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August 11, 2014

Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Nino cycles
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 11, 2014
The planet's largest and most powerful driver of climate changes from one year to the next, the El Nino Southern Oscillation in the tropical Pacific Ocean, was widely thought to have been weaker in ancient times because of a different configuration of the Earth's orbit. But scientists analyzing 25-foot piles of ancient shells have found that the El Ninos 10,000 years ago were as strong and frequent as the ones we experience today. The results, from the University of Washington and University of Mo ... read more

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				Water's reaction with metal oxides opens doors for researchers A multi-institutional team has resolved a long-unanswered question about how two of the world's most common substances interact. In a paper published recently in the journal Nature Communicati ... more		History of fire and drought shapes the ecology of California Fire season has arrived in California with vengeance in this third year of extended drought for the state. A series of large fires east of Redding and Fresno, in Yosemite, and on the Oregon border p ... more

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Biologists discover lake full of jellyfish in India

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Enhanced international cooperation needed in Antarctica

Risks to penguin populations analysed

Mercury in the global ocean

New research links tornado strength, frequency to climate change

Flooding hits Serbia and Bosnia again

6,500-year-old human skeleton found in museum storage

Nepal says 156 people killed in landslide, ends search

Australia hires Dutch firm to continue MH370 search

Hawaii braces for double storm hit

New Nigeria Ebola cases amid fears epidemic 'out of control'

Guatemala's Fire volcano rumbles back to life

France, Italy help battle Sweden's massive forest fire

Emergency declared in Canada over mine tailings spill

Regulations needed to identify potentially invasive biofuel crops

Disney develops tool to design inflatable characters and structures

Air traffic growth set to outpace carbon reduction efforts

China court jails British, US investigators hired by GSK

Judge rejects Silicon Valley anti-poaching settlement

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