2015年6月19日 星期五

2015-06-20 Canada English Science


CBC.ca
   
Beluga whale sighting in Liverpool Harbour worries marine biologist   
CBC.ca
A marine biologist is concerned about the safety of a beluga whale after a sighting in the Liverpool Harbour off Nova Scotia's South Shore. The Marine Animal Rescue Society's Andrew Reid said it's dangerous for a whale to take up residence in a spot so ...

Lonely Beluga whale residing in Halifax harbour may be endangered   Digital Journal
Beluga whale has made its home in Liverpool Harbour   Hants Journal

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CBC.ca
   
Vancouver Aquarium protesters target gala fundraiser patrons   
CBC.ca
A loud group of protesters confronted patrons of the Vancouver Aquarium's annual fundraising gala as they arrived for the event on Thursday evening. The protesters, who were calling for the end of whales in captivity, were bolstered by a new bill in the ...

Night at the Aquarium raises $360000   BCBusiness
Proposed ban on whale captivity in Canada has scientists split on its potential ...   Yahoo News Canada (blog)

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The Province
   
MDA to upgrade space station cameras   
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
A woman enters the offices of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates in Richmond, B.C. on January 8, 2008. The International Space Station needs new cameras and an $11-million contract to design their replacement has been awarded to MacDonald, ...

Photo: Contributed - NASA   Castanet.net
Supporting Canadian Robotics on the International Space Station   Space Ref (press release)
MDA to benefit from Canada's renewed space exploration activity   Proactive Investors USA & Canada
ExecutiveBiz (blog)   
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The Globe and Mail
   
Pope Francis's encyclical on climate change an awe-inspiring document   
The Globe and Mail
It is a rare document that cites The Divine Comedy, the works of Thomas Aquinas and the Basel Convention on hazardous waste. There cannot be many modern communications that, in place of emojis, give us quotations from St. Basil the Great along with the ...

The Pope's Landmark Call on Climate Change   New York Times
The Pope's Solution for Warming: Pray   Wall Street Journal
Pope Francis and the environment   Irish Times
Los Angeles Times   
Washington Post   
Mashable   
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Huffington Post Canada
   
UrTheCast, B.C. Company, Releases First Full-Colour Videos Of Earth From Space   
Huffington Post Canada
Welcome to 2015, where you can stream a colourful, high-res video of planet Earth from space. UrTheCast, a B.C.-based company, has released the first-ever HD video feeds of what the planet looks like from the International Space Station — 400 kilometres ...

UrtheCast offers real-time streaming video from ISS Thursday   West Texas News
This is the new camera that lets the ISS deliver 4K Ultra HD video from space to ...   4k
Lisa's Corner: Seeing Earth from an outer perspective   Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Castanet.net   
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kawarthaNOW.com
   
Honey Queen Sweetens Night at TREC   
ErieTVNews
She may be sweet, but she's on a mission: to educate Pennsylvania about the importance of honey bees. Jessica Onstead, the 2015 Pennsylvania Honey Queen, visited the Tom Ridge Environmental Center Friday night. She travels through out the state ...

Bee champs   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Bee 'hotels' at Fairmont Waterfront and other inns offer habitat for key pollinators   The Province
Honey Bees' African Ancestors May Hold Cure for Biting Mite Plague   Live Science
New Zealand Herald   
Digital Journal   
Shreveport Times   
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Hamilton Spectator
   
Depletion of world's groundwater raises alarms   
Hamilton Spectator
Underground water supplies are being depleted faster than they can be restored, and more data is needed to determine exactly how much groundwater remains globally, two new studies suggest. Researchers led by the University of California-Irvine ...

India Worst Hit in Groundwater Depletion: NASA   India West
A third of big groundwater basins in distress   Namibia Economist

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CBS News
   
16-million-year-old monster bat walked on all fours   
CBS News
Fossilized remains of a bat species that walked on four limbs and was triple the size of today's screeching mammals has been discovered in New Zealand. The new species, Mystacina miocenalis, thrived 16 million years ago in what was a subtropical rain ...

Giant 'Walking Bat' Once Prowled Rainforest Floors   Live Science
Ancient 'walking' bat fossils discovered   Science /AAAS
Fossil of large 'walking' bat discovered in New Zealand reveals ancient lineage   (e) Science News (press release) (registration)

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CTV News
   
UN developing treaty for conservation of ocean marine life   
CTV News
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday giving a green light to develop a new treaty for the conservation of marine life in the high seas. The resolution, adopted by consensus on Friday, launches the first global treaty process related to the ...

UN gives green light for treaty on high seas conservation   Philippine Star
UN steps closer to treaty for protecting ocean life   Yahoo News UK
UN paves way for new high seas treaty   WWF International

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Global warming hysteria or reverse climate denialist   
Cowichan Valley Citizen
On Sunday afternoon, 14 June, I attended a talk at the Duncan Island Savings Centre by Professor Guy McPherson of the University of Arizona titled "Responding to Abrupt Climate Change". Using hysteria and unsupported claims for an imminent ...


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