2014年12月23日 星期二

2014-12-24 Canada English Science


Los Angeles Times
   
Invasive species get by with a little help from their alien friends   
Los Angeles Times
Scientists call it "invasional meltdown," and it's the theory that once an alien species takes root in a new land, it opens the door to intrusions from other invading organisms. lRelated Putting the color in Yellowstone's famed thermal springs · Science Now ...

European fire ant helping spread of invasive plant   Toronto Star
New study suggests invasive species work together to dominate local habitats   The Globe and Mail
European fire ant impacts forest ecosystems by helping alien plants spread   Phys.Org

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CTV News
   
Rising ocean temperatures could wipe out chinook salmon: study   
The Globe and Mail
New climate-change research involving a University of British Columbia scientist predicts that one of the West Coast's most prized salmon stocks could be wiped out over the next 85 years. A study has concluded that there is a five per cent chance of a ...

Chinook salmon at risk of 'catastrophic loss' under global warming, new study ...   Edmonton Journal

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Forbes
   
NASA Kepler Finds Milky Way's Oldest Known Earth-Mass Planets   
Forbes
Intelligent life in our Milky Way Galaxy may have gotten a gigantic head start, say astronomers who confirmed the detection of low-mass, rocky planets around a star that's at least 11.2 billion years old, or more than twice the age of our own solar system.
This Is How NASA Fixed a Telescope Currently in Orbit   malaysiandigest.com
Super-Earth Confirmed By UBC Astronomer   E Canada Now
Let's think seriously about a Lazarus mission   Financial Times
Huffington Post   
Scientific Computing   
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New Hampshire Voice
   
Wide variety of species spotted during 2014 Audubon's Leadbetter Christmas ...   
Chinook Observer
Thanks to 23 property owners who live around Willapa Bay and other key locations, 42 birders in eight sectors were given access to count birds on Dec. 20 for the 115th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Information gathered in Christmas Bird Counts ...

Bird counters hope for 'little nuggets'   Hamilton Spectator
Join the Alberni bird count this Christmas   Alberni Valley Times
Bird count draws flock of volunteers   Timmins Press
BVI Beacon   
Hartford Courant   
New Hampshire Voice   
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Stunning Black-and-White Photos of the Nazca Lines   
Smithsonian
The Nazca Lines have puzzled the world since Peruvian archeologist Toribio Mejia Xesspe discovered them in the 1920s. Now they are back in the news after Greenpeace activists added a note to the famous geoglyphs during recent climate talks. Ignoring ...

Climate talks end 2014 in disarray   Mission City Record

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CBC.ca
   
Stone tool uncovered in Turkey pintpoints when humans left Asia for Europe   
CBC.ca
The discovery of a very old stone tool in Turkey has helped scientists to consider when early humans passed through the gateway from Asia to Europe. The tool, a quartzite flake, was uncovered in the ancient deposits of the Gediz river in western Turkey and ...

The Oldest Stone Tool Ever Discovered in Turkey Reveals Secrets of Human ...   Science World Report
Researchers date oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey   UPI.com
Discovery: Oldest Stone Tool Ever Found In Turkey   Science 2.0
HeritageDaily   
Daily Mail   
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Science Times
   
Recently Invented Gecko Gloves Excite both Children and NASA   
Science Times
Stanford graduate student Elliot Hawkes took on the task of creating a Gecko-inspired controllable adhesive for part of his dissertation project. And though it simply started as a research project, the resulting product is causing excitement far beyond the ...

Stanford students design paddles to climb glass   Washington Post
Stanford students design paddles for climbing glass walls   San Jose Mercury News

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DailyTech
   
Campbell's Monkeys Found to Use Different Dialects to Describe Local Threats   
DailyTech
Work by Professor Alban Lemasson -- a primatologist at the University of Rennes, France -- in a 2009 study suggested that Campbell's monkeys were capable of a rudimentary form of "speech". Unlike most animal species who associate specific sounds with a ...

Monkeys Living in Different Areas Use distinct Alarm Calls: Study   West Texas News
New research translates 'Monkey' to English   The Weather Network
Scientists translate monkey words, find different dialects   Times LIVE
Island Crisis News   
Daijiworld.com   
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Jewish Exponent
   
Wrapping our minds around climate change   
National Post
Growing up in Chevy Chase, Md., a suburb inside the Beltway of the D.C. metro area, I learned only one thing about fossil fuels in school for the first 18 years of my life: They were bad because they were causing global warming. It wasn't very clear in my mind ...

The Impact of Climate Change on Child Health (1)   Sudan Vision
Climate Change This Week: Bishops Bugle, Latin Solar Salsa, the Price of Heat ...   Huffington Post
States, Cities Brace for Global Warming Fallout   Techwire.net
InsideClimate News   
Business Green   
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Valentina Lommatsch: Comet lander engineer revels in historic achievement   
The Globe and Mail
Bearing Witness: 2014 — The Globe and Mail looks back on the cataclysmic news events of 2014 through the eyes of the people who were there – be they bystanders, participants or journalists. Their accounts shaped our perceptions, while their witnessing ...


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