2014年9月26日 星期五

2014-09-27 Singapore Science

  Blue & Green Tomorrow   
Role of agriculture in sustainable development to be debated  Blue & Green Tomorrow
A conference set to take place on Thursday in New York will debate the role of agriculture and food systems in sustainable development and aims to draw attention to the issues. Blue & Green Tomorrow is currently running a crowdfunder to ensure its survival.

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  Economic Times   
The Minamata Convention on Mercury: Towards Its Early Entry Into Force and ...  StarAfrica.com
NEW YORK, 24 September 2014 / PRN Africa / — Twenty-two countries have taken major steps to address the emissions and releases of the one of the most notorious heavy metals – mercury. A year after the adoption of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, ...

India has signed pact on Minamata disease, says Prakash Javadekar   IBNLive
India ratifies a global treaty to phase out mercury products within 6 to 10 years   Times of India
Korea signs U.N. mercury use pact   The Korea Herald
Yonhap News   
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  EurActiv   
Europe is coming to terms with energy, climate policies  EurActiv
Of course Europe cannot solve the world's climate problem on its own. But it can deliver the stable framework conditions for a new wave of energy investments, including a strengthened ETS and ambitious targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency, ...

Addressing Climate Change: It's Not About Politics Or Religion, It's About Risk ...   Forbes
Benefits of a switch to renewable energy   Lompoc Record
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)   Working Knowledge
O'Dwyer's PR News   
UPI.com   
solarserver.com   
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  Fox News   
Climate March encourages action, change  The Brown and White
The People's Climate March caused thousands to flood the streets of Manhattan on Sunday in preparation for the United Nations Climate Summit 2014. Protestors filled the streets, donning homemade t-shirts and carrying banners that demanded more ...

Climate change starts at the supermarket   Montana Standard
U.N. Leaders Must Include Nuclear Energy In Action Plan On Climate Change   Forbes
Climate Change and the Exacerbation of Poverty   Social Justice Solutions
Huffington Post   
Khaleej Times   
Business Recorder   
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Why Did the Cougar Cross the Freeway?  Wall Street Journal
After a cougar crossed a busy freeway in Los Angeles a few years ago in search of a mate, state transportation officials have begun raising funds to build a custom overpass for the big cats. Photo: iStock/Freder ...


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  Fox News   
ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission  Economic Times
It's not so simple. When it is closest to Earth, Mars is about 54 million km away and about 400 million km away when it's on the other side of the sun. Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission took 322 days to enter the Red Planet's orbit. Human forays into Mars could be a ...

Pakistan praises India over MOM's success   Times of India
Cheapest, yes. But not the best   Bangalore Mirror
MOM set to hunt for methane on Mars   The Hindu
Fox News   
Hindustan Times   
Arab News   
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  Livemint   
Study lowers range for future global warming, but does it matter?  Washington Post (blog)
Doubling the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere won't produce as much global warming as some previous estimates, says a new study. However, scientists don't universally accept this result nor do they agree about whether it makes much difference ...

Environmentalist Fanatics Seek a New Global Warming Inquisition   Canada Free Press
Profit From Global Warming Even If You Don't Believe In It   Forbes
No Planet B   Saudi Gazette
Huffington Post   
McCook Daily Gazette   
Vallejo Times Herald   
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  NDTV   
Curiosity drills hole in Mars Mount Sharp  Delhi Daily News
NASA's Curiosity rover had landed at Mars around two years ago and it is now nearing its target - Mount Sharp. Curiosity has succeeded in drilling a 6 cm hole to collect soil samples for analysis aboard its onboard laboratory. The rover successfully deployed ...

Curiosity takes its first bite out of Mars' mountain (+video)   Christian Science Monitor
Golfing on Mars? Curiosity Rover Can Provide a Hole (and the Balls)   NBCNews.com
ALIEN gimp gag or cosmic golf ball? NASA tackles question everyone's asking   Register
Microfinance Monitor   
Mirror.co.uk   
CBC.ca   
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  Newsweek   
Solar System's Water is older than the Sun, indicates possibility of alien life  Examiner.com
Earth's water, including what's in your glass or morning shower, is older than the sun. According to a study published on Thursday by Science, much of the water on our planet was introduced from elsewhere in the galaxy and not formed, as many scientists ...

New Research Suggests Earth's Water Is Older Than The Sun And Alien Life ...   American Live Wire
Water on the Earth is older than the sun, says a new study   WallStreet OTC
About Half of the Water You Drink is Older than the Sun   Voice of America (blog)
The Hindu   
The Weather Channel   
Tech Times   
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  Science World Report   
Brain 'switch' could be key to treatment of depression, ADHD  The Australian
THE discovery of a “switch” in the brain that controls random behaviour could pave the way for further drug trials for treating depression and attention deficit disorder, according to a study. Scientists have claimed that they have proved the existence of a ...

Decision-Making Circuits Trigger Random Behavior   Science World Report
Brain Prefers 'Randomness'   Counsel & Heal
How to make a difficult decision: Why we're programmed not to think strategically   CITY A.M.
Los Angeles Times   
Zee News   
HealthCanal.com   
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