2014年9月22日 星期一

2014-09-23 Canada English Science

  Vancouver Sun   
Vancouver Aquarium uses hexacopter drone to monitor whale pods  CBC.ca
Vancouver Aquarium killer whale experts have teamed up with American researchers to monitor and record images of Northern Resident killer whales using a drone. Hovering 30 metres above pods of orcas, the drone's camera allowed scientists to see the ...

Drone offers new view of whales off the coast of Vancouver Island   The Globe and Mail
Whale watching takes to the skies thanks to new drone (with video)   Vancouver Sun
Drone gives orca researchers view of whales off B.C. coast   Hamilton Spectator
Surrey Leader   
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Interactive lab explores music's scientific potential  The Globe and Mail
Before the iPod, the Sony Walkman or the home stereo system, music was something people made and experienced with other people. The universal nature of music-making, which occurs in every culture throughout the ages, suggests evolution may have ...


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  Toronto Star   
New IBA report seeks preventative, adaptive responses to climate change  Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Noting the urgency of the issue, the International Bar Association has released a hefty report outlining a range of legal responses to climate change. A new international environmental court 'would start small,' says David Estrin. “When the World Bank says ...

Climate laws inadequate to protect human rights – new legal frameworks ...   thebahamasweekly.com
IBA urges reform to climate change justice structures to protect human rights   JURIST
World needs an 'International Court on the Environment', International Bar ...   The Independent
Waterloo Record   
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  Edmonton Sun   
Canada's lack of leadership on climate issues alarming  CBC.ca
We are in New York City to unite with indigenous people across North America and the world, to join our allies fighting oilsands expansion and remind our host country that importing oilsands oil has destructive repercussions on thousands of lives and millions ...

Edmonton rally calls for action on climate change   CTV News
Edmonton marchers want climate action   Edmonton Sun
Alberta activists in NY Sunday to raise awareness on climate change   iNews880.com

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  McGill Daily   
Over 5000 hit the streets in Montreal for People's Climate March  McGill Daily
On September 21, over 5,000 Montrealers joined the People's Climate March at Parc Lafontaine in a protest against climate change and send a message to the world leaders attending the United Nations' (UN) first-ever Climate Summit in New York on ...

Gazette Midday: Montrealers march for climate/Author touts “fearless fitness”   Montreal Gazette (blog)
People's Climate March brings out thousands in Montreal   CBC.ca

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  NOW Magazine   
Grim weather forecast doesn't stop the People's Climate March  NOW Magazine
It's 8:29 am Sunday morning and the weather forecast is grim for the Toronto People's Climate March. An antsy email comes in from one of the organizers. “The thunder gods aren't exactly smiling on us.” With busloads of this country's biggest ...

Hundreds march in downtown Toronto to draw attention to climate change   CTV News
3000 people join climate march at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square   MetroNews Canada
Peoples' Climate March Toronto this Sunday   rabble.ca (blog)

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  French Tribune   
Myths about spiders busted  French Tribune
Every fall, big and hairy spiders invade homes. Is it true or just a myth? Well, according to Claudia Copley, the spider expert at the Royal British Columbia Museum, it's a big myth about the eight-legged critters. She clarified that all kinds of spiders can be seen ...

Big, hairy spiders not scary, says museum entomology manager   CTV News
Don't be scared of the spiders moving indoors for fall, says expert   Canada.com
Spider mating season is here   Newstalk 1010
Brandon Sun   
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  Toronto Sun   
Montreal researchers 'chew' on ideas for a better battery  CTV News
The time and energy wasted by idle chitchat could soon become a power source for small batteries. Researchers at the Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS) in Montreal are perfecting an innovative strap-on device that harnesses the energy from a moving ...

Piezoelectric chin device harvests jaw movements for energy   Phys.Org

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  National Geographic   
World leaders to meet for climate summit  9news.com.au
The largest gathering of world leaders on climate change opens at the United Nations on Tuesday amid calls for action to put the planet on course toward reversing global warming. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is hosting the summit of 120 leaders, the ...

Judith Curry: An unsettled climate for Climate Summit   Financial Post
Climate Summit Guest List—Points Towards An Interesting Outcome   Latinos Health
Global summit on climate change slated for Minneapolis   Minneapolis Star Tribune
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times   
SFGate   
Los Angeles Times   
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  Daily Mail   
Researchers 3D print moon telescope  Sarnia Observer
University of Sheffield researchers in England have built a US$160 telescope with parts on a 3D printer to obtain high quality pictures of the moon. The creators said that the quality of pictures is vastly superior to models costing ten times as much as theirs.
This Shot Of The Moon Is The First Photo Taken By A 3D-Printed Telescope   Gizmodo Australia

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