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Modeling The Fiery Past And Future Of Planet EarthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 28, 2010 Wildfires may seem like a fixed and unchanging force of nature. They're not. Over long time scales, research has shown that both the climate and humans have a profound effect on wildfire activity around the globe. Now new NASA research shows that while we have been suppressing this natural force for the past century, we may be, inadvertently, about to put nature back in control. Charcoal layers in sediments and methane concentration in ice cores show that the amount of global burning can flu ... read more |
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  Fossils double age of humans in Asia New fossil evidence suggests modern humans could have reached East Asia much earlier than previously believed, researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Climate Change May Alter Natural Climate Cycles Of Pacific While it's still hotly debated among scientists whether climate change causes a shift from the traditional form of El Nino to one known as El Nino Modoki, online in the journal Nature Geoscience, sc ... more | .. |
  Whales Help Researchers Take Winter Temperature Of Greenland Coastal Waters Scientists using sensors attached to a type of Arctic whale known for its unicorn-horn-like tooth have detected continued warming of the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland. The temperature ... more | .. |
  Using Discards, Scientists Discover Different Dinosaurs Stomping Grounds By examining the type of rock in which dinosaur fossils were embedded, an often unappreciated part of the remains, scientists have determined that different species of North American dinosaurs from ... more | .. |
  South Africa in race against toxic mine water threat For years Neels Van Wyk suspected something was wrong with the water on his farm, worries that grew as mining and government officials started frequenting the area to test nearby rivers. ... more |
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Chicago (AFP) Oct 27, 2010A massive storm unleashed tornadoes for a second day on Wednesday, damaging property and causing flights to be canceled as it whipped across the central and eastern United States and Canada. Tornado watches were issued in seven states from Mississippi all the way up to New Jersey, as the unusually intense low-pressure system moved eastward. North Dakota was under a blizzard warning as t ... more  
North Pagai, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 28, 2010The death toll from a tsunami which pummelled remote Indonesian islands soared to 311 on Thursday as questions mounted over whether an elaborate warning system had failed. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was heading to the disaster zone, where fears were growing for hundreds still missing after a huge wave triggered by a powerful earthquake Monday hit the Mentawais off the west coast of ... more  
Brussels (AFP) Oct 27, 2010Europe fought back Wednesday with a renewed call to slash sushi-prized bluefin tuna quotas for next year despite objections from Mediterranean fishing nations. European Union fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki said she favoured "a substantial reduction" in the global 2011 quota while backtracking on her own suggestion the previous day to more than halve the figure - from 13,500 to 6,000 ... more |
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Strong typhoon churns toward JapanTokyo (AFP) Oct 28, 2010 Islanders in far-southern Japan were sandbagging their doors and reinforcing windows on Thursday as a powerful typhoon churned their way, with strong rains already lashing the subtropical region. Nearly 40 flights were cancelled between Okinawa and Amami islands, public broadcaster NHK reported, as Typhoon Chaba brought strong winds that whipped up high waves, bent palm trees and blew away the umbrellas of pedestrians. Chaba, which means hibiscus in Thai, was some 200 kilometres (120 miles) sout ... read more |
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