2015年5月11日 星期一

2015-05-12 Canada English Science


Financial Post
   
Start now for cheaper carbon-free growth - World Bank - TRFN   
Reuters
BARCELONA, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Countries around the world can move their economies onto a path that cuts net emissions of climate-changing gases to zero at an affordable cost but they should start now, the World Bank said.
Evangelicals finally join the climate-change battle (with video)   Vancouver Sun (blog)
The con in consensus: Climate change consensus among the misinformed is not ...   Financial Post

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Vancouver Sun
   
Study undermines narrative of BC First Nations as simple hunter-gatherers   
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER - The discovery of an expansive system of historic clam gardens along the Pacific Northwest coast is contributing to a growing body of work that's busting long-held beliefs about First Nations as heedless hunter-gatherers. A team of researchers ...

Study undermines narrative of First Nations as simple hunter-gatherers   Prince George Citizen

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Kansas City Star
   
Cornell University names Institute for Pale Blue Dots renamed in honor of Carl ...   
National Monitor
The university where Carl Sagan spent most of his career has dedicated a new institute in his name, with goals Sagan would have been excited about. Renowned science communicator Carl Sagan spent most of his professional career as an astronomy ...

Carl Sagan Institute: A fitting remembrance to his rich legacy in astronomy   Empire State Tribune
Cornell University's Alien-Searching Pale Blue Dots Renames Itself In Honor Of ...   Immortal News
The Carl Sagan Institute: Pale Blue Dot and Beyond at Cornell University   Voice of America (blog)
The Ithaca Voice   
Yahoo News   
Cornell Chronicle   
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Hamilton Spectator
   
Listen to the scientists on climate changes, says environment minister   
Hamilton Spectator
If Ontario's environment minister Glen Murray mentions the words "climate change" in a phone message to his Michigan counterpart, he doesn't get a call back. His call is returned if Murray talks about air pollution or water quality or shutting down coal plants.
International moot on 'Himalayan Adaptation': Pakistan witnessing climate ...   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Ivo Vegter   Daily Maverick
Climate Change Act a historic one, Environment Minister says   Malta Independent Online

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Stuff.co.nz
   
alien lights on dwarf planet   
Stuff.co.nz
Images of the mass made of ice and rock, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, show a series of small lights grouped together on the asteroids surface. The pictures were taken by the Nasa Dawn spacecraft in early May, as it orbited 13,600 ...

The Bright Spots of Ceres Spin Into View   Slate Magazine (blog)
Weird spots on dwarf planet Ceres start to come into focus   CNET

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Canada News
   
Saskatchewan : Province on alert for invasive aquatic species   
Canada News
Zebra and Quagga Mussels have been recently discovered in Lake Winnipeg, but these invasive species have not made their way into Saskatchewan's aquatic systems. Mr. Moe said: “Saskatchewan's lakes and waterways have significant environmental, ...

Protecting Saskatchewan waters from invasive species   Globalnews.ca
State still fighting aquatic invasive species   Post-Bulletin
Ravalli County boat decontamination illustrates invasive species effort   Ravalli Republic

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Scientific Computing
   
Massively Parallel Genomics Students: Publication has 940 Undergraduate ...   
Scientific Computing
Each horizontal line in this computer display represents a different line of evidence that could be used to argue for or against the presence of gene in a DNA sequence. The student, seeing a discrepancy, must drill down deeper to try to find its source. Courtesy ...

Massively Parallel Biology Students   Lab Manager Magazine
900 undergraduates co-author genomics paper   Science Codex

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Detroit Free Press
   
Climate change melting Chile's desert mummies   
Detroit Free Press
ARICA, Chile – For thousands of years, the mummies lay buried beneath the sands of the Atacama Desert, a volcanically active region along the northern Chilean coast with virtually no rainfall. When the first ones were discovered 100 years ago, ...

Decay of 7000-year-old mummies attributed to climate change   Digital Journal
As Chile's climate changes, the world's oldest mummies are turning moldy   PRI

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Sci-News.com
   
Chemists Develop New Technique for Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from ...   
Sci-News.com
A group of scientists at the University of Leuven in Belgium has developed a novel method for the recovery and separation of two rare earth elements – europium and yttrium – from fluorescent lamps and low-energy light bulbs. Separating europium and ...

Separating Rare Earth Metals With UV Light   Lab Manager Magazine
Separating Rare Earths with UV Light could be Breakthrough in Energy Saving ...   I4U News

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Discovery News
   
Two Thirds of the Earth Is Covered by Clouds   
Discovery News
Some of them look like big pillows or lines across the sky, while others may remind you of Winston Churchill's profile. But at any given moment, about two-thirds of the Earth's surface usually is covered by clouds, according to a NASA study based upon satellite ...

Two-thirds of Earth is covered in clouds   ABC Science Online
Thirteen years of cloud cover, in one beautiful map   The Weather Network
The cloudiest places on Earth, in one beautiful map   Vox
New Scientist   
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