2014年10月17日 星期五

2014-10-18 South Africa Science

  News24   
Fight climate change, says Jacob Zuma  News24
This book exposes Jacob Zuma, in such a way that he would not want you or anyone else to read it. Now R189.00 buy now. Pretoria - All South Africans should play an active role in the global fight against climate change, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday ...

Zuma urges SA to fight climate change   Independent Online
Fight climate change – Zuma   Citizen

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  Daily News & Analysis   
October 17: Peru Glaciers Shrank 40 Percent in 40 Years  Circle of Blue WaterNews
Nearly 1,000 high-altitude lakes have been formed in Peru over the past 40 years as the country's glaciers have melted 40 percent, Reuters reported. The glaciers are the source of much of the drinking water in Peru but are disappearing due to climate change ...

Peru able to adopt sustainable industrialization model   Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias
Peru says country's glaciers shrank 40 pct in 4 decades from climate change   Reuters
Peru glaciers shrank by 40% in 4 decades   News24
Independent Online   
The Sun Daily   
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  Uncover California   
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $2M to Oceans 5  Uncover California
On Thursday, Hollywood actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio's conservation foundation announced that it has donated $2 million to organization Oceans 5, which supports groups working on ocean conservation projects. According to the ...

DiCaprio digs deep to save oceans   Independent Online
Leo DiCaprio Makes Waves With $2 Million Ocean Donation   Mashable
Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $2 Million to Create Marine Reserves and Stop ...   Hollywood Reporter
Health24.com   
Economic Times   
NDTV   
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  Scientific American   
GOP Grills DOI On Sage Grouse Endangered Species Review  Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (October 17, 2014, 7:14 PM ET) -- A group of House Republicans on Thursday chastised the U.S. Department of the Interior for its “closed-door” review of scientific data relating to the listing of the greater sage grouse as an endangered ...

POLITICAL ECONOMY Secret DOI sage grouse workshop infuriates House reps   Mineweb
Biologists Criticize Science In Federal Plans To Help Sage Grouse   KUNC

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  MarketWatch   
REUTERS SUMMIT-Can an oil and gas superpower lead on climate change?  Reuters UK
WASHINGTON Oct 17 (Reuters) - A day before President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations to declare the nation is "stepping up to the plate" to tackle climate change, nearly 400,000 protesters jammed New York City streets in a climate change ...

The Week Ahead: International Energy and Climate Developments Take Center ...   Bloomberg BNA
Why the U.S. Military is Preparing for Climate Change   Care2.com
Lax emissions reporting makes green firms hard to find in emerging markets   The New Age Online
The Daily Star   
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  UN News Centre   
Global media giants, UN agency team up in ongoing fight against hunger  UN News Centre
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (right) and Chris Johns, Chief Content Officer, National Geographic Society, sign partnership agreement. Photo: FAO/Giuseppe Carotenuto. Print. 17 October 2014 – Two new partnerships between the United ...

National Geographic/FAO - Raising Awareness On Hunger and Nutrition   AllAfrica.com
Nat Geo Channel sets timetable for “Eat: The Story of Food”   Realscreen

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  BBC News   
Mysterious US spaceplane returns to Earth  BBC News
A US plane on a top-secret, two-year mission to space has returned to Earth and landed in California. The aircraft, resembling a miniature space shuttle and known as the Orbital Test Vehicle or X-37B, spent 674 days in orbit around the planet. It touched down ...

America's super-secret X-37B plane returns to Earth after nearly TWO YEARS aloft   Register
American X-37B space plane lands after secret mission lasting almost two years   The Independent
Top secret space plane lands in California   Deutsche Welle
Los Angeles Times   
Jalopnik   
Christian Science Monitor   
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  The Independent   
Male brains 'wired to ignore food in favour of sex'  The Independent
Male brains are wired to choose sex over food, new scientific research suggests. Researchers observing a species of microscopic roundworms called C.elegans found that male worms given the choice between looking for food and finding a mate tended to ...

Males may be Wired to choose Sex over Food   ZME Science
Are men wired to shun food for sex?   Firstpost
Men Might Be Programmed To Choose Sex Over Food   Island Crisis News
Telegraph.co.uk   
TV3.ie   
News Tonight Africa   
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  The Nation   
Saturn moon may have underground ocean  The Nation
Saturn's battered moon Mimas may have a thin global ocean buried miles beneath its icy surface, raising the prospect of another "life-friendly" habitat in the solar system, scientists said on Thursday. An underground ocean is one of two explanations for why ...

Saturn's moon Mimas could reveal some interesting information   Uncover Michigan
Mimas - Is There Water Under Those Craters?   Dumb-Out
Saturn's moon is harboring secrets: A buried ocean or elongated core?   Tech Times
Tribune-Review   
Daily Digest   
Science Times   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
A comet is about to fly past Mars. Is that a big deal?  Christian Science Monitor
Comet Siding Spring is set to whiz past Mars on Sunday, an event that scientists say happens once in a million years. By Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer October 17, 2014. close. Comet Siding Spring's flyby of Mars on Oct. 19, 2014 could shed light on ...

Super-Sized Comet To Pass Mars Sunday   WFMY News 2
Mars to be Buzzed by Siding Spring Comet   Dumb-Out
Skywatchers prepare for comet near miss with Mars   Scotsman
Daily Mail   
ScienceAlert   
WAAY   
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