Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have recently found record levels of microplastic in arctic sea ice. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small. The ice ...
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Including Breakthrough New Camera Systems, the Best Battery Life Ever in an iPhone and Water & Dust Resistance iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus feature breakthrough new camera systems, the best battery life ever on an iPhone, and water and ...
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Shanghai's efforts to bring art to the people are paying off, as more than 4 million people are expected to participate in the ongoing China Shanghai International Arts Festival. The 17th annual festival runs through Nov 16, with 46 ...
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The World Trade Organization has ruled in favour of the US, Europe and Japan in a dispute with China over its export restrictions on rare earth. China's rare earth industry – responsible for almost 90% of global output – ...
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Jakobshavn Isbr (Jakobshavn Glacier) is moving ice from the Greenland ice sheet into the ocean at a speed that appears to be the fastest ever recorded. Researchers from the University of Washington and the German Space Agency (DLR) measured ...
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The Arctic isn't nearly as bright and white as it used to be because of more ice melting in the ocean, and that's turning out to be a global problem, a new study says. With more dark, open water in the summer, less of the sun's heat is ...
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Tickets are now on sale for the 2014 Arkansas Flower and Garden Show Feb. 21-23 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The show, which benefits educational scholarships to Arkansas horticulture students and beautification ...
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The sea sponge is about as simple as an animal can get, but its associated bacterial community—its microbiome —is known to approach the complexity of the diverse microbiome in the human gut. Now, scientists at the Marine ...
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Understanding who feeds on whom and how often is the basis for understanding how nature is built and works. A new study now suggests that the methods used to depict food webs may have a strong impact on how we perceive their makeup. Once ...
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During the abrupt cooling at the onset of the so-called Younger Dryas period 12680 years ago changes in the water cycle were the main drivers of widespread environmental change in western Europe. Thus, the regional impacts of future climate ...
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"We knew there was basalt in the Norwegian Sea – but we were still surprised when we found 100-metre thick columnar basalt underneath the extrusive basalt which covers large areas in the western Norwegian Sea," says an excited Robert ...
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Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, one of the biggest single contributors to world sea-level rise, is melting irreversibly and could add as much as a centimetre (0.4 inches) to ocean levels in 20 years, a study said Sunday. The glacier ...
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An agreement between Greenland and Denmark governing uranium extraction in the Arctic territory will be in place by the end of the year, the Danish prime minister said on Wednesday. "I'm confident that we will get a cooperation agreement ...
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West Melville Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:WMM) ("West Melville" or "the Company") has signed an option agreement with Quirina Vasquez Vargas (the "Vendor") that secures an exclusive option for West Melville to acquire 100% ownership of the ...
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JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (President: Shigeo Hirai, "JX Nippon") is pleased to announce that through Greenland Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. ("GreenPeX"), it was successful in the 2012/2013 Licensing Round in Greenland ...
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