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2015-04-27 Australia Science


Goondiwindi Argus
   
New Earth dawns: supercontinent slowly takes shape   
Goondiwindi Argus
It's all coming together: An artist's impression of how the new supercontinent is taking shape. Photo: Li and Zhong, 2009. Shifting: the earth's plates are slowly shifting and creating a new supercontinent. Photo: Supplied. Timeline: From ancient lands to more ...


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Ferret
   
Industry organisations urge against ambitious carbon reduction goals   
Ferret
Industry lobby group Manufacturing Australia has cautioned against Australia setting ambitious long-term greenhouse emission reduction targets. The Australian Financial Review reports that the group's chairman Mark Chellew also backed the federal ...

Australia May Face International Isolation And Become UN's Public Enemy # 1 ...   International Business Times AU
US climate target match 'would cost us $25bn': AiGroup   The Australian
Manufacturers urge caution on post-2020 emissions targets   The Australian Financial Review
Sydney Morning Herald   
Bloomberg   
TheBull.com.au   
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The Australian Financial Review
   
Who's afraid of Bjorn Lomborg?   
The Australian Financial Review
Who's afraid of Bjorn Lomborg? Judging by the outsized fuss that followed last week's announcement that Lomborg would set up a research centre at the University of Western Australia, it would appear that many people in academia are. But why should they ...

Hunt defends 'climate contrarian' Lomborg   Perth Now
Greg Hunt defends $4m for Bjørn Lomborg climate 'consensus' centre   The Guardian

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Science 2.0
   
Sorry Star Trek Fans, Tau Ceti Is Not The Next Earth   
Science 2.0
As the search continues for Earth-size planets orbiting at just the right distance from their star, a region termed the habitable zone, the number of potentially life-supporting planets grows. In two decades we have progressed from having no extrasolar planets to ...

Tau Ceti system unlikely to contain Earth 2.0   RedOrbit
Tau Ceti: The next Earth? Probably not   Arizona State University
Sorry Trekkies, Tau Ceti Probably Doesn't Harbour Alien Life   Gizmodo Australia
Irish Examiner   
Yahoo News UK   
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Ipswich Advertiser
   
Inhofe in seeming climate scepticism retreat   
Business Spectator
Senate Republican James Inhofe, who was late last year appointed to head the US Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee, has quoted pioneering climate scientist James Hansen in an article that seems to signal a retreat from his previous ...

As many thought the Increase in Temperature due to Climate Change has been ...   SMJ News
Lead climate change denier seems to be changing his mind   Toowoomba Chronicle

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Science Daily
   
Warming climate may release vast amounts of carbon from long-frozen Arctic soils   
Science Daily
Date: April 23, 2015; Source: University of Georgia; Summary: While climatologists are carefully watching carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, another group of scientists is exploring a massive storehouse of carbon that has the potential to significantly ...

UTEP Center for Inland Desalination Team Wins 2nd Place in Desal Prize ...   AZoCleantech
Thawing permafrost: the Arctic's slow, giant carbon release   SunHerald.com

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New Historian
   
New Evidence Supports Humans' Role in Neanderthal Demise   
New Historian
There is mounting evidence that modern humans had a big role to play in the decline and subsequent extinction of our direct ancestors, the Neanderthals. The latest research to suggest so comes from the University of Bologna in Ravenna. A team led by ...


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TechRadar
   
The new space race: who's who in the realm of space exploration   
TechRadar
It's been nearly 50 years since Star Trek first referred to space as "the final frontier," and the passing decades have done little to diminish interest in traveling to this expansive (and very expensive) destination. The National Aeronautics and Space ...

For National Astronomy Day, Read These 12 Out-Of-This-World Books   Bustle
Elon Musk Dreaming Big About Mars Mission   Uncover Michigan
NASA looks to expand horizons with a Mars expedition   Times-Delphic
Businessinsider India   
Reporter Advocate   
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The New Daily
   
Locusts devastate Queensland pastures   
The New Daily
“I'm 60 and I've only seen swarms like this twice in my life,” he said. • Powerful aftershock hits Nepal after huge quake • Nepal quake: families hold hope for loved ones • SBS journo sacked for 'despicable' Anzac tweets. “There's at least 10 acres of them.
Plague locusts devastate pastures in central Queensland   ABC Online

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Gizmodo Australia
   
These Images Show The Night Sky That Hides Behind Our City Lights   
Gizmodo Australia
If you live in LA, or any major city for that matter, you'll know there's something very unusual in the image above. It's called the Milky Way and it's about as exotic as a cougar sighting. For most of human history, people could look up at the night sky just about ...


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