2014年10月2日 星期四

2014-10-03 Pakistan Science

  The Express Tribune   
Small victories: Black-pond turtles released into freshwater lake  The Express Tribune
The black-pond turtles, seized from Jinnah airport, have finally been released in the Haleji Lake, located around 100 kilometres from Karachi. Customs officials had confiscated 218 endangered turtles from a passenger travelling to Bangkok on September 20.
Seized turtles released into Haleji Lake   DAWN.com
173 black spotted turtles released   Daily Times

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  Irish Independent   
Humans blamed for fall in cheetah numbers  DAWN.com
WASHINGTON: The number of cheetahs in the world has dropped sharply in the past century, and humans may be to blame, according to an international study released on Thursday. The findings contradict previous research that pointed to larger predators ...

Cheetahs Are Walking Themselves to Death   TakePart
Scientists check the engine of cheetahs, animal world's 'Ferrari'   Reuters UK
Humans 'to Blame' for Declining Cheetah Populations   Yahoo News UK

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  The Express Tribune   
Disturbing trends: 'Living Planet Index declined by 52%'  The Express Tribune
A recent report by the Worldwide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) has revealed that the global Living Planet Index has declined by 52 per cent in 40 years. The findings are based on 10,380 populations of 3,038 mammal, bird, reptile, fish and amphibian ...

52% of global wildlife 'gone' in past 40 years: WWF   The Star Online
WWF launches annual report on living planet   Fiji Times
Animal populations have declined 52 percent and humans are to blame   Examiner.com
Mashable   
News24   
Independent Online   
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Those who 'own little, live on little' carry highest burden of climate change. By ...  Pakistan Christian Post
Climate change seems to be the new food for thought for world leaders to chew upon. Recently 122 heads of state gathered in New York City for the UN Climate Summit, organised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, aimed to mobilize action to prevent ...


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  Christian Science Monitor   
New ocean floor map reveals hidden seamounts – thousands of them  Christian Science Monitor
About 15,000 seamounts, ocean-floor volcanoes too short to breach the sea surface, have been revealed in a new topographic map of the Earth's oceans. By Becky Oskin, Livescience.com October 2, 2014. close. The new map, released Oct. 2 in the journal ...

Global Seafloor Survey Reveals Volcanic Wonderland   NBCNews.com
Uncharted ocean mountains, trenches and ridges revealed by satellite map   The Guardian
San Diego Scientists Map Unseen Features Of Ocean Floor   KPBS
Reuters   
ABC Science Online   
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  CommDigiNews   
Spoiled millennial greens  Tribune-Review
Two weekends ago 400,000 people with their fossil-fueled gadgets hopped on dozens of airplanes, on hundreds of buses and into thousands of cars to attend The People's Climate March in New York City. The worst offenders and usual hypocritical suspects ...

Climate Change Responsible for 2013 Weather Extremes   Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
Tackling Climate Change, Together: Five Observations from UN Climate Week ...   Huffington Post
Scientists Eye 'Real-Time' Extreme Event Attribution   Climate Central
KQED   
CommDigiNews   
Grist   
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  Dumb-Out   
Scientists Discover Some Sharks Are Loners  Dumb-Out
Apparently, that portrayal of sharks in Finding Nemo may not have been that far off. Scientists are saying that each shark has their own personality and their personality goes with them no matter the environment. This is not the first time that science has proven ...

Sharks might have distinct personalities   Washington Post
Sharks Can Now Take Buzzfeed Personality Tests   Daily Caller
Sharks Have Personalities: Some Have Lots Of Friends While Others Are Hermits   Headlines & Global News
Discovery News   
ValueWalk   
Tech Times   
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  Newser   
'Man on the Moon' Didn't Get There Way We Thought  Newser
(Newser) – Scientists know it as Oceanus Procellarum, but the rest of us generally refer to it as the "Man on the Moon"—the huge dark splotch on the moon visible from Earth. Either way, how did it get there? One commonly held view is that a massive asteroid ...

Man on the moon formed by volcanic activity, not asteroid impacts   Examiner.com
Moon May Have Been More Geologically Active Than Thought [STUDY]   ValueWalk
Scientists discover the origins of moon's strange shapes   Tech Times
ABC News   
Dumb-Out   
ExecutiveBiz (blog)   
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  International Business Times AU   
US Cites 'Planetary Defense' As Reason For Keeping Old Nuclear Weapons  International Business Times AU
The United States has been found to have breached its commitment to get rid of its old nuclear weapons by 2015 because it believes the arsenal can be used to destroy asteroids to save planet Earth. The Government Accountability Office recently examined ...

US on nukes: we're keeping them to blow up asteroids   SlashGear
Grapevine: Gov't regs force California winery to close   Fox News
America is holding on to nukes for defending the planet against asteroids   Daily Mail
Headlines & Global News   
The Post-Standard - syracuse.com   
Ottawa Citizen   
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  Press & Sun-Bulletin   
Whether the moon eclipses the Earth or vice versa, October is eclipse season  Alamogordo Daily News
Just as it has done for almost uncountable millennia in the past, and will continue to do for many millennia into the future, the moon will go through its regular cycle of phases this month as it travels on its orbit around Earth. Indeed, these phases are entirely ...

Rare 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse in New Zealand next week   TVNZ
Special attraction on its way   Grant Tribune Sentinel
Lunar eclipse visible early morning Wednesday, Oct. 8.   Bellingham Herald
660 News   
Colorado Springs Gazette   
Martha's Vineyard Gazette   
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