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Increasing speed of Greenland glaciers gives new insight for rising sea levelSeattle WA (SPX) May 10, 2012 Changes in the speed that ice travels in more than 200 outlet glaciers indicates that Greenland's contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than the upper limits some scientists thought possible, a new study shows. "So far, on average we're seeing about a 30 percent speedup in 10 years," said Twila Moon, a University of Washington doctoral student in Earth and space sciences and lead author of a paper documenting the observations published May 4 in Science. ... read more |
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  Plant diversity is key to maintaining productive vegetation Vegetation, such as a patch of prairie or a forest stand, is more productive in the long run when more plant species are present, a new University of Minnesota study shows. The unprecedented long-te ... more | .. |
  DC3: Chemistry of Thunderstorms NASA researchers are about to fly off on a campaign that will take them into the heart of thunderstorm country. The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign will use an airport in S ... more | .. |
  UGA study finds in extinction risk, there's not always safety in numbers A basic tenet underpinning scientists' understanding of extinction is that more abundant species persist longer than their less abundant counterparts, but a new University of Georgia study reveals a ... more | .. |
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 Camera trap video offers rare glimpse of world's rarest gorilla Conservationists working in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than 250 individuals remaining, Cross River ... more | .. |
  University of Pittsburgh Geologists Map Prehistoric Climate Changes in Canada's Yukon Territory Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have joined an international group of scientists to study past climate changes in the Arctic. Comprising geologists from Pitt's Department of Geology and ... more | .. |
  Rapid Sierra Nevada uplift tracked by scientists Hammond's team includes Geoff Blewitt, Hans-Peter Plag and Corne Kreemer from the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Science and Zhenhong Li of the Centre for the Observation and Modeling of Ea ... more | .. |
  70 percent of beaches eroding on Hawaiian islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui An assessment of coastal change over the past century has found 70 percent of beaches on the islands of Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Maui are undergoing long-term erosion, according to a U.S. Geological Surve ... more |
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MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
Chemistry breakthroughs open new frontiers in industrial carbon capture
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 Endangered species, languages linked at high biodiversity regions Biodiversity hot spots - the world's biologically richest and most threatened locations on Earth - and high biodiversity wilderness areas - biologically rich but less threatened - are some of the mo ... more | .. |
 Argentina fisheries at risk from dispute Argentina's fisheries industry is at risk from a tough government line that has blocked a possible compromise in a dispute with the labor unions. ... more | .. |
  Critics question lese-majeste death Government critics are questioning whether a man jailed for criticizing the monarchy died in hospital because he was given inadequate medical attention. ... more | .. |
  Japan to take control of Fukushima operator TEPCO Japan's government will take a controlling stake in the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant under a plan ministers approved Wednesday, effectively nationalising one of the world's largest utilities. ... more |
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 Kiwifruit detectives trace disease to China US and Italian scientists have traced a bacterium that has been destroying kiwifruit in New Zealand and Europe back to China where they believe it originated, according to a study on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Beijing to get rid of 1,200 polluting enterprises Authorities in Beijing said Wednesday they plan to get rid of 1,200 high-polluting enterprises by 2015 to improve air quality in the Chinese capital, one of the world's most polluted cities. ... more | .. |
 Peru says 5,000 birds, nearly 900 dolphins dead The Peruvian government said Wednesday that 5,000 birds, mostly pelicans, and nearly 900 dolphins have died off the country's northern coast, possibly due to rising temperatures in Pacific waters. ... more | .. |
  Debris from volcano closes Mexico airport Ashes from Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano forced officials to close the airport in nearby Puebla for some 14 hours, to allow for cleanup after it spewed out heaps of ash and rock. ... more |
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BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
SES and Luxembourg to expand military satcom with next generation GovSat2 | .. |
  Iceland tax ruling could spare giant whales A dispute over an abolished tax rebate for whalers means there will likely be no fin whale hunt off Iceland this year, the head of the only company that catches the giant whales said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Four killed, 10 missing in Indonesian floods Floods carrying volcanic debris swept through a town in eastern Indonesia Wednesday killing four people, including a nine-year-old child, and leaving 10 others missing, a government official said. ... more | .. |
 Pacific plastic soup grew 100-fold The vast swirl of plastic waste floating in the North Pacific has grown 100-fold over the last 40 years, according to a research paper published Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 South African rhinos at mercy of global smuggling network Petty hunters, corrupt wildlife officials and Asian traffickers have all been snared in South Africa's crackdown on rhino poaching as special prosecutors battle syndicates feeding the trade in horns. ... more |
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  China to probe 'dead baby' pills claims China has pledged to investigate allegations that capsules containing the powdered flesh of dead babies are being produced on its soil and smuggled into South Korea. ... more | .. |
  Blind activist challenges China over house arrest Blind activist Chen Guangcheng challenged China's central government Wednesday to prove that it had not ordered his illegal house arrest, and to punish those who turned his home into a prison. ... more | .. |
'Foreign forces' using blind lawyer: China paper A Chinese state newspaper on Wednesday accused "overseas forces" of using blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, who fled house arrest to seek safety at the US embassy, as a political tool to demonise China. ... more | .. |
 Different recipes for success in the world of plants In order to prevail against native plants, non-native plant species develop special strategies. These differ in part considerably from the propagation strategies of endemic plant species. Dr. Ingolf ... more |
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Curiosity Rovers Boxwork Campaign Reaches New Heights on Mount Sharp
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 Researchers see BPA effects in monkey mammary glands A new study finds that fetal exposure to the plastic additive bisphenol A, or BPA, alters mammary gland development in primates. The finding adds to the evidence that the chemical can be causing hea ... more | .. |
 Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved New research indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, mixing with local wild stocks as they spread throughout Europe and ... more | .. |
 GPS on commercial ships could improve tsunami warnings Commercial ships travel across most of the globe and could provide better warnings for potentially deadly tsunamis, according to a study published by scientists at the University of Hawaii - Manoa ( ... more | .. |
 What is your dog thinking? Brain scans unleash canine secrets When your dog gazes up at you adoringly, what does it see? A best friend? A pack leader? A can opener? Many dog lovers make all kinds of inferences about how their pets feel about them, but no one h ... more |
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 Nutrient supply after algal bloom determines the succession of the bacterial population Algal blooms can considerably interfere with summer holidays by the sea. In the coastal zone of temperate regions a spring algal bloom is not a sign of excessive nutrient input, but most of all a co ... more | .. |
 Dry rivers, vibrant with culture and life 'When the River Runs Dry' is a familiar song in Australia. Some rivers in the arid center of the continent flow only after a stiff monsoon season, and smaller tributaries all over the country common ... more | .. |
 Decades of Data Show Spring Advancing Faster Than Experiments Suggest Plants are leafing out and flowering sooner each year than predicted by results from controlled environmental warming experiments, according to data from a major new archive of historical observatio ... more | .. |
 NOAA discovers way to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals NOAA scientists and their colleagues have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been repeatedly exposed to low levels of do ... more |
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