2015年2月3日 星期二

2015-02-04 Australia Science


The Register
   
GROUPTHINK HIVE MIND informs climate change believers   
The Register
Both sides of the climate change debate tend towards group conciousness and define their positions based, in part, on hating the other side of the argument, according to a letter published in Nature: Climate Change. Public division about climate change ...

Overcoming the social barriers to climate consensus   Phys.Org
Different tack needed for climate change skeptics, study says   Cambridge Times
Overcoming Social Barriers To Climate Consensus   Science 2.0
Canada News   
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Washington Post
   
Climate change, melting glaciers make Iceland spring upward like a trampoline   
Washington Post
Sea levels aren't the only things rising due to climate change — swaths of land are too, including the nation of Iceland. That's according to a new study published by a team of geologists from the University of Arizona. According to their research, the melting of ...

Study: Iceland's land is rising, thanks to climate change   The Week Magazine
Climate change leading to rise of Iceland, which could be behind uptick in ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Iceland's Earth Rising Up As Glaciers Shrink, Will Volcanic Activity Increase As ...   Full-Time Whistle

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Sky News Australia
   
British man to swim Antarctica in Speedos   
Sky News Australia
A British endurance swimmer is looking to raise awareness for the protection of Antarctica's Ross Sea by taking a dip in the region's waters in nothing more than his Speedo swimwear. Over the next five weeks Lewis Pugh will brave Antarctica's Southern ...

Icy plunge for Antarctic conservation   Irish Examiner
Would you swim Antarctic in Speedos?   NEWS.com.au
Lewis Pugh to undertake 'world's most dangerous swim' in Antarctic for ...   The Independent
SBS   
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Gizmag
   
Astronomers find vast ring system eclipsing a distant star   
Gizmag
Astronomers from the Leiden Observatory, Netherlands, and the University of Rochester, New York, have discovered a massive ring system obscuring the light of the young star J1407b. It is believed that the rings belong to a massive planet or possibly a ...

A Planet With Rings That Dwarf Saturn's   New York Times
This Super-Saturn Alien Planet Might Be the New 'Lord of the Rings'   Space.com
Giant Ring System Encircling an Exoplanet Spotted Beyond Our Solar System   Daily Science Journal

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Newstalk ZB
   
Study: Ocean depths heating steadily despite surface slowdown   
Business Spectator
The oceans are continuing to warm steadily despite an apparent slowdown in global warming at the earth's surface, according to data collected by thousands of floating robots published today in Nature Climate Change. Between 2006 and 2013, ocean waters ...

Dot Earth | A Fresh Look at the Watery Side of Earth's Climate Shows 'Unabated ...   New York Times (blog)
Earth warms as ocean temperatures continue to rise   University World News
New study confirms world's oceans are warming   Full-Time Whistle
Scripps Oceanography News   
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Irish Independent
   
Giant guinea pig's nasty nibble   
NEWS.com.au
A "GUINEA pig" the size of a buffalo that lived three million years ago had a bite as strong as a tiger's. EXPERTS believe it may have used its giant rodent teeth in the same way an elephant uses its tusks, to dig for food and defend itself. Josephoartigasia ...

Giant Rodent May Have Used Its Front Teeth Like Tusks   University Herald
Giant Guinea Pig Had Bite As Strong As A Tiger   Sky News
Giant Rodent Used Tusks Just Like An Elephant   Science World Report

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The Independent
   
Video: Massive starling murmuration sees thousands of birds fly together above ...   
The Independent
Stunning footage has been released that shows tens of thousands of starlings flying together in a massive murmuration in the skies above southern Israel. The incredible natural event was captured near Rahat and shows the mass of birds moving together to ...

Watch: Amazing aerial display as massive 'murmuration' of starlings spotted in ...   Full-Time Whistle
Starlings flock to the sky   WA today
Watch These Incredibly Birds Fly | The Weather Channel   The Weather Channel

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Phys.Org
   
Isaac Newton Notes Explain How Water Rises in Plants   
Discovery News
Sir Isaac Newton's interest in botany extended well beyond the fabled apple falling from a tree -- he also appears to have understood how water moves from roots to leaves over 200 years before botanists did. Newton, who lived from 1643-1727, is known for ...

Newton's journal reveals seeds of plant biology   Armenpress.am

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Daily Mail
   
The Universe Is Dying: Will We Be Ripped Apart, Collapse Or Decay Into ...   
The Inquisitr
The universe will someday die and many physicists believe that the process has already began. However, scientists are torn between a number of leading theories on exactly how the universe will meet its demise. The top three theories include the universe ...

How the universe will end and the process may have already started   Daily Mail
3 ways the universe might end   Businessinsider India

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The countries most vulnerable to climate change, in 3 maps   
Washington Post
This post comes via Know More, Wonkblog's social media site. What is the best place to weather climate change? Research by the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, or ND-GAIN, suggests it is Scandinavia. In a pinch, though, any developed country will ...

Which Countries Are Most Likely To Be Wiped Out By Future Disasters?   Gizmodo Australia

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