Conservationists welcome 49 new species being declared endangered
Conservationists welcome 49 new species being declared endangered Posted May 07, 2016 05:23:16 The Federal Government's list of plants and animals on the brink of extinction has been updated with 49 new additions — but far from being outraged, scientists and environmentalists say this is a potentially positive sign for those species. Key points:Species on list given extra protections under environmental laws but 'many neglected'No funding to recover threatened specie..>> view originalSeismic vibrations provide a new, accurate way to monitor ice sheet decline
We currently measure changes in ice sheets via data gathered by missions such as NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite, or by flying planes over a region and using lasers to map topography. But there could be a better way, with a team of researchers, led by scientists at MIT, getting positive results from a new method that tracks seismic vibrations caused by ocean waves to measure changes in ice volume. The method works by listening for the tiny vibrations – or seismi..>> view originalChinese fossil of hammerhead marine reptile so weird its finders were 'blown away'
Two years ago, scientists in Yunnan province in southwest China found a peculiar-looking, beautifully preserved, 242-million-year-old marine reptile the size of a crocodile with a mouth like a zipper. Science writer Brian Switek wrote in National Geographic magazine that its cranium looked like “a bony version of a Scotch tape dispenser” and that it was so strange it made him “jolt upright in my seat and think ‘Wait, what the hell is that?’” Nicholas Fraser, keeper of natural sciences at Nation..>> view originalGlobal cooling: Chinese study reveals how a big chill killed off potential human origins in Asia
Human beings could have originated in Asia