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February 18, 2015

Capturing and storing carbon in soil: Is it real and can it scale?
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 18, 2015
Can beef production help restore ecosystems? A team of scientists, advisors and communications specialists are banding together to explore whether ranching management can create robust soils, watersheds and wildlife habitat while sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide. The Arizona State University-SoilCarbon Nation team is examining the adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing management technique that involves using small-sized fields to provide short periods of grazing for livestock and long recove ... read more

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Distant species produce love child after 60 million year breakup A delicate woodland fern discovered in the mountains of France is the love child of two distantly-related groups of plants that haven't interbred in 60 million years, genetic analyses show. Fo ... more		Thames study: Rivers can be a source antibiotic resistance Rivers and streams could be a major source of antibiotic resistance in the environment. The discovery comes following a study on the Thames river by scientists at the University of Warwick's School ... more		Complex nerve signaling traced back to common ancestor New research shows that a burst of evolutionary innovation in the genes responsible for electrical communication among nerve cells in our brains occurred over 600 million years ago in a common ances ... more
				Finding winners and losers in global land use The United States added about 7.6 million acres of forests between 1990 and 2010, which may seem like a great environmental gain. But the real question is how the United States achieved that milesto ... more		Large scale study warns of unsustainable ecological decline in rural China The agricultural development of a region of eastern China is ecologically unsustainable and actions are needed soon to reverse its decline, according to a new study by geographers at the University ... more

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World crop diversity survives in small urban and rural farms As much as 75 percent of global seed diversity in staple food crops is held and actively used by a wide range of small farmholders - workers of less than three to seven acres - with the rest in ge ... more		Genetic evidence shows penguins have 'bad taste' Penguins apparently can't enjoy or even detect the savory taste of the fish they eat or the sweet taste of fruit. A new analysis of the genetic evidence reported in the Cell Press journal Current Bi ... more		South Korea pledges to phase out coal plants at COP30 Wearable Lets Users Control Machines and Robots While on the Move Gold electron spins mapped in full resolve decades-old surface debate		Harm and response We often think of damage on a surface level. But for plants, much of the important response to an insect bite takes place out of sight. Over minutes and hours, particular plant genes are turned on a ... more
				NASA measures frigid cloud top temps of the Arctic air outbreak Some of the coldest air of the 2014-2015 winter season was settling over the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. on February 13, 2015. That Arctic air mass brought wind chills from below zero to the sing ... more		Going negative To combat climate change, President Obama has called for an 80 percent reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050. To help achieve this goal, the President has encouraged big investments in ... more

Plants survive better through mass extinctions than animals At least 5 mass extinction events have profoundly changed the history of life on Earth. But a new study led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that plants have been very resilient ... more		More infectious diseases emerging because of climate change The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable result of climate change, says a noted zoologist affiliated with the Harold W. ... more		Zelensky meets Macron seeking air defence deal for Ukraine: AFP New Laboratory Showcases Advanced Satcom Capabilities for Australian Defence Force Polish PM denounces 'sabotage' of railway line to Ukraine		Yet another blizzard hits US east coast Yet another big storm hit the snow-weary eastern and central United States overnight Monday, piling more white stuff on people enduring a merciless winter. ... more
Snow, ice, cold: Winter piles on in eastern US Heavy snowfall and glacial temperatures shut down much of the central and eastern United States Tuesday - including the US government - in a new bout of bad weather in this winter of bone-chilling discontent. ... more		Lengthy tails of luna moths deflect bat attacks Sex and food are the two main drivers of evolutionary invention - which means roughly half of all biological adaptations are inspired by the ongoing battle between predator and prey. ... more		Scientists sound storm warning on African climate change On a typical February day in west Africa, Cape Verdeans are taking time to cool down as the island nation is buffeted by a rare unseasonal downpour. ... more		China man gets $189,000 for six years on death row A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction was paid $189,000 in compensation, state media said Tuesday, amid anger at the flawed legal system. ... more

	Minor tsunami hits Japan after undersea quake A minor tsunami hit northern Japan Tuesday after a strong undersea earthquake struck off the coast, in the same area that was devastated by a killer tsunami in 2011. ... more		Climate change hampering world food production: scientists The acceleration climate change and its impact on agricultural production means that profound societal changes will be needed in coming decades to feed the world's growing population, researchers at an annual science conference said. ... more

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PLD Space expands rocket subsystem testing leadership in Europe

Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest pollution		Warring forces in South Sudan 'recruiting children': rights group		Philippine military seeks to quell coup rumours		Scuba divers lead charge against invasive lionfish		Wild ponies ride to the rescue of unique Czech ecosystem
Limited climate change accord likely in Paris: IPCC expert		Hong Kong captain jailed for 8 years over ferry tragedy		Big Yang Theory: Chinese year of the sheep or the goat?		China approves Asian bid for Australian food group		Oldest fur seal fossil plugs 5 million-year gap in evolutionary history

Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola epidemic

Death toll rises to 28 in Mozambique cholera epidemic

Colombia seeks 'environmental corridor' across Andes, Amazon

China expels senior official from ruling party

Australians get hepatitis A from Chinese berries

An ocean of plastic

Ebola virus may have been present in West Africa long before 2014 outbreak

Study recommends closing the high seas to fishing

Making teeth tough: Beavers show way to improve our enamel

Lab-in-a-box takes aim at doctors' computer activity

Earliest-known arboreal and subterranean ancestral mammals discovered

Make like a squid and transform

New techniques reveal how microbes shape the health and biodiversity of oceans

Warming pushes Western US toward driest period in 1,000 years

African nations to invest in meteorology to 'save lives'

S. Korea cracks down on foreign-focused plastic surgery clinics

Nearly 200 whales stranded along New Zealand coast

UN climate blueprint agreed in Geneva

NASA captures bird's-eye view of two African volcanoes

Fukushima decommissioning made 'significant progress': IAEA

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