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One third less life on planet EarthMunich, Germany (SPX) Aug 28, 2012 Previous estimates about the total mass of all life on our planet have to be reduced by about one third. This is the result of a study by a German-US science team published in the current online issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). According to previous estimates about one thousand billion tons of carbon are stored in living organisms, of which 30% in single-cell microbes in the ocean floor and 55 % reside in land plants. The science team around Dr. Jens Kallmeyer ... read more |
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  How methane becomes fish food produced at the bottom of our lakes provides nutrition for microorganisms and eventually becomes an indirect food source for fish. These findings were presented in a one of a kind study that contrad ... more | .. |
 MBL Scientists Discover Nerves Control Iridescence in Squid's Remarkable "Electric Skin" Squid's colorful, changeable skin enables the animal-and their close relatives, cuttlefish and octopus-to display extraordinary camouflage, the speed and diversity of which is unmatched in the anima ... more | .. |
  Plants unpack winter coats when days get shorter Mechanisms that protect plants from freezing are placed in storage during the summer and wisely unpacked when days get shorter. In the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci ... more | .. |
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 A Greener Way to Fertilize Nursery Crops A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has found a "green" alternative to a type of fertilizer additive that is believed to contribute to the accumulation of heavy metals in waterways. ... more | .. |
 How ocean currents affect global climate is a question oceanographer may be close to answering Kevin Speer has a "new paradigm" for describing how the world's oceans circulate - and with it he may help reshape science's understanding of the processes by which wind, water, sunlight and other f ... more | .. |
  Wind concentrates pollutants with unexpected order in an urban environment Cities - with their concrete canyons, isolated greenery, and congested traffic - create seemingly chaotic and often powerful wind patterns known as urban flows. Carried on these winds are a variety ... more | .. |
  Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To New Low In Satellite Era The extent of the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk. According to scientists from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colo., the amount is th ... more |
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China first-quarter emissions fell despite rising power demand
Belgium parliament votes to ditch nuclear power phase-out
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 Sunbathing keeps these insects healthy Sunbathing may be healthy - at least for one group of North American insects that apparently uses the activity to fight off germs, Simon Fraser University scientists have found. Western Boxeld ... more | .. |
 Antarctic ice sheet quakes shed light on ice movement and earthquakes Analysis of small, repeating earthquakes in an Antarctic ice sheet may not only lead to an understanding of glacial movement, but may also shed light on stick slip earthquakes like those on the San ... more | .. |
  Link found between cold European winters and solar activity Scientists have long suspected that the Sun's 11-year cycle influences climate of certain regions on Earth. Yet records of average, seasonal temperatures do not date back far enough to confirm any p ... more | .. |
 China wrestles with acid rain threat An increase in automobile emissions exposed China's Guangdong province to damage from acid rain in the first half of this year, a report found. ... more |
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  New Orleans in crosshairs of expected Hurricane Isaac New Orleans braced for another major storm Monday, seven years after Hurricane Katrina swamped the fabled US city of jazz, leaving behind a devastating sprawl of destruction and death. ... more | .. |
 Floods kill 10, displace 20,000 in Nigeria after dam opened Flooding in eastern Nigeria has killed at least 10 people and displaced an estimated 20,000 following heavy rains and the release of water from a dam in neighbouring Cameroon, an official said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Isaac rains boost Cuba water reserves Tropical Storm Isaac, which swept across Cuba at the weekend before heading toward the southern United States, substantially boosted the communist nation's water reserves, state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Carbon efficiency failing to fight warming: study A surge in carbon emissions from power demand in the developing world is overwhelming progress by nations including China and the United States in improving efficiency, new research shows. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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 Finland leads major counter-pollution drill in Baltic Sea Finland on Monday led one of the biggest counter-pollution drills on the Baltic Sea, involving 70 vessels in the exercise. ... more | .. |
 Access to water key for food security: FAO chief Global food security starts with ensuring access to water, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said at the beginning of World Water Week Monday. ... more | .. |
 7.3 quake off El Salvador, no injuries or damage A powerful earthquake measuring up to 7.3 hit off El Salvador's Pacific coast, triggering a brief tsunami alert for Central America and Mexico but causing no injuries or damage. ... more | .. |
 Arctic ice melts to record low: US researchers The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest ever level in the latest dramatic sign of the long-term impact of global warming, US researchers said Monday. ... more |
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  French boy admits to setting massive forest fire A 14-year-old French boy has admitted to setting a massive forest fire that continued to blaze in southern France on Monday, prosecutors said. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea on alert as major typhoon Bolaven nears South Korea was Monday bracing for major typhoon Bolaven, with a main port and ferry routes closed, classes cancelled, a military exercise suspended and officials put on high alert. ... more | .. |
  Quarry explosion kills nine in China: media A load of explosives accidentally went off on Monday at a quarry supplying a cement plant in southern China, killing nine people and leaving another missing, state media said. ... more | .. |
  Isaac threatens to steal Romney's big moment Tropical Storm Isaac threatened Monday to steal the media spotlight from Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and overshadow the all-important convention that will crown him the nominee. ... more |
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Venus May Host Active Tectonics Driven by Subsurface Plumes
Deploying a practical solution to space debris
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 Isaac hammers Haiti, delays US Republican convention Tropical Storm Isaac battered Haiti on Saturday, leaving at least two people dead, and hit Cuba as Florida braced for a possible hurricane that forced a one-day delay to the Republican convention. ... more | .. |
 Twitter shakes up US election campaign Will tweets make the difference in the 2012 US presidential election? ... more | .. |
 'Pandamania' bears take rocky French road to parenthood Like many normal young couples starting a life together, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi have moved into a new home, happily go about their daily business, and hopes are high for a baby. ... more | .. |
 Tanker-bus crash inferno kills 36 in China At least 36 people died in a fiery collision between a methanol tanker and a double-decker sleeper bus on Sunday in China's worst traffic accident in more than a year. ... more |
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 Taiwan braces for return of Typhoon Tembin Taiwan warned Sunday that Typhoon Tembin was likely to return as people struggled to clear mud-filled homes after the storm pounded the south of the island with the heaviest rains in more than a century. ... more | .. |
 Colombia's foreign, defense ministers keep posts Colombian President Juan Manual Santos said Saturday he denied the resignation of his foreign and defense ministers, but vowed major policy changes. ... more | .. |
  Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead, police said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Research on Wood Formation Sheds Light on Plant Biology Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered a phenomenon never seen before in plants while studying molecular changes inside tree cells as wood is formed. In research published onl ... more |
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