2015年9月1日 星期二

2015-09-02 South Africa Science


Gulf Times
   
Climate change brings cyclone risk to Doha, Dubai - study   
Gulf Times
Climate change is bringing small risks that tropical cyclones will form in the Arabian Gulf for the first time, in a threat to cities such as Dubai or Doha which are unprepared for big storm surges, a US study said on Monday. Tampa in Florida and ...
Climate change brings cyclone risk to Persian Gulf, study warns   The Guardian
Climate change brings cyclone risk to Persian Gulf - study   Reuters
Climate ups odds of 'grey swan' superstorms   Times LIVE
ArabianBusiness.com   
Northern Californian   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
British Atlantis: archaeologists begin exploring lost world of Doggerland   
Telegraph.co.uk
A lost world off the British coast which was flooded by the rising North Sea thousands of years ago, is finally to reveal its secrets. The ancient country of Doggerland was once the home to thousands of stone age settlers and was an important land ...
Searching for lost tribes of prehistoric Britain   Independent Online
Secrets of Britain's Atlantis revealed? Archaeologists prepare to uncover ...   Mirror.co.uk
Bringing to life ancient land lost under sea   Yorkshire Post
Bradford Telegraph and Argus   
EurekAlert (press release)   
The Statesman   
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The Nation
   
Adapt or die: Arctic 'habitants' cope with climate change   
The Nation
Celine SERRAT - When it comes to coping with climate change in the Arctic region, which is warming at three times the global average, some animals are more equal than others. Migrating Barnacle geese that fly north to lay eggs amid the Norwegian Arctic ...
Adapting to climate change: Some animals cope better than others   Hindustan Times
Adapt or die: Arctic animals cope with climate change   Times of Oman

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Independent Online
   
Spotlight on shark studies   
Independent Online
Cape Town - If there is an Orca in False Bay, Dave Hurwitz knows about it. He began photographing the magnificent creatures in 2009 and, since then, as soon as they are spotted, he gets a call. “People have 'Orcalitis',” he jokes. “I get a million ...
Loving sharks at showcase Loving sharks at showcase   News24

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BizNews
   
Heavens above: SA in race for first black 'afronaut' in space   
BizNews
South African billionaire entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth was the first 'afronaut' – an African in space – and the second self-funded space tourist aboard Russia's Soyuz TM-34 mission in 2002. That journey reportedly cost him a cool $20 million for the ...


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Los Angeles Times
   
This ice cream doesn't melt -- are you freaking out yet?   
Los Angeles Times
Remember when a mother made the news last year because her son's Wal-mart ice cream sandwich just wouldn't melt? Well now scientists in Britain are attempting to make an ice cream that doesn't melt. See the most-read stories in Life & Style this hour ...

Slower-melting ice cream? Scientists may have it licked   CNET
Slow-melting ice cream comes closer to reality   Financial Express
Melt-Resistant Ice Cream May Be Coming To A Cone Near You   Huffington Post
CNBC   
Christian Science Monitor   
Daily Mail   
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CNN International
   
Met the scorpion's prehistoric, bigger, badder cousin   
CNN International
(CNN) In the prehistoric oceans, this was one bad bug. Scientists are marveling at the world's oldest sea scorpion -- the Pentecopterus, named after a Greek warship. Imagine a creature nearly 6 feet in length, with a long head, a narrow body and large ...
Scientists Identify Largest Scorpion-like Primordial Sea Predator   Pioneer News
Researchers find evidence of giant sea scorpion-like animal that lived 450 ...   NYC Today
Human-sized prehistoric scorpions discovered, too big for Starship Troopers   Morning Ticker
RT   
NewsQuench   
Gizmodo   
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Irish Examiner
   
90% of seabirds have plastic in stomachs, say scientists   
Irish Examiner
Up to nine out of 10 of the world's seabirds likely have pieces of plastic in their guts, a new study estimates. Previously, scientists figured about 29% of seabirds had swallowed plastic, based on older studies. An Australian team of scientists which ...
Nearly all of the world's seabirds have eaten plastic, study estimates   Washington Post
Shocking figures reveal 90% of seabirds have eaten plastic   Daily Times
Seabirds Keep Eating All the Plastic We're Throwing in the Ocean   VICE News
Newsweek   
RT   
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TIME
   
NASA just released this incredible video of what it was like to fly over Pluto ...   
Cheboygan Daily News
Earlier this year, NASA made history by sending the first unmanned spacecraft to one of the farthest worlds in our solar system: Pluto. Now, the agency has released this incredible video, made from real images of the spacecraft's journey, where you can ...

Pluto probe gets new assignment   FoxReno.com
Video Shows Flyby Of Pluto From New Horizons' Perspective   CBS Local
NASA is sending the probe that took pictures of Pluto to the far reaches of ...   Business Insider
The Planetary Society (blog)   
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Discovery News
   
The Curiosity rover spotted a 'floating spoon' on Mars   
Washington Post
You've probably read about the supposed woman on Mars, spotted in photos from NASA's rovers. Well, I've been over here rolling my eyes so hard they're in danger of falling out, because that's totally ridiculous. But have you heard about the floating spoon?
Curiosity Finds a 'Floating Spoon' on Mars   Discovery News
A Spoon On Mars!   Forbes
Curiosity's latest Mars discovery: a floating 'spoon'   SlashGear
Catholic Online   
First to Know   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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