2015年8月24日 星期一

2015-08-25 U.K. Science


The Guardian
   
Tropical forests totalling size of India at risk of being cleared, study warns   
The Guardian
Deforested land in the Brazilian Amazon in June 2011. The Center for Global Development study predicts the rate of deforestation will climb through 2020 and 2030 and accelerate around the year 2040 if changes are not made. Photograph: HO/Reuters.
Tropical forests almost the size of India set to be axed by 2050: Study   TODAYonline
Earth is on track to lose an India-sized chunk of its tropical forests by mid ...   Santa Fe New Mexican
REFILE-Tropical forests almost the size of India set to be axed by 2050   Reuters
Daily Mail   
eNews Park Forest   
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Exeter Express and Echo
   
Angry German wasps to invade south of England   
Exeter Express and Echo
Vicious German wasps are set to rampage across the south of England for the rest of summer. That's according to experts who have warned that such "worker" wasps are "at their most dangerous" over the final few weeks of summer. Pest controllers have ...

"Drunk and angry" German wasps rampaging across Essex   Brentwood Gazette
​Bored, angry and drunk German wasps set to invade the south of England   North Devon Journal
Buzz off! 5 ways wasps ruin our summer fun   BT.com
Techie News   
Daily Star   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Critically endangered species of leopard gives birth to three cubs at ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP), in Doncaster, is celebrating the birth of three critically endangered leopard cubs. The park released some CCTV within a film which captures moments of their lives so far. There are only 70 Amur leopards known in ...
Wildlife park hails endangered Amur leopard cubs   BT.com
Three Amur Leopard Cubs born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park   NYC Today
World's most endangered Leopard gives birth in Yorkshire   ITV News
The Star   
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BBC News
   
Carbon credits undercut climate change actions says report   
BBC News
The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine did not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study. The authors say that offsets created under a UN scheme "significantly undermined" efforts to tackle climate change. The ...
Kyoto protocol's carbon credit scheme 'increased emissions by 600m tonnes'   The Guardian
Credit scheme backfired, hiking greenhouse gases: study   Yahoo News UK
Carbon-credit scheme linked to increased greenhouse-gas production   Nature.com
Carbon Brief (blog)   
RTCC   
The Times   
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Tech Times
   
Human Noise Too Loud? Bluebirds Sing Louder To Call Out Potential Mates   
Tech Times
Scientists from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom have discovered that bluebirds are capable of making real-time adjustments to their songs in response to increases in noise levels in their surroundings. (Photo : Colby Stopa | Flickr). For ...
Birds 'shout' to make sure they are heard over loud man-made noise such as traffic   Western Daily Press
Persist and shout: Male bluebirds alter their songs to be heard over increased ...   PoliticsHome.com
Male bluebirds will shout to cut through the noise and make themselves heard   Techie News
Times of Malta   
The Times   
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Daily Mail
   
Greenland glacier sheds chunk of ice that covers MANHATTAN   
Daily Mail
Satellite images show that the fastest moving glacier in the world shed a chunk of ice measuring around 12.5 sq km this week – one of the most significant calving events on record. Radar images from the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A captured the ...

Huge chunk of ice breaks off glacier in Greenland - so large it can be seen ...   Mirror.co.uk
​Greenland glacier loses chunk the size of Manhattan   CBS News
Greenland just lost a chunk of ice so big you can see it from space   Metro
BBC News   
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Nature.com
   
Planetary science: Carbon in the Moon   
Nature.com
The Moon was once thought to be depleted in volatile elements. Analyses of the carbon contents of lunar volcanic glasses reveal that carbon monoxide degassing could have produced the fire-fountain eruptions from which these glasses were formed.
24 August 2015 in News: Research may solve Moon's volcanic fire-fountain mystery   Astronomy Now Online
Carbon said to be responsible for lunar fire fountains   Techie News
Research may solve lunar fire fountain mystery   Phys.Org
Space.com   
EarthSky   
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E&T magazine
   
Slower robots more energy efficient   
E&T magazine
Making industrial robots move more smoothly could reduce their energy requirements by up to 40 per cent, a study found. According to researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, robots that do not speed up and slow down too much ...

Industrial Robot Efficiency Increased By Up to 40%   Product Design & Development
Smooth moves reduce energy consumption in robots by up to 40%   Eureka
Swedish research maps industrial robot routes to save energy   GlobalPost
ECNmag.com   
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Naples Herald
   
Mexico finds main skull rack at Aztec temple complex   
Naples Herald
In this May 30, 2015 photo released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), skulls are partially unearthed at the Templo Mayor Aztec ruin site in Mexico City. (Hector Montano/INAH via AP). 0 · 0 · 0 · 0. 0. 0 · 0. AP Logo BY ...
Massive Human Skull Rack Unearthed at the Aztec Temple   TV Newsroom
Mexico finds 'main' skull rack at Aztec temple complex   PPP Focus.com
Archaeologists unearth Largest Ceremonial Skull Rack built 500 years ago   iFreePress.com (blog)

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Los Angeles Times
   
Satellite data reveal silver lining of Middle East conflict — cleaner air   
Los Angeles Times
The political turmoil in the Middle East is so dramatic that scientists say they can see it from space. Satellite data from the troubled region reveal marked drops in atmospheric pollutants that can't be linked to clean-air laws or other policy changes ...
The surprising byproduct of conflict in the Middle East? Cleaner air.   Christian Science Monitor
Who knew that war could have a positive effect on the environment?   The Hullabaloo Online
Cleaner Air in Middle East Due to Increased Wars, Political Disturbances and ...   BizTek Mojo
Techie News   
New Scientist   
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