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Sierra Nevada 200 year megadroughts confirmedReno NV (SPX) Jun 07, 2012 The erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation totals in the Reno-Tahoe area conjures up the word "drought" every couple of years, and this year is no exception. The Nevada State Climate Office at the University of Nevada, Reno, in conjunction with the Nevada Drought Response Committee, just announced a Stage 1 drought (moderate) for six counties and a Stage 2 drought (severe) for 11 counties. Reno, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada are no strangers to drought, the most famous being the Medieval ... read more |
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  Neuroscientists reach major milestone in whole-brain circuit mapping project Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have reached an important milestone, publicly releasing the first installment out of 500 terabytes of data so far collected in their pathbreak ... more | .. |
  Grazing snails rule the waves Coral reefs and seashores largely look the way they do because large fish and urchins eat most of the seaweed that might otherwise cover them, but a major new study has found that the greatest impac ... more | .. |
  Expedition studies acid impacts on Arctic The effects of ocean acidification on Arctic seas will be studied by a team of 30 researchers, including Dr Toby Tyrrell from the University of Southampton, who set sail from the UK, venturing as fa ... more | .. |
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  Scientists complete most comprehensive genetic analysis yet of corn An interdisciplinary team, led by researchers at Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), has published the most comprehensive analysis to ... more | .. |
 Practical Tool Can 'Take Pulse' Of Blue-Green Algae Status In Lakes Scientists have designed a screening tool that provides a fast, easy and relatively inexpensive way to predict levels of a specific toxin in lakes that are prone to blue-green algal blooms. Bl ... more | .. |
  Fossil discovery sheds new light on evolutionary history of higher primates An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of Afrasia djijidae, a new fossil primate from Myanmar that illuminates a critical step in the evolution of early anthropoids-the gro ... more | .. |
  Greening operating rooms benefit the bottom line and the environment Efforts to "green" operating rooms can result in cost savings for hospitals and reduce the environmental impact without compromising patient care, argues an analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medi ... more |
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Iraq signs mega-energy deal with Chinese oil firm
Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
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 New device sees bacteria behind the eardrum Doctors can now get a peek behind the eardrum to better diagnose and treat chronic ear infections, thanks to a new medical imaging device invented by University of Illinois researchers. The device c ... more | .. |
  China faces 'serious' epidemic of drug-resistant TB China faces a "serious epidemic" of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, said a US-published study on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Urban wasteland: World Bank sees global garbage crisis The world's city dwellers are fast producing more and more trash in a "looming crisis" that will pose huge financial and environmental burdens, the World Bank warned Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Incidence, types of marine piracy studied Chinese researchers say they can predict if a particular vessel with a specific cargo on a given area of ocean is likely to be targeted by pirates. ... more |
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  Trees grow in Poland through free send-a-seedling drive Polish software specialist Tomek Wawrzyczek was pleasantly surprised when he received a 50-centimetre (20-inch) tree seedling in the post. ... more | .. |
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  Huge dock washed up on US coast, thought from Japan A huge floating dock has washed up on an Oregon beach, possibly having drifted across the Pacific after last year's killer tsunami in Japan, officials and locals said Wednesday. ... more |
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' US missile defense plan faces major challenges
Iran-US nuclear talks set for Rome this week
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  Wildfire kill 9 Russian firefighters Nine firefighting parachutists were killed Wednesday as they battled a wildfire in southern Siberia, Russian media reported, citing forestry officials. ... more | .. |
  Top China dissident found dead Leading Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, jailed for more than 22 years after the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests, died in strange circumstances in central China Wednesday, his family and rights groups said. ... more | .. |
 New world, new worries as Brazil dam changes Amazon An army of 8,000 workers, hundreds of trucks and a fleet of bulldozers are carving up this Amazon outpost to build the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam, amid concerns it could irreversibly harm the way of life of local indigenous people. ... more | .. |
China faces 'serious' epidemic of drug-resistant TB China faces a "serious epidemic" of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, said a US-published study on Wednesday. ... more |
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  Suu Kyi reassures Myanmar's Karen refugees Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi told the mostly Karen refugees in Mae La camp in Thailand she will work to get them back to Myanmar as soon as possible. ... more | .. |
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  Japan agency sorry for comparing radiation to wife A government-backed nuclear research agency has apologised for comparing radioactive material on its website to an "angry wife" in a quarrel with her husband, news reports said Tuesday. ... more |
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Reusable debris collector promises leap forward in sustainable space cleanup
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 Toll of Italian earthquakes rises to 25 Two women injured in a May 29 earthquake in Italy's Emilia Romagna region have died, bringing the toll from two quakes that struck the area last month to 25, Italian media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 EU farming reform caught in budget stalemate EU agriculture ministers railed Tuesday against a political stalemate over the bloc's budget, warning that planned reform to ensure funding goes to "green" farmers risks huge delays. ... more | .. |
 Lesotho dams bring investment, at a cost On a dusty mountaintop in Lesotho, Mamoliehi Tsapane beats sorghum with a wooden stick, the white grains popping from the husks over a bright green tarp. ... more | .. |
 Rio+20 should be Tahrir Square for greens: Silva Activist and former Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva called Tuesday for protests matching the magnitude of Egypt's Tahrir Square demonstrations at an upcoming UN environmental meeting. ... more |
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 Study finds ferry threat to Hong Kong dolphins A Hong Kong conservation group said Tuesday increasing high-speed ferry traffic is contributing to a dramatic decline in Chinese white dolphin numbers in the city's waters. ... more | .. |
 Hurricane season is here, and FSU scientists predict an active one Scientists at the Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) have released their fourth annual Atlantic hurricane season forecast, using a unique computer model ... more | .. |
 Monkey lip smacks provide new insights into the evolution of human speech Scientists have traditionally sought the evolutionary origins of human speech in primate vocalizations, such as monkey coos or chimpanzee hoots. But unlike these primate calls, human speech is produ ... more | .. |
 Geoengineering: A whiter sky One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from the Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar ... more |
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