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Marine plants can flee to avoid predatorsNarragansett, RI (SPX) Oct 03, 2012 Scientists at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography have made the first observation of a predator avoidance behavior by a species of phytoplankton, a microscopic marine plant. Susanne Menden-Deuer, associate professor of oceanography, and doctoral student Elizabeth Harvey made the unexpected observation while studying the interactions between phytoplankton and zooplankton. Their discovery will be published in the September 28 issue of the journal PLOS ONE. "It has ... read more |
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  New clues about ancient water cycles shed light on US deserts The deserts of Utah and Nevada have not always been dry. Between 14,000 and 20,000 years ago, when large ice caps covered Canada during the last glacial cooling, valleys throughout the desert southw ... more | .. |
 Now in Science: It's not too late for troubled fisheries A study published in Science magazine and co-authored by Bren School Sustainable Fisheries Group (SFG) researchers and their colleagues confirms suspicions that thousands of "data-poor" fisheries, r ... more | .. |
 White shark diets vary with age and among individuals White sharks, the largest predatory sharks in the ocean, are thought of as apex predators that feed primarily on seals and sea lions. But a new study by researchers at the University of California, ... more | .. |
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 Songs in the key of sea Soft horns and a tinkling piano form the backbone of "Fifty Degrees North, Four Degrees West," a jazz number with two interesting twists: it has no composer and no actual musicians. Unless you count ... more | .. |
 Great Barrier Reef loosing coral Half of the Great Barrier Reef's coral has been wiped out in the last 27 years, a new study says. ... more | .. |
  Bhutan aims to be first 100% organic nation The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking "happiness" for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic. ... more | .. |
  YouTube, Xbox to stream US presidential debates YouTube has announced it will stream the three debates between US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, along with the vice presidential debate. ... 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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  Nigeria seasonal floods kill 148: Red Cross Flooding across Nigeria has killed at least 148 people and displaced more than 64,000, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning of an increased risk that water-borne diseases like cholera could spread. ... more | .. |
Amnesty urges Egypt to end 'bloody legacy' of abuse Amnesty International urged Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on Tuesday to implement reforms in the police and army, publishing two reports condemning human rights abuses by security forces. ... more | .. |
Rebel tailor sews change in Colombia For 10 years, Alvaro Perez was a tailor of war, making uniforms for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Now, as the rebels start a peace dialogue, he is living change: sewing school uniforms. ... more | .. |
 Morocco mission to rescue last of the Atlas lions Almost a century after a French colonial hunter put a bullet in what came to be viewed as the last Atlas lion living in the wild, a Moroccan zoo is struggling to claw the fabled subspecies back from the brink of extinction. ... more |
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  Rangers losing battle in Philippine forests Father-of-five Alex Lesber patrols one of the Philippines' most important forests carrying a cheap pistol and memories of a pastor being shot dead in front of him. ... more | .. |
  Ferry crash raises Hong Kong harbour questions Hong Kong has thrived as Asia's throbbing transport hub, but a deadly ferry accident on the busy National Day holiday has raised questions about safety on the city's frenetic harbour. ... more | .. |
  Two people die of cholera in Iraqi Kurdistan Two people have died of cholera in Iraqi Kurdistan's Sulaimaniyah province in the second outbreak in five years, the autonomous region's health minister said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Australian tycoon fined for Arctic party cruise Warming has opened up the Arctic to shipping and now also raucous tourists, say Canadian authorities who last month levied $10,000 in fines against an Australian tycoon for a booze-fueled party cruise. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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Norway, Switzerland in push to protect 'environmental refugees' People forced to flee their countries by natural disasters find themselves in a legal vacuum where they are considered neither refugees nor migrants, Norway and Switzerland said Tuesday, as they launched an initiative aimed at protecting them. ... more | .. |
  Indonesians hack into beached whales in mass stranding Locals on a remote island in eastern Indonesia on Tuesday cut up several dead pilot whales for food after a mass stranding that killed at least 41 of the mammals, an official said. ... more | .. |
Ai Weiwei gets first big US show, shaped by his plight The first US survey of the work of Ai Weiwei opens this weekend in Washington, shaped - in the words of the dissident artist himself - by his ongoing struggle with the powers that be in Beijing. ... more | .. |
 Semi-dwarf trees may enable a green revolution for some forest crop The same "green revolution" concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billions of people around the world may now offer similar potential in forestry, scientists say, wit ... more |
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 Sandia probability maps help sniff out food contamination Uncovering the sources of fresh food contamination could become faster and easier thanks to analysis done at Sandia National Laboratories' National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NIS ... more | .. |
 An Old Pest Reemerges in Organic Orchards The apple flea weevil, a sporadic insect pest in the early 1900s, has reemerged as a severe pest in organic apple orchards in Michigan, where outbreak population levels have been observed since 2008 ... more | .. |
 Stanford bioengineers introduce 'Bi-Fi' - The biological internet If you were a bacterium, the virus M13 might seem innocuous enough. It insinuates more than it invades, setting up shop like a freeloading houseguest, not a killer. Once inside it makes itself at ho ... more | .. |
  Active Faults More Accessible to Geologists An October GSA article, "Open-source archive of active faults for northwest South America," by Gabriel Veloza and colleagues, is now online. The article introduces the "Active Tectonics of the Andes ... more |
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Deploying a practical solution to space debris
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 Reclassifying protists helps us understand how many species remain undiscovered Since the Victorian era, categorizing the natural world has challenged scientists. No group has presented a challenge as tricky as the protists, the tiny, complex life forms that are neither plants ... more | .. |
 Uranium-contaminated site yields wealth of information on microbes 10 feet under University of California, Berkeley, scientists have sequenced nearly all the genes in an underground community of microbes at a contaminated uranium mill site in Rifle, Colo., providing information ... more | .. |
 China's dams a threat to the Mekong China's most recent hydropower project on the Mekong River, the Nuozhadu Dam, threatens the ecosystem of the river, experts warn. ... more | .. |
Plant scientists create 'see-through' soil Researchers in Scotland say they have developed a see-through soil that will enable scientists to study roots in detail for the first time. ... more |
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  Twenty-five killed in Hong Kong ferry collision: official Twenty-five people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger boats collided and one sunk off Hong Kong late Monday, officials said. ... more | .. |
World facing unprecedented refugee crisis: UNHCR UN refugee agency chief Antonio Guterres warned Monday that a surge in the number of refugees around the world was causing a crisis that was unprecedented in recent history. ... more | .. |
Saudi take steps to thwart epidemic at hajj: report Saudi Arabia has taken measures to deal with any epidemic that may break out during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a minister said in remarks published Monday, stressing that the spread of a mystery illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus was "limited." ... more | .. |
  Salt marsh carbon may play role in slowing climate warming A warming climate and rising seas will enable salt marshes to more rapidly capture and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, possibly playing a role in slowing the rate of climate change, accor ... more |
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