2015年2月25日 星期三

2015-02-26 Australia Science


Discovery News
   
Astronomers find a shockingly ancient black hole the size of 12 billion suns   
The Age
Washington: Some 12.8 billion light years away, astronomers have spotted an object of almost impossible brightness - the most luminous object ever seen in such ancient space. It's from just 900 million years after the big bang, and the old quasar - a shining ...

Astronomers find giant black hole in early universe   Yahoo!7 News
Astronomers stunned to find ancient black hole 12 billion times bigger than the sun   The Space Reporter
Researchers Discover Black Hole 12 Billion Times Larger Than Sun   CBS Local
Xinhua   
EarthSky   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Life on The Reef captures a year in the life of the Great Barrier Reef   
Sydney Morning Herald
Kakadu was always going to be a hard act to follow. The ABC series was lauded for the way it captured the natural world at its most beguiling, with breath-taking visuals giving insight into why there is nowhere more primal, frightening and entrancing.
Coral found to be eating plastic waste in the ocean   ABC Online
Microplastics in the ocean may further endanger fragile coral   National Monitor
Fisher banned from Great Barrier Reef   NEWS.com.au
RedOrbit   
Discovery News   
The Inquisitr   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Surf's down: Climate change may flatten famed surfing waves   
Sydney Morning Herald
On a summer day in 1885, three Hawaiian princes surfed at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River at Santa Cruz in California on crudely constructed boards made from coastal redwoods, bringing the sport to the North American mainland. Today their ...

Surfing is Life   Good Times
Climate change may flatten famed surfing waves   Phys.Org

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The Guardian
   
Drying out of vast inland lakes may have caused Australia's megafauna extinction   
The Guardian
An illustration of the largest known marsupial, Diprotodon optatum, from the pleistocene era. Photograph: Alamy. Oliver Milman · @olliemilman. Wednesday 25 February 2015 21.40 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on ...

Disappearing lakes stoke megafauna debate   UQ News
Drying inland seas probably helped kill Australia's megafauna   The Conversation AU

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Allentown Morning Call
   
Scientists examine mysterious rise in East Coast sea levels   
Allentown Morning Call
Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 in Atlantic City, New ...

'Unprecedented' Sea Level Rise   malaysiandigest.com
Mysterious East Coast flooding was caused by 'unprecedented' surge in sea level   Washington Post
US sea level north of New York City 'jumped by 128mm'   BBC News
Live Science   
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Daily Mail
   
Prince Charles: climate change is not a conspiracy   
The Age
"If the planet were a patient, we would have intervened long ago," says Prince Charles. Photo: AP. London: Prince Charles has compared the planet to a sick human and says leaders who delay action on climate change are essentially "testing the disease to ...

Climate change not a conspiracy: Charles   NEWS.com.au
Looking after the planet helps our health, says Prince Charles   Daily Mail

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Bundaberg News Mail
   
Could this scientist's new theory disprove God?   
Whitsunday Times
A NEW theory could answer the question of how life began - and throw out the need for God. A writer on the website of atheist Richard Dawkins' foundation says that the theory has put God "on the ropes" and has "terrified" Christians. It proposes that life did ...

Has science just disproved God?   Metro

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ABC Online
   
'Once in a lifetime' daytime meteors heard exploding into Earth's atmosphere   
ABC Online
Bangs, tremors and even "explosions" were reported to GeoScience Australia (GA) in Victoria and southern NSW as four meteors were believed to have entered the Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday morning. Originally the cause of the reports was a mystery ...

'Once in a lifetime' daytime meteors heard exploding into Earth's atmosphere ...   Radio Australia
'Once in a lifetime' meteors heard over Vic, NSW   The New Daily

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Ancient Origins
   
Mummy hair reveals ancient Peruvians enjoyed seafood and beer   
Ancient Origins
The hair of some natural mummies buried about 2,000 years ago in southern Peru appears to have been nicely coiffed prior to burial, with decorated textiles holding it in place. Archaeologists have used scientific methods to test the hair of these people's ...

2000-Year-Old Hair Reveals Ancient Diet   New Historian
Hair From 2000-Year-Old Mummies Helps Scientists Determine Their Diets ...   Tech Times
Mummy Hair Reveals Ancient South American Diet   Yahoo News UK

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The Guardian Nigeria
   
'Dark matter caused mass extinctions, geologic upheavals'   
The Guardian Nigeria
WAS dark matter responsible for mass extinctions, geologic upheavals, which killed of the dinosaurs? Has football-shaped collections of stars called elliptical galaxies provided new insights into the connection between a galaxy and its black hole? Has the ...

Is dark matter behind mass extinction?   NEWS.com.au
Research suggests dark matter plays a significant role in our planet's mass ...   Gizmag
Does dark matter cause mass extinctions?   EarthSky
Astronomy Magazine   
Mother Nature Network   
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