2014年10月2日 星期四

2014-10-03 South Africa Science

  The Express Tribune   
Disturbing trends: 'Living Planet Index declined by 52%'  The Express Tribune
A recent report by the Worldwide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) has revealed that the global Living Planet Index has declined by 52 per cent in 40 years. The findings are based on 10,380 populations of 3,038 mammal, bird, reptile, fish and amphibian ...

Study Says Half World's Wildlife Has Vanished Since 1970. Is It Misleading?   Mashable
Humans wipe out wildlife at speed   Mail & Guardian Online
World wildlife populations halved in 40 years - report   BBC News
News24   
Independent Online   
Examiner.com   
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  Yahoo News UK   
Seeking cash for climate protection? Time to get creative  Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Governments and aid agencies are failing to tap into the hundreds of millions of dollars available to protect vulnerable people from the impacts of climate change, an Asian climate forum heard on Thursday.
TRF-Cap on liability for climate damage worth a look - expert   Reuters Africa
Cap on liability for climate damage worth a look - expert   Firstpost

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  E Canada Now   
Skyscanner's Vision of Travel & Tourism by 2024  E Canada Now
TORONTO – Travel search engine site Skyscanner released the third and final part of a report entitled “Destinations and Hotels” which predicts the future of travel over the next ten years. If the report proves accurate, the tourism industry will have undergone a ...

Future holiday trends revealed   World First Travel Insurance
Pack your bag, don your space suit   iAfrica.com
Space tourism and underwater resorts: future of tourism   Financial Express
Travolution   
AsiaOne   
Austrian Tribune   
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Call For Greater Marine Protections As Plastic Waste Accrues In Oceans  Newsroom America
(Newsroom America) -- The steady build-up of garbage in the world's oceans is a “tremendous challenge” and a growing threat to the planet's marine ecosystems with the potential for “significant socio-economic consequences,” the United Nations ...


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  UN News Centre   
FAO Appeals For More Funds To Contain Madagascar Locust Plague  RTT News
Citing efforts to stave off a resurgence of Madagascar's locust plague, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday stressed the urgency of bridging a $14.7 million funding gap to cover aerial surveys, control operations, equipment ...

Locust plague in Madagascar halted, but risk of resurgence persists   Famagusta Gazette
Madagascar: Locust Plague in Madagascar Halted, but At Great Risk of ...   AllAfrica.com
Locust plague in Madagascar halted but at great risk of ...   MENAFN.COM
Thomson Reuters Foundation   
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Cities launch global alliance to lower carbon emissions  Thomson Reuters Foundation
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. [NEW YORK] More than 2,000 cities have banded together in what the UN calls the largest effort by cities so far to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.

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  BBC News   
Sharks can be 'social or solitary'  BBC News
The most feared predators in the sea have individual personalities that affect how readily they socialise, according to a study by UK scientists. Individual sharks, studied in groups of ten, showed consistent social habits - either forming groups with other sharks ...

Scientists Discover Some Sharks Are Loners   Dumb-Out
Sharks might have distinct personalities   Washington Post
Sharks Have Personalities, Too   Nature World News
Daily Caller   
UPI.com   
Headlines & Global News   
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  Daily Mail   
Global warming 'slowed by pollution'  Saanich News
The apparent slowing of global warming in recent years is likely due to effects of increased particulate and other conventional pollution, particularly from thermal coal use in Asia, says B.C. MLA and climate scientist Andrew Weaver. Weaver was asked to ...

'Wrong Headed' or Sound Science? Debate Rages Over Two-Degree Global ...   VICE News
Ditching the 2 Degree Climate Goal?   Nature World News
New Fraser Institute report looks to cool climate change debate   News1130
Climate Central   
The Guardian   
News24   
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  Huffington Post   
Tackling Climate Change, Together: Five Observations from UN Climate Week ...  Huffington Post
As a communications professional with 20 years of experience in global sustainability strategy and engagement, I found the recent climate convening in New York City both inspirational and encouraging. For the first time, we saw cohesion and camaraderie ...

Brown, Bay Area Activists in NYC for UN Climate Summit   KQED
Climate Change Responsible for 2013 Weather Extremes   Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
A rare debate on the “settled science” of climate change   CommDigiNews
Johns Hopkins News-Letter   
Climate Central   
The Manchester Journal   
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  The Guardian   
Uncharted ocean mountains, trenches and ridges revealed by satellite map  The Guardian
Scientists have devised a new map of the Earth's seafloor using satellite data. This image of the north Atlantic by David Sandwell of the Univeristy of California in San Diego shows red dots marking the locations of earthquakes above 5.5 magnitude.
Global Seafloor Survey Reveals Volcanic Wonderland   NBCNews.com
San Diego Scientists Map Unseen Features Of Ocean Floor   KPBS
Global seafloor map reveals stunning details of Earth's depths   Daily Mail
ABC Science Online   
Headlines & Global News   
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