2014年10月2日 星期四

2014-10-03 U.K. Science

  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   
Daily Mail   
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  Herald Scotland   
Rare corncrake wings its way back from brink  Herald Scotland
Twenty years ago the species was on the verge of extinction in Scotland, but the corncrake, one of our rarest breeding birds, has just enjoyed its most successful season in at least 45 years. Twenty years ago the species was on the verge of extinction in ...

Project turns aroundcorncrake's fortunes   The Times (subscription)
Surprise rise in corncrake numbers   The Courier
RSPB Scotland survey reveals Corncrake bird population on the rise   stv.tv
Telegraph.co.uk   
Stornoway Gazette   
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  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
Human consumption driving wildlife loss   The Ecologist
Five ways to stop the world's wildlife vanishing   The Conversation UK
Wildlife Extra   
Earth Island Journal   
Yahoo News UK   
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  BBC News   
Beach storm repair work on Portland completed  BBC News
Work to repair flood defences on the Dorset coast damaged in winter storms has been completed. The Environment Agency (EA) and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council carried out a £1m scheme to restore barriers and shift shingle. The agency said ...

Chesil Beach flood defence repairs completed   Dorset Echo
UK: flood defence repair work completed on Chesil Beach   Dredging News Online

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  Irish Independent   
Humans blamed for fall in cheetah numbers  DAWN.com
WASHINGTON: The number of cheetahs in the world has dropped sharply in the past century, and humans may be to blame, according to an international study released on Thursday. The findings contradict previous research that pointed to larger predators ...

Cheetah numbers are in decline and it's all our fault   Mirror.co.uk
Scientists check the engine of cheetahs, animal world's 'Ferrari'   Reuters UK

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  CBC.ca   
Hipster chimps are SLAVES to the latest social trends  Register
Boffins have observed the "incredibly rare" moment that new forms of behaviour spread around a community of chimps. Just like the slavishly modish sub-species of humanity known as hipsters, chimps are known to copy each other's actions. Scientists at the ...

Scientists have discovered how chimps learn new behaviour   Shiny Shiny
Chimp culture captured on camera   BBC News
Chimp Culture Caught on Camera   Scientist
io9   
Sci-News.com   
Capital OTC   
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  Kathimerini   
Acropolis Is Crumbling, Experts Warn  Sky News
News of the decay and the threat it poses to the Parthenon has sent shock waves across Greece. 20:21, UK, Thursday 02 October 2014. Parthenon temple on Athenian Acropolis. Culture ministry officials say they are trying to fix the decaying side. Share on ...

Acropolis not crumbling, Greece responds to reports   Kathimerini
Engineers Investigate Rock Fall at Parthenon   Archaeology
Greece: 'Crumbling' Ancient Acropolis in Athens Puts Parthenon at Risk of ...   Yahoo News UK
NEWS.com.au   
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  ValueWalk   
Moon May Have Been More Geologically Active Than Thought [STUDY]  ValueWalk
The geologic feature that causes the “man in the moon” phenomenon is called the Oceanus Procellarum, and is a gigantic crater with a diameter of 1,800 miles. The general scientific consensus was that the Oceanus Procellarum was formed by a gigantic ...

Man on the moon formed by volcanic activity, not asteroid impacts   Examiner.com
Scientists discover the origins of moon's strange shapes   Tech Times
Moon's hidden valleys revealed, challenges conventions about its evolution   Times of India
ExtremeTech   
Scientific American   
ABC News   
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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 map reveals stunning details of Earth's depths   Reuters
New Global Seafloor Map Shows Hidden Seamounts   WallStreet OTC
Global Seafloor Survey Reveals Volcanic Wonderland   NBCNews.com
KPBS   
ABC Science Online   
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