2014年9月4日 星期四

2014-09-05 Canada English Science

  Vancouver Sun   
Mount Polley mine spill 78% larger than 1st estimates  CBC.ca
One month after the tailings pond breached at the Mount Polley mine near Likely, B.C., the mine's operator now says the amount of contaminated water and waste that spilled into the ecosystem was nearly twice as much as originally estimated. After the dam ...

Residents still drinking bottled water one month after Mount Polley Mine breach   Globalnews.ca
'It's a bit disconcerting': Mount Polley mine tailings spill nearly 70% bigger than ...   National Post
Mount Polley spill bigger than thought, Imperial Metals says   Times Colonist
Am730 Vancouver Traffic News   
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  CTV News   
Bobcat released into Manitoba wild after rescue, 7-month rehab  CBC.ca
A rescued bobcat was released back into the wild in Manitoba on Thursday. Amira, a 15-month-old bobcat, was hurt in a car crash in Falcon Lake in January. She was turned over to Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre with broken legs and a broken hip.
Bobcat released back into the wild   Globalnews.ca
Bobcat hit by car released back into wild from rehabilitation centre   CTV News

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  Ottawa Citizen   
Canada leads world in forest decline, report says  Ottawa Citizen
WASHINGTON – The world's virgin forests are being lost at an increasing rate and the largest portion of the degradation is in Canada, according to a new report. No longer is Brazil the main villain in the struggle to stop forest destruction. “Canada is the ...

New Analysis Finds Over 100 Million Hectares of Intact Forest Area Degraded ...   YubaNet
Humans damaging wild forests at "alarming" rate, maps show   Thomson Reuters Foundation

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  Independent Online   
How footprint DNA could monitor animals  Independent Online
iol scitech may 2 polar bear AP Analysis of the samples turned up DNA genetic material of a polar bear, a seal it had killed and a seagull that had been seen nearby. Oslo - Polar bear DNA has been isolated for the first time from footprints left in the snow on an ...

Polar bears: Threatened species or political pawn?   CBC.ca
Scientists can collect polar bear DNA — by following their tracks   Nunatsiaq News
Polar bears leave DNA clues behind in snow prints   CBS News
Globalnews.ca   
Huffington Post   
CTV News   
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  Sarnia Observer   
Nature Center to host Bee & Butterfly Festival today  Spencer Daily Reporter
OKOBOJI -- Bask in the beauty of bees and butterflies during the first combined Bee & Butterfly Festival, 4-8 p.m. this afternoon at the Dickinson County Nature Center in Okoboji. "We have held the Monarch Butterfly Festival every year, and it's always a big hit, ...

LAKES AREA NEWS: Monarch Butterfly Festival on Friday at the nature center   KTIV
Monarch Butterflies Dying Out; Researchers Petition For Endangered Species ...   Headlines & Global News
Conservationists fight for monarch butterfly protections   UPI.com
Texas A&M The Battalion   
News Tonight Africa   
Toronto Sun   
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  Montreal Gazette   
Environmentalist sounds warning for Canada  Montreal Gazette
Prominent environmentalist and author Bill McKibben penned the first book for the general public on climate change back in 1989 (The End of Nature). McKibben, founder of the climate awareness organization 350.org, was in Montreal recently to drum up ...


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  Neon Nettle   
Bacteria Bio Fossil Fuel Created By Scientists  Neon Nettle
A team of scientists from Imperial College London have discovered a more environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels from bacteria. The researchers used a strain of E.coli and engineered the cells to generate renewable propane during their natural ...

Gut bacteria E coli to help power cars and heat homes!   Financial Express
Gut bacteria to help power cars!   Zee News
E.coli: From belly bacteria to engine fuel   The Star Online
Gizmag   
Headlines & Global News   
RT   
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  Globalnews.ca   
Asteroid to buzz Earth on Sunday (but we'll survive)  Globalnews.ca
A graphic depicting the passage of asteroid 2014 RC past Earth on September 7, 2014 (times indicated on the graphic are UTC). NASA/JPL-Caltech. What is this? Sponsored content is written by Global News' editorial staff without any editorial influence by ...


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  Farm Focus   
Late blight strain concern for PEI potato farmers  CBC.ca
The number of cases of a devastating potato fungus continues to grow on Prince Edward Island. So far, 13 cases of late blight have been confirmed in some potato fields in Freetown, Breadalbane, Summerside, Spring Valley, Wilmot Valley, New Haven, ...

Prince Edward Island farmers take steps to control late blight   The Guardian Charlottetown

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  The Guardian Charlottetown   
Bid beautiful Venus a fond farewell this week  Pacific Daily News
Greetings, everyone! We've got a lot of planet news this month and it starts this week when we lose one planet from our skies and gain another. Venus is disappearing from our early morning sky, and won't be back until January of next year. To bid a fond ...

Super moon heralds autumn's arrival   The Guardian Charlottetown
Astrology Starcast: Beginning Sept. 4   Beach Reporter
September brings the red star Antares close to Mars   WKYC-TV
Laboratory Equipment   
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