2014年11月19日 星期三

2014-11-20 Canada English Science

  Toronto Star   
Industrial pollution is turning lakes into 'jelly'  Washington Post
As Canadian lakes have become more acidic, they've become increasingly dominated by jelly-like plankton that are throwing things out of whack, new research suggests. And these gummy invaders aren't going anywhere. Soon, they could even disrupt the ...

Increasing 'Jellification' of Canada's Lakes Worries Experts   Nature World News
Canada's acidic lakes are becoming 'jellified'   UPI.com
Jelly Takeover: Loss Of Calcium In Lakes Is Shaping Evolution   Science 2.0
Science Codex   
CityLab   
www.parrysound.com   
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  Owen Sound Sun Times   
Canadian team sets sights on Mars landing, needs public help  Owen Sound Sun Times
A group of Canadians hoping to land a rover on Mars in 2018 says it needs $1 million in fundraising to make the ambitious trip a reality. The mission, Northern Light, has been in development for several years, and the group has only recently launched a ...


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  The Straits Times   
Polar Bear Numbers Plummeting in Alaska, Canada—What About the Rest?  National Geographic
Polar bears (pictured, an animal in Manitoba, Canada) as a species are considered vulnerable to extinction. Photograph by Paul Souders, Corbis. Linda Qiu. National Geographic. Published November 19, 2014. A large population of polar bears in Alaska and ...

Study: Polar bears disappearing from key region   Columbia Daily Tribune
Newspapers Mislead Public About Polar Bear Numbers   Canada Free Press
Polar bear population in Alaska down 40 per cent in 10 years: 5 things about the ...   The Straits Times
Nunatsiaq News   
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  CTV News   
London-based water treatment company recognized  CTV News
Trojan Technologies, which has been working with researchers to improve water treatment, has been presented with the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership. The London-based company is a world leader in water treatment, including ultraviolent ...

Canada's Brightest Up-and-Coming Researchers Honoured at 4th Annual ...   DigitalJournal.com
London tech firm Trojan receives leadership award for water treatment efforts   OurWindsor.ca

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  Ottawa Citizen   
Hadfield, Natynczyk among those named to Ottawa's new space advisory board  Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA - Former astronaut Chris Hadfield is among those named by Industry Minister James Moore to a new board that will advise the government on space projects. Moore says the space advisory board will help produce the country's future space policies.
Retired general and a former astronaut to advise Canadian government on ...   Ottawa Citizen

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  Nature World News   
Salamanders Are More Than a Snack in Forest Ecosystems  Nature World News
Salamanders are tricky to spot and certainly even harder to keep track of. That's why salamander populations have largely been left up to speculation. However, new research suggests that they are actually very prevalent, and play a significant role in the food ...

MU study finds salamanders more abundant in Ozarks than previously thought   Lakenewsonline.com
US forests are crawling with 'yummy' salamanders   Futurity: Research News
Salamanders are a more abundant food source in forest ecosystems than ...   Eureka! Science News

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  Science 2.0   
Mystery Virus That Turned Starfish Into Goo Identified  Science 2.0
We live in a time when our climate is warming more rapidly than ever before. Rising temperature and associated changes in weather are driving shifts in the distributions of species on Earth. Some are thriving in these new climate conditions and have even ...

Scientists Identify Starfish 'Killer' on West Coast: A Virus   Latinos Health
Virus may be the culprit in a disease that's wiping out starfish   Ars Technica
Scientists think they know why starfish are 'melting'   Fox News
Science Recorder   
Design & Trend   
AllGov   
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  Beacon News (blog)   
Harnessing the power of 'citizen science': Suzuki  Beacon News (blog)
The National Audobon Society's Christmas bird count is an example of citizen science. Volunteers have been enlisted to monitor birds for over 100 years. Photo courtesy National Audobon Society. Our ancestors may not have called themselves “citizen ...

Harnessing the power of "citizen science"   Troy Media

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  Charisma News   
International Conference on Humanoid Robots in Madrid  CANOE
A humanoid robot face is displayed at a stand during the International Conference on Humanoid Robots in Madrid Nov. 19, 2014. The conference theme "Humans and Robots Face-to-Face" confirms the growing interest in the field of human-humanoid ...

Dancing, talking robots show off at Madrid congress   Phys.Org

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  Mirror.co.uk   
British scientists are crowdfunding a moon landing  The Week Magazine
There's a Kickstarter fund out there for you, whether you're a Zach Braff super fan, a potato salad lover, or a space enthusiast just dying to get your DNA on the moon. British scientists launched a Kickstarter to fund Lunar Mission One, a which would send a ...

The UK Is Crowdfunding A Trip To The Moon   Gizmodo Australia
Next moon mission to be funded through Kickstarter   The Province (blog)
UFO enthusiasts may find storing DNA on the moon for future explorers intriguing   Examiner.com
Washington Times   
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