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Climate change cripples forestsLos Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 04, 2012 Combine the tree-ring growth record with historic information, climate records and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the southwestern United States. That's the word from a team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Arizona, and several other partner organizations. Described in a paper published in Nature Climate Change this week, "Temperature as a potent driver of regiona ... read more |
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  Tadpole Shrimp a New Rice Pest in the Midsouth Tadpole shrimp are pests of rice production systems in California and have recently been found impacting Missouri and Arkansas rice fields. The shrimp feed on rice seedlings and uproot them during f ... more | .. |
 Too Little Nitrogen May Restrain Carbon Storage Capability Of Plants Plants' ability to absorb increased levels of carbon dioxide in the air may have been overestimated, a new University of Minnesota study shows. The study, published this week in the journal Na ... more | .. |
  Predatory bacterial crowdsourcing Move forward. High-five your neighbor. Turn around. Repeat. That's the winning formula of one of the world's smallest predators, the soil bacteria Myxococcus xanthus, and a new study by scientists a ... more | .. |
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 Honey bees fight back against Varroa The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is a major contributor to the recent mysterious death of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Geno ... more | .. |
  'Tricorder'-like medical device described Technology using acoustic waves to sort cells on a chip may create miniature medical analytic devices like Star Trek's tricorder, researchers at Penn State say. ... more | .. |
  For young voters, it's still the economy Young Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: The economy will mean both groups will turn out in full force at the polls. ... more | .. |
 Rare tiger dies after Indonesia flight switch A rare Sumatran tiger has died after his transport to an Indonesia park was aborted and he was put on a second flight because plane passengers complained about the smell, an official said. ... 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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 Superweeds linked to rising herbicide use in GM crops A study published this week by Washington State University research professor Charles Benbrook finds that the use of herbicides in the production of three genetically modified herbicide-tolerant cro ... more | .. |
 New technologies advance livestock genomics for agricultural and biomedical uses New genome editing technologies developed at the University of Minnesota for use on livestock will allow scientists to learn more about human diseases. The genomic technique, known as TALENS, ... more | .. |
  The chemical memory of seawater Water does not forget, says Prof. Boris Koch, a chemist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association. Irrespective of what happens in the sea: whether t ... more | .. |
  Mobiles phones getting less toxic: researcher Mobile phone manufacturers, responding to consumer and regulatory pressure, are using fewer toxic substances in their products, researchers in the United States said Wednesday. ... more |
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  Humans added plenty greenhouse gases before industrialisation Humans were big emitters of greenhouse gases long before the Industrial Revolution, a finding that raises worrying questions about the benchmark for measuring global warming, a study published on Wednesday said. ... more | .. |
  18 school children buried in China landslide Eighteen primary school pupils were buried Thursday when a landslide struck their school in a southwestern Chinese region that was hit by deadly earthquakes last month, state media said. ... more | .. |
  Russia blames Al-Qaeda for Europe wildfires The head of Russia's Federal Security Service blamed Al-Qaeda Wednesday for a recent series of deadly forest fires in Europe, saying they were set by arsonists as part of the group's strategy to exhaust its enemies with low-cost attacks. ... more | .. |
 Australia admits neglect of Great Barrier Reef The Australian government admits the Great Barrier Reef has been neglected for decades after a study showed it has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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  Australia hits out at Japan at whale research launch Australian Environment Minister Tony Burke Thursday hit out at Japan's "alleged" scientific whaling as researchers hailed the testing of new acoustic tracking technology for the endangered blue whale. ... more | .. |
 Mother of cultivated rice came from China's Pearl River /> The mother of all cultivated rice was grown on China's Pearl River, according to a DNA "map" published on Wednesday. The first domesticated strain of rice was Oryza sativa japonica, which wa ... more | .. |
  Chinese actress sues US website over Bo link claims Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is suing a US-based Chinese online news outlet over claims that she was a prostitute who had sex with top official Bo Xilai and others, a lawyer said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Hong Kong seeks answers after deadly ferry crash Hong Kong investigators on Wednesday examined the wreck of a boat that sank in a collision which killed 38 people, as the city sought answers to its worst maritime accident for decades. ... more |
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Costa Rica set to ban hunting, a first in the Americas Costa Rica is set to be the first country in the American continent to ban recreational hunting after the country's legislature approved the popular measure by a wide margin. ... more | .. |
  Typhoon Maliksi nearing Japan's northeast A strong typhoon was looming off Japan's northeastern Pacific coast on Thursday, the weather agency said. ... more | .. |
Argentine police protest after giant pay error Thousands of police took to the streets across Argentina on Wednesday after their pay was slashed by 30 to 60 percent in what the government said was an administrative error. ... more | .. |
 Marine plants can flee to avoid predators 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 pl ... more |
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Deploying a practical solution to space debris
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 |
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