2014年10月2日 星期四

2014-10-03 Canada English Science

  E Canada Now   
Hog-nosed Snake Is Nothing To Fear Says Upper Thames River Conservation ...  E Canada Now
Heterodon platirhinos Here's the full view of the intimidating Eastern hognose snake. He's got a nice hood there, and he was hissing too. Found just off the trail at Wildwood Metropark in Toledo, Ohio. Woodstock Ontario – Have you seen an Eastern ...

Look out for the eastern hog-nosed snake near the Thames River, experts say   MetroNews Canada
Eastern hog-nosed snake (Photo courtesy of Upper Thames River Conservation ...   London Free Press
UTRCA Biologist Looking for Harmless Hog-nosed Snake   Canada News
Am980 London News   
BlackburnNews.com   
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  E Canada Now   
Skyscanner's Vision of Travel & Tourism by 2024  E Canada Now
TORONTO – Travel search engine site Skyscanner released the third and final part of a report entitled “Destinations and Hotels” which predicts the future of travel over the next ten years. If the report proves accurate, the tourism industry will have undergone a ...

Future holiday trends revealed   World First Travel Insurance
Space tourism and underwater resorts: future of tourism   Financial Express
Skyscanner predicts a hyper-personalised future for hospitality   Travolution
AsiaOne   
CTV News   
iAfrica.com   
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  Phys.Org   
Robot researcher combines nature to nurture 'superhuman' navigation  Eureka! Science News
Computer modelling of the human eye, the brain of a rat and a robot could revolutionise advances in neuroscience and new technology, says a QUT leading robotics researcher. Dr Michael Milford from QUT's Science and Engineering Faculty says the new ...

Soon, robots to have 'superhuman' navigation skills   ANINEWS
Scientist modelling robot with rat brain, human eyes   Canada News
Aussie researcher modelling robot that would include rat brain, human eyes   Standard Freeholder

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  MetroNews Canada   
Canadian Astronauts Compete in 'Amazing Race' Across Toronto  Yahoo News UK
TORONTO — While watching SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft make a simulated approach to the International Space Station, astronaut Jeremy Hansen muttered: "Don't mess this up, Jeremy; this is our fresh food." Hansen was at the controls of a robotic ...

Canada's astronauts optimistic about the future of space tourism   MetroNews Canada
The great space race   CHCH News

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  Edmonton Journal   
Fracking in wintry areas linked to high ozone pollution  Edmonton Journal
Emissions wafting out of oil and gas operations can trigger “extreme” ozone pollution events that rival those seen in congested cities such as Los Angeles, according to an international study. Extraordinary levels of ozone, which can exacerbate asthma and ...

Oil and gas emissions can create 'extreme' ozone pollution, study finds   Canada.com
Uinta Basin cooks up bad winter air   Salt Lake Tribune
New study explains wintertime ozone pollution in Utah oil and gas fields   Government Security News

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  Huffington Post   
Tackling Climate Change, Together: Five Observations from UN Climate Week ...  Huffington Post
As a communications professional with 20 years of experience in global sustainability strategy and engagement, I found the recent climate convening in New York City both inspirational and encouraging. For the first time, we saw cohesion and camaraderie ...

Brown, Bay Area Activists in NYC for UN Climate Summit   KQED
Climate Change Responsible for 2013 Weather Extremes   Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
A rare debate on the “settled science” of climate change   CommDigiNews
Johns Hopkins News-Letter   
Climate Central   
Scientific American   
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  BDlive   
Naomi Klein sounds the climate change alarm  gulfnews.com
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. By Naomi Klein, Simon & Schuster, 534 pages, $30. Naomi Klein has made a career critiquing the effects of global capital and consumerism. Her 2000 book “No Logo” looked at the exploitation of workers ...

Human nature, not capitalism, greatest threat   Troy Media
Solving climate change may require transforming capitalism   PRI
'This Changes Everything' tackles global warming   Washington Post
Washington Times   
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  BBC News   
Hungry US bullfrog invasion spreads  BBC News
Scientists are reporting an invasion of hungry American bullfrogs along the Yellowstone River in the US state of Montana. The bullfrogs are said to eat nearly anything, including other bullfrogs, and pose a threat to native species. The number of the animal's ...

Invasion of voracious bullfrogs spreads in Montana   Surrey Leader

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  Daily Mail   
Global warming 'slowed by pollution'  Saanich News
The apparent slowing of global warming in recent years is likely due to effects of increased particulate and other conventional pollution, particularly from thermal coal use in Asia, says B.C. MLA and climate scientist Andrew Weaver. Weaver was asked to ...

'Wrong Headed' or Sound Science? Debate Rages Over Two-Degree Global ...   VICE News
Ditching the 2 Degree Climate Goal?   Nature World News
Is The World's Main Climate Goal Misguided?   Climate Central
Bloomberg   
660 News   
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Missing targets  UBC Faculty of Science
In 2010, the international community adopted the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreeing to meet 20 targets to protect the diversity of animals, fish, plants and their habitats by 2020. As we near the midpoint to 2020, UBC professor ...


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