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2015-11-08 Pakistan Science


The Guardian
   
UN climate fund releases $183m to tackle global warming   
The Guardian
A villager washes a cooking pot in the sea around Huraa island, Maldives. The Green Climate Fund is allocating $23.6m to fight water shortages in the low lying atolls. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP. Karl Mathiesen · @karlmathiesen · email. Friday 6 ...

UN fund approves its first climate aid for poor nations   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Green Climate Fund approves first eight investments to combat climate change   UN News Centre
UN fund approves its first climate aid   Sky News Australia
Reuters   
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The News International
   
Paleontologists Find 278-Million-Year-Old Amphibian, Reptile Fossils in Brazil   
Sci-News.com
With the help of ancient fossils unearthed in northeastern Brazil, an international team of paleontologists has identified several amphibian species and a reptile that lived 278 million years ago (middle Permian epoch) in tropical lakes of the western ...
Brazil: Discovery of Two Species of Extinct Amphibians   The Cubic Lane

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The Nation
   
US astronauts on risky spacewalk to fix ammonia pump   
The Nation
Two US astronauts stepped out on a risky spacewalk Friday to complete the repair of an ammonia cooling system at the International Space Station. Highly toxic ammonia is used to cool electronics at the orbiting outpost, and the thermal system has been ...

US astronauts dodge ammonia flakes during risky spacewalk to repair ...   ABC Online
Spacewalking Astronauts Tackle 'High-Flying Plumbing' Job on Space Station   Space.com
Spacewalkers reconfigure station cooling system   SpaceFlight Insider
CBS News   
Reuters   
Toronto Sun   
NASA Blogs   
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The World Weekly
   
Antarctica is actually gaining ice, says NASA. Is global warming over?   
Thetribunepapers
Not quite, scientists say. But new study results show the fallibility of current climate change measuring tools and challenges current theories about the causes of sea level rise. By Lonnie Shekhtman – CSM News. A new NASA study found that Antarctica ...
NASA Report Suggests That Antartica Is Adding More Ice Than What Its Losing   KDramaStars
EIB WEB PAGE DISGRONIFIER   RushLimbaugh.com
Is Antarctica gaining ice?   Northwestern College Beacon News
Twitchy   
Catholic Online   
The World Weekly   
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ScienceAlert
   
China emits nearly 1 billion tonnes more CO2 a year than it discloses, report ...   
ScienceAlert
We recently covered a report on the estimated death toll stemming from Volkswagen's long-running deception over the amount of pollutants its diesel vehicles produce. The controversy over the company's decision to try to cheat emissions testing has done ...


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Daily Times
   
Climate pledges 'far from enough' to stave off global warming, UN warns   
Daily Times
Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations are “far from enough” to stave off dangerous global warming, the UN warned Friday, three weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit in Paris. The voluntary efforts to curb greenhouse gases — if respected — would ...
World's Pledges To Reduce Carbon Emissions Aren't Enough To Tackle Climate ...   Huffington Post
UN Report Raises Ceiling for Greenhouse Gas Pollution   New York Times
Global emissions will still be too high come 2030, says UN   Christian Science Monitor
UN News Centre   
Voice of America   
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Junior College
   
NY attorney general wields powerful weapon in Exxon climate case   
StreetInsider.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A near century-old statute that gives New York state prosecutors unusually broad authority to prosecute securities fraud could prove a powerful weapon as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman probes Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) ...

Exxon Might Be in Trouble Over Climate Change   Bloomberg View
Breakingviews: Exxon investors may rue climate-risk indifference   Reuters
New York Attorney General Tries to Criminalize Scientific Dissent on Climate ...   Daily Signal
Marketplace.org   
American Spectator (blog)   
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NDTV
   
UK Astronaut Dreams of Heavenly Christmas Pudding   
NDTV
British astronaut Tim Peake looks on during a press conference at the Science Museum in London on November 6, 2015. (AFP). London: Brushing off any last-minute nerves, Britain's first astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) insists he is ...
UK's first astronaut up for new mission   Sky News Australia
Astronaut Tim Peake hopes to inspire new generation of space explorers   shropshirestar.com
British astronaut Major Tim Peake speaks ahead of space mission   Shoreham Herald

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Daily Mail
   
Beware of the MEGARAT: Researchers find fossils of the biggest rodent in ...   
Daily Mail
Extinct species of rats, 10 times bigger than modern day rodents, have been discovered in East Timor. The terrifying creatures had huge jaws and were about the same size as a small dog. Researchers believe humans lived alongside these giant rats for ...

These ancient rats were the size of lap dogs   Washington Post
Dog-Sized Giant Rat Fossils Discovered in East Timor   I4U News
Massive Rats! Fossil Rat Species Recently Unearthed In Asia   Nature World News
Science World Report   
Phys.Org   
The Australian   
Australian National University   
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Dubai meeting leads to agreement on curbing use of HFCs   
Reuters UK
WASHINGTON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said on Thursday several nations took a step toward an amendment to the Montreal Protocol that will substantially reduce greenhouse gases by cutting back on production ...


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