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Loss of tropical forests reduces rainLeeds UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2012 Deforestation can have a significant effect on tropical rainfall, new research confirms. The findings have potentially devastating impacts for people living in and near the Amazon and Congo forests. A team from the University of Leeds and the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology found that for the majority of the Earth's tropical land surface, air passing over extensive forests produces at least twice as much rain as air passing over little vegetation. In some cases these forests increased rainfa ... read more |
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  Concern about plans to close unique Canadian environmental project The Canadian government's plans to discontinue in 2013 a unique environmental research project that has yielded insights into water pollution, climate change and other topics for almost 40 years wou ... more | .. |
  Yale team finds order amidst the chaos within the human genome The massive Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) unveiled Sept. 5 reveals a human genome vastly more rich and complex than envisioned even a decade ago. In a key supporting paper published in the j ... more | .. |
 Major advances in understanding the regulation and organization of the human genome The National Human Genome Research Institute has announced the results of a five-year international study of the regulation and organization of the human genome. The project is named ENCODE, which s ... more | .. |
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  Research reveals contrasting consequences of a warmer Earth 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 gen ... more | .. |
  Glacial thinning has sharply accelerated at major South American icefields For the past four decades scientists have monitored the ebbs and flows of the icefields in the southernmost stretch of South America's vast Andes Mountains, detecting an overall loss of ice as the c ... more | .. |
  Trout will become extinct in the Iberian Peninsula in less than 100 years Climate change, pollution, the extraction of water for irrigation and overfishing all threaten the survival of the common trout. This fish is very sensitive to changes in its environment and, accord ... more | .. |
  Harnessing anticancer drugs for the future fight against influenza Medical Systems Virology group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki, together with its national and international collaborators, developed a new cell ... 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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 Changes in water chemistry leave lake critters defenseless Imagine that the players on your favourite football team were smaller than their opponents, and had to play without helmets or pads. Left defenseless, they would become easy prey for other teams. Si ... more | .. |
  Wild bees: Champions for food security and protecting our biodiversity Pollinating insects contribute to agricultural production in 150 (84%) European crops. These crops depend partly or entirely upon insects for their pollination and yield. The value of insect pollina ... more | .. |
 Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods You're in the supermarket eyeing a basket of sweet, juicy plums. You reach for the conventionally grown stone fruit, then decide to spring the extra $1/pound for its organic cousin. You figure you'v ... more | .. |
  Gardener's delight offers glimpse into the evolution of flowering plants The Pink Double Dandy peony, the Double Peppermint petunia, the Doubled Strawberry Vanilla lily and nearly all roses are varieties cultivated for their double flowers. The blossoms of these and othe ... more |
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 Study identifies prime source of ocean methane Up to 4 percent of the methane on Earth comes from the ocean's oxygen-rich waters, but scientists have been unable to identify the source of this potent greenhouse gas. Now researchers report that t ... more | .. |
 Spinach power gets a big boost An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a way to combine the photosynthetic protein that converts light into electrochemical energy in spinach with silicon, ... more | .. |
 No-Till Farming Helps Capture Snow and Soil Water A smooth blanket of snow in the winter can help boost dryland crop productivity in the summer, and no-till management is one way to ensure that blanket coverage, according to U.S. Department of Agri ... more | .. |
 Bees, fruits and money Two thirds of the crops humans use for food production and the majority of wild plant species depend on pollination by insects such as bees and hover-flies. This ecosystem service, however, provided ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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 Climate change stories from the abyss A team of scientists including those from the University of Southampton have shed new light on the world's history of climate change. The Pacific Ocean has remained the largest of all oceans on the ... more | .. |
  'Magic carpet' could help prevent falls Plastic optical fibres, laid on the underlay of a carpet, can bend when anyone treads on it and map, in real-time, their walking patterns. Tiny electronics at the edges act as sensors and relay sign ... more | .. |
 Study offers new hope for increasing global food production, reducing environmental impact of agriculture Can we have enough to eat and a healthy environment, too? Yes-if we're smart about it, suggests a study published in Nature this week by a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and Mc ... more | .. |
 Human Impact Felt on Black Sea Long Before Industrial Era When WHOI geologist Liviu Giosan first reconstructed the history of how the Danube River built its delta, he was presented with a puzzle. In the delta's early stages of development, the river deposi ... more |
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 Russia's unique economic position in the Arctic Historically, the Arctic Region has been part and parcel of the Russian economy. Due to the decades-long support from the Russian government, it boasts a powerful industrial infrastructure and the s ... more | .. |
 Coastline erosion due to rise in sea level greater than previously thought A new model allows researchers at UNESCO-IHE, TU Delft and Deltares to much more accurately predict coastline erosion due to rising sea levels. It would appear that the effects of coastline erosion ... more | .. |
 Less ferocious Tasmanian devils could help save species from extinction Evolving to become less aggressive could be key to saving the Tasmanian devil - famed for its ferocity - from extinction, research suggests. The species is being wiped out by Devil Facial Tumour Dis ... more | .. |
 Tracking fish through a coral reef seascape Ocean scientists have long known that juvenile coral reef fishes use coastal seagrass and mangrove habitats as nurseries, later moving as adults onto coral reefs. But the fishes' movements, and the ... 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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 Tigers take the night shift to coexist with people Tigers don't have a reputation for being accommodating, but a new study indicates that the feared and revered carnivores in and around a world-renowned park in Nepal are taking the night shift to be ... more | .. |
 Benign malaria key driver of human evolution in Asia-Pacific Their finding challenges the widely-accepted theory that Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the most lethal form of malaria, is the only malaria parasite capable of driving genome evolution in huma ... more | .. |
 Experts propose 'cyber war' on cancer In the face of mounting evidence that cancer cells communicate, cooperate and even engage in collective decision-making, biophysicists and cancer researchers at Rice University, Tel Aviv University ... more | .. |
  Mount Fuji 'under more pressure than last eruption' Pressure in the magma chamber of Japan's Mount Fuji is now higher than it was the last time the volcano erupted more than 300 years ago, scientists say, according to a report Thursday. ... more |
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  Oil spill ship's officers deported from New Zealand The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster were deported to the Philippines Thursday after completing half of their seven-month jail terms. ... more | .. |
 Floods kill 18 in Burkina Faso, leave 21,000 homeless Heavy rains and flooding since the start of June have claimed 18 lives in Burkina Faso and made more than 21,000 people homeless, an emergency aid official said Thurday. ... more | .. |
 Extinction fears shadow global conservation forum The world's largest conservation forum opened in South Korea Thursday with warnings that reckless development was ruining the planet's natural health, pushing thousands of species towards extinction. ... more | .. |
 Hurricane Michael weakens in Atlantic: forecasters Hurricane Michael weakened on Thursday as it churned far from land in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with no expected threat to land, US forecasters said. ... more |
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