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CO2 was hidden in the ocean during the Ice AgeBern, Germany (SPX) Apr 03, 2012 Why did the atmosphere contain so little carbon dioxide (CO2) during the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago? Why did it rise when the Earth's climate became warmer? Processes in the ocean are responsible for this, says a new study based on newly developed isotope measurements. This study has now been published in the scientific journal "Science" by scientists from the Universities of Bern and Grenoble and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association. Around 20 ... read more |
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  Popcorn: the snack with even higher antioxidant levels than fruits and vegetables Popcorn's reputation as a snack food that's actually good for health has popped up a few notches with scientists reporting that it contains more of the healthful antioxidant substances called "polyp ... more | .. |
 International commission offers road map to sustainable agriculture An independent commission of scientific leaders from 13 countries has released a detailed set of recommendations to policymakers on how to achieve food security in the face of climate change. ... more | .. |
  How to save Europe's most threatened butterflies The report entitled "Dos and don'ts for butterflies of the Habitats Directive of the European Union" was published in the form of an "Applied Conservation" paper in the newly launched open-access jo ... more | .. |
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 Ancient Egyptian cotton unveils secrets of domesticated crop evolution Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relati ... more | .. |
 Meet Kimberly Casey: Studying How Debris Influences Glaciers Kimberly Casey is a glaciologist who spends a fair amount of time in the office analyzing satellite data. But when she talks about her fieldwork on remote glaciers, one suspects she could do pretty ... more | .. |
  35,000 gallons of prevention Twenty years ago in Chicago, a small leak in an unused freight tunnel expanded beneath the Windy City and started a flood which eventually gushed through the entire tunnel system. A quarter-million ... more | .. |
  New seismic hazard assessment for Central America A new study evaluates the seismic hazards for the entire Central America, including specific assessments for six capital cities, with the greatest hazard expected for Guatemala City and San Salvador ... more |
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 Studies show how common crop pesticide harms bees A pair of new studies reveals the multiple ways that a widely used insecticide harms bumblebees and honeybees. The reports, one by a U.K. team and one by a French team, appear online at the Science ... more | .. |
 Pattern of large earthquakes on San Jacinto fault identified with help of LiDAR The San Jacinto Fault (SJF) Zone is a seismically active, major component of the overall southern San Andreas Fault system. Researchers from San Diego State University (SDSU) and U.S. Geological Sur ... more | .. |
 Typhoon-strength storm brings travel chaos to Japan A typhoon-strength storm brought travel chaos to Japan on Tuesday, as violent winds and rain killed one man and left tens of thousands of people stranded. ... more | .. |
  Mutant bird flu 'less lethal', says paper's author The author of a paper on a mutant bird flu strain said Monday that experts agreed to publish it only after he explained that the virus was "much less lethal" than previously feared. ... more |
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  China arrests 22 ethnic Mongols in land protest: group Chinese authorities have arrested 22 people in Inner Mongolia for protesting over a land dispute, a rights group said Tuesday, in the latest case of ethnic strife to rock the northern region. ... more | .. |
  'Titanic' director says ocean "alien world" Fresh from his journey to the deepest point of the Pacific in a solo submarine dive, Hollywood director James Cameron has spoken to Australian schoolchildren, answering questions on how fast his craft could travel to how he went to the toilet. ... more | .. |
  Health fears as flood-ravaged Fiji begins clean-up Flood-ravaged Fiji began a massive clean-up Tuesday, as the South Pacific nation's stretched health services expressed fears disease could quickly spread through evacuation centres. ... more | .. |
 Strong quake hits Mexico, no casualties reported A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Mexico Monday, sending thousands of people into the streets of the capital in fear. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. ... 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 | .. |
 Nepal approves hydropower project The government of Nepal has given the green light for China Three Gorges Corp.'s $1.6 billion hydropower project on the West Seti River. ... more | .. |
  Tibet's exiled premier says Myanmar icon offers hope Exiled Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay on Monday said Aung San Suu Kyi's by-election victory in weekend polls gave him hope that his troubled homeland would see an end to Chinese repression. ... more | .. |
 Cambodian girl dies from bird flu: WHO A six-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, in the country's second fatality from the virus this year. ... more | .. |
  In tech first, US puts entire 1940 census online The National Archives opened a treasure trove to genealogists and historians on Monday, releasing the 1940 national census in its entirety - and doing so for the first time online. ... more |
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 PCBs levels down in Norwegian polar bears It's never been easy to be a polar bear. They may have to go months without eating. Their preferred food, seal, requires enormous luck and patience to catch. Add to that the melting of Arctic sea ic ... more | .. |
 Mud manifests history of clear water in murky Minnesota duck depot Lake Christina During peak migration days in the early 1900s, tens of thousands of canvasback ducks could be seen floating and diving on Minnesota's Lake Christina. Since midcentury, changes to the lake have dimin ... more | .. |
 TARA OCEANS completes 60 000-mile journey to map marine biodiversity The two-and-a-half-year TARA OCEANS expedition finishes on 31 March when the ship and crew reach Lorient, France. The arrival completes a journey of 60 000 miles across all the world's major oceans ... more | .. |
 Bacterial shock to recapture essential phosphate Bacteria could be exploited to recapture dwindling phosphate reserves from wastewater according to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Dublin this week. ... more |
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Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
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  Forest-destroying avalanches on the rise due to clear-cut logging Scientists with the UBC Avalanche Research Group have been studying the impact of clear-cut logging on avalanche terrain in British Columbia. Understanding avalanche behavior and its destructive pot ... more | .. |
 Study suggests why some animals live longer Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new method to detect proteins associated with longevity, which helps further our understanding into why some animals live longer than other ... more | .. |
  Fossil raindrop impressions imply greenhouse gases loaded early atmosphere In ancient Earth history, the sun burned as much as 30 percent dimmer than it does now. Theoretically that should have encased the planet in ice, but there is geologic evidence for rivers and ocean ... more | .. |
 Discovery of foot fossil confirms two human ancestor species co-existed A team of scientists has announced the discovery of a 3.4 million-year-old partial foot from the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region of Ethiopia. The fossil foot did not belong to a member of "Luc ... more |
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  Weather records due to climate change: A game with loaded dice The past decade has been one of unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany argue that the high incidence of extremes is not mere ... more | .. |
 Scientists clone 'survivor' elm trees Scientists at the University of Guelph have found a way to successfully clone American elm trees that have survived repeated epidemics of their biggest killer - Dutch elm disease. The breakthr ... more | .. |
 Thousands march against Hong Kong's next leader Thousands of people in Hong Kong noisily protested on Sunday against the city's incoming leader and decried Beijing's alleged interference in the election that propelled him to office. ... more | .. |
 China's Tibetan herders face uncertain future Tibetan herder Gatou used to live a nomadic life on the grasslands of the Tibetan plateau before he was rehoused under a controversial Chinese government scheme. ... more |
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