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NASA Study Quantifies Role Of Melt In Loss Of Old Arctic Sea IceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2010 Since the start of the satellite record in 1979, scientists have observed the continued disappearance of older "multiyear" sea ice that survives more than one summer melt season. Some scientists suspected that this loss was due entirely to wind pushing the ice out of the Arctic Basin - a process that scientists refer to as "export." In this study, Ron Kwok and Glenn Cunningham at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used a suite of satellite data to clarify the relative role of ex ... read more |
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 Go For Getz And A South Pole Flyover On Nov. 4, 2010, the DC-8 flew over South Pole Station, a research station at Earth's geographic South Pole, before heading back to IceBridge's mission base in Punta Arenas, Chile. Credit: Digital M ... more | .. |
  Improving Soil For Better Lawns And Gardens U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in West Virginia are finding ways to improve soil on degraded land so it can be used for sports fields and other uses. Researchers with USDA's ... more | .. |
  Global View of Fine Aerosol Particles Of all the pollution that fills our lungs on any given day, the most dangerous is the small stuff. Aerosol particle pollution-airborne solid particles and liquid droplets-comes in a range of sizes. ... more |
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  Australia's deadly redback spiders invade NZealand Australia's deadly redback spider has established itself in New Zealand, posing a significant risk to humans as it threatens to colonise major cities, researchers have found. ... more | .. |
 Study launched to boost rice production A $600 million global scheme to boost rice yields was announced in Hanoi Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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  Pakistan taxes own citizens to raise money for flood relief Pakistan increased income tax on the relatively well off Wednesday to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for the victims of the country's devastating floods. ... more |
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 Indonesian volcano death toll jumps to 191 The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's most active volcano jumped to 191 on Wednesday as more bodies were pulled from ruined villages, while ash continued to disrupt air traffic. ... more | .. |
  Temperature breaks November record in Russian capital Temperatures in the Russian capital soared to a record high for November on Wednesday, hitting 13 degrees Celsius (55.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by midday, the Moscow Weather Office said. ... more | .. |
  Haiti capital battles arrival of cholera Aid groups fought Wednesday to halt the spread of cholera in Haiti's teeming capital, where makeshift camps crammed with earthquake survivors are ripe ground for the epidemic to take hold. ... more | .. |
 Congo polio epidemic death toll hits 101 A polio epidemic in southern Congo has killed 101 people since early October, authorities said Wednesday, more than a decade after the disease was considered to have been eradicated here. ... more |
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  Climate progress possible in Cancun despite problems: UN World climate talks resuming in Mexico shortly could recover lost momentum by crafting a deal on four big issues, including the outlines of a fund to muster hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, the UN climate chief said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  China jails milk scandal activist: lawyer An activist who campaigned for compensation for victims of a massive 2008 tainted milk scandal was sentenced to two and a half years in jail on Wednesday, his lawyer told AFP. ... more | .. |
  Kiribati leader mulls resettling population if seas rise The president of Kiribati has said the low-lying Pacific nation must begin planning to relocate its population in case global warming causes sea levels to rise and swamp the country. ... more | .. |
 Natural disasters in Africa hamper millennium goals Climate change disasters on the African continent have raised the need for an humanitarian response as poverty continues to plague communities, the Red Cross director for Africa said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Siberian tiger, world's biggest cat, found in Russian's home A Siberian tiger, the world's largest feline, has been discovered in captivity at a woman's home in Russia's central Urals region, authorities said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Pacific nations look to increase control over tuna fisheries Pacific island nations were missing out on income from lucrative tuna fisheries and should consider tripling access fees for foreign vessels, the region's fishing chief says. ... more | .. |
  Ozone depletion could be damaging whales' skin: scientists A closely-studied community of whales, including the threatened blue whale, showed worrying signs of sunburn, possibly because of ozone depletion in the atmosphere, biologists reported on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Clinics in Haitian slum overwhelmed by cholera cases On stretchers and wheelchairs, Haitians stricken with cholera have arrived en masse in recent days at a medical aid group's clinic in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince's largest slum. ... more |
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  China provides Togo 12 million dollars in loans, grants China is to extend to the west African country of Togo a loan and grant amounting to nearly 12 million dollars for agriculture and infrastructure, the government said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Nepal's endangered vultures take flight for new sport At a lakeside resort in the mountains of western Nepal, the paragliding season is in full swing, and local champion Kevin is training to get back to full fitness. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia volcano still shooting ash Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi was shooting clouds of ash high into the sky on Thursday after a series of major eruptions, and an alert status remains in force, an official said. ... more | .. |
 Pet boom has Shanghai mulling one-dog policy Shanghai officials hope to curb the growing popularity of man's best friend in the city with a one-dog policy. ... more |
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