2015年5月21日 星期四

2015-05-22 Australia Science


ABC Online
   
Great Barrier Reef science needs 'quality assurance' to guarantee accuracy and ...   
ABC Online
Audiences in far north Queensland have been told scientific claims made about the health of the Great Barrier Reef are not subjected to the same level of "antagonistic rigour" as those made in the private sector. Physical oceanographer Peter Ridd, from ...

Anti-coal protestors target Commonwealth Bank branches   Australian Mining
Residents want Commonwealth Bank to stop supporting mining   Mackay Daily Mercury
Ditching sweets to save the reef   Whitsunday Times
Courier Mail   
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The Straits Times
   
Media to share content on climate change   
The Straits Times
Twenty-five leading media companies sealed an agreement yesterday to form a global Climate Publishers Network to promote awareness of climate change. Members will work together to enhance coverage of global warming in the run-up to the Nov 30- ...

25 newspapers team up to bring attention to climate change   Mashable
Global news organisations agree to share climate change content   The Guardian
The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald join climate change media network   The Age
Grist   
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News24
   
PICS: It's raining spiders in Australia...   
News24
Cape Town - Million of baby spiders appear to be raining down from the sky in the Southern Tablelands region of Australia, blanketing the landscape and farm houses in a post-apocalyptic hue of arachnid hell. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the ...

So…it literally rained spiders in Australia   RedOrbit
Bizarre Event Occurs in Australia as Millions of Spiders Fall From the Sky   American Live Wire
Spider Rain Australia: OMG!!! It's Raining Spooky Baby Spiders! Check Out What ...   Food World News
Wall Street Hedge   
Illawarra Mercury   
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ABC Online
   
Some Antarctic glaciers reached a tipping point in 2009   
ABC Online
Antarctic glaciers on the Bellinghausen Sea coast suddenly started melting in 2009. Credit: Alba Martin Espanol (Science). See also. Related Story: Study shows Antarctica's impact on sea Science Online 29 May 2014; Related Story: Warm water may ...

Antarctic Peninsula in 'dramatic' ice loss   BBC News
Antarctic glaciers lose ice in surprise collapse   Sydney Morning Herald
Antarctic glaciers thinning so fast, it's like a switch was flipped   Christian Science Monitor
Reuters   
Smithsonian   
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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
Big Energy clashes with John Kerry on how to fix climate change   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Europe's biggest energy companies clashed with US Secretary of State John Kerry over who should move first on climate change, coarsening the debate on how to rein in air pollution that's warming the planet. PHOTO: AFP. Comments. Share. May 22 ...

Pakistan welcomes French president call on climate pact   The Nation
What's missing from our climate pledges? Low-carbon R&D   The Conversation AU
UPDATE 2-Top EU companies urge drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions   Reuters

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CNN
   
Rare double from mother nature lights up Australia's skies and waters   
Stuff.co.nz
Photographers are treated to a spectacular light show from the Aurora Australis, with bioluminescence adding a neon glow to the waters. On their own, the neon-blue patches lighting up the night waters of the River Derwent in Tasmania, Australia would ...

Tasmanian waters glow blue with bioluminescent phytoplankton   UPI.com
Bioluminescence lights up Tasmanian shoreline, creates beautiful photos   abc7news.com
Stunning pictures of luminous plankton lighting up Tasmania, with bonus Aurora ...   Business Insider Australia
CNN   
AOL News   
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ABC News
   
Dawn captures close ups of Ceres' bright spots   
The Space Reporter
NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured its closest yet images of Ceres' bright spots on May 16 from a position 4,500 miles (7,200 km) above the small world's surface. With a resolution of 2,250 feet (700 meters) per pixel, the images confirm that what initially ...

NASA images give close look at bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres   Stuff.co.nz
Ceres' Two Bright Spots: A collection of several bright spots together   Empire State Tribune
Science Journal: Space probe takes closer pics of mystery bright spots on Ceres   Florida Times-Union (blog)
CBS News   
NEWS.com.au   
Gizmodo Australia   
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NEWS.com.au
   
Science explains why men exist   
NEWS.com.au
SOME women would prefer a world where men don't exist. Just picture it. No hogging the remote. No beard clippings in the sink. After all, it works for other species. Komodo dragons can reproduce without sex with a male partner. So can whiptail lizards, ...

Solved: The mystery behind why men exist!   India Today
This Is The Reason Why Men Still Exist, Study Says   Design & Trend
Why do men exist? Scientific study explains   The Daily Star

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Immortal News
   
Leap Second May Be Bad For Business   
Immortal News
In what sounds like a news story straight out of the late 1990s, some people are worried about what might happen when the Leap Second comes on June 30th. The extra second, added to the clock for that day to sync the atomic clock with Earth's rotation, ...

Month of June Will Be One Second Longer This Year   Discover Magazine (blog)
June will (literally) be longer   Palm Beach Post
Hand-wringing as leap second approaches, threatens to disrupt markets   Sydney Morning Herald
ABC Online   
ABC News   
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ABC Online
   
Drought conditions put a sting in the beekeeping business   
ABC Online
After a year of challenging drought conditions, beekeepers are worried an El Nino will again make for a tough season. Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek. Audio: Drought conditions put a sting in the bee keeping business (ABC ...


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