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No ice loss seen in major Himalayan glaciers: scientistsParis (AFP) April 15, 2012 One of the world's biggest glacier regions has so far resisted global warming that has ravaged mountain ice elsewhere, scientists reported on Sunday. For years, experts have debated the state of glaciers that smother nearly 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq. miles) of the Karakoram range in the western Himalayas. Straddling parts of China, Pakistan and India, the Karakoram's peaks include K2, Earth's second-highest mountain. Its glaciers account for nearly three percent of the world's area ... read more |
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  New underwater images show damage at Fukushima Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released dramatic images taken by an underwater camera showing major damage at a spent fuel storage pool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. ... more | .. |
  US Midwest braces for more tornadoes Residents picking through their damaged homes braced for more tornadoes across the US Midwest Sunday after dozens touched down in the region, killing five people in Oklahoma. ... more | .. |
  Chinese-Brazilian superkid insists he's no 'genius' Moshe Kai Cavalin insists he is not a "genius" - even though he earned an associate's degree when he was 11, and is soon to graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), at 14. ... more | .. |
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  Hatchery, OSU scientists link ocean acidification to larval oyster failure Researchers at Oregon State University have definitively linked an increase in ocean acidification to the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon, where larval g ... more | .. |
  Poor Spring Rain Projected in Africa Spring rains in the eastern Horn of Africa are projected to begin late this year and be substantially lower than normal. From March-May, the rains are expected to total only 60 to 85 percentage of t ... more | .. |
  Volcanic plumbing provides clues on eruptions and earthquakes Two new studies into the "plumbing systems" that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to understanding plate ruptures and predicting eruptions-both of which are important steps for prot ... more | .. |
 New insights into when beach sand may become unsafe for digging and other contact With summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter-weary people, a new study provides health departments with information needed to determine when levels of disease-causing bacteria in ... more |
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 Data mining opens the door to predictive neuroscience The discovery, using state-of-the-art informatics tools, increases the likelihood that it will be possible to predict much of the fundamental structure and function of the brain without having to me ... more | .. |
  Ant queens lay more eggs as they age Ant queens get better at laying eggs as they get older, researchers report in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Furthermore, this high egg-laying rate did not shorten the queens' life spans, a ... more | .. |
  First mass extinction linked to marine anoxia The end-Ordovician mass extinction, killing roughly 86% of all marine species, is now linked to nutrient-driven anoxia in the global ocean. This marine catastrophe has previously been attribut ... more | .. |
 Study shows adaptive capacity of reef corals to climate change may be widespread A new study by scientists at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that many species of reef-building corals may be able to adapt to warming waters b ... more |
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 Thieves compromise Indonesian tsunami alert system Indonesia's tsunami early warning system, widely praised during this week's Indian Ocean-wide alert, has been compromised by thieves and vandals in the country's waters, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan avalanche rescuers excavate new site Pakistani troops began excavating a new site in their search for 138 people buried by an avalanche at a high-altitude army camp despite a fresh slide in the area, the military said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  China's Ai Weiwei sues tax bureau after huge fine Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei said Friday he was suing Beijing's tax bureau for violating the law when it imposed a multi-million tax evasion fine on a company he founded. ... more |
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Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices
North Korean warship has 'serious accident' at launch
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 Indonesia revises quake toll to 10 dead Ten people died from the massive earthquake that struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island earlier this week, official sources said Friday, revising an earlier toll of five dead. ... more | .. |
 Penguins aplenty in Antarctica, satellite map shows Antarctica boasts almost twice as many emperor penguins as previously thought, researchers have discovered using satellite mapping technology to count the iceberg-huddling birds from above. ... more | .. |
 South Africa issues shark warning around washed-up whale South African coastal authorities on Friday warned beachgoers around the tourist town of Knysna that sharks were moving into the area, feeding on the remains of a whale that ran ashore two days ago. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia warns runaway prisoners after quake chaos Indonesian prison authorities Friday warned dozens of inmates who escaped during a massive quake, including paedophiles and drug offenders, that they would be shot if they resisted arrest. ... more |
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  French Greens struggle as star candidate stumbles With a well-known crusading judge as its candidate and riding high from a series of prior electoral successes, France's Greens were hoping for a breakthrough in this month's presidential vote. ... more | .. |
 Rising Pacific seas linked to climate change: study Sea levels in the southwest Pacific started rising drastically in the 1880s, with a notable peak in the 1990s thought to be linked to human-induced climate change, according to a new study. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia's disaster-ready schools pass quake test When the earth shook under their feet on Wednesday, students and staff at Jeumpa Puteh high school coolly continued with lessons, assuming it was just another tremor in Indonesia's quake-prone Aceh province. ... more |
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  Firewall can stop medical device 'hacking' U.S. researchers say a prototype firewall can keep hackers from interfering with wireless medical devices such as pacemakers and insulin-delivery systems. ... more | .. |
 Has the Dead Sea Used Up its Nine Lives? Rapidly dropping water levels of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the earth's surface heralded for its medicinal properties, has been a source of ecological concern for years. Now a drilling ... more | .. |
  Confirming carbon's climate effects Harvard scientists are helping to paint the fullest picture yet of how a handful of factors, particularly world-wide increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, combined to end the last ice age approxi ... more | .. |
 Miniature Sandia sensors may advance climate studies An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models. "We now have an inexpensive tool for collecting pristine vapo ... more |
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 Impact of warming climate doesn't always translate to streamflow An analysis of 35 headwater basins in the United States and Canada found that the impact of warmer air temperatures on streamflow rates was less than expected in many locations, suggesting that some ... more | .. |
 What Triggers a Mass Extinction? The second-largest mass extinction in Earth's history coincided with a short but intense ice age during which enormous glaciers grew and sea levels dropped. Although it has long been agreed that the ... more | .. |
  Researchers discover unique suspension technique for large-scale stem cell production Post-doctoral researcher David Fluri and Professor Peter Zandstra at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) have developed a unique new technique fo ... more | .. |
 Which plants will survive droughts, climate change? New research by UCLA life scientists could lead to predictions of which plant species will escape extinction from climate change. Droughts are worsening around the world, posing a great challenge to ... more |
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