay people, rights groups said, as tensions in Tibetan-inhabited areas show no signs of abating. ... more | .. |
  Chevron accused of graft in Indonesian green project Indonesia on Saturday accused five Chevron employees of being involved in a scam to set up a fictitious green project that lost the state some $270 million, a charge denied by the US oil giant. ... more | .. |
  Facebook-style microcredit site helps China farmers Dairy farmer Deligeerma needs $642 to buy fodder for her cows during the harsh winter months in northern China. So far, she has received $149 in pledges from four people around the world. ... more |
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Russia strikes Kyiv after first stage of major prisoner swap
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
South Korea says concerned by China's 'no-sail zone' in overlapping waters | .. |
  Chinese politician rocks boat in Malaysia Former political detainee Lim Guan Eng wasted no time leaving his mark on Penang after the brash opposition politician won power in the Malaysian state in 2008 elections. ... more | .. |
 Suu Kyi seeks ethnic, Chinese vote in north Myanmar Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi reached out to ethnic Chinese and minority voters Saturday on the campaign trail in the north of the country ahead of April 1 by-elections. ... more | .. |
 Panic leaves 45 injured in Philippine quake An earthquake that struck the southern Philippines left at least 45 people injured, most of them shoppers who panicked and rushed in a stampede for the exits, the civil defence office said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong's rowdy election 'embarrasses Beijing' Next week's leadership election has riveted Hong Kong with all the political rough-and-tumble that is typical of a thriving democracy. There's only one thing missing - the voters. ... more |
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 Smog and fog ground hundreds of Beijing flights More than 400 flights to and from Beijing airport, including around 35 international services, were cancelled or delayed on Saturday due to thick fog and strong air pollution covering the city. ... more | .. |
 Swaziland households hit by hunger: Unicef One in four households in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, were hit by the rising cost of food and even forced to skip meals, UNICEF said in a report on Friday. ... more | .. |
Suu Kyi broadcast urges more democracy Myanmar pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for more media freedom and the repeal of "repressive" laws in the run-up to by-elections in April. ... more | .. |
 WWF slams Cameroon over elephant poaching Conservation group WWF criticised Cameroon's government Thursday for failing to protect scores of elephants slaughtered in a national park or the rangers who try to protect them. ... more |
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After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
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 Manga artist back in the frame after Japan disasters The graphic scenes of real life destruction wreaked by last year's tsunami left manga artist Jiro Taniguchi wondering what the point of his art form was. ... more | .. |
 US must clarify destination of arms headed to Egypt: Amnesty Egypt denied on Friday a US arms shipment headed to the Suez Canal would be unloaded in the country, after rights group Amnesty International warned that Egyptian security forces could abuse the weapons. ... more | .. |
 Australia floods report may pave way for class action A report into last year's devastating Australian floods found Friday that dam engineers breached their operating manual as the crisis deepened by delaying the increase of water releases. ... more | .. |
Indonesia sends illegal waste back to Britain Indonesia has asked Britain to take back 1,800 tonnes of waste after inspectors found liquid and illegal mixed waste in containers marked as "scrap metal," Britain's Environment Agency said Friday. ... more |
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 Morocco: thirsty silver mine drains villagers' patience Atop a remote mountain overlooking one of Africa's largest silver mines, a group of Moroccan activists - many of them women and children - are trying to choke off the facility's water supply. ... more | .. |
 Dinosaur fossil: Even specialized predators didn't turn down free meals Scientists have discovered a bone from a pterosaur (giant flying reptile or 'pterodactyl') in the guts of the skeletal remains of a Velociraptor (small predatory theropod dinosaur) that lived in the ... more | .. |
 China's heir apparent calls for Communist Party unity China's likely next leader has called for greater unity in the ruling Communist Party in a speech published Friday - a day after the biggest political drama to hit the country in years. ... more | .. |
 China iron mine accident kills 13 Thirteen people died after a capsule plunged into a pit at an iron ore mine in China's eastern Shandong province Thursday, official state media reported. ... more |
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