2014年8月21日 星期四

2014-08-22 Canada English Science

  The Province   
Dams make spawning salmon more prone to heart attack: UBC study  The Province
Reaching spawning grounds is hard work for salmon, and UBC researchers say fish forced to “sprint” through fast-moving water or other obstacles can suffer heart attacks. The study found sockeye are more likely to die in the hours after being forced to swim ...

Long, fast swims could be fatal for salmon   MetroNews Canada
Sprinting sockeye dying from heart attacks?   Vancouver Sun
Survival Of The Less Fit: Sprinting Salmon Less Likely To Survive Migration   Science 2.0
University of British Columbia   
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  Windsor Star   
Environment Canada Confirming More Tornadoes  640 Toronto News
Environment Canada is confirming that two more tornadoes have touched down on land near Windsor. Crews were sent out to investigate the damage that was done in Essex County after some harsh storms on Tuesday evening. No one was injured, but a lot ...

Two Tornadoes Confirmed In Essex   BlackburnNews.com
Tornadoes Hit Windsor And Essex County On Tuesday   windsoriteDOTca
VIDEO: Environment Canada investigating possible tornado footage south of ...   Orangeville Banner
CTV News Barrie   
The Weather Network   
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  Edson Leader   
Residents warned of Blue-Green Algae in Eagle Lake  Strathmore Standard
For the third straight year, local residents are being warned that Eagle Lake water is currently tainted with Blue-Green Algae, making the water unsafe for drinking and swimming, even making fish trimmings toxic. The Algae grows in calm conditions and ...

Blue-green algae warning still in effect for Shiningbank lake   Edson Leader
Avoid water in west harbour because of blue-green algae   CBC.ca
Toxic blue-green algae detected in Trinity River   Times-Standard
Bay Today   
The North Bay Nugget   
ThurstonTalk   
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  Calgary Herald   
Kootenay fossil site offers rare view into history of life on Earth  Calgary Herald
Jean-Bernard Caron, curator of invertebrate paleontology with the Royal Ontario Museum, stands by the containers holding fossils to ship back to Toronto for further study Wednesday at the Marble Canyon site. Photograph by: Colette Derworiz , Calgary ...

Unidentified species unearthed at Marble Canyon Burgess Shale site   CTV News
Burgess Shale fossil beds in Kootenay park yield 'astounding' finds   CBC.ca

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  USA TODAY   
Carbon tetrachloride releases still too high, says NASA  Register
Somewhere, a dry cleaner didn't get the memo: someone is putting an awful lot of carbon tetrachloride into the atmosphere, and NASA would like them to stop. Back in 1987, the compound was one of many ozone-depleting chemicals regulated under the ...

Ozone-depleting Carbon Tetrachloride Levels in the Atmosphere are Rising   Chinatopix
The Earth's Ozone Layer Is Still Being Chewed Apart   Gizmodo Australia
Ozone-depleting chemicals baffle NASA   Sydney Morning Herald
USA TODAY   
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet   
Smithsonian   
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  NBCNews.com   
The next space race is for a rental car into orbit  Washington Post
Ever since the retirement of the space shuttle three years ago, American astronauts have had to hitchhike their way to the International Space Station aboard Russian spaceships. It is an increasingly costly arrangement, which the head of NASA has called ...

Sea plankton 'found living outside International Space Station'   Telegraph.co.uk
Gas cloud creates 'dazzling' aurora   Toronto Sun
NASA wants to put rodents on space station   Fox News
Daily Mail   
CBC.ca   
The Guardian   
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  National Post   
VIDEO: Orca tosses sea lion 20 feet into the air  The Weather Network
Thursday, August 21, 2014, 3:32 PM - A boat crew near Ketchikan, Alaska got a front row seat of nature in action earlier this month. "An Alaska a sea lion was hiding under our fishing boat because he was being stalked by a killer whale," Anglers Adventures ...

Video shows killer whale flipping a sea lion 20 feet into the air in front of stunned ...   National Post
Fisherman Record Killer Whale Hucking Sea Lion 20 Feet into the Air   E Canada Now
Orca throws sea lion into the air before dinner   Canada.com
The Province   
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  Toronto Star   
Despite a significant reduction in smog-producing toxins in past decade, GTA ...  HealthCanal.com
TORONTO, ON – A new study shows that while the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has significantly reduced some of the toxins that contribute to smog, the city continues to violate the Canada-wide standards for ozone air pollution. Smog, which can cause or ...

Toronto is smog free for the first summer in decades. But why?   Toronto Star

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'Voiceprinting,' social media, may help in search for beheading video militant  CTV News
LONDON -- The Islamic militant in a video showing the death of American journalist James Foley took great care to disguise his identity, dressing head-to-toe in black, with a mask leaving only his eyes visible. But police and intelligence services in Britain and ...


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Canadian Space Agency's Mars Exploration and Science Rover  CANOE
The Canadian Space Agency's Mars Exploration and Science Rover (MESR) is seen operating in the CSA's Mars yard in Saint-Hubert, Que. A group of Canadian students are guiding a rover over Mars-like terrain in a simulation they hope will teach them ...


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