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Scientists mull Arctics slow CO2 loss
2013-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The Arctic permafrost thaws each year, but to the surprise of scientists from Denmark in some areas it is not releasing the carbon dioxide it contains nearly as fast as they had expected. LONDON, 28 July Think of permafrost as a slush fund of so-far uncertain value. The levels of Arctic permafrost that thaw each year and freeze again are growing at depths of 1cm a year, but the carbon locked away in the soils is so far not being released at an accelerating rate. This is good news for...
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Scientists ID Compounds That Target Amyloid Fibrils in Alzheimer's, Other Brain Diseases
2013-07-26 21:02:42| Biotech - Topix.net
All of these diseases are marked by harmful, elongated, rope-like structures known as amyloid fibrils, linked protein molecules that form in the brains of patients.
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Flooding in winter to get worse, scientists warn
2013-07-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Scientists have found that an atmospheric event behind the heavy flooding in Cornwall last year and in Cumbria in 2009 is to grow more intense and more frequent over the next century. The researchers found that narrow bands of air packed with water vapour known as atmospheric rivers are responsible for the worst flooding events in the winter months. These flows of moisture, which form in areas of low pressure and deliver sustained, heavy rainfall to the UK, are due to double in number, according...
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Worse floods ahead for UK as climate warms, say scientists
2013-07-24 14:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Heavy and prolonged rainfall will cause both more frequent and more severe flooding across the UK and the rest of north-west Europe as the atmosphere continues to warm, say British and American scientists The study of these "atmospheric rivers", published in Environmental Research Letters, pins the blame for the increasing flood risk firmly on man-made climate change and says the same problem will afflict other parts of the planet. The researchers describe how atmospheric rivers carry vast...
Climate-change slowdown is due to warming of deep oceans, say scientists
2013-07-24 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A recent slowdown in the upward march of global temperatures is likely to be the result of the slow warming of the deep oceans, British scientists said on Monday. Oceans are some of the Earth`s biggest absorbers of heat, which can be seen in effects such as sea-level rises, caused by the expansion of large bodies of water as they warm. The absorption goes on over long periods, as heat from the surface is gradually circulated to the lower reaches of the seas. Temperatures around the world have been...
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