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December 24, 2013

Big data project reveals where carbon-stocking projects in Africa provide the greatest benefits
Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Dec 23, 2013
It is increasingly recognized that climate change has the potential to threaten people and nature, and that it is imperative to tackle the drivers of climate change, namely greenhouse gases. One way to slow climate change is to increase the number of trees on Earth, as they, through photosynthesis, take up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, converting it to carbon products which are stored in the vegetation (in the form of wood, roots, leaves) and oxygen. New forests continue to accumulate carbon ... read more

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Enormous Aquifer Discovered Under Greenland Ice Sheet Buried underneath compacted snow and ice in Greenland lies a large liquid water reservoir that has now been mapped by researchers using data from NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne campaign. ... more		Electric-Blue Clouds Appear over Antarctica Data from NASA's AIM spacecraft show that noctilucent clouds are like a great "geophysical light bulb." They turn on every year in late spring, reaching almost full intensity over a period of no mor ... more		Virginia Tech research overturns assumption about mercury in the Arctic For years, scientists have assumed that if mercury is high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the same is true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic. But a team of sci ... more
				Malaria drug target raises hopes for new treatments Scientists have taken an important step towards new malaria treatments by identifying a way to stop malaria parasites from multiplying. In a study published in Nature Chemistry, they show that ... more		Greek economic crisis leads to air pollution crisis In the midst of a winter cold snap, a study from researchers in the United States and Greece reveals an overlooked side effect of economic crisis - dangerous air quality caused by burning cheaper fu ... more

Deepwater Horizon NRDA study shows possible oil impact on dolphins Bottlenose dolphins in Louisiana's Barataria Bay have lung damage and adrenal hormone abnormalities not previously seen in other dolphin populations, according to a new peer-reviewed study published ... more		DNA clamp to grab cancer before it develops As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations at the DNA level with greater efficiency than methods currently in use. ... more		Nuclear fusion could one day be viable - but major challenges remain The biobattery that needs to be fed Identifying minerals for carbon storage		Slippery bark protects trees from pine beetle attack Trees with smoother bark are better at repelling attacks by mountain pine beetles, which have difficulty gripping the slippery surface, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder ... more
				New evidence that computers change the way we learn People who use computers regularly are constantly mapping the movements of their hand and computer mouse to the cursor on the screen. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Bio ... more		High winds, rain lash Europe leaving two dead, one missing at sea High winds and heavy rain battered parts of Europe on Monday, leaving at least two people dead and one man lost at sea off France, and disrupting travel two days from Christmas. ... more

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Flu vaccine more effective for women than men: study The flu vaccine is generally less effective for men than for women, scientists said in a study Monday, tracing the effect to higher levels of testosterone that curb the immune response. ... more		UN appoints two special envoys on climate UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced Monday the appointment of two special envoys on climate change. ... more		Monitoring space traffic Chinese foreign minister pledges military aid for Africa Italy's Meloni denies discussing SpaceX deal with Musk		Pollution alarm as Greeks switch to firewood for heat Greek authorities on Monday offered free electricity to low-income families on certain days, after smog rose sharply as hard-hit residents increasingly shun fuel for cheaper firewood to heat their homes. ... more
				Uruguay will keep peacekeepers in Haiti through 2014 Lawmakers in Uruguay on Monday voted to keep peacekeepers in Haiti through the end of 2014, but said the government would keep open the option of an earlier full withdrawal. ... more		UNL Research Raises Concerns About Future Global Crop Yield Projections About 30 percent of the major global cereal crops - rice, wheat and corn - may have reached their maximum possible yields in farmers' fields, according to University of Nebraska-Lincoln research pub ... more

Uruguay will keep peacekeepers in Haiti through 2014

Companies Donate Satellite Capacity And Ground Infrastructure Services To Philippines

Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding plan

Europe's Gaia telescope detaches from Fregat-MT upper stage

Sailing satellites into safe retirement

Researchers Design First Battery-Powered Invisibility Cloaking Device

Saving Fiji's coral reefs linked to forest conservation upstream

Deepwater Horizon NRDA study shows possible oil impact on dolphins

Drought and climate change: An uncertain future?

Electric-Blue Clouds Appear over Antarctica

New actors in the Arctic ecosystem: Atlantic amphipods are now reproducing in Arctic waters

Enormous Aquifer Discovered Under Greenland Ice Sheet

	Coastal ocean aquaculture can be environmentally sustainable Specific types of fish farming can be accomplished with minimal or no harm to the coastal ocean environment as long as proper planning and safeguards are in place, according to a new report from res ... more		Availability of food increases as countries' dependence on food trade grows The figures come out in a study made at Aalto University in Finland examining developments in food availability and food self-sufficiency in 1965. Researchers of Aalto University examined the develo ... more		Efforts to curb climate change require greater emphasis on livestock While climate change negotiators struggle to agree on ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, they have paid inadequate attention to other greenhouse gases associated with livestock, accordin ... more		Environmentalists pledge to stop Swedish wolf hunt Swedish environmental groups on Friday vowed to block plans to cull wolves in controversial licensed hunts aimed at keeping their numbers down and potentially cutting the wolf population in half. ... more

Blue Origin's first orbital launch now targeting Sunday

Achieving High Precision for In-Orbit Instrument Calibration

SwRI models suggest Pluto and Charon formed similarly to Earth and Moon

Anti-whalers dismiss 'sham' Australian surveillance		Russian court sentences Olympics critic to three years		Singapore to deport 53 riot suspects back to India		Scandal-hit Turkey PM presses police purge		Khodorkovsky to stay out of Russia, help jailed dissidents
Revealed: Vast water store beneath Greenland's ice		Chinese firm buys historic French chateau, vineyard		Fossil throat bone suggests Neanderthals had power of speech		Bangladesh to deploy military to stem poll violence		'World is behind you', Ban tells Philippine typhoon survivors

Tanzania fires ministers over anti-poaching abuses: PM

Neanderthal genome shows early human interbreeding, inbreeding

Oregano Oil May Help Sunflower Seeds Keep Longer

A roly-poly pika gathers much moss

Sunlight adaptation of Neanderthal genome found in 65 percent of modern East Asians

Geoengineering research, ethics, governance explored

Saving Fiji's coral reefs linked to forest conservation upstream

New actors in the Arctic ecosystem: Atlantic amphipods are now reproducing in Arctic waters

Democracy dream sours in China's Wukan two years on

S.Africa rhino poaching toll approaches 1,000

New Zealand economy rebounds after drought

Pollution shrouds Tibetan capital, grounding flights

New volcanic island off Japan could be permanent, scientists say

Romania says Enel, ArcelorMittal exit nuclear project

China interbank rates surge again despite cash injection

Correa slams report on CIA role in Ecuador strike

Westinghouse Expands European Nuclear Center To Meet Growing Demand

Solvay and AREVA team up to develop new thorium applications

Diamonds in Earth's oldest zircons are nothing but laboratory contamination

US forces ready for possible new S.Sudan evacuations

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