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Research reveals contrasting consequences of a warmer EarthYork UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2012 A new study, by scientists from the Universities of York, Glasgow and Leeds, involving analysis of fossil and geological records going back 540 million years, suggests that biodiversity on Earth generally increases as the planet warms. But the research says that the increase in biodiversity depends on the evolution of new species over millions of years, and is normally accompanied by extinctions of existing species. The researchers suggest that present trends of increasing temperature are unlikely ... read more |
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  Earthquake Hazards Map Study Finds Deadly Flaws, MU Researcher Suggests Improvements Three of the largest and deadliest earthquakes in recent history occurred where earthquake hazard maps didn't predict massive quakes. A University of Missouri scientist and his colleagues recently s ... more | .. |
  Major world interests at stake in Canada's vast Mackenzie River Basin The governance of Canada's massive Mackenzie River Basin holds enormous national but also global importance due to the watershed's impact on the Arctic Ocean, international migratory birds and clima ... more | .. |
 Scripps Researchers Pinpoint Hot Spots as Earthquake Trigger Points Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have come a step closer to deciphering some of the basic mysteries and mechanisms behind earthquakes and how average-sized earthquak ... more | .. |
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  Discovery may help protect crops from stressors Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a key genetic switch by which plants control their response to ethylene gas, a natural plant hormone best known for its abilit ... more | .. |
  Increased Sediment and Nutrients Delivered to Bay as Susquehanna Reservoirs Near Sediment Capacity Reservoirs near the mouth of the Susquehanna River just above Chesapeake Bay are nearly at capacity in their ability to trap sediment. As a result, large storms are already delivering increasingly m ... more | .. |
 Coral scientists use new model to find where corals are most likely to survive climate change Marine conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society working with other coral reef experts have identified heat-tolerant coral species living in locations with continuous background temper ... more | .. |
  Ancient genome reveals its secrets The analyses of an international team of researchers led by Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, show that the genetic variation of Denisovans ... 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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 Smaller families increases descendant wealth but reduces evolutionary success Scientists have taken a step closer to solving one of life's mysteries - why family size generally falls as societies become richer. Evolutionary biologists have long puzzled over this because natur ... more | .. |
  US voters asked 'are you better off than 4 years ago?' A simple question that distils much of the debate swirling in America's Great Recession election appears to have Democrats tied in knots. ... more | .. |
  Storms kill 20 people in Algeria Storms sweeping across northeast Algeria have killed 20 people and injured 56, the state news agency APS on Sunday cited emergency services as saying. ... more | .. |
  Brazil humpback population on the rebound Last year, nearly 11,500 humpback whales were counted off the coast of Brazil - a new record, the Baleia Jubarte Institute cheered Sunday in a report. ... more |
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 Bangladesh suspends officials over tiger smuggling Bangladesh said on Monday that nine forest officials had been suspended for "gross negligence" after three Bengal tiger cubs were found in a house in Dhaka where they were being kept by smugglers. ... more | .. |
 No escape from domestic politics for Clinton in Asia US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is missing the Democratic Party convention to build ties in Asia as the US relationship with China increasingly encroaches on politics back home. ... more | .. |
  China villager bombs local government office A villager in rural east China unhappy over social injustice detonated an explosive in a local government building Monday, killing himself and wounding six others, state press said. ... more | .. |
 Dakar floods uncover ancient tools, jewellery: researchers Pieces of pottery, iron tools and jewellery dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Dakar after recent torrential rains flooded some suburbs, university researchers told AFP on Monday. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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 N. Korea says typhoon killed 48 people A strong typhoon which hit North Korea last week killed 48 people and left more than 50 injured or missing, the country's state news agency said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 US experts probe beaching that killed 17 whales US scientists are to investigate what led 22 whales to beach themselves in Florida - killing 17 of them - one of three such incidents in North America over the weekend. ... more | .. |
 A Slow-moving Isaac Brings Flooding to Gulf States Isaac - once a Category 1 hurricane and now a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (60 knots) - continues to create havoc across the Gulf Coast, from eastern Texas ... more | .. |
  Up in the air: Heating by black carbon aerosol re-evaluated Viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists predicted, raising new questions abo ... more |
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 Rice, MD Anderson scientists probe mystery of operon evolution The threads of an evolutionary mystery that dates to the birth of molecular biology are beginning to unravel, thanks to a new investigation by computational bioengineers at Rice University and the U ... more | .. |
 Scientists call policy-makers to be scale-aware To be successful, nature conservation measures must account for the complexity of the human impact and how nature responds to them, at different spatial and temporal scales. "Scale-sensitive researc ... more | .. |
 New DNA-method tracks fish and whales in seawater Danish researchers at University of Copenhagen lead the way for future monitoring of marine biodiversity and resources by using DNA traces in seawater samples to keep track of fish and whales in the ... more | .. |
 Viruses Could be the Key to Healthy Corals Corals are an invaluable part of the marine ecosystem, fostering biodiversity and protecting coastlines. But they're also increasingly endangered. Pathogenic bacteria, along with pollution and harmf ... 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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 Uncoiling the cucumber's enigma Captivated by a strange coiling behavior in the grasping tendrils of the cucumber plant, researchers at Harvard University have characterized a new type of spring that is soft when pulled gently and ... more | .. |
 New Nature study illuminates 55 million years of the carbon cycle and climate history A study in Nature provides, in unprecedented detail, the history of a crucial indicator of the relationship between the carbon cycle and climate processes over the past 55 million years. Over this t ... more | .. |
 Why are there so many species of beetles and so few crocodiles? There are more than 400,000 species of beetles and only two species of the tuatara, a reptile cousin of snakes and lizards that lives in New Zealand. Crocodiles and alligators, while nearly 250 mill ... more | .. |
 Fishermen battle for tradition amid French Riviera luxury The fishing villages have become chic resorts and the yachts of the wealthy dominate the waters of the French Riviera, but the 300 odd fishermen who remain on this sunny coast are determined to keep up a tradition that is also their livelihood. ... more |
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  DNA of ancient human decoded The genome of a cave-dwelling girl from 80,000 years ago has been analyzed in such detail it's known she had brown hair, eyes and skin, German researchers say. ... more | .. |
  More Yosemite tourists infected with deadly virus Six visitors to California's famous Yosemite National Park have now been infected with a rare rodent-born virus, two of whom have died, officials said Thursday, in an update on the outbreak. ... more | .. |
  Democrats scold Romney for storm tour 'hypocrisy' Democrats leaders branded Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's survey of hurricane damage in Louisiana the "height of hypocrisy" Friday, alleging his policies would gut disaster funding. ... more | .. |
 Drought hits Mississippi shipping, even after hurricane When it comes to maneuvering a powerful towboat in as little as four feet of muddy water, it helps to know the Mississippi River as intimately as Arthur Ward does. ... more |
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