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Scientists predict major shifts in Pacific ecosystems by 2100Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2012 What if you woke up every day to find that the closest grocery store had moved several miles farther away from your home? Over time, you would have to travel hundreds of extra miles to find essential food for yourself and your family. This is potentially a scenario faced by thousands of marine animals affected by climate change. A new study published in Nature Climate Change examines the distribution of various open ocean animals in the North Pacific and explores how that could change over the nex ... read more |
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  Melting Arctic ice cap at record low Think of a poor hamster on a spinning wheel, caught up by momentum and unable to stop until it's overwhelmed, sent tumbling, crashing out of control inside. That's the analogy John Yackel, hea ... more | .. |
  WASTED; NRDC report finds that Americans waste 40 percent of all food At a time of rising food prices and growing food insecurity, Americans are wasting more food than ever before-up 50 percent since the 1970s. Agriculture sucks up an incredible 80 percent of th ... more | .. |
  Curious About Life: Interview with David Grinspoon The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet ... more | .. |
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  Constraining world trade is unlikely to help the climate Instead, researchers were able to pin down a number of factors explaining the pronounced imbalances between emission importers and exporters, the US current account deficit being one of them. Their ... more | .. |
 Warning of 'water bankruptcy' for many regions after reviewing 200 major global projects A study of almost 200 major international water-related projects over the past 20 years has identified a suite of existing and emerging challenges and how science can offer remedies. The Globa ... more | .. |
  Remarkable enzyme points the way to reducing nitric acid use in industry An enzyme in the bacterium that causes potato scab could help create new, environmentally-benign biocatalysts with the potential to cut use of the highly corrosive chemical nitric acid. Chemis ... more | .. |
 Managing Soil Copper in Crops Irrigated with Cattle Footbath Wastewater Getting a head start on stopping soil copper buildup will now be a bit easier, thanks to studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. This research could help Pacific Northwest farme ... 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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  Boycotted Belarus election declared valid Enough residents voted in otherwise-boycotted Parliamentary elections in Belarus to make the results valid, the country's Central Election Commission has declared. ... more | .. |
  U.N.: World must sustain its forests A country's forests must be carefully managed because they play a crucial role in helping achieve sustainable development, a senior U.N. official says. ... more | .. |
 El Nino may soon return: UN weather agency The El Nino weather phenomenon could return within days but will be relatively weak compared with past episodes, the UN's weather agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Nepal avalanche survivors tell of bodies at sunrise Climbers who survived an avalanche in the dark on one of the world's deadliest peaks told Tuesday of their horror as breaking dawn revealed the bodies of their companions littering the mountain. ... more |
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  S. America's Pacific coast eyes tsunami warning system Officials from countries along South America's Pacific coast met at a UNESCO-sponsored event in Peru's capital Tuesday to design a tsunami early-warning system. ... more | .. |
  China may toughen laws on 'illegal' mapping: state media Cartographers who publish maps which do not include all of China's territorial claims may receive tougher punishments in future, according to a draft of regulations, state media reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Google offers virtual dives in world's coral reefs Google late Tuesday began letting users of its online mapping service take virtual scuba dives to explore precious living reefs being surveyed by scientists. ... more | .. |
  Tibetans seek signs of hope in China's next leader In their long and fruitless struggle against Chinese rule, Tibetans have often leapt on any reason to stay optimistic - and, for some, a new leader in Beijing offers a fresh glimmer of hope. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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 Global warming slows down world economy: report Climate change caused by global warming is slowing down world economic output by 1.6 percent a year and will lead to a doubling of costs in the next two decades, a major new report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Rudolph unfed loathes rain, dear Arctic reindeer have no problems with snowstorms but are badly affected by rain, a finding that has implications for assessing how climate change affects wildlife, a study on Wednesday says. ... more | .. |
 Miriam strengthens to Category Three hurricane Hurricane Miriam, churning far off Mexico's Pacific coast, strengthened Monday to a category three storm with winds of 120 miles (195 kilometers) per hour, US forecasters said. ... more | .. |
 Scientific discovery offers 'green' solution in fight against greenhouse gases A low-cost new material that could lead to innovative technologies to tackle global warming has been discovered by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The porous material, named NOTT-3 ... more |
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 Italian prosecutors demand prison for quake scientists Italian prosecutors on Tuesday requested prison sentences of four years each for seven scientists accused of underestimating the risks of an earthquake in L'Aquila in 2009 that killed 309 people. ... more | .. |
  New SARS-like mystery illness emerges in Mideast: WHO The World Health Organisation issued a global alert on Monday for a new SARS-like respiratory virus which left a man from Qatar critically ill in a London hospital and killed at least one more in Saudi Arabia. ... more | .. |
 Indian minister quits over alleged irrigation graft An Indian regional minister resigned on Tuesday following claims of a huge scam linked to irrigation projects, in the latest alleged graft scandal to hit Indian politics. ... more | .. |
 Stratosphere targets deep sea to shape climate A University of Utah study suggests something amazing: Periodic changes in winds 15 to 30 miles high in the stratosphere influence the seas by striking a vulnerable "Achilles heel" in the North Atla ... more |
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 Nunavut's mysterious ancient life could return by 2100 Global climate change means that recently discovered ancient forests in Canada's extreme north could one day return, according to Alexandre Guertin-Pasquier of the University of Montreal's Departmen ... more | .. |
Exiles debate future under China for 'prison camp' Tibet The Tibetans' exiled political leadership said Tuesday the region had been turned into a giant prison by China and that an imminent change at the top in Beijing was little cause for optimism. ... more | .. |
 Military called in to help flood-hit NE India Air force helicopters and soldiers in rubber dinghies helped deliver fresh water and food to flood victims in northeast India on Tuesday as the number of displaced rose to 1.8 million. ... more | .. |
  New California Law Boosts Sustainable Materials Industry California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on Friday Assembly Bill 2205, which clears the way for a new, revolutionary materials industry in California. AB 2205, authored by Assembly Member V. ... more |
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  3M Hosts Energy-Efficiency Workshop to Improve Energy Efficiency Manufacturing 3M hosted a regional energy-efficiency workshop in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR Industrial Partnership for companies interested in improving energy effici ... more | .. |
  New international partnership tailor-made for UK nuclear industry AREVA, a global leader in nuclear energy and Atkins, one of the world's leading engineering and design consultancies, have formed a joint venture to compete for projects in the UK nuclear fuel manag ... more | .. |
 Using Information and Communications Technology to Create Cohesive, Sustainable Cities More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas, and countries such as India and China are in need of hundreds of additional cities to accommodate growing populations. People in many c ... more | .. |
 Electric Bike Technologies and AllCell Technologies to Partner for E-Bike Battery Sales Electric Bike Technologies LLC (makers of the E-BikeKit electric bike conversion kit) and AllCell Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote and sell lithium-ion batte ... more |
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