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India: Guv: Scientists must explore causes forest degeneration
2015-01-22 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tribune: Uttarakhand Governor Dr Krishan Kant Paul has called upon foresters to work towards bringing the degraded forests to life. Addressing the valedictory session of International Symposium on Transforming Mountain Forestry held at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Dr Paul argued that degraded soils do not hold healthy forests and called upon the scientists and foresters to explore the causes of forest degeneration. "The once highest rainfall area of Cherrapunji in Meghalaya is now bereft of...
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Scientists read ancient scroll
2015-01-21 06:40:12| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Scientists have succeeded in reading parts of an ancient scroll that was buried in a volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, holding out the promise that the world's oldest surviving library may one day reveal all of its secrets. The scroll is among hundreds retrieved from the remains of a lavish villa at Herculaneum, which along with Pompeii was one of several Roman towns that were destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. Some of the texts from what is called the Villa of the Papyri have been deciphered since they were discovered in the 1750s.
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Scientists say warm 2014 proves 'undeniable fact' of climate change
2015-01-19 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oregonian: Scientists says last year`s hottest-ever temperatures underscore the reality that global climate change is an "undeniable fact." The Washington Post interviewed several scientists about the news that 2014 was earth`s hottest year on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last week that seven out of 12 months last year reached record highs. "The moral of the story is that global warming is never globally uniform, with varying areas experiencing profoundly different...
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2014 marks warmest year on record worldwide, climate scientists report
2015-01-17 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Oklahoman: Although temperatures were cooler in Oklahoma, 2014 was the warmest year on record worldwide, climate scientists announced Friday. The record is the latest in a series of years with record warmth, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported. The previous record was set in 2005 and tied in 2010. Climate scientists said Friday the overall warming trend is being driven by greenhouse gases, and is likely to continue. The announcement is based on separate,...
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Life on Earth now officially at risk, scientists say
2015-01-16 20:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Humans are eating away at our own life support systems at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years by degrading land and freshwater systems, emitting greenhouse gases, and releasing vast amounts of agricultural chemicals into the environment, new research has found. Two major new studies by an international team of researchers have pinpointed the key factors that ensure a livable planet for humans, with stark results. Of nine worldwide processes that underpin life on Earth, four have exceeded safe...
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