2015年4月24日 星期五

2015-04-25 Canada English Science


Toronto Star
   
Scientists discover genetic blueprint that could bring back woolly mammoths   
Toronto Star
Four thousand years after the woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth, scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint that may offer a key to bringing it back. By comparing DNA recovered from two long-dead individuals, a team of researchers have ...

Living woolly mammoths could roam the tundra again soon   CNET
Scientists get fresh look at DNA code of woolly mammoth   Parsons Sun

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Sarnia Observer
   
Nunavut, Greenland stand together on seal hunt   
Sarnia Observer
Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna, seen here on Jan. 30, 2015, emphasized the importance of the seal hunt to coastal communities in a joint statement with Greenland. Marc DesRosiers/QMI Agency ...


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The Australian
   
Judith Curry and other eco-realists say climate change action can wait   
The Australian
Against the backdrop of seasonal wild weather that cost lives, flooded towns and eroded coastlines this week, there was a storm surge of pressure for the federal government to lift its ambition to tackle climate change. World leaders, notably China and the US, ...

Joint Statement on Climate Change from the Premiers of Ontario and Québec   Wire Service Canada (press release)
Concentrated solutions   Prince George Citizen
Opportunities Abound for Farmers as Temps Rise -- Climate Change Evangelist   Agriculture.com

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Turning a whale inside out   
Clarenville Packet
The first thing every marine mammal research scientist needs to remember when slicing into the thick blubber of a whale that's been dead for some time is to not put your face directly over the incision. You could get blasted with escaping gas, blubber, blood or ...


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Nunatsiaq News
   
Greenpeace urges US Arctic Council focus on environmental protection   
Nunatsiaq News
Greenpeace launches its "Save the Arctic Campaign" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2012, during the Rio +20 earth summit, using a balloon in the shape of a polar bear. (FILE PHOTO). Actors linked with the environmental activist group Greenpeace are urging ...

Emma Thompson: Move away from risky oil extraction, blind greed in Arctic   USA TODAY
Emma Thompson wrote an Oscar-worthy open letter to save the Arctic   Grist
Actress Emma Thompson joins fight for the Arctic   Dominican Today

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CBC.ca
   
World Vision's 30 Hour Famine began in basement of Calgary church   
CBC.ca
You've likely heard of World Vision's 30 Hour Famine, where young people go hungry — by choice — to raise money for those suffering from starvation. The annual event kicks off Friday in more than 20 countries, including Canada. Spike in Canadian ...

Worldwide campaign helping to feed the hungry started in Calgary   660 News
Canadian youth light up the country for the 30 Hour Famine   Military Technologies

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CBC.ca
   
Halifax space enthusiasts create winning Hubble tribute video   
CBC.ca
Haligonians Halley Davies and Martin Hellmich took first place in an international competition to celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope. The two entered the contest honouring the 25 years Hubble has spent orbiting earth. "We're the Hubble generation and ...

Hubble telescope's successor should change how we see the universe   Mashable
Space awareness event marks 25 years of Hubble telescope   Times of India
The Hubble still has work to do   Washington Post

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TheBlaze.com
   
Huge magma chamber found under Yellowstone supervolcano   
New Zealand Herald
The Grand Prismatic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park's that is among the park's myriad hydrothermal features. Photo / AP. Scientists have spied a vast reservoir of hot, partly molten rock beneath the supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park that's big ...

Magma reservoir at Yellowstone National Park   The Australian
Congratulations, Yellowstone! You're having giant magma twins   Grist
Two huge magma chambers spied beneath Yellowstone National Park   Science /AAAS

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NOAA
   
Pocket Sharks are Among the World's Rarest Finds   
NOAA
A very small and rare species of shark is swimming its way through scientific literature. But don't worry, the chances of this inches-long vertebrate biting through your swimsuit is extremely slim, because if you ever spotted one you'd be the third person to ever ...


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Start of dwarf planet mission delayed after small mix-up   
New Zealand Herald
LOS ANGELES (AP) " NASA said Friday observations of a dwarf planet have been delayed slightly after a communication glitch. The Dawn spacecraft circling dwarf planet Ceres was supposed to kick off its science campaign in the morning, but it didn't ...


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