2015年8月20日 星期四

2015-08-21 U.S. Science


Christian Science Monitor
   
Humans are now 'super predators,' and that's a problem, study says   
Christian Science Monitor
Humans are throwing ecosystems out of whack by not only killing a large number of animals, but by killing adults and top carnivores in particular, a study suggests. One answer is to act more like animal predators.
Study: Hunting for bigger fish, game isn't sustainable   Bradford Era
Humans are 'wickedly efficient super-predators'   Dispatch Times
Super Predators: Humans May be the Deadliest Hunters on Earth   Sentinel Republic

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NBCNews.com
   
Antarctica Scientists Confirm Existence of Cosmic Neutrinos   
NBCNews.com
Buried deep in the Antarctic ice, an observatory has spotted ghostly, nearly massless particles coming from inside our galaxy and points beyond the Milky Way. Finding these cosmic neutrinos not only confirms their existence but also sheds light on the ...
Scienitsts Confirm the Existence of Cosmic Neutrinos   Gizmodo
Cosmic neutrinos discovered in Antarctic ice   NewsQuench
New data from Antarctic detector firms up cosmic neutrino sighting   R & D Magazine
Pioneer News   
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NBCNews.com
   
Selfie Mania continues: NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shares some amazing selfies   
NYC Today
NASA has shared some very amazing selfies taken by Curiosity Mars rover this month. Before starting the trek of a massive mountain peak this month, Curiosity rover took some selfies. Curiosity rover can take its selfies with the camera at the end of ...
Epic selfies taken by Curiosity rover during Mars mountain trip   NewsQuench
Curiosity Rover's new selfie shows injured wheel   TechnoBuffalo
Jezero crater may be landing site for next Mars rover   The Space Reporter
Universe Today   
Sentinel Republic   
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USA TODAY
   
Pack of wolves discovered in California   
USA TODAY
Wolves are back in northern California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife posted pictures of five gray wolf pups and two adults in Siskiyou County to its website Thursday. The agency said that after trail cameras recorded a lone wolf back ...
California's first modern-day wolf pack sighted in Siskiyou County   Sacramento Bee
Rare sighting of wolf adults, 5 pups in Northern California   SFGate
Wolves Have Officially Returned to California   TIME
The Guardian   
New Zealand Herald   
News10.net   
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USA TODAY
   
July was Earth's hottest month on record; scientists say climate change is ...   
San Jose Mercury News
In a dramatic sign of climate change's growing impact, this July was the warmest month on Earth since modern temperature records were first kept in 1880, federal scientists announced Thursday. While climate change isn't causing California's drought, ...

Study finds climate change makes California's drought worse   Reuters
Scientists see link between global warming, California drought   Sacramento Bee
Global warming worsened the California drought, scientists say   Boston Globe
Times of San Diego   
Rapid News Network   
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Tampabay.com
   
How hummingbirds use their tongues to extract nectar   
Tampabay.com
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird pauses over a thistle it was feeding on Honeymoon Island. The arrival of the hummingbirds has drawn the interest of birders and photographers. - the following is from Cornell Lab of Ornithology: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird ...

Scientists unravel mystery of hummingbird tongues   Christian Science Monitor
Slow-Mo Lets Us See How Hummingbirds Use Their Tongues Like Pumps   io9
Hummingbird Tongue is a High Speed Nectar Pump   I4U News
ValueWalk   
BABW News   
Digital Journal   
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The Hullabaloo Online
   
Seeing Antarctica's future more clearly   
Phys.Org
Do you love to lose yourself in little things? To read every footnote of a book, watch ants in a patch of grass, memorise every mole on a lover's skin? I'm undecided. I often fall into the rabbit hole of nitty gritty, and nit picking. Other times I ...
July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded for the globe.   NOAA
Global Summary Information - July 2015   The Hullabaloo Online
New Antarctic Research Ups Sea Level Rise Estimates   Discovery News
reportingclimatescience.com   
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The Star Online
   
Sumatran Rhino vanishes from Malaysian jungles   
The Star Online
Sumatran Rhinos Tam and Puntung, pictured here at the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary, are among the last surviving specimens of their species in the country. PETALING JAYA: The Sumatran rhino is now extinct from Malaysia's jungles, a group of scientists has ...

Sumatran Rhino now extinct in Malaysia   AsiaOne
Sumatran Rhinos Now Extinct in Malaysia   Discovery News
Are Sumatran rhinos in the wild in Malaysia going the way of the dodo?   The Rakyat Post
The Hindu   
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NBCNews.com
   
No asteroid threat to Earth, says Nasa   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Nasa has rubbished claims that a devastating asteroid will hit Earth sometime between September 15 and 28, saying there is not one shred of evidence on it till now. One of the numerous recent blogs and web postings doing the rounds claim ...

NASA confirms world will not end by asteroid strike in September   ABC Online
Rumors Of Asteroid Hitting Earth Next Month Untrue Says NASA   Tech Times
​NASA: No, an asteroid is not about to destroy the world   CBS News
Financial Express   
EarthSky   
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CBC.ca
   
Further investigation planned in whale deaths in Alaska   
Washington Post
JUNEAU, Alaska — A federal agency announced plans Thursday for a more intense investigation into what caused the deaths of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska since May. NOAA Fisheries declared the deaths an “unusual mortality event,” ...

30 whales have died off the coast of Alaska this year, and we're not sure why   Mashable

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