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• Space science work recognised in New Year Honours

  29-12-2017 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  The first Briton in space and a leading member of the Cassini mission are among those on new year list.
  
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• Want to Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs? Rethink Strep Throat Remedies

  29-12-2017 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Got a sore throat? The doctor may write a quick prescription for penicillin or amoxicillin, and with the stroke of a pen, help diminish public health and your own future health by helping bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics.
  
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• Trump's call for some 'good old global warming' ridiculed by climate experts

  29-12-2017 18:34 via theguardian.com
  US president again conflates weather with climate to mock climate change
  Experts call comments ‘scientifically ridiculous and demonstrably false’
  Donald Trump once dismissed it as a “hoax” created by the Chinese to destroy American jobs, but on a freezing Thursday night in the eastern US the president found himself pining for some of that “good old global warming”.On holiday in Florida on Thursday, Trump wondered if global warming might not be such a problem a
  
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• Flowers Have Hidden Heat Signals That Attract Pollinating Bees

  29-12-2017 17:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  It is well understood how flowers use complex color patterns and smells to attract pollinating bees. But now, scientists have discovered that flowers also emit heat to advertise themselves to insects — creating temperature arrays that mimic the color designs of petals.On average, heat spots were 4 to 5 degrees Celsius warmer than the rest of the flower, but could be as much as 11 degrees warmer.
  
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• Streams Can Be Sensors

  29-12-2017 17:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  Scientists at Michigan State University have shown that streams can be key health indicators of a region’s landscape, but the way they’re being monitored can be improved.New research featured in Ecology Letters showcases how streams can be used as sensors to diagnose a watershed’s sensitivity or resiliency to changes in land use practices, including the long-term use of fertilizers. Using streams as sensors ­– specifically, near the headwaters – can allow scient
  
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• The Caribbean Is Stressed Out

  29-12-2017 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Forty percent of the world’s 2.5 billion people live in coastal cities and towns. A team including Smithsonian marine biologists just released 25 years of data about the health of Caribbean coasts from the Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP). The study provides new insights into the influence of both local and global stressors in the basin, and some hope that the observed changes can be reversed by local environmental management.
  
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• NASA Finds Heavy Rain in New Tropical Cyclone Hilda

  29-12-2017 16:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  As Tropical Cyclone Hilda was coming together in the Southern Indian Ocean the GPM satellite analyzed its rainfall from space. On December 26, 2017 at 3:06 a.m. EST (0806 UTC) the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core observatory satellite flew above northwestern Australia and measured rainfall as Tropical Cyclone Hilda was forming along the coast
  
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• The article that changed my view … of how civil disobedience helps the planet

  29-12-2017 15:30 via theguardian.com
  Suganshi Ropia says a piece she read after the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement helped her realise we shouldn’t wait to make our voices heardSuganshi Ropia, 21, is a law student from Pune, IndiaI try to keep in touch with news related to climate change, and am particularly interested in environmental law. My compulsion to do something positive about climate change was one of the reasons I decided to study law. When I read the opinion piece Civil disobedience is the only way left to f
  
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• Alarming link between fungicides and bee declines revealed

  29-12-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Fungicides are found to be the strongest factor linked to steep bumblebee declines, surprising scientists and adding to the threats to vital pollinatorsCommon fungicides are the strongest factor linked to steep declines in bumblebees across the US, according to the first landscape-scale analysis.The surprising result has alarmed bee experts because fungicides are targeted at molds and mildews – not insects – but now appear to be a cause of major harm. How fungicides kill bees is now
  
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• World first for dog's broken leg

  29-12-2017 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A new treatment that has saved a dog's broken leg is to be tried on humans.
  
