2015年3月2日 星期一

2015-03-03 Canada English Science


CBC.ca
   
Hunting 'primary factor' in decline of Red Wine caribou, says Dan Crummell   
CBC.ca
Environment and Conservation Minister Dan Crummell says illegal hunting is a "primary factor" why the Red Wine Mountain caribou herd has been reduced to critical numbers in recent years. Alarm sounded over Innu caribou hunt · Caribou killed in closed ...

George River herd continues to decline   Labradorian
Labrador caribou herd reaches all-time low   MetroNews Canada
Measures Taken to Limit Disturbance to Red Wine Caribou Herd   VOCM

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OFA Climate Change Survey Results   
BlackburnNews.com
More than 2,500 Ontario Federation of Agriculture members completed a short online survey in January about climate change. More than 70% expressed concerns about climate change as it affects agriculture. The largest worries include the frequency and ...


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Digital Journal
   
Plastic pollution in the oceans consumed by corals   
Digital Journal
Sydney - Scientists studying Australia's Great Barrier Reef have discovered that coral will eat microplastic pollution. Microplastics are the remains of plastic pollution discarded into the oceans. As Digital Journal has previously reported, many parts of the ...

Micro plastic harming reef coral: study   Sydney Morning Herald

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New York Times
   
Climate Change Researcher Offers a Defense of His Practices   
New York Times
The scientist at the center of a controversy over fossil-fuel funding for climate research denounced his critics on Monday and said that he would be “happy to comply” with possible additional disclosure requirements from scientific journals publishing his ...

Fossil fuel industry caught taking a page out of the tobacco playbook   The Guardian
Democrats call for information from seven climate testifiers' universities   Physics Today
Climate skeptic blasts 'shameless attempt to silence' research   The Hill
De Smog Blog (blog)   
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Incredible Drone Video Shows The Heart Of A Volcano (VIDEO)   
Huffington Post Canada
A team of filmmakers and explorers have captured some incredible close-up footage of a volcano inside Marum Crater on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu, but as you might expect, they couldn't get too close to the lava itself. "The physiological effects of being ...

This Is The Inside Of A Volcano, More Intimate And Terrifying Than You've Ever ...   Bustle
Impossible Shots of an Active Volcano Captured by Drones for National ...   Fstoppers

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Mongabay.com
   
How the Sahara keeps the Amazon rainforest going   
Mongabay.com
A conceptual image showing dust from the Saharan Desert crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the Amazon rainforest in South America. Photo by: Conceptual Image Lab, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
Dust From The Sahara Makes The Amazon Rainforest Grow   Clapway
A NASA video shows how dust leaves the Sahara and floats to Amazon forest   Washington Post
From the Sahara to the Amazon: Beautiful NASA Video Shows How Everything ...   Greener Ideal (blog)
Vox   
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The Courier-Journal
   
UNEP Report Discloses the UN's 2013 GHG Emissions   
IISD Reporting Services
UNEP 26 February 2015: The UN emitted about 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2013, according to 'Moving Towards a Climate Neutral UN: The UN System's Footprint and Efforts to Reduce It.' The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report ...

EPA names UPS, Brown-Forman climate leaders   The Courier-Journal
Emissions-Reduction Technology Generates Employment, Economic Growth   Environmental Leader

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BBC News
   
Forest tree seeds arrive at Svalbard's 'Doomsday vault'   
BBC News
The Svalbard "doomsday" vault - widely known for protecting global food crop seeds - has accepted its first delivery of forest tree species seeds. Norway spruce and Scots pine samples have entered the vault inside a mountain on the Arctic archipelago.
Svalbard's icy vault welcomes first tree seeds   Wired.co.uk
Doomsday vault: first tree samples arrive at underground, frozen seed store   The Independent
New Seeds Arrive At The Doomsday Vault   E Canada Now
Beacon Review   
Market Business News   
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Alaska Dispatch News
   
Turbulence Beneath Arctic Ice Investigated   
Hydro International
Using Royal Navy submarine data, researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC, UK) have investigated the nature of turbulence in the ocean beneath the Arctic sea-ice. Recent decreases in Arctic sea ice may have a big impact on the circulation, ...

Melting Arctic sea ice forces relocation on Alaskan village   Digital Journal
Royal Navy Data Provide Insights for Arctic Science   MarineLink
Life on ice at the top of the world   Ktoo
Gizmag   
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The News Reports
   
Retina is built backwards with neurons in front of the photoreceptors   
The News Reports
Researchers have for the first time confirmed that in a human retina the neurons are in front of the photoreceptors rather than behind them – meaning that the retina is built backwards. “The retina is not just the simple detector and neural image processor as ...

Human retina built backwards: study   Deccan Chronicle
Human retina is built backwards confirm scientists   Jagran Post

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