2015年3月4日 星期三

2015-03-05 Canada English Science


Toronto Sun
   
Fungus threatens BC forests, scientists say   
Toronto Sun
VANCOUVER — Native black cottonwood trees in B.C. are at serious risk of catching a killer, non-native fungus unless researchers can figure out how to stop it, B.C. forest scientists say. Black cottonwoods are found along B.C.'s coast and are an integral part ...

BC researchers battle tree-killing fungus   24 Hours Vancouver
UBC scientists find key to deadly poplar tree fungus   Vancouver Sun
UBC scientists uncover cause of tree-killing fungus   University of British Columbia
Phys.Org   
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CBC.ca
   
Salmon freezing to death in Nova Scotia   
The Weather Network
Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 4:33 PM - Above-average salmon mortality rates are being reported at three Nova Scotia locations due to extremely cold water temperatures. The high mortality rates were reported in the Annapolis Basin, Shelburne Harbour and ...

Nova Scotia aquaculture fish killed by superchilled water   CBC.ca
'Superchill' kills fish at Cooke Aquaculture sites in Nova Scotia   Nova News Now
Super-chilled ocean water suspected in salmon deaths at Nova Scotia fish farms   Cape Breton Post

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SMN Weekly
   
Life can Exist on Saturn's Moon 'Titan' but Would be Very Much Different From ...   
SMN Weekly
Scientists have been working out to understand if life could have survived amidst Titan's methane-based lakes. Titan is the biggest moon of Saturn. After several experiments, they got to know that Titan can support life but it won't be like the Earth's. Titan has ...

How life could develop in the methane lakes of Saturn's moon Titan   Los Angeles Times
Ultracold-Resistant Chemical on Titan Could Allow It to Harbor Life   Scientific American
Could This Alien Cell Thrive on Titan?   Discovery News
Forbes   
Globalnews.ca   
NBCNews.com   
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CBC.ca
   
Turtle trafficking investigation gets help from Alberta paleontologist   
CBC.ca
Environment Canada announced this week that an Ontario herbal supply company pleaded guilty to unlawfully importing protected species of turtles and tortoises into Canada. Don Brinkman, a paleontologist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, played a key role in ...

Drumheller paleontologist helps crack turtle smuggling case   Calgary Herald

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CBC.ca
   
How water's peculiar properties could solve shortages   
CBC.ca
Water might be everywhere, but for one in six people on this planet are under what's referred to as "water stress," meaning they have no access to clean drinking water. Physicist Marcia Barbosa will be focusing on this problem in her public lecture called ...

Watch Live Today: The Physics of Water [Video]   Scientific American
Live from Perimeter: Dr. Marcia Barbosa on 'water stress'   Macleans.ca

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USA TODAY
   
Two fossils suggest human family is older than thought   
USA TODAY
The mottled wedge of rock was lying on a hill in the Ethiopian desert as if waiting to be noticed. Now elated scientists say it is a 2.8 million-year-old fossilized jawbone -- and the oldest known remnant of the family that includes modern humans. The fossil ...

Jawbone's Discovery Fills Barren Evolutionary Period   New York Times
Boffins find Earth's earliest Homo in Ethiopian hilltop   The Register
The human family may have evolved half a million years earlier than we thought   Washington Post
BBC News   
Sydney Morning Herald   
TIME   
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CBC.ca
   
CBC TV And Radio Signals May Be Disrupted By The Sun   
Huffington Post Canada
We're sorry, but there seems to be a problem communicating with the server. Please refresh and try again. Share 0 · Tweet · 0. Email 0. Comment 0. tumblr · reddit. On several occasions in the past, intense solar flares from the sun have disrupted broadcast ...

Sun transit season may disrupt some CBC broadcast signals   CBC.ca

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Surrey Now
   
White Rock Museum & Archives requests boost to city funding   
Peace Arch News
White Rock Museum & Archives requested for an increase in funding from the City of White Rock Monday. — image credit: File photo. 0. by Sarah Massah - Peace Arch News; posted Mar 4, 2015 at 12:00 PM— updated Mar 4, 2015 at 1:02 PM. White Rock ...

White Rock Museum and Archives faces uncertain future   Surrey Now

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Powell River Peak
   
Herons familiar sight on the coast   
Comox Valley Record
Most residents have heard its distinctive, and croaky, “frawnk” call as the heron takes flight after being disturbed. But, did you know that herons will sometimes abandon their nests if they are chased away from their food foraging areas too often? Great Blue ...

Biologists look for help with herons   Powell River Peak

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Caribbean Journal
   
Jamaica to Launch $6 Million Climate Change Resilience Project   
Caribbean Journal
Jamaica is slated to launch a $6 million climate change resilience project in the greater Kingston metropolitan area, the government announced this week. The project is called “Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-based ...

Adapting to climate change   The Express Tribune
India appeals rich nations to vacate carbon space for emerging economies   Economic Times
BC Ministry of Environment memo warns climate change impacts inevitable and ...   Straight.com
GlobalPost   
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