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Study Slashes Deforestation Carbon Emission EstimatePasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2012 A new study with NASA participation has sharply reduced previous estimates of how much carbon was emitted into Earth's atmosphere from tropical deforestation in the early 2000s. Research scientist Sassan Saatchi of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., participated in the study, published June 21 in the journal Science. The team, led by researchers from Winrock International, an environmental nonprofit organization in Little Rock, Ark., also included scientists from Applied GeoSoluti ... read more |
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  Top predators key to extinctions as planet warms Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions among species in their models, Yale and UConn researchers argue in Science. "Currently, ... more | .. |
  New deglaciation data opens door for earlier First Americans migration A new study of lake sediment cores from Sanak Island in the western Gulf of Alaska suggests that deglaciation there from the last Ice Age took place as much as 1,500 to 2,000 years earlier than prev ... more | .. |
  US journal prints controversial bird flu research The US journal Science published research Thursday on how a mutant bird flu may spread among mammals and possibly humans, following months of controversy over the risks of bioterrorism. ... more | .. |
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 Remote Siberian Lake Holds Clues to Arctic - and Antarctic - Climate Change Intense warm climate intervals - warmer than scientists thought possible - have occurred in the Arctic over the past 2.8 million years. That result comes from the first analyses of the longest sedim ... more | .. |
 Arctic once had extreme warm periods: study An international team of scientists said Thursday that the Arctic went through ice-free periods of extreme warmth over the past 2.8 million years, based on a new analysis of deep sediment in Russia. ... more | .. |
 Climate drilling in the Arctic Circle During the past 2.8 million years extreme warm periods occurred in the Arctic at irregular intervals. Analytical results from the longest sediment core that has ever been drilled in the terrestrial ... more | .. |
 Arctic climate more vulnerable than thought, maybe linked to Antarctic ice-sheet behavior First analyses of the longest sediment core ever collected on land in the terrestrial Arctic, published this week in Science, provide documentation that intense warm intervals, warmer than scientist ... more |
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Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
Agrivoltaic systems gain public favor over conventional solar parks
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 Elephant seals help uncover slower-than-expected Antarctic melting Don't let the hobbling, wobbling, and blubber fool you into thinking elephant seals are merely sluggish sun bathers. In fact, scientists are benefiting from these seals' surprisingly lengthy migrati ... more | .. |
  Restoring Streams Helps Winter Songbirds A new study by PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) and the National Aviary finds that restoring floodplain forests in the Central Valley of California helps songbirds survive through the winter, a find ... more | .. |
  2012 Noctilucent Cloud Season Begins Data from NASA's AIM spacecraft show that noctilucent clouds (NLCs) are like a great "geophysical light bulb". They turn on every year in late spring, reaching almost full intensity over a period of ... more | .. |
  Chris becomes season's first Atlantic hurricane Chris has strengthened to become the first Atlantic hurricane of 2012, but is way off the coast of Canada's Newfoundland and posing no threat to land, US experts said Thursday. ... more |
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  Commentary: Romney's competing teams Ever since Mitt Romney announced his team of 22 special advisers on foreign policy and national security issues and 13 separate regional and issue-oriented working groups, three distinct factions have emerged, competing for the candidate's attention and approval. ... more | .. |
 Paul McCartney, Penelope Cruz join 'Arctic sanctuary' drive Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, actress Penelope Cruz and director Robert Redford have joined a campaign for a "global sanctuary" around the North Pole, Greenpeace announced Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Oracle chief buys Hawaiian island Oracle boss Larry Ellison has bought a Hawaiian island from a fellow multi-billionaire businessman, the governor of the US Pacific Ocean state said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Zimbabwe lawmakers get tested for HIV Dozens of Zimbabwean lawmakers on Thursday underwent HIV tests at parliament, with many pledging to undergo circumcision the following day, at the start of a new anti-AIDS campaign. ... more |
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Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Dome' missile shield for US
Philippines, US coast guards join military drills in South China Sea
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  Ai Weiwei says 'cannot leave China' as bail ends Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said Thursday he was still barred from leaving the country despite the expiry of a one-year bail condition imposed after his release from detention last June. ... more | .. |
Two Tibetans set themselves alight in China Two young Tibetans in a remote area of northwest China set themselves alight, state media and a rights group said Thursday, in the latest such protest against Chinese rule. ... more | .. |
  Google sets out to save dying languages Google has set out to save the world's dying languages. ... more | .. |
  Over 30 years of global soil moisture observations for climate applications Water held in soil plays an important role in the climate system. The dataset released by ESA is the first remote-sensing soil moisture data record spanning the period 1978 to 2010 - a predecessor o ... more |
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 Key part of plants' rapid response system revealed Science has known about plant hormones since Charles Darwin experimented with plant shoots and showed that the shoots bend toward the light as long as their tips, which are secreting a growth hormon ... more | .. |
 Researchers search for viruses to save honeybees In an effort to save the dwindling honeybee population researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are looking to viruses to help treat one of the most destructive and widespread bee brood di ... more | .. |
 Scientists develop first satellite deforestation tracker for whole of Latin America An international team of researchers in Colombia, the UK, USA and Switzerland have developed the first ever system to monitor deforestation across Latin America in near real-time using satellite dat ... more | .. |
  Population displacement during disasters predicted using mobile data Using data supplied by a mobile operator, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that population movements after the 2010 Haiti earthquake followed regular patterns. This information can be ... more |
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Is gravity quantum?
Reusable debris collector promises leap forward in sustainable space cleanup
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  Clues to nervous system evolution found in nerve-less sponge UC Santa Barbara scientists turned to the simple sponge to find clues about the evolution of the complex nervous system and found that, but for a mechanism that coordinates the expression of genes t ... more | .. |
 Adaptable decision making in the brain Researchers at the University of Iowa, together with colleagues from the California Institute of Technology and New York University, have discovered how a part of the brain helps predict future even ... more | .. |
 Green grabs: The dark side of the green economy 'Green grabbing' - the rapidly-growing appropriation of land and resources in the name of 'green ' biofuels, carbon offsetting schemes, conservation efforts and eco-tourism initiatives - is forcing ... more | .. |
 Record ivory heist at Zambia wildlife HQ Thieves stole three tonnes of ivory tusks from a strong room at the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA), the biggest heist of its kind in the country, an official said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Predators Have Outsized Influence Over Habitats A grasshopper's change in diet to high-energy carbohydrates while being hunted by spiders may affect the way soil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research results published ... more | .. |
 Study suggests expanded concept of 'urban watershed' Within two decades, 60 percent of the world's population will live in cities, and coping with the resulting urban drinking water and sanitation issues will be one of the greatest challenges of this ... more | .. |
 Nepal launches drones to combat poachers Conservationists in Nepal are to send drone aircraft into the skies in the battle to save the Himalayan nation's endangered tigers and rhinos from poachers. ... more | .. |
 Rio+20: Maldives to create world's biggest marine reserve The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives announced at the Rio+20 summit here Wednesday it would create the world's biggest marine reserve to protect its fisheries and biodiversity. ... more |
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