2015年5月4日 星期一

2015-05-05 U.S. Science


The Globe and Mail
   
New findings on whale tongues may lead to insight on human nerve damage   
The Globe and Mail
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that the largest animals alive – whales – have nerves in their tongues that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord. The researchers were studying specimens at a ...

Huge rorqual whales have nerves like 'bungee cords,' UBC scientists learn   CBC.ca
Giant Whales Use Super-Stretchy Nerves Like Bungee Cords To Capture Fish   Tech Times
Bungee-like nerve in whales allows them to open wide to feed   CTV News

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CBC.ca
   
Fjords store lots of carbon, fighting climate change   
CBC.ca
Fjords from Alaska to Norway soak up potentially damaging carbon from the atmosphere, making the steep-sided inlets an overlooked natural ally in offsetting man-made climate change, a study showed on Monday. Fjords cover only 0.1 percent of the world's ...

Picturesque fjords also bury carbon - NZ researcher   New Zealand Herald
Study finds fjords help fight climate change   National Monitor
Good news for Norway: Study finds fjords natural allies against climate change   Malay Mail Online

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Discovery News
   
Young Arctic Ice Creates New Climate-Driven Era   
Discovery News
Norwegian scientists who are studying sea ice in the Arctic say that the evolution from a permanent ice sheet to a newer, thinner “young” ice cover that vanishes in the summer could worsen the effect of climate change. Researchers from the Norwegian Polar ...

Disappeared Dutch skiers' Dog found alive   Maine News
Dutch polar explorers likely drowned: Canada police   GlobalPost
Missing Dutch polar scientists likely drowned   Echonetdaily
BBC News   
NL Times   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Scientists reveal for the first time what happens inside dead zones and how they ...   
Empire State Tribune
Dead Zones what are they? By now a lot of people already know what they are. They are parts of the sea or ocean or other water forms which are devoid of dissolved oxygen. They are what we call “choke” points. They can vary from a very small size to ...

Oxygen-starved 'dead zones' with no marine life up to 100-miles long discovered ...   Belfast Telegraph
New study details Atlantic Ocean 'dead zones'   UPI.com
Numerous "Suffocating" Dead Zones In Atlantic Ocean Identified By Biologists   News Every day
Pioneer News   
RT   
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ValueWalk
   
Loss of large herbivores could lead to "empty landscapes" says new report   
National Monitor
A new report says that populations of the worlds large herbivores are in steep decline, with implications for ecosystems throughout the developing world. In 1992, Kent H. Redford of the University of Florida used the term “empty forest” to describe the result of ...

60 Percent Of Large Herbivores May Go Extinct Thanks To Humans   Huffington Post
Habitat Change, Hunting Killing Off Earth's Largest Herbivores   Newsmax

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New York Times
   
Espresso? Now the International Space Station Is Fully Equipped   
New York Times
ROME — Samantha Cristoforetti had an espresso on Sunday that was out of this world, and she did it in the name of science. Ms. Cristoforetti is an astronaut, the seventh Italian and the first Italian woman to venture into orbit. She has been at the International ...

Real coffee hits space: Italian astronaut brews groundbreaking espresso on ISS   RT

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Al Jazeera America
   
Crater collapse causes lava explosion on Hawaii's Kilauea   
Washington Post
HONOLULU — Molten lava, rocks and gas went flying through the air on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano after an explosion was caused by the partial collapse of a crater wall. The collapse triggered a small explosion, spreading lava and debris around the rim of ...

Lava explosion on Hawaii   Herald Sun

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The Hoops News
   
25 Years Of Predicting The Global Warming 'Tipping Point'   
Daily Caller
For decades now, those concerned about global warming have been predicting the so-called “tipping point” — the point beyond which it'll be too late to stave off catastrophic global warming. It seems like every year the “tipping point” is close to being reached, ...

Global warming: Facts don't change with the weather   Marietta Daily Journal
Climate Change This Week: Earth Shaking News, Groundwater Disappearing ...   Huffington Post
Looks Like It's Too Late To Avoid Climate Disaster   Investor's Business Daily (blog)
Salon   
lehighvalleylive.com   
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National Monitor
   
Does China's fishing activity in Antarctica hide a 'deeper agenda'?   
National Monitor
Xi Jinping, president of the People's Republic of China, marks off Southern Ocean in Antarctica for fifth research facility. In the fall of 2014, the president of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping visited the new location of the fifth Chinese station in the ...

China Pursues Strategic Interests in Antarctica   China Digital Times
China builds presence in Antarctica in quest for resource security   TODAYonline
China Is Showing An Increased Interest In Antarctica – But Why?   Tech Times
Hot Air   
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The Space Reporter
   
Astronauts may risk brain damage on journeys to Mars   
The Space Reporter
Astronauts traveling to Mars could sustain brain damage from exposure to galactic cosmic rays that could impair their cognitive functions, according to a study by neuroscientist and radiation biologist Charles Limoli of the University of California at Irvine.
How the Trip to Mars Will Change Astronauts' Brains   Big Think (blog)
How Safe are the Astronauts in the ISS from the destructive effect of Galactic ...   Empire State Tribune
Future Mars explorers may suffer brain damage on the journey   The Weather Network
Space.com   
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