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Scientists Uncover Diversion of Gulf Stream Path in Late 2011Cape Cod, MA (SPX) Oct 15, 2012 At a meeting with New England commercial fishermen last December, physical oceanographers Glen Gawarkiewicz and Al Plueddemann from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were alerted by three fishermen about unusually high surface water temperatures and strong currents on the outer continental shelf south of New England. "I promised them I would look into why that was happening," Gawarkiewicz says. The result of his investigation was a discovery that the Gulf Stream diverged well t ... read more |
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 Documented decrease in frequency of Hawaii's northeast trade winds Scientists at University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) have observed a decrease in the frequency of northeast trade winds and an increase in eastern trade winds over the past nearly four decades, accordi ... more | .. |
  Scientists identify trigger for explosive volcanic eruptions Scientists from the University of Southampton have identified a repeating trigger for the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth. The Las Canadas volcanic caldera on Tenerife, in the Ca ... more | .. |
  Nasty noises: Why do we recoil at unpleasant sounds Heightened activity between the emotional and auditory parts of the brain explains why the sound of chalk on a blackboard or a knife on a bottle is so unpleasant. In a study published in the Journa ... more | .. |
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  Scientists discover that shape matters in DNA nanoparticle therapy Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Northwestern universities have discovered how to control the shape of nanoparticles that move DNA through the body and have shown that the shapes of these carriers ... more | .. |
  GMES for Europe The potential of GMES for crisis management and environmental monitoring is highlighted in a new publication with users demonstrating the importance of Earth observation data to European regions. ... more | .. |
  NASA's Operation IceBridge Resumes Flights Over Antarctica Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne mission to study Earth's changing polar ice, are beginning another campaign over Antarctica. Now in its fourth year, IceB ... more | .. |
  Chavez seen preparing for succession Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who won a fourth term Sunday despite speculation over his health after cancer treatment, seems to have marked newly appointed deputy Nicolas Maduro as his potential successor. ... 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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  Struggling N. Ireland farmers get boost Northern Ireland this week responded to a food price crisis by adding $24 million to the amount struggling Ulster farmers will receive from EU subsidies. ... more | .. |
 Brazil activists, energy group to meet over Amazon dam Fishermen and indigenous people occupying a disputed dam in Brazil's Amazon are due to argue before a federal judge Monday their claim that the project harms their way of life, official media reported. ... more | .. |
  Beverage tycoon tops Forbes' China rich list Beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou regained his position as China's richest man this year, Forbes magazine said Friday, but the global economic slump took its toll on other billionaires. ... more | .. |
 China Nobel winner defends prize -- and Mao Chinese author Mo Yan on Friday defended his Nobel prize from dissidents who accused him of being a communist stooge, and expressed hope for the early release of jailed fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo. ... more |
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 Japan's TEPCO admits downplaying tsunami risk The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday admitted it had played down the risks to the facility of a tsunami for fear of the political, financial and reputational cost. ... more | .. |
  International groups urge Francophone nations to fight AIDS About 50 non-governmental organisations on Friday urged the French-speaking nations holding a summit in Kinshasa at the weekend to "make concrete commitments" to fight AIDS in Africa. ... more | .. |
  Bangladesh storm toll rises to 26, scores missing Tropical storms that battered southern Bangladesh are now known to have killed at least 26 people while some 60 fishermen are still missing, police and officials said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Chimps said attacking humans in Africa Habitat loss may be the cause of some violent attacks by chimpanzees on humans in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, scientists say. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport
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 6.7 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Papua A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no immediate tsunami alert issued. ... more | .. |
 UN report warns of possible rise in child marriages The number of girls who marry before their 18th birthday could increase dramatically over the next two decades, a new UN report warned Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Poland's PM Tusk calls confidence vote one year into term One year into his second term in office, Poland's centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called a confidence vote for Friday to confirm his coalition's mandate as it tackles a slowing economy amid a surge in popularity for the opposition. ... more | .. |
  Obama, Romney asked to debate on climate Experts appealed Thursday to President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to address climate change when they debate in Florida, saying the coastal state is already hit by rising water levels. ... more |
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 Freshwater Flows Into the Arctic and Southern Oceans Appear to Determine the Composition of Microbial Populations Differing contributions of freshwater from glaciers and streams to the Arctic and Southern oceans appear to be responsible for the fact that the majority of microbial communities that thrive near th ... more | .. |
  Developmental biologist proposes new theory of early animal evolution A New York Medical College developmental biologist whose life's work has supported the theory of evolution has developed a concept that dramatically alters one of its basic assumptions-that survival ... more | .. |
  Researchers ID unique geological 'sombrero' uplift in South America Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have used 20 years of satellite data to reveal a geological oddity unlike any seen on Earth. At the border of Argentina, Boliv ... more | .. |
 Fisheries benefit from 400-year-old tradition A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and James Cook University says that coral reefs in Aceh, Indonesia are benefiting from a decidedly low-tech, traditional management system that dates ... 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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 Scientists Use New Method to Help Reduce Piglet Mortality To help increase the survival of newborn piglets, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new method that predicts animals' mortality and nursing ability. Physiologis ... more | .. |
 Unusual genetic structure confers major disease resistance trait in soybean Scientists have identified three neighboring genes that make soybeans resistant to the most damaging disease of soybean. The genes exist side-by-side on a stretch of chromosome, but only give resist ... more | .. |
 Researchers work across fields to uncover information about hadrosaur teeth An unusual collaboration between researchers in two disparate fields resulted in a new discovery about the teeth of 65-million-year-old dinosaurs. With the help of University of Florida mechan ... more | .. |
 Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Maximum Extent Two weeks after a new record was set in the Arctic Ocean for the least amount of sea ice coverage in the satellite record, the ice surrounding Antarctica reached its annual winter maximum-and set a ... more |
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 Obama looks to woo young voters U.S. President Barack Obama's plans to head to western states for fundraising with celebrity figures may come down to one factor: getting the college vote in the remaining four weeks before Election Day. ... more | .. |
  Dutch navy detains alleged Somali pirates after attack Dutch sailors taking part in NATO's piracy-busting operation Ocean Shield on Thursday detained seven suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia after an attack on a Spanish vessel. ... more | .. |
 Belarus, Russian activists and EU Nobel Peace favorites: TV Jailed Belarussian activist Ales Belyatsky, veteran Russian activist Lyudmila Alekseeva, Mexican Bishop Raul Vera Lopez and the European Union are the top contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, public broadcaster NRK reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
Mo Yan of China wins Nobel Literature Prize Mo Yan, one of China's leading writers of the past half-century, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for his writing that mixes folk tales, history and the contemporary, the Swedish Academy announced. ... more |
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