2014年12月18日 星期四

2014-12-19 Ireland Science


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Squirrels and beavers contributing to global warming more than previously thought   
Telegraph.co.uk
Rodents such as squirrels and beavers are contributing far more to global warming than previously thought, forcing climate scientists to alter the models they use to chart how the world is warming up. Arctic ground squirrels churn up and warm soil in the ...

Arctic ground squirrels unlock permafrost carbon   BBC News
Could Arctic squirrels be contributing to global warming?   BreakingNews.ie
Arctic squirrels blamed for climate change damage   The Independent

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Irish Times
   
Ghosts of Christmas past: deep roots of Irish winter traditions   
Irish Times
People look to the skies at Christmas, some watching for a Yuletide star pointing the way and others for flying reindeer and a jolly character dressed in a red suit. More seasonal symbolism is offered by the passage graves of Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth ...


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Nature World News
   
Earth May Have Made its Own Oceans from Within   
Nature World News
Scientists have long wondered how our planet came to be covered 70 percent by ocean, and now a new study has found that Earth may have made its own water from within. (Photo : Nori / Fotolia). Scientists have long wondered how our planet came to be ...

Earth may have formed with oceans in its interior: Study   Jagran Post
Earth may have formed with oceans in its interior   Economic Times
Earth may be able to create its own water without help from comets   Geek
PerfScience   
Irish Examiner   
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Irish Examiner
   
What Happens When You Step On Molten Lava? This Video May Surprise You   
io9
Definitely don't try this at home (or if you happen across a volcanic vent), but if you've ever wondered what would happen if you pressed down on hot lava, this video is a must-watch. It's a great lesson in how the reality of lava differs from the way many people ...

VIDEO: What happens when you step on lava   Irish Examiner
Real-life video shows what happens if you step in lava, and it's not what you'd ...   Blastr
What happens when you walk on lava?   abc7news.com

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Phys.Org
   
Study finds an exoplanet, tilted on its side, could still be habitable if covered in ...   
Phys.Org
Nearly 2,000 planets beyond our solar system have been identified to date. Whether any of these exoplanets are hospitable to life depends on a number of criteria. Among these, scientists have thought, is a planet's obliquity—the angle of its axis relative to its ...

New theories could increase number of hospitable planets   Siliconrepublic.com
Life on an aquaplanet   MIT News
'Tilted' Ocean Planet Could Boast Life   Nature World News
National Monitor   
io9   
Business Standard   
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NDTV
   
Rosetta Comet-Landing is Science's 2014 Breakthrough   
NDTV
Miami, Florida: The top scientific breakthrough of 2014 was the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft's rendez-vous with a comet, the US journal Science said Thursday. After leaving Earth in 2004, the Rosetta spacecraft caught up with the comet ...

Top Science Breakthroughs of 2014: Rosetta Tops Science Magazine's List   Newsweek
Comet discovery put a question mark on the old theory about origin of Earth's ...   Frontline Desk
European comet lander may wake up from space slumber   Fox News
The Independent   
BBC News   
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BBC News
   
Birds 'heard tornadoes coming' and fled the day before   
BBC News
US scientists say tracking data showing five golden-winged warblers left their nesting site a day a tornado outbreak suggests the birds "heard it coming". Geolocators showed the birds, which had just finished a 5,000km migration, left the Appalachians and ...

Golden-winged warblers can feel storms before they happen   Islamabad Globe
Study finds birds have built-in storm detectors   Malay Mail Online
Birds sensed severe storms and fled before tornado outbreak   (e) Science News
Click Green   
Tech Times   
Full-Time Whistle   
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Ottawa Citizen
   
Kepler Spacecraft Finds New 'Super-Earth' 180 Light-Years Away   
New York Times
A year and a half after a pointing failure threatened to derail its epochal search for worlds beyond our solar system, NASA's Kepler spacecraft has bagged another planet, astronomers announced on Thursday. The new planet is 20,000 miles in diameter, ...

NASA's Kepler finds massive alien planet 180 light years away   The Week Magazine
NASA's Kepler space telescope finds 'Super-Earth' after 19-month hiatus   Christian Science Monitor
Its funding may have been eliminated, but that didn't stop a Canadian satellite ...   National Post
Discovery News   
American Live Wire   
UH System Current News   
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Tech Times
   
Big Carnivores Making Comeback in Europe   
Tech Times
Bears, wolves and other carnivores bouncing back in Europe after hunting, loss of habitat almost led to extinction. Changing public attitudes to wildlife also helping in that recovery, researchers say. (Photo : Wikipedia, Creative Commons). Large carnivores ...

Wolves And Bears In Europe? Oh My?   ValueWalk
Images: Carnivores of Europe   Live Science
The Carnivores Next Door   The New Yorker
Washington Post   
National Geographic   
The Guardian   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Lima's Magic Climate Beanstalk   
Wall Street Journal
Members of representative commissions of the countries participating in the climate change conferences, attend the seventh plenary meeting of the COP20 on December 13, 2014 in Lima. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. Dec. 18, 2014 6:57 p.m. ET.
Peru's climate talks conclude without a big accord in reach   Washington Post
'Change the System, Not the Climate!'   Huffington Post
An inadequate compromise on climate change confirms Lima was not going to ...   Irish Times
Times of India   
Jagran Josh   
India Today   
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