2015年1月2日 星期五

2015-01-03 Canada English Science


USA TODAY
   
Orca midwife? It may have happened, scientists say   
USA TODAY
SEATTLE -- Orca experts say it is possible that one or more orcas acted as midwives during the birth of a calf last week. Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research confirmed the birth of the calf in the J-pod of the endangered southern resident orcas.
Orca calf born to endangered southern resident pod   CBC.ca
Newborn orca calf found in B.C. gives researchers hope for endangered species   Winnipeg Free Press
Newborn Killer Whale a Good Sign for Imperiled Pod   ABC News

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Vancity Buzz
   
Stargazers: New Year's comet passes Earth   
Brattleboro Reformer
As we turn the page on the new year, stargazers are receiving a visitor from the outer parts of our solar system: a comet. Discovered on Aug. 17 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, the comet — known officially as Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) — is ...

Watch the New Year's Skies for a Green Comet   National Geographic
How to spot potentially dazzling "New Year's comet"   CBS News
A naked-eye comet, visible in the New Year's Eve sky   Los Angeles Times
ABC News   
Yahoo News Canada (blog)   
Techie News   
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Vancouver Sun
   
A valuable resource on our local waters   
Vancouver Sun
The Sea Among Us: The Amazing Strait of Georgia. Edited by Richard Beamish and Gordon (Sandy) McFarlane. Harbour Publishing. The Sea Among Us is not a coffee-table book. For the most part, it's also not a book you'd curl up with on a rainy night with a ...


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Hamilton Spectator
   
Adult science nights in Regina combine education with bar service   
Hamilton Spectator
A group watches a presentation on stars inside a planetarium during an adult science night at the Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina. next play/pause pre 1/1. Hamilton Spectator. By Clare Clancy. REGINA — Giggling and enthusiastic conversations ...

Adult science nights bring out inner child   Regina Leader-Post

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Christian Science Monitor
   
Canada Safe Despite Fukushima Radiation in British Columbia Waters: Experts   
Sputnik International
WASHINGTON, January 3 (Sputnik) — Radioactive substances from the defunct Japanese Fukushima nuclear power plant have reached the Canadian shelf, but their levels are of no threat to people, experts have told Sputnik. "No protective measures ...

How Quickly Did Fukushima Radiation Reach North America, and When Will it ...   Tech Times
Fukushima radiation detected in Canadian waters but not Alaska   KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska
Study: It took 2.1 years for Fukushima radioactive plume to reach North America   The Seattle Times
CNBC   
SMN Weekly   
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E Canada Now
   
NOAA Report Indicates that While Arctic Air is Rising - Rate of Ice Melt is Negligible   
E Canada Now
Click to enlarge. (From the report: Fig. 1.2). October – January average near-surface air temperature anomalies (in °C) for the years 2009-2014 relative to the final 20 years of the 20th Century (1981-2000). Data are from NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO, and can be ...

Sea absorbs more radiation as Arctic ice fades   The Independent
Open water: the Arctic's new normal   Pique Newsmagazine
Climate Change This Week: No Forests - No Farming, Divine Divestment, and ...   Full-Time Whistle
Uncover Michigan   
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Volcano explosions mark end of 2014 in Mexico   
The Weather Network
Thursday, January 1, 2015, 8:43 AM - People living near the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico had an explosive New Year's celebration. The volcano had almost 30 eruptions in less than 24 hours, according to the latest update. People within 10 km have been ...

Volcano erupts in Mexico   KPLC-TV

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indiatvnews.com
   
From Lima to Paris: The year ahead for climate action   
GMA News
The Philippines welcomed the New Year in the wake of Seniang (Jangmi), which claimed more than 50 lives and caused flashfloods and landslides in Visayas and Mindanao during the last days of 2014. For the past few years, we have struggled with storms ...

Climate talks: Optimism over-supply, action short-supply   The Hans India
2015 Might Be a Big Peak Year for Climate Change   De Smog Blog (blog)

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Pioneer News
   
Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count Yields Great Surprises This Year   
Pioneer News
So, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count has come and gone; and while this tradition usually passes with the joys of finding the birds the participants love to see, this season's held a few surprises that surely made for a more memorial event. This year, in ...

Delta-area Birders Spot Species New to Interior During Christmas Bird Count   Alaska Public Radio Network
Audubon Bird Watchers Get an 'Unusual' Show, this New Year   Nature World News
And now, its kids' turn to join the Christmas Bird Count   Full-Time Whistle
CBS Local   
Delta-Optimist   
lehighvalleylive.com   
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Vancouver Sun
   
Opinion: Seven possible doomsday scenarios   
Vancouver Sun
Our solar system is littered with billions of pieces of debris, from the size of large boulders to objects hundreds of miles across. We know that from time to time these hit Earth. A Russian scientist has calculated that a mountain-sized asteroid — which crosses ...


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