2014年10月21日 星期二

2014-10-22 South Africa Science

  News24   
US, China can tip climate balance  News24
Giant machines dig for brown coal at the open-cast mining Garzweiler in front of a smoking power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western Germany where the IPCC is currently conducting talks on climate change. (Martin Meissner, AP). Multimedia · User ...

US-China co-op could veer world back to 2 degrees   Business Spectator
US, China can tip balance in climate quest: Study   AsiaOne

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  Irish Examiner   
'Passive Prozac' may affect birds' mating and eating  Irish Examiner
Increasing consumption of anti-depressant drugs may be helping humans, but damaging the health of the bird population, according to a new study. With 50m prescriptions written for anti-depressant drugs each year in the UK, traces of them are present in the ...

Prozac may be harming bird populations, study suggests   The Guardian
Prozac Doesn't Make Birds Happy   Smithsonian
Birds less randy after popping happy pills – study claims   Daily Star
The Times (subscription)   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  Zee News   
Peru Env minister attends last round of negotiations prior to COP20  Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias
Bonn, Oct. 21. Peru's Environment Minister and President of the COP20, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, joined the opening session of the final round of formal negotiations before the 20th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP20) to be ...

Climate negotiators urged to lay foundations for new global deal   Thomson Reuters Foundation
Plea to overcome rifts during UN climate talks as heat busts record   Times of India
UN climate chief wants unity on new pact   Independent Online
News24   
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  The Independent   
Which animals are nearly extinct?  The Independent
While routinely checking on the four northern white rhinos that roam the 90,000 acres at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy tht the rangers found that one of their males, Suni, had died of natural causes. At 34, Suni had managed to reach the same age as his ...

One of the last two males of this rare rhino subspecies has died   Washington Post
Only six northern white rhinos left. Is there any chance of a comeback?   Christian Science Monitor
Death of one of the two white male rhino marks species extinction   Beta Wired
Tech Times   
Uncover Michigan   
Boing Boing   
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IPCC urged again to fill regional research gaps  SciDev.Net
[MARRAKESH] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should do practical research that can help mitigate global warming effects and advance knowledge in regions such as Africa where climate systems are little understood, a UN official ...

Central Africa: Research in Central Africa Finds Troubling Gaps in Knowledge of ...   AllAfrica.com
Central Africa struggles with gaps in knowledge of climate change   Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Are We Miscommunicating Gender in Science?  AllAfrica.com
To better link science and society, a first step is to communicate accurately and in a gender-balanced way. Later this month, Paraguay will host the 10th Iberoamerican Congress on Science, Technology and Gender. About 200 people, including scientists and ...


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  Business Green   
Big business and trade unions lead calls for bold EU climate change package  Business Green
Big business groups and Europe's trade unions are united in urging EU leaders to deliver an ambitious new energy and climate change strategy for the post 2020 period, as the CBI and the European Trade Union Confederation both stepped up calls for ...

CBI calls for 'bold' 2030 targets   reNews
For EU Climate Meeting, Deep Divisions and High Stakes   New York Times
Is the cost of fighting climate change low? US, EU and UN say yes in leaked ...   Tech Times
Financial Times   
The Guardian   
Kuwait News Agency   
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  News24   
Newborn killer whale presumed dead in Washington  News24
The Canadian government has been urged to send an icebreaker as soon as possible to crack open the ice and help the pod of about a dozen trapped orcas find open water. (Marina Lacasse, AP/The Canadian Press). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in ...

Orca calf born in Salish Sea has died, researchers believe   CBC.ca
First Orca Calf Born to Endangered Pod Since 2012 Is Presumed Dead   NBCNews.com
Baby killer whale, first in two years, goes missing, presumed dead   Journal of the San Juan Islands
South Whidbey Record (subscription)   
KREM.com (subscription)   
The Province   
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  WallStreet OTC   
Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $2 Million to Oceans 5  WallStreet OTC
Hollywood superstar Leo DiCpario donates $2 million to Ocean 5, an ocean conservation group. DiCpario is well known for his philanthropist endeavors and has donated millions of dollars so far to all kinds of environmental foundations. DiCaprio's latest ...

Leonardo DiCaprio donates $3 million to ocean conservation   IntraFish.com
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $2 Million to Ocean 5   Uncover Michigan
DiCaprio Donates $2 Million Towards Ocean Conservation   Nature World News
Tech Times   
FIS   
American Live Wire   
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  GlobalPost   
Japanese physics guru advocates science role in peace drive at U.N.  GlobalPost
Japan's Hitoshi Murayama, a theoretical physicist, joined a panel of Nobel laureates, scientists and diplomats on Monday to press the world to recognize the critical role science and technology plays in promoting peace around the globe to solve today's ...

'Science Must Have a Place the Policy Table,' World Leaders Urge At Special ...   AllAfrica.com
UN, CERN celebrate science for peace and development   indiablooms

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