2015年4月6日 星期一

2015-04-07 Canada English Science


The Globe and Mail
   
UBC applauds federal funding for thirty meter telescope   
University of British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC – The University of British Columbia celebrates the Government of Canada's decision to contribute $243.5 million to the construction of the most advanced and powerful telescope on Earth. The Thirty Meter Telescope—so named for the ...

Stephen Harper announces contribution for Thirty Meter Telescope project   The Daily Courier (subscription)
Canada finally commits its share of funds for Thirty Meter Telescope   CBC.ca

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Calgary Herald
   
Study Forecasts 70% Loss of West Canada's Glaciers   
New York Times
The glaciers of the Canadian West could shrink by 70 percent by 2100, according to new research that has implications for predicting glacier loss around the world. The loss of mountain glaciers contributes to the rise in sea levels. As glaciers dwindle there ...

The Crowfoot Glacier in Alberta   660 News
70% of glaciers in B.C., Alberta will melt by 2100: Study   Edmonton Examiner

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Globalnews.ca
   
Birding takes flight in Sask. as species migrate through province   
Globalnews.ca
Although believed to be a naturally rare species, the Whooping Crane was designated as endangered by COSEWIC in 1978 because of its rapid decline in the early 20th century. Habitat destruction and over-hunting caused crane populations to drop ...

Birding takes flight in Saskatchewan spring as species migrate through province   Vancouver Sun

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Edmonton Sun
   
University of Alberta physicist excited 'Big Bang' machine restarted   
Edmonton Sun
University of Alberta physicist Roger Moore stands at the Large Hadron Collider at Europe's physics research centre, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland. SUPPLIED PHOTO/University of Alberta. Article ...


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CBC.ca
   
Dark Sky Preserves save the stars from light pollution   
CBC.ca
Terry Dickinson remembers being five years old, stepping outside his parents' backyard in Toronto and staring in awe at the Milky Way and thousands of stars. The 71-year-old astronomer recently returned to his childhood home and was saddened he could ...

Royal Astronomical Society's Dark Sky Preserves Let People Enjoy Star-Gazing ...   ChrisD.ca

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Los Angeles Times
   
Particle-smashing Large Hadron Collider off to a smooth restart   
Los Angeles Times
After a two-year hiatus, the giant proton-smasher that discovered the Higgs boson is back in action – and ready for bigger challenges. Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, successfully sent two beams of ...

Large Hadron Collider: World's biggest physics experiment restarts   CNN
Reactivated Large Hadron Collider hopes to solve more mysteries   www.insidebrockville.com/
The Large Hadron Collider Is Back, Baby   io9
Movie TV Tech Geeks News   
UT The Daily Texan   
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Science 2.0
   
Forest Service history gives insight into timber industry   
Times Colonist
Just over a century ago, the provincial government set up a branch dedicated to the management of British Columbia's forests. At the time, most of the forestry work being done in the province was on a small scale, but that was about to change. Industrial ...

Mountain Town News: Big housing now on the rise in Telluride   Summit Daily News
Studies shed light on beetle kills   Pueblo Chieftain

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India West
   
Indian-origin Student in UK Wins Institute of Physics Honor   
India West
Pratap Singh used a Raspberry Pi computer in his research on Albert Einstein's special relativity theory, which earned him the Institute of Physics prize. Posted: Monday, April 6, 2015 1:00 pm | Updated: 1:39 pm, Mon Apr 6, 2015. Indian-origin Student in UK ...

Indian-origin student wins top prize for research on Albert Einstein's special ...   NewsHub.org
Indian-origin schoolboy in UK wins Institute of Physics Prize   Times of India
Indian-origin British student lands the Institute of Physics prize   Techie News
Cambridge News   
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Ring of Fire
   
Conservative group is tired of being accused of climate denial   
Standard-Examiner
Facing a loss of high-profile corporate sponsors, a conservative state-level policy group — the American Legislative Exchange Council — threatened action in recent weeks against activist groups that accuse it of denying climate change. Attorneys for ALEC ...

Climate-change deniers are in retreat   Washington Post
Conservative Nonprofit ALEC Mulls Suits Over Climate Claims   Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)
ALEC Tries to Silence Critics, Threatens Legal Action Against Common Cause   eNews Park Forest
The Hill   
De Smog Blog (blog)   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Calling Obama's Bluff on Climate Change   
Wall Street Journal
From immigration to Internet regulation, there is scarcely an issue on which President Obama has not pushed the limits of executive power to achieve his ideological goals. The Republican Congress has been able only to react to these usurpations, often ...

The Road to Paris: three myths about international climate talks   The Fifth Estate
3 Myths About International Climate Talks   Science 2.0
Climate change: no room for debate?   Al Jazeera America
The Chronicle Journal   
The Nation.   
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