2015年6月19日 星期五

2015-06-20 Tanzania Science


ABC Online
   
Humans could be among the victims of sixth 'mass extinction', scientists warn   
ABC Online
The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warn, and humans could be among the first victims of the next extinction event. Not since the age of the dinosaurs ended 66 ...

Earth 'entering new extinction phase' - US study   BBC News
Scientists: Man has triggered Earth's sixth mass extinction   Irish Examiner
Earth has reached sixth mass extinction: study   CTV News
SFGate   
Santa Cruz Sentinel   
The Manila Times   
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Wall Street Journal
   
The Pope's Solution for Warming: Pray   
Wall Street Journal
With unintended sacrilege one news-service headline this week credited the pope with “finding religion on climate change.” Maybe it would be truer to say Pope Francis has tried to annex one of the newer religions, that of global warming, to Catholic liturgy, ...

The Pope's Landmark Call on Climate Change   New York Times
Pope Francis's encyclical on climate change an awe-inspiring document   The Globe and Mail
Pope Francis' environmental encyclical is even more radical than it appears ...   Washington Post
Los Angeles Times   
Irish Times   
Mashable   
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CBC.ca
   
Raring to go, comet lander sends more signals   
USA TODAY
Out of the shadows and into the sunlight, the sleepy-headed little comet lander Philae has again updated its status after waking from a seventh-month slumber six days ago, the European Space Agency said Friday. And its rarin' to get back to work, controllers ...

Philae comet probe transmits scientific data back to Earth, European scientists say   ABC Online
Comet probe Philae dials home, 'doing very well'   The Star Online
Philae comet lander back in touch after 5-day gap   Washington Post
Reuters   
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CBS News
   
​Sunday is the longest day of the year, but why?   
CBS News
The summer solstice arrives Sunday June 21. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere know it as the longest day of the year. But how exactly does that work? Here's the science, put simply: Start by imagining the Earth circling around the sun. Now picture a ...

The Summer Solstice: Celebrated Through the Ages   Newsweek
Sunday 21st June is the Longest Day of the Year; Summer Solstice 2015   Maine News Online
What Is the Summer Solstice? Explaining the Longest Day of the Year   TIME
Reuters   
The Independent   
Mirror.co.uk   
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CBS News
   
Venus, Jupiter on beautiful "collision" course   
CBS News
Stargazers this weekend are in for a treat. Venus and Jupiter have been drawing nearer to each other in the sky all month. Friday and Saturday, after dusk, they will appear to come together and will most likely the brightest objects in the sky, after the sun and ...

Celestial event   The Hindu
Jupiter and Venus alignment 2015: How to watch the two brightest planets in the ...   WalesOnline
Venus, Jupiter to converge in the night sky on June 30   Daily News & Analysis
Business Standard   
Sky & Telescope   
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Sydney Morning Herald
   
Japan's plan for more Antarctic whaling suffers another embarrassment   
Sydney Morning Herald
Japan's "scientific" whaling in the Antarctic has suffered a further embarrassment, with a new hunt failing to obtain benchmark international endorsement. The International Whaling Commission's 200-member scientific committee split over the controversial ...

Japan Wants to Resume Whale Hunting This Year   Sputnik International
Japan says hopes to resume whaling later this year, but hurdles remain   Reuters
Japan to resume whaling in Antarctic   Irish Examiner

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Irish Times
   
Why solar panels won't solve climate change   
Irish Times
Bill McKibben had the first hybrid electric car in Vermont. His home in the countryside of the American state is covered in solar panels, and has all the “right” lights, but, he says, “I don't try to fool myself that's how we'll solve climate change.” Described by Time ...

Climate Change and Moral Responsibility   New York Times
Mark Altgelt: The only way on our climate   Vallejo Times Herald
Why we must listen to the pope on climate change   The Guardian
Center For American Progress   
Vibe Ghana   
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation   
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Christian Science Monitor
   
How elephant tusks, dung, and DNA research can help preserve the species   
Christian Science Monitor
DNA research is giving researchers a map of hot spots for poaching that can help law enforcement target resources to contain and shut down illegal slaughter of elephants. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer June 19, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. The US Fish ...

Scientists Undertake DNA Mapping to Crackdown on Illegal Ivory Trade in Africa   Uncover California
DNA Tracking Of Ivory Helps Biologists Find Poaching Hotspots   KNPR
Elephant DNA to help end illegal ivory trade   Deutsche Welle
ABC Online   
BBC News   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Volcanoes on Venus? Lava may still flow on mysterious planet   
Los Angeles Times
Hidden beneath a thick atmosphere, volcanoes may still be erupting on the surface of Venus, a new study finds. The findings, described in the journal Geophysical Review Letters, reveal that our nearest planetary neighbor could be far more active than ...

Are There Active Volcanoes on Venus?   Wired
Venus appears to have active volcanoes   The Space Reporter
'Tantalising' glimpse of volcanic eruptions on Venus   BBC News
Forbes   
Sentinel Republic   
Financial Express   
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VICE News
   
El Niño Conditions Mean 2015 Could Be the Hottest Year Ever   
VICE News
The first five months of 2015 were the warmest ever recorded, which means this year may well become the hottest year on record, surpassing last year's chart-topping temperatures. Temperatures in May were the highest for the month since 1880, rising 1.57 ...

'When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors' National Lightning Safety Awareness Week   Patch.com
It's Official, May 2015 Was the Warmest On Record   Curbed Seattle
So far, 2015 has been the hottest year since records began   Yahoo News UK
Pakistan Today   
NYC Today   
World Magazine   
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