2014年12月14日 星期日

2014-12-15 South Africa Science


New York Times
   
A Climate Accord Based on Global Peer Pressure   
New York Times
LIMA, Peru — Shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, after more than 36 straight hours of negotiations, top officials from nearly 200 nations agreed to the first deal committing every country in the world to reducing the fossil fuel emissions that cause global warming.
UN members agree deal at Lima climate talks   BBC News
UN climate change deal in Peru attacked by environmental activists as 'weak ...   The Independent
Climate talks advance as diplomats eye global pact on carbon emissions next year   Washington Post
Irish Independent   
Wall Street Journal   
Times of India   
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Times LIVE
   
Greens pour scorn on Lima   
Times LIVE
The outcome, said the Union of Concerned Scientists, reflected "the bare minimum" to keep climate change talks on the road. File photo. Image by: ENRIQUE CASTRO-MENDIVIL / REUTERS. The carbon-curbing deal struck in Lima, Peru, yesterday was a ...

Observers slam 'lackluster' Lima climate deal   Phys.Org
UN Member States Fail to Agree on Steps to Cut Emissions Before 2020: WWF   Sputnik International
Greens decry wishy-washy carbon deal   Hong Kong Standard
GlobalPost   
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Daily Times
   
Himalayas tune in radio shows to reduce climate disaster risk   
Daily Times
NEW DELHI: “You know, humans do not understand that unless I am there to hold on to the soil, you will not be there either,” the tree tells the mountain. “Yes, but ... villagers demand a road, the politician pushes for it and they cut parts of me and cut you and ...


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SKNVibes.com
   
Africa sets path to the post-2015 new climate agreement discussed during Africa ...   
StarAfrica.com
ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, 12 December 2014 / PRN Africa / — The Africa Day side event was held during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 20) to deliberate on the forthcoming agreement on climate change to be concluded in Paris during COP 21, ...

Africa Sets Path to the Post-2015 New Climate Agreement Discussed During ...   AllAfrica.com

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Let nature play a role in climate adaptation, experts urge: TRFN   
Chicago Tribune
LIMA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the rainy season comes and floods the fields, poor families in northwest Bangladesh once cut trees to survive or went hungry. Now, however, they are raising fish in the floodplains – a change that has helped ...


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Oyster herpes is destroying the global oyster industry   
BizNews
(Bloomberg) — Herpes has devastated 26 percent of France's oyster production since the summer of 2008. Halfway around the world in Australia, the virus killed 10 million oysters in three days. Researchers suspect climate change risks compounding the ...


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Channel 4 News
   
Clouds obstruct view of Geminids meteor shower in eastern Australia   
Sydney Morning Herald
The year's strongest meteor shower streaked across the skies overnight - not that stargazers across parts of Australia's east coast could see much of the display. Sydneysiders who looked heavenward on Sunday night were greeted with patchy cloud cover ...

How to photograph the Geminids meteor shower this weekend   The Space Reporter
Stunning pictures of the Geminids meteor shower   The i100
Watch: Geminids meteor shower illuminates night sky   Telegraph.co.uk
CNN   
North Country Public Radio   
WalesOnline   
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Daily Times
   
Did humans first master fire in Israel 350000 years ago?   
Daily Times
Early humans first began to master fire around 350,000 years ago, helping to drive the development of complex culture among our ancestors, new archaeological evidence has revealed. Flint fragments discovered in a cave in the limestone cliffs of Mount ...

When Did Humans Start Using Fire? Cave In Israel Provides Evidence Of ...   The Inquisitr
Evidence of use of fire in Israel cave   Islamabad Globe
Israeli cave offers clues about when humans mastered fire   Science AAAS
Ynetnews   
Bio & Tech Insights   
USA TODAY   
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Stuff.co.nz
   
Conservation minister defends climate change effort   
Stuff.co.nz
Conservation Minister Tim Groser says he has not heard of a new climate-change report which ranked New Zealand 43rd out of 58 countries. Groser was speaking to Radio New Zealand following the drafting of a new climate change deal by 196 United ...

Federal Government pledges $200 m to global climate fund   EcoGeneration
Climate expert: It's all smoke and mirrors, Mr Groser   Carbon News
Groser: Peru deal a positive step   3News NZ
Voxy   
Bio & Tech Insights   
Toronto Sun   
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Financial Express
   
Comet landing is top physics event of 2014   
Times of India
LONDON: The first ever landing of a man-made probe onto a comet by the ESA's Philae spacecraft has been named the Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for 2014. Nuclear fusion with lasers and a tractor beam %are also among the 10 physics ...

Redmayne and Cumberbatch have made science cool for school   Telegraph.co.uk
Top 10 physics breakthroughs listed   BBC News
Rosetta finds comets carry more 'Star Trek' fuel than expected   CNET
Washington Post   
physicsworld.com   
Financial Express   
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