2014年9月17日 星期三

2014-09-18 Singapore Science

  Slate Magazine (blog)   
If Fixing Global Warming Is Free, What's the Holdup?  Slate Magazine (blog)
A new report released Tuesday said an ambitious global plan to rid the world of fossil fuels—and generate half of the world's new energy from renewable sources in just 15 years—could produce more economic benefits than costs, considering the anticipated ...

Dot Earth | Can the US and China Find Harmony in Pursuing Climate Progress?   New York Times (blog)
Investing in climate change battle 'will pay off'   The Straits Times
Combating global warming: good for economic growth, after all? (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
The Guardian   
Voice of America   
TODAYonline   
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  Mother Jones   
Climate race still being run in sacks  The Straits Times
Climate sceptics aided by powerful industry lobbies have clashed with scientists from day one of the controversy about a warming planet. They will slug it out anew over the latest study from the World Meteorological Organisation showing concentrations of ...

Two Silences and a Big Loud Noise at the People's Climate March   Huffington Post
Why we're getting ready to march for climate change   Grist
Why We'll Be Marching in the Largest Climate Change Demonstration in History   The Nation.

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  The Guardian   
Young 'Nemo' clownfish roam further than thought, study shows  The Guardian
clownfish A clownfish swims through “spaghetti coral” in the outer Barrier Reef. Photograph: Quicksilver In Depth Video Productions and Services/AAP. Scientists have revealed why it may be so difficult to find Nemo – baby clownfish can swim up to 400km in ...

Finding Nemo comes true! Researchers find young clownfish travel upto 400km ...   Daily Mail
Baby Nemos Can Go the Distance   Nature World News
Nemo Finding Home - The Epic Journey Of Clownfish   Science 2.0
The Straits Times   
GlobalPost   
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  Nature World News   
Public Transportation Reduces Pollution by 40 Percent: Study  Nature World News
Ditching cars for buses, bikes, or good ole fashioned walking in cities can reduce pollution by 40 percent by 2050, according to a new study published Wednesday. [Pictured: A man cycles past vehicles in a gridlocked street in Jakarta December 11, 2013.] ...

Want to clear the city air? Ditch the car and hop on a bus or bike   Thomson Reuters Foundation (blog)
Study: Get Rid of Cars in Cities To Reduce Pollution by 40 Percent   Auto World News
Ditching cars for buses, bikes best way to cut city pollution : study   Reuters

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  New York Times (blog)   
Final Days for Yangtze's 140 Million-Year-Old Sturgeon  New York Times (blog)
In the English naturalist Isabella Bird's 1899 account of her travels on the Yangtze River, she noted that fishermen regularly caught sturgeon “weighing from 500 to 700 pounds” off the port in the town of Jingzhou. Such abundance is now a distant memory.
Wild Chinese Sturgeon Population May Get Extinct   Austrian Tribune
Chinese Sturgeon Is on the Brink of Extinction After 140 Million Years   Smithsonian
Wild Chinese Sturgeon On Periphery Of Getting Extinct   Capital OTC
Chinatopix   
Inferse   
Auto World News   
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  Daily Mail   
Season's first dolphins killed in Japan  News24
A brief guide to the Japan's Fesitivals, which include the history, geography, culture and the Loud... Now R309.00 buy now. Tokyo - The first dolphins of the season were slaughtered on Tuesday in the small Japanese town of Taiji, campaigners said, ...

Season's first dolphins killed in Japan, say activists   Business Insider

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  Maine News   
London-based IMO to formulate Rules for Northern Sea Route  Maine News
Mandatory safety and environmental regulations for the Northern Sea Route will be created the first time ever by the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) by revising relevant conventions. The London-based organization has decided to formulate ...


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  TIME   
Scientists Find Giant Black Hole Inside One of the Tiniest Known Galaxies  TIME
NASA said Wednesday that astronomers have found one of the smallest known galaxies ever using the Hubble Space Telescope–but the mini-discovery came with a surprising twist. The tiny galaxy has a massive black hole at its center, nearly five times the ...

Supersized black hole found in ultra small galaxy   UQ News
Surprise! Giant Black Hole Discovered in Dwarf Galaxy   NBCNews.com
Hubble Space Telescope finds smallest known galaxy with supermassive black ...   Boing Boing
Maine News Online   
Nature World News   
CNET   
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  Irish Independent   
Humans and chimps share killer instinct say scientists  Irish Independent
According to new research chimpanzees will fight and kill over resources such as territory, food or even mates. Photo credit: SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images. Chimpanzees and humans have one key trait in common - both are natural born killers, scientists ...

Why chimpanzees kill   WXYZ
Chimpanzees are naturally violent, WARRING humans have no role: Study   Northern Voices Online
Study: Chimps, like humans, are natural-born killers   ITV News
Daily Digest   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
NASA mission about to reach Mars  Sydney Morning Herald
In just four days, after a 10-month journey across the inner solar system, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will finally reach the Red Planet. The orbiter could provide the elusive answer to a simple question: If Mars once had enough atmosphere to allow for liquid ...

MAVEN spacecraft close to entering Mars orbit -- and it won't be alone   CNN
NASA's Maven spacecraft reaches Mars this weekend   CBS News
NASA spacecraft to reach Mars this weekend   Zee News
TVNZ   
Xinhua   
Christian Science Monitor   
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