2014年10月15日 星期三

2014-10-16 Australia Science

  Sydney Morning Herald   
Ancient kangaroos walked instead of hopped, study finds  Sydney Morning Herald
Modern kangaroos are a diverse bunch of species, but we know them all for their tendency to hop. According to new research published in PLOS ONE, their ancient relatives probably had a gait that would look pretty strange to us: They walked upright on two ...

Ancient kangaroos walked not hopped   9news.com.au
Giant roo 'could have walked on two legs'   ABC Science Online
Kangaroo relative may have walked around ancient Australia on two feet   Los Angeles Times
Daily Mail   
Stuff.co.nz   
Maine News Online   
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  Tech Times   
Rare 'Beaked Whale' Washes Ashore In Australia, Scientists Amazed (PHOTO)  Headlines & Global News
Scientists are buzzing about an extremely rare sea creature that washed ashore recently in Australia. (Photo : Twitter/ORRCA). An extremely rare beaked whale washed ashore in Australia on Tuesday, sparking lots of excitement among researchers and ...

A 'beaked whale'? Rare cetacean washes up on Australian shore, excites ...   Tech Times
Rare Beaked Whale Washes Up in Australia   Paw Nation
Extremely Rare Beaked Whale Washes Ashore in Australia   Design & Trend
Science Recorder   
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  ABC Online   
Ancient South Australian animals unlock secret links to human evolution  ABC Online
An Adelaide-based researcher has identified human links to "alien-looking" fossils that lived in the seas over 500 million years ago. Dr Diego Garcia-Bellido inspects a fossil bed. Photo: Dr Diego Garcia-Bellido inspects a fossil bed. (University of Adelaide: ...

Blind water creatures a distant cousin of humans, Aussie researchers say   Toronto Sun
Ancient Alien-Like Fossils Confirmed Among Human's Strangest Cousins   Newsroom America
Ancient fossils confirmed among our strangest cousins   HeritageDaily

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  Daily News & Analysis   
Oceans experiencing largest sea rise in 6000 years, study says  Washington Post
There are two main forces that can drive sea levels higher. One is something called thermal expansion, which involves the expansion of ocean water as it warms. The other is an influx of additional water, ushered into the sea by melting ice sheets and glaciers.
Sea level rises unprecedented   ABC Online
Australian scientists reveal "unprecedented" sea level rise over past 150 years   Xinhua
Sea level rise over past century unmatched in 6000 years, says study   The Guardian
ABC Science Online   
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  Sydney Morning Herald   
The Pope's astronomer on space, the Bible and alien life  Brisbane Times
Papal astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno says the greatest revelation to come out of astronomy, for him, was the "joy that we all live under the same stars". Photo: Bradley Kanaris. Science and religion have often appeared at loggerheads, but Papal ...

What a Vatican astronomer has to say about science and religion   ABC Online (blog)

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  Brisbane Times   
Ask Fuzzy: Photons are powerhouse of the universe  Brisbane Times
Solar power: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory image shows an active region of the sun's coronal loops. Question: How many photons are there? Answer: This question is impossibly vague, so we're going to have to wind it back to something manageable.

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  ABC Online   
Calling for community support to beat feral cats  ABC Online
Community support is needed to tackle the feral cat problem. Credit: Fredy Mercay (National Environmental Research Program's Northern Australia Hub). See also. Related Story: Scientists call for Tasmanian devils to be reintroduced as mainland predators to ...

Australia pledges to halt loss of native mammal species by 2020   The Guardian

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  De Smog Blog   
Hockey brushes off climate claims  The Australian
CLIMATE experts have no doubt Australia has the highest per capita emissions in the developed world. BUT Treasurer Joe Hockey disputed this as he was quizzed on Australia's climate action in an interview on BBC's Hardtalk program, which aired on ...

Australia a laggard rather than leader on climate change, says Wayne Swan   The Guardian

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  Capital Wired   
Plants absorb more CO2 than we thought, but ...  Business Spectator
Through burning fossil fuels, humans are rapidly driving up levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which in turn is raising global temperatures. But not all the CO2 released from burning coal, oil and gas stays in the air. Currently, about 25 per cent of the ...

IKEA may tighten carbon rules to protect environment   Reuters
Climate change: Models 'underplay plant CO2 absorption'   BBC News
Global warming: plants may absorb more carbon dioxide than previously thought   Telegraph.co.uk
ABC Online   
The Australian   
Herald Sun   
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  Fishing World   
Reef fish closures in Sunshine State  Fishing World
QUEENSLAND'S coral reef fin fish will be off limits from midnight this Tuesday 21 October, as part of the first of two annual closures that protect these fish during spawning season. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol district manager Greg Bowness said ...

New moon brings fishing closures   North Queensland Register

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