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Scientists including in China study thorium-fuelled nuclear power
2014-07-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South China Morning Post: In 1829, as Swedish chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius named a metallic element he had discovered after the Norse god of thunder and lightning, he surely had no inkling of its potential for unleashing enormous power. Yet today there's growing interest in thorium, which just might prove key to a new generation of nuclear reactors. If so, it could slash our dependency on fossil fuels, greatly helping to limit global warming, as well as reducing air pollution. Both benefits could be significant for Hong...
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Climate change scientists face credibility challenge
2014-07-10 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change scientists face a unique challenge regarding their research and how they live their own lives, especially as their projects face ever increasing pollicisation and criticism, according to a report. The report, co-authored by Chris Foulds, of Anglia Ruskin University, and academics from the Tyndall Centre for climate change research, has investigated this challenge and has been published by the journal Climate Change. The report concluded that climate scientists face a unique challenge...
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Warm water likely to accelerate Antarctic ice melt and sea-level rise, Australian scientists find
2014-07-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Warm water is likely to increasingly displace cold water around the Antarctic coastline, prompting accelerated ice melt and more sea level rise, according to new Australian research. Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have modelled how shifting wind patterns can drag warm water currents right up to the base of the giant ice shelves. "What you usually have is cold water sitting next to the ice shelves at about minus 2 degrees Celsius and then warm water further out," said...
Scientists discover the on-off switch for human consciousness deep within the brain
2014-07-07 13:56:23| Extremetech
Researchers at GWU are reporting that they've discovered the human consciousness on-off switch, deep within the brain. When this specific region of the brain, called the claustrum, is electrically stimulated, consciousness appears to turn off completely. When the stimulation is removed, consciousness returns. This could have massive repercussions for people currently in a minimally conscious state (i.e. a coma), and for deciding once and for all which organisms are actually conscious. Are monkeys conscious? Cats and dogs? A fetus?
Scientists From Twelve Land-Grant Universities Forge Partnership With Mississippi River/Gulf Of Mexico Watershed Hypoxia Task Force
2014-07-02 12:35:53| pollutiononline Home Page
Scientists from land-grant universities in 12 central U.S. states have entered into a partnership with the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Hypoxia Task Force to support state and national efforts to reduce water pollution and help to maintain the productivity and vitality of American agriculture.
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