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January 22, 2014

NASA Searches for Climate Change Clues in the Gateway to the Stratosphere
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2014
NASA's uncrewed Global Hawk research aircraft is in the western Pacific region on a mission to track changes in the upper atmosphere and help researchers understand how these changes affect Earth's climate. Deployed from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., the Global Hawk landed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam Thursday at approximately 5 p.m. EST and will begin science flights Tuesday, Jan. 21. Its mission, the Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX), is a multi-ye ... read more

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Get used to heat waves: Extreme El Nino events to double Extreme weather events fuelled by unusually strong El Ninos, such as the 1983 heatwave that led to the Ash Wednesday bushfires in Australia, are likely to double in number as our planet warms. ... more		2013 another unusually warm year across globe, US says Last year was among a handful of the warmest on record since 1880, according to US government figures out Tuesday that provide more evidence that the planet is heating up. ... more		Greenland PM says 'natural' to want independence Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond said on Tuesday it was "natural" for Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, to want independence. ... more
				Romania suspends hydropower projects in protected areas Romania will suspend new hydropower projects in protected areas in a bid to preserve biodiversity, authorities and the conservationist group WWF said Tuesday. ... more		Slowing of Atlantic currents could bring changes in Europe's climate Major currents in the North Atlantic Ocean seem to be slowing down, British researchers say, which could have major impacts on weather in the United Kingdom. ... more

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Glaciers may have survived in Scotland more recently than thought A glacier may have still been in place in Scotland within the past 400 years, 11,000 years more recently than previously thought, a geographer has suggested. ... more		Air pollution boosts NW Pacific cyclones: study Surging air pollution from China and other fast-growing Asian economies has intensified winter cyclones in the northwest Pacific, scientists said Tuesday. ... more		Nuclear fusion could one day be viable - but major challenges remain The biobattery that needs to be fed Identifying minerals for carbon storage		'Hypocritical crackdown' on China corruption activists: Amnesty Amnesty International condemned Tuesday the forthcoming trials of eight anti-corruption activists in China, calling them "hypocritical" and saying they highlighted flaws in the ruling Communist Party's much-publicised anti-graft campaign. ... more
				US envoy should visit Taiji to see dolphin hunt: official The US ambassador to Japan should visit Taiji to see the "humane" killing methods used in the dolphin hunt, a local fisheries official said Tuesday, days after Caroline Kennedy tweeted her disapproval of the slaughter. ... more		Philippines bans China poultry imports due to bird flu The Philippines said Tuesday it has banned imports of poultry and related products from China after it confirmed an outbreak of the HN52 strain of bird flu in the northern province of Hebei. ... more

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New sea anemone species discovered in Antarctica researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, while using a camera-equipped robot to survey the area under Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, unexpectedly discovered a new species of small sea anem ... more		Typhoid Fever - A race against time The life-threatening disease typhoid fever results from the ongoing battle between the bacterial pathogen Salmonella and the immune cells of the body. Prof. Dirk Bumann's research group at the Bioze ... more		Monitoring space traffic Chinese foreign minister pledges military aid for Africa Italy's Meloni denies discussing SpaceX deal with Musk		Receptors that help plants manage environmental change, pests and wounds ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the main energy source inside a cell and is considered to be the high energy molecule that drives all life processes in animals and humans. Outside the cell, membrane ... more
				Acidification, predators pose double threat to oysters The once-booming, now struggling Olympia oyster native to the West Coast could face a double threat from ocean acidification and invasive predators, according to new research from the University of ... more		A new toad from the 'warm valleys' of Peruvian Andes A new species of toad was discovered hiding in the leaf litter of the Peruvian Yungas. The word is used widely by the locals to describe ecoregion of montane rainforests, and translates as "warm val ... more

UK charity expands Philippine anti-trafficking work

Tornadoes, flood, drought cost US billions in 2013

Funding Problems Threaten US Disaster Preparedness

CCNY Team Models Sudden Thickening of Complex Fluids

Potential Future Data Storage at Domain Boundaries

What makes superalloys super - hierarchical microstructure of a superalloy

Slowing of Atlantic currents could bring changes in Europe's climate

Senegal to release Russian trawler in fishing row: Moscow

Romania suspends hydropower projects in protected areas

Arctic cyclones more common than previously thought

New sea anemone species discovered in Antarctica

Glaciers may have survived in Scotland more recently than thought

	Sludge as new sentinel for human health risks Thousands of chemicals serving a variety of human needs flood into sewage treatment plants once their use life has ended. Many belong to a class of chemicals known as CECs (for chemicals of emerging ... more		Swift snowstorm rolls through northeastern US A major snowstorm rolled across the northeastern United States on Tuesday, with forecasters calling for as much as a foot (30 centimeters) of snow in some places before it leaves a cold snap in its wake. ... more		Violence mars run-up to Sochi Olympics: HRW "Serious" human rights problems such as anti-gay violence are clouding the run-up to the Sochi Olympics, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday while hailing the release of Kremlin critics from jail. ... more		Senegal to release Russian trawler in fishing row: Moscow Moscow said Tuesday that Senegalese authorities would release the Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov after impounding the ship for two weeks over alleged illegal fishing. ... more

Blue Origin's first orbital launch now targeting Sunday

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

Keeping whales safe in sound		Soil Microbes Alter DNA in Response to Warming		Large, older trees keep growing at a faster rate		World's largest animal genome belongs to locust		Meltwater from Tibetan glaciers floods pastures
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New storm wrecks Philippines typhoon victims' shelters

Strong 6.3-earthquake jolts New Zealand: USGS

French navy arrests pirates suspected of oil tanker attack

Walker's World: The real healthcare crisis

Two dead, hundreds evacuated in flood-hit French Riviera

US consumers to blame for some air pollution from China

Rare Amur leopard killed in China: Xinhua

Shanghai reports two deaths in China bird flu outbreak

How a scorpion gets its sting

Streamflow Alteration Impacts Fish Diversity in Local Rivers

Loss of biodiversity limits toxin degradation

Waterfowl poisoning halved by lead shot prohibition

US envoy Kennedy tweets concern at Japanese dolphin hunt

Easing conditions help Australian fire crews

30,000 displaced by deadly floods in Indonesian capital

China, Japan dumpling poisoner gets life: report

Conservationists, big oil join forces to help whales

Next 15 years vital for taming warming: UN panel

Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up

Musselroe Wind Farm provides fresh energy for local economy

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