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Will The Ice Age Strike BackIthaca NY (SPX) Jun 11, 2012 The dramatic melt-off of Arctic sea ice due to climate change is hitting closer to home than millions of Americans might think. That's because melting Arctic sea ice can trigger a domino effect leading to increased odds of severe winter weather outbreaks in the Northern Hemisphere's middle latitudes - think the "Snowmageddon" storm that hamstrung Washington, D.C., during February 2010. Cornell's Charles H. Greene, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, and Bruce C. Monger, senior research as ... read more |
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  Today's Climate More Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide Than in Past 12 Million Years Until now, studies of Earth's climate have documented a strong correlation between global climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide; that is, during warm periods, high concentrations of CO2 persist, wh ... more | .. |
  Scientists uncover evidence of impending tipping point for Earth A prestigious group of scientists from around the world is warning that population growth, widespread destruction of natural ecosystems, and climate change may be driving Earth toward an irreversibl ... more | .. |
  Geoengineering could disrupt rainfall patterns A geoengineering solution to climate change could lead to significant rainfall reduction in Europe and North America, a team of European scientists concludes. The researchers studied how models of t ... more | .. |
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  Study predicts imminent irreversible planetary collapse Using scientific theories, toy ecosystem modeling and paleontological evidence as a crystal ball, 18 scientists, including one from Simon Fraser University, predict we're on a much worse collision c ... more | .. |
 Sea temperatures less sensitive to CO2 13 million years ago In the modern global climate, higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are associated with rising ocean temperatures. But the seas were not always so sensitive to this CO2 "forcing," ... more | .. |
 Ecologists Call for Preservation of Planet's Remaining Biological Diversity Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 17 ecologists are calling for renewed international efforts to curb the loss of Earth's biological diversity. The loss is compromising nature's ... more | .. |
  How infectious disease may have shaped human origins Roughly 100,000 years ago, human evolution reached a mysterious bottleneck: Our ancestors had been reduced to perhaps five to ten thousand individuals living in Africa. In time, "behaviorally modern ... 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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  Revealed: Secret of HIV's natural born killers Scientists on Sunday said they had found a key piece in the puzzle as to why a tiny minority of individuals infected with HIV have a natural ability to fight off the deadly AIDS virus. ... more | .. |
 Sri Lanka holds mass baby elephant christening Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage staged its biggest mass christening Sunday by naming 15 baby elephants born in captivity, an official said. ... more | .. |
 Homo heidelbergensis was only slightly taller than the Neanderthal The reconstruction of 27 complete human limb bones found in Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain) has helped to determine the height of various species of the Pleistocene era. Homo heilderbergensis, like Neande ... more | .. |
  Nepal 'Himalayan Viagra' harvest droops to record low Every summer, Himalayan villages empty as locals rush to the mountains of northern Nepal to harvest yarchagumba, a high-altitude wild fungus that is prized for its aphrodisiac qualities. ... more |
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  Hundreds march in Hong Kong over dissident's death At least 1,000 people marched through Hong Kong on Sunday over the death of Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, who was jailed for more than 22 years after the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests. ... more | .. |
  Dozens in hospital after 6.0 quake hits near Turkish resort A strong earthquake hit off the southwest coast of Turkey Sunday near a popular tourist resort, putting dozens of people in hospital, including some who jumped from buildings in panic, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Bamboo points way to green construction in Indonesia's Bali Strong, light and cheaper than steel poles, bamboo is ubiquitous across Asia as scaffolding. ... more | .. |
  Brazilian slum's green oasis a boon to recycling Monkeys swinging from branch to branch, a special gardening section for children and stunning sea views. ... 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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 Ex-hunter thrills bird watchers on Ecuador preserve After hunting birds for decades, Angel Paz now guides bird-watchers who flock to his forested mountain preserve in Ecuador, home to one-sixth of the world's bird species. ... more | .. |
 Wales seeking Rio+20 sustainability impact The regional government of Wales said this week it's going to work with EU president Denmark to push a strong sustainability agenda at an upcoming U.N. summit. ... more | .. |
 Eagles on decline in Britain for centuries Golden and sea eagle populations have been declining in the British Isles for 1,500 years because of human activity, a report released Friday said. ... more | .. |
 German agency to incinerate Bhopal waste: India The Indian government on Friday approved a proposal for a German environmental agency to dispose of over 350 tonnes of waste produced by the Bhopal factory where a gas leak killed thousands in 1984. ... more |
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 India boosts sanctuaries for endangered tiger India has approved four new tiger sanctuaries and a "tiger corridor" in the latest of a series of measures designed to stem the decline of the threatened species. ... more | .. |
 No sea change for European fishing An ambitious reform of Europe's fishing sector to help replenish shrinking fish stocks appears likely to be watered down substantially by European Union nations, diplomats said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Sao Paulo environment czar roots for cities at Rio+20 For the past eight years, Eduardo Jorge has been spearheading efforts to turn Sao Paulo into a greener city that reconciles stunning economic growth with a more sustainable way of life. ... more | .. |
 Kenya's fragile Lake Turkana threatened by Ethiopian dam The fishermen and herders eking out an existence on the shores of the majestic Lake Turkana risk having their way of life destroyed by a giant dam under construction in Ethiopia, their neighbour to the north. ... more |
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Reusable debris collector promises leap forward in sustainable space cleanup
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 US strips seaweed from Japanese tsunami wreck Environmental protection workers stripped seaweed and barnacles Thursday from a tsunami-wrecked dock washed up on a US beach, to guard against "invasive species" from Japan. ... more | .. |
 A different drummer: Stanford engineers discover neural rhythms drive physical movement Unlike their visual cousins, the neurons that control movement are not a predictable bunch. Scientists working to decode how such neurons convey information to muscles have been stymied when trying ... more | .. |
  To what extent do thunderstorms influence the formation of ozone Thunderstorms have a significant effect on the formation of ozone. Nitrogen oxide is produced as a result of lightning; this in turn yields ozone at altitudes of 10 kilometres. Strong updraughts in ... more | .. |
 Latest genomic studies shed new light on maize diversity and evolution BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, together with other 17 international institutes, announced that they completed the second generation of maize HapMap (Maize HapMap2) and genomics stud ... more |
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 Some butterfly species particularly vulnerable to climate change A recent study of the impact of climate change on butterflies suggests that some species might adapt much better than others, with implications for the pollination and herbivory associated with thes ... more | .. |
  New understanding of terrestrial formation has significant and far reaching future implications The current theory of continental drift provides a good model for understanding terrestrial processes through history. However, while plate tectonics is able to successfully shed light on processes ... more | .. |
 Like a jet through solid rock volcanic arc fed by rapid fluid pulses In the depths of the earth, it is anything but peaceful: large quantities of liquids carve their way through the rock as fluids, causing magma to form. A research team led by the University of Munst ... more | .. |
 New study shows why swine flu virus develops drug resistance Computer chips of a type more commonly found in games consoles have been used by scientists at the University of Bristol to reveal how the flu virus resists anti-flu drugs such as Relenza and Tamifl ... more |
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