2014年11月20日 星期四

2014-11-21 U.K. Science

  The Times (subscription)   
UK pays twice its fair share to green fund  The Times (subscription)
Britain is contributing double its fair share to a global fund to help poor countries to deal with climate change, according to Oxfam. The government pledged yesterday to pay up to £720 million to the Green Climate Fund — more per capita than any other major ...

Government spends $300M to help countries with climate change   Toronto Sun
Green Climate Fund: Wealthy countries pledge cash in Berlin   BBC News
UN Green Fund gets $9.3 billion in pledges at Berlin conference   Reuters
Daily Mail   
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  Tech Times   
Scientists Tagging Fish Are Actually Telling Seals 'Dinner's Ready!'  Tech Times
Acoustic tags used to track fish for scientific research may be creating a "dinner bell" effect making them vulnerable to predators, researchers say. In a study, seals were seen to prefer and seek out tagged fish over those without tags. (Photo : Wikipedia ...

Why grey seals are loving tracking tags   Christian Science Monitor
Crafty Seals Seek Follow Tracking Device Signals To Catch Fish   DOGOnews
Acoustic Tags Make Fish Easy Dinner For Seals   Voice Chronicle
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  Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet   
Solar Activity Triggers Lightning on Earth: Study  Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
A new British study on the sun's influence on lightning may lead to better forecasts of electrical storms. While recent findings point to the likelihood of more lightning around the world as the planet warms, other research suggests lightning strikes in some areas ...

Extreme weather: Sun's “magnet” increases UK lightning strikes   The Weather Network
Sun's Magnetic Field Triggers Lightning Strikes on Earth   Sci-News.com
Is the Sun Causing Spikes in Lightning?   CityLab
Maine News Online   
Business Standard   
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  Daily Mail   
Volcano Eruptions Play a Crucial Role in Reducing Global Warming  Design & Trend
(Photo : Commons) Volcano eruptions in areas from Iceland to Alaska play a crucial role in reducing global warming. Volcano eruptions in areas from Iceland to Alaska play a crucial role in reducing global warming. According to Capital Wired, "A recent study ...

Volcano eruptions in Alaska could cause trans-Atlantic chaos for airlines   The Conversation UK
QUB Scientists In Ash-Cloud Breakthrough   4ni.co.uk
Alaskan volcano ash found in NI   U.TV
Express.co.uk   
Belfast Telegraph   
BBC News   
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  E&T magazine   
BA equips with volcanic ash prototype  Air Traffic Management
ZEUS, a device developed by the British Met Office and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to improve our understanding of atmospheric volcanic ash distribution, has been fitted to a British Airways 747 aircraft. Following the Icelandic volcanic ...

BA tests prototype ash cloud detection device   TTG Digital
Volcanic ash detector fitted to long-haul jet   NFL News and Rumors
British Airways Boeing 747 begins volcanic ash mission   ATWOnline
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Essex pilot whales: one dead on mudflats but rest of pod swims to deeper water  Telegraph.co.uk
A pod of pilot whales, spotted in shallow waters off the Essex coast, has swum back to deeper waters with one found dead on mudflats. Forty whales were spotted on Tuesday in the shallow channels among the Blackwater Estuary sandbanks. A juvenile ...

Police called to help escort pod of whales away from the shoreline   Yorkshire Post
Fears grow for whale pod off Essex coast   The Guardian
One whale found dead on Essex coastline as others remain in estuary   East Anglian Daily Times
Gazette   
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  Irish Times   
Sunlight may revive comet lander 'Philae'  Irish Times
Prof Monica Grady of the Open University: “We got all our data back. It has been a phenomenal success.” Previous Image Next Image. Dick Ahlstrom. Topics: News · Science · Churyumov-Gerasimenko · Philae lander · Rosetta satellite · European Space ...

Touchdown! Hear the sound Philae made as it landed on a comet   Los Angeles Times
Controllers release Philae audio from vibration sensors in lander's legs   Daily Mail
Hear the sound of the first comet landing   CNET
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
Boston.com   
Washington Post   
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  Eurasia Review   
Dutch Team Develop 'Warmer' LEDs  OilPrice.com
Not all light is created equal. Fluorescent lamps generate a lot of light and little heat, but their blue glare can be harsh. Incandescent light is softer, with a hue that can shift from yellow toward red. But LEDs are special because they generate light without the ...

'Warmer' LED light developed   Investor's Business Daily
Scientists give LEDs a warm glow   E&T magazine
Dutch researchers create temperature-dependent LED coating   Compound Semiconductor
Product Design & Development   
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  Daily Star   
Eagle camera gives real bird's eye view of London  Scotsman
A CONSERVATION charity has offered nature lovers a unique bird's eye view of London - by strapping a camera to the back of an eagle. Freedom, a charity attempting to reintroduce the endangered white-tailed eagle back into the wild, released the bird from ...

Awesome new footage offers true bird's eye view of London   Mashable
Watch amazing footage of London captured by an eagle with head-mounted ...   The Independent
Eagle-Eye Video View Of London Landmarks   Sky News
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  New York Times   
Barley Helped Prehistoric Humans Conquer Roof Of The World  Bernama
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- Growing frost-resistant crops especially barley enabled humans to establish permanent settlements at high altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau or "roof of the world" about 3,600 years ago, a team of international researchers ...

Barley helped prehistoric humans conquer "roof of the world": study   Xinhua
Humans Needed Barley to Inhabit Tibetan Altitudes   Tech Times
Living high! First humans settled on Tibetan Plateau 3600 years ago   Malay Mail Online
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