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• 'It's a perverse system': how Colombia's farmers are reforesting their logged land

  29-12-2017 11:30 via theguardian.com
  In the wake of Colombia’s peace deal, the rush to clear Amazon jungle for cattle ranches and coca caused deforestation to soar. A new scheme hopes to enable farmers to make a sustainable living from the forest
  In a cool forest patch along a rutted dirt road outside the Amazon jungle town of El Retorno in Guaviare, southern Colombia, Luis Vergara lifts his machete to clear a path through the brush. He walks through a 90-hectare plot of land he has replanted with valuable abarco trees &ndash
  
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• Gardens under threat from 'game changing' plant disease

  29-12-2017 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  A pest that can infect hundreds of plants from lavender to olive trees is of growing concern in the UK.
  
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• From parasite architects to pseudo-public space: 2017's best Cities stories

  29-12-2017 08:30 via theguardian.com
  The numbers are in for our 15 best-read stories of the year. Now’s the time to check if you missed any – and let us know what you want us to cover in 2018The 15 most popular Guardian Cities stories published in 2017 featured cities in Spain, the US, China, Japan, Norway and Great Britain – among other countries.Catch up with the best-read items of urban journalism you might have missed this year, and help us get a head start on the year to come: what stories, from which cities,
  
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• Trump calls for some 'good old global warming' as US experiences bad weather

  29-12-2017 08:16 via theguardian.com
  US president again conflates weather with climate to pour scepticism on climate change and criticise the Paris agreementHe once dismissed it as a “hoax” created by the Chinese to destroy American jobs, but right now Donald Trump is pining for some of that “good old global warming”.While on holiday in Florida on Thursday, the US president wondered whether global warming might not be such a problem after all. Continue reading...
  
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• Nice to meet you: amazing new animal species discovered in 2017 – in pictures

  29-12-2017 07:30 via theguardian.com
  From the Pink Floyd shrimp that makes a noise so loud it can kill small fish, to giant stick insects and new types of orangutans and gibbons, here is a round up of new animal species discovered this yearContinue reading...
  
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• Australian adventurer Andrew Lock returns to Arctic Circle – video

  29-12-2017 07:07 via theguardian.com
  As the rest of the country relaxes into that comfortable space between Christmas and the new year, Andrew Lock is returning to the Arctic Circle with his expedition partner, Neil Ward, in an attempt to become the first to cross the Brooks Range in the depths of winter.The planned 10-week, 1,600km expedition will be the second attempt for the pair. Almost 12 months ago a record-breaking cold snap, a foot infection and inadequate gear forced Lock and Ward to abandon their attempt just 10 days into
  
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• Is this the future? Dutch plan vast windfarm island in North Sea

  29-12-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Advanced plans by Dutch power grid aims to build power hub possibly at Dogger Bank whose scale would dwarf current offshore sites
  Britain’s homes could be lit and powered by windfarms surrounding an artificial island deep out in the North Sea, under advanced plans by a Dutch energy network.The radical proposal envisages an island being built to act as a hub for vast offshore windfarms that would eclipse today’s facilities in scale. Dogger Bank, 125km (78 miles) off the East Yorkshire
  
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• Country diary: a little map of bird movements

  29-12-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Stamford, Lincolnshire Hieroglyphics left by fleeting feet provide a record of their ways, written on the groundCold comes, and life hunkers. A hedgehog asleep in a nest of leaves behind the shed. Inside it, there are big spiders and signs of shredding, mice probably. So much life that stays unnoticed most of the year, then moves indoors undetected. But the birds are always noticed. Though in winter, less.Morning, and the inside is filled with a quiet, odd brightness. Outside is a four-inch mant
  
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• Trump calls for some 'good old global warming' as US winter bites

  29-12-2017 06:27 via theguardian.com
  US president again conflates weather with climate to pour scepticism on climate change and criticise the Paris agreementHe once dismissed it as a “hoax” created by the Chinese to destroy American jobs, but right now Donald Trump is pining for some of that “good old global warming”.While on holiday in Florida on Thursday, the US president wondered whether global warming might not be such a problem after all. Continue reading...
  
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