2014年10月16日 星期四

2014-10-17 Australia Science

  Sydney Morning Herald   
Fewer big storms expected for Sydney as climate warms  Sydney Morning Herald
Still getting over this week's monster storm that struck Sydney? If so, you may be comforted to know that climate scientists predict a lot fewer such events for eastern Australia as the century unfolds. The development of intense low-pressure systems like the ...


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  The Hindu   
Ancient kangaroos could not hop  The Hindu
Kangaroos hop, right? Well, not all of them. Scientists said on Wednesday that a biomechanical and statistical analysis of fossil bones of a group of huge extinct kangaroos shows that the largest of the bunch in all likelihood could not hop as their modern-day ...

Prehistoric swingbelly KANGAROOS were TOO FAT to jump – scientists   Register
Giant kangaroos 'walked on two feet'   BBC News
Extinct kangaroo looked like scary giant rabbit, walked on two legs   ABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald   
Telegraph.co.uk   
NEWS.com.au   
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  Gas 2.0   
Sunswift Solar Car Record Made Official  Gas 2.0
The Sunswift eVe team broke a 26-year old record, which had previously topped out at just 45 MPH. Being able to build a car that can travel at highway speeds, and farther than even the mighty Tesla Model S using just the power of the sun is an amazing ...

It's official: Electric car 26-year world record broken by Australian solar racing team   RT
University of NSW students drive Sunswift solar car into the record books   ABC Online
Team Sunswift sets record for EV speed over 500km distance   SlashGear
ScienceAlert   
Gizmag   
Motoring   
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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
Feral cats a threat to Australia's wildlife   News24
Gov't to protect Down Under's native wildlife from extinction   China Post

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  Capitalberg   
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
ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE New Research Started After Rare Beaked Whale ...   Science Times
Extremely Rare Beaked Whale Washes Ashore in Australia   Design & Trend
Nature World News   
Capital Wired   
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  RenewEconomy   
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 ...

Comment: Fig leaf no more, government's climate change inaction laid bare   SBS
Australia a laggard rather than leader on climate change, says Wayne Swan   The Guardian
Hockey latest minister to tout coal industry 'energy poverty' spin   RenewEconomy

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  Product Design & Development   
Nanotube Field Emitters Beat OLEDs  EE Times
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A lighting panel powered by carbon nanotube field emitters stimulating a phosphor to glow will be less expensive than light-emitting diode (LED) lighting and brighter than organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels, according to Prof.
Scientists create light with power consumption 100 times lower than LEDs   The Fifth Estate
Flat carbon nanotube-based light sources outshine LEDs   GMA News
Beyond LEDs: Try Brighter Energy Saving Flat Panel Lights Based on Carbon ...   Green Building Elements
Science 2.0   
Intelligent Building Today   
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  Nature World News   
Ancient Himalayan-scale mountain range found  Times of India
MELBOURNE: Scientists have found evidence of a huge mountain range similar in scale to the Himalayas which spanned at least 2,500 kilometres and sustained an explosion of life on Earth 600 million years ago. The mountain range spanned at least 2,500 ...

Life 'exploded' when ancient continents collided   9news.com.au
Ancient mountains fostered early life   SBS
Ancient Mountains Once Fed Flourishing Life   Nature World News
Science Codex   
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  USA TODAY   
Comet takes near-miss route to Mars  USA TODAY
One of Earth's closest neighbors is about to have a very narrow escape. A comet the size of a small mountain will whiz past Mars Sunday at a distance of less than 87,000 miles, a hair's breadth in astronomical terms. That's so close that Mars will be swathed in ...

Once-in-a-million-years comet won't smash into Mars with dinosaur-killing force ...   National Post
Comet to pay once in a million year visit to Mars   The Australian
Once-in-a-million-year comet buzzing Mars   Herald Sun

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  Newsport Daily   
Hamo joins push to protect the reef  Whitsunday Times
REEF AWARE: Al Grundy (Explore Whitsundays), Barnaby Thomas (Hamilton Island Explore), Dr Adam Smith (former GBRMPA director), Tony Brown (True Blue Sailing), Toney Fontes (OUCH), Cherry Muddle (AMCS), Glenn Bourke (Hamilton Island CEO) ...

Douglas tour operator to speak at Reef Hour   Newsport Daily

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