2015年3月3日 星期二

2015-03-04 Singapore Science


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Chile: Eruption Sets Off Evacuations   
New York Times
One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes and prompting the authorities to evacuate about 3,500 people. The Villarrica volcano erupted around 3 ...

Villarrica Volcano erupts in southern Chile   Xinhua
Raw: Thousands evacuated as Villarrica volcano erupts   Baltimore Sun
Villarrica volcano erupts in southern Chile, thousands flee   San Francisco Chronicle
Newsweek   
Discovery News   
Washington Post   
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Channel News Asia
   
Mass fish deaths: Lab test sheds further light on algal bloom   
Channel News Asia
TODAY reports: A commissioned laboratory test suggests Gymnodinium mikimotoi - a species of algae that is not known to cause any effect to humans - is behind the deaths. PHOTOS. Thousands of dead fish spotted at Pasir Ris Beach. (Photo: Sean Yap's ...

Lab test sheds further light on fish deaths   TODAYonline

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The Straits Times
   
How the Sahara desert keeps the Amazon rainforest going   
The Straits Times
This NASA photo of the Sahara Desert taken from the International Space Station was released on Dec 29, 2014. Scientists have recently uncovered a link between the Sahara Desert and the Amazon rainforest. -- PHOTO: AFP ...

How The Sahara Keeps The Amazon Rainforest Going   The Epoch Times
A NASA video shows how dust leaves the Sahara and floats to Amazon forest   Washington Post
NASA shows how dust from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon rainforest   Vox
Clapway   
Greener Ideal (blog)   
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CANOE
   
A Japanese island has grown 11 times its size in just over a year   
CANOE
Nishinoshima island, a small volcanic land mass off the coast of Japan, is doing just that. An underwater eruption about 15 months ago spurred a growth spurt for the island, which has since grown 11 times its original size, Hawaii News Now reports.
This Japanese Island Has Grown 11 Times Bigger In Just 15 Months Thanks To ...   Huffington Post
Watch a volcano blow SMOKE RINGS as it builds a brand new island in the ...   Mirror.co.uk
Ever-erupting volcano adds kilometres to Japan's size   Times of India
wtkr.com   
The Weather Channel   
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eco-business.com
   
PH may seek int'l aid to address climate change   
ABS CBN News
MANILA - The Philippines may tap foreign funding to help address the effects of climate change, especially in vulnerable areas, as the Department of Budget and Management has released P1.15 billion to the Department of Public Works and Highways to ...

Climate change and compassion: the missing link?   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Experts Want Agriculture at Center of Climate Deal   Voice of America (blog)
PHL urged to explore grants before taking climate loan from France   GMA News
Inquirer.net   
IISD Reporting Services   
Manila Standard Today   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
EconomyThe economic benefits of China's 'Silent Spring' moment   
Financial Times
A Chinese documentary critical of the country's dense smog has made waves online, but could augur positive economic benefits. The absence of negative ramifications for Under the Dome's producer, Chai Jing, has been widely interpreted as a sign of ...

Smog blankets China once more –- this time online   USA TODAY
China's Bid To Clean Air Could Worsen Global Warming -Study   Chinatopix
Journalist's film on China's pollution causes a stir in the Middle Kingdom   The Star Online
WantChinaTimes   
China Economic Review   
Yibada (English Edition)   
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WXYZ
   
NASA's Dawn probe set to begin orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres   
The Globe and Mail
Big, dim, obscure – and just possibly a secret haven for alien life. That's Ceres in a nutshell. At 950 kilometres across, it was once known as the largest asteroid, but it has lately been upgraded to the status of dwarf planet. Whatever it is, we are about to see it ...

Dawn on Ceres: Nasa probe to visit dwarf planet   Arab News
Dawn prepares to orbit dwarf planet Ceres   ABC Science Online
Dawn Nears Ceres Ahead of NASA Mission to Dwarf Planet   Sputnik International
Redding Record Searchlight   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Elena Shateni on going to Mars -- and never coming back   
Los Angeles Times
In a decade or so, when most people her age will be retiring from their working lives, Elena Shateni, now 58, plans to be starting a new life planting the human flag on Mars. Or so she hopes. The Santa Monica holistic medicine specialist is one of 100 ...

Mars rover Curiosity halts its work after short circuit   The Guardian
Curiosity Mars rover heads to disabled list with arm injury   National Monitor
Mars rover Curiosity halts its work as NASA engineers investigate short circuit   Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Huffington Post
   
United Behind World Wildlife Day   
Huffington Post
Today, global citizens marked the second annual World Wildlife Day as the United Nations announced that the organized crime threat to wildlife species is on the rise. The work to combat these crimes is more important than ever as human impacts drive an ...

“It is time to get serious about wildlife crime.”   PlanetSave.com
It's time to get serious about wildlife crime: UN   IANS
UN chief stresses urgency to mount fight against wildlife crime   GlobalPost
Livemint   
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Los Angeles Times
   
How life could develop in the methane lakes of Saturn's moon Titan   
Los Angeles Times
Scientists may be one step closer to understanding whether life could have formed in the methane lakes of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. This life, if it exists, would look very different from life on Earth. There is no oxygen on Titan, and the surface temperature is ...

Methane-dependent Life Can Survive on Saturn's Moon 'Titan'   SMN Weekly
Just add methane: Liquid water may not be required for strange new lifeforms   Yahoo News Canada (blog)
Titan Could Host Life 'Not As We Know It'   Scientific American
Forbes   
Geek Infinite   
Big News Network.com   
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