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May 19, 2016

How do trees go to sleep
Vienna, Austria (SPX) May 1, 2016
Most living organisms adapt their behavior to the rhythm of day and night. Plants are no exception: flowers open in the morning, some tree leaves close during the night. Researchers have been studying the day and night cycle in plants for a long time: Linnaeus observed that flowers in a dark cellar continued to open and close, and Darwin recorded the overnight movement of plant leaves and stalks and called it "sleep". But even to this day, such studies have only been done with small plants grown i ... read more

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Ocean bacteria are programmed to alter climate gases SAR11, the most abundant plankton in the world's oceans, are pumping out massive amounts of two sulfur gases that play important roles in the Earth's atmosphere, researchers announced in the journal ... more		Increased vegetation in the Arctic region may counteract global warming Climate change creates more shrub vegetation in barren, arctic ecosystems. A study at Lund University in Sweden shows that organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, are triggered to break down particul ... more		Farms have become a major air-pollution source A new study says that emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China. The culprit: fumes from nitrogen ... more
				Iron fertilization won't work in much of Pacific, says study Over the past half-million years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean has seen five spikes in the amount of iron-laden dust blown in from the continents. In theory, those bursts should have turbo-charged t ... more		Maize genome 'dark matter' discovery a boon for breeders For astronomers, "dark matter" is the largely hypothetical substance that accounts for approximately 85 percent of the matter in the universe. Now, plant scientists have discovered a different kind ... more

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Genetically engineered crops: Experiences and prospects An extensive study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has found that new technologies in genetic engineering and conventional breeding are blurring the once clear disti ... more		Bubble volcano: Shaking, popping by earthquakes may cause eruptions A new study on the connection between earthquakes and volcanoes took its inspiration from old engineering basics. Future applications of these results may enable better predictions of the likelihood ... more		Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers FSU physicists discover new state of matter in electrons, platform to study quantum phenomena		Polluted dust can impact ocean life thousands of miles away As climatologists closely monitor the impact of human activity on the world's oceans, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found yet another worrying trend impacting the health of ... more
				Plants display nature's optofluidic machinery If you place a houseplant next to a sunny window, you may notice the leaves bending toward the light. Plants don't have a brain, so the vast majority of movement is controlled by the interaction of ... more		Paris climate agreement cannot be met without farming emissions cuts Scientists have calculated, for the first time, the extent to which agricultural emissions must be reduced to meet the new climate agreement's plan to limit warming to 2C in 2100. Scientists f ... more

Human 2 Mars Conference May 17-19 2016 - Washington DC

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China's Xi calls for Marxism and intellectual loyalty China's Communist Party must ensure that philosophy and social science "unequivocally uphold" Marxist principles, President Xi Jinping told a high-level academic seminar, according to state media reports. ... more		Sri Lanka president flies to flood-hit area, toll hits 37 Sri Lanka's president mourned the island's "devastating loss" Wednesday as the death toll from three days of torrential rain and landslides rose to 37, with more than 150 missing and rescuers still pulling bodies from the mud. ... more		Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions US-China tensions weigh on Lisbon's Web Summit		Parasite helps sea snails survive ocean acidification For most species, a stressor like a parasitic infection compounds the threat of environmental change. But not for sea snails. ... more
Bezos says he is not cowed by Trump Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos fired back Wednesday at Donald Trump, calling the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's barbs at him not "appropriate." ... more		From Israel's army to Hollywood: the meteoric rise of Krav Maga Krav Maga, the close-combat method conceived in secrecy by the Israeli army, has kicked its way firmly into civilian life and with Hollywood's help, has become the ultimate form of self-defence. ... more		China, India face huge mental health burden: study China and India are home to more than a third of people with mental illness, but only a tiny fraction of them receive medical help, according to studies released Wednesday. ... more		April breaks heat records, 12th month in a row for global heat Last month was the hottest April in modern history, marking the 12th consecutive month that global heat records have been shattered, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday. ... more

	One dead as aftershocks shake quake-weary Ecuador Two strong aftershocks killed one person and injured 85 Wednesday as they shook Ecuador a month after a devastating earthquake left some 700 dead, President Rafael Correa said. ... more		'Sleeping giant' glacier may lift seas two metres: study A rapidly melting glacier atop East Antarctica is on track to lift oceans at least two metres, and could soon pass a "tipping point" of no return, researchers said Wednesday. ... more

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Canada wildfires destroy oil workers' lodge

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Five die cleaning well in parched Indian village

Top China official promises to 'listen' to Hong Kong

Sri Lanka flood toll hits 11, thousands more homeless

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Carbon capture is substantial in secondary tropical forests

Climate change may have contributed to extinction of Neanderthals

Berkeley Lab participates in new National Microbiome Initiative

Illinois River water quality improvement linked to more efficient corn production

Research shows inaccuracies in emission data for greenhouse gas, N2O

Victims of their own success

Ban fishing to save world's smallest porpoise: WWF

Indonesia landslide kills 15 students, fears toll could rise: official

Pavement glued down in Hong Kong for China official visit

Dominican incumbent Medina on track for landslide

UN panel says weedkiller 'unlikely' to cause cancer

Sri Lanka floods kill eight, leave thousands homeless

Australian engineers edge closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion

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