2015年5月26日 星期二

2015-05-27 Singapore Science


BDlive
   
Morocco's majestic cedars threatened by climate change   
DAWN.com
AZROU: The cedar tree, considered by many to be Morocco's national treasure, is coming under attack from climate change, greedy humans who indulge in illegal logging, and monkeys. The noble conifer Cedrus Atlantica covers about 134,000 hectares ...

Morocco's majestic cedars under threat   The Daily Star

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Huffington Post
   
Texas Flooding Could Be A Preview Of Future Extreme Weather Events   
Huffington Post
Devastating and deadly storms have struck parts of Texas and Oklahoma in recent days, bringing record rainfall and widespread floods that have damaged or destroyed more than 1,000 homes and left at least 16 people dead. "This is the biggest flood this ...

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION FIJI NEWS SUMMARY 26/05/15 5:00PM   The Jet Newspaper
WMO: Climate and disaster resilience key to sustainable development   PreventionWeb (press release)
Devastating Floods in Texas Just Latest Example of Global Weather Extremes   eNews Park Forest
Haaretz   
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Fox News
   
Google 'Doodle' celebrates Sally Ride, 1st American woman in space   
Fox News
Google's front page "Doodles" for May 26, 2015 pay tribute to the first American woman in space, the late Sally Ride. (: Google via collectSPACE.com). Google has paid tribute to America's first woman in space with a series of five animated "Doodles" ...

Google Honours America's Space Star, Sally Ride with a Doodle   West Texas News
Not one Google doodle, but 5, for the late Sally Ride   STLtoday.com
Hillary Clinton Honors Sally Ride On Her Birthday & These 8 Reasons Are Why ...   Bustle
SpaceFlight Insider   
New York Observer   
Fortune   
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NBCNews.com
   
Can Europa Support Life? NASA Picks Tools to Study Jupiter's Mystery Moon   
NBCNews.com
It's likely to be a decade or more before NASA begins an up-close study of Europa, an ice-covered moon of Jupiter that's thought to harbor a habitable ocean — but the space agency has already picked out the scientific instruments for the job. "We're excited ...

NASA's Europa probe may find out if Jupiter's moon could support life   Mashable
Is Europa habitable? NASA mission will use these 9 instruments to find out   CBC.ca
NASA unveils science instruments for life-searching Europa mission   Xinhua
Smithsonian   
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Irish Independent
   
Fears for rare species after volcano eruption   
Irish Independent
Wolf volcano erupting at Isabela Island, one of the Galapagos Islands. Photo: AP Open Gallery 3 Wolf volcano erupting at Isabela Island, one of the Galapagos Islands. Photo: AP The Wolf volcano spews smoke and lava on Isabela Island, in this May 25, 2015 ...

Erupting Galapagos volcano threatens rare pink iguana   The Times (subscription)
Wolf volcano erupts on Galapagos island   BBC News

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The Nation
   
World's least-polluting nations aim to set Paris climate bar high   
The Nation
05 percent of the world's climate-changing emissions, you might not think it worth making a plan to curb that pollution - especially when you still need to get electricity to much of your population. But the Gambian government thinks otherwise. It is already ...

Investment fund CEOs call for long-term greenhouse gas cuts   eco-business.com
Rudd saysUS, China and India are central to global deal on climate change   French Tribune
Governments certain to seal Paris climate deal: UN climate chief   Economic Times
The Australian Financial Review   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Model shows what ozone layer would look like without Montreal Protocol   
Sydney Morning Herald
An ozone hole larger than Australia would have opened up over the Arctic if we had continued to use CFC's for the past three decades. New 3D computer models reveal what the ozone layer in the stratosphere would have looked like had countries not agreed ...

Ozone treaty 'prevented skin cancer deaths'   ABC Online
World already reaping benefits from ozone treaty   The Malaysian Insider
Ozone depletion far greater without Montreal Protocol   Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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ABC News
   
Chinese man covers himself in a million bees, gets stung 2000 times   
TVNZ
A Chinese beekeeper has covered himself in a world record-breaking one million bees while casually smoking a cigarette. Gao Bingguom, from China's northern Shandong province, was reportedly stung more than 2000 times during his world record attempt ...

Man creates buzz in 'bee suit'   Sky News Australia
Man in Underpants Covers Himself With 1.1 Million Bees, Sets World Record   12NewsNow.Com
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? Bee keeper Covers Himself in 200 lbs. of Bees   WILX-TV
Mashable   
AOL News   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
New chameleon species showcase fragile biodiversity in Madagascar   
Christian Science Monitor
A research team discovered 11 new species of chameleon that exist only in Madagascar. The findings also show how close to extinction many species are. By Rowena Lindsay, Staff Writer May 26, 2015. close. Michel Milinkovitch and his research team ...

Madagascar's Panther Chameleon Revealed to Consist of 11 Distinct Species   University Herald
Panther chameleon in Madagascar is composed of 11 different species ...   Market Business News
Gene Sequencing and Color Mapping Reveal Potential New Species among ...   Science Times
SlashGear   
Gizmodo   
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U.S. News & World Report
   
Study: Europeans to suffer more ragweed with global warming   
Tuscaloosa Magazine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming will bring much more sneezing and wheezing to Europe by mid-century, a new study says. Ragweed pollen levels are likely to quadruple for much of Europe because warmer temperatures will allow the plants to take ...

2015 set to be warmest on record, warn scientists   The Nation
2015 could break all records of increasing temperature   PerfScience
Ragweed Will Be Raging in Europe due to Climate Change   Youth Health Magzine

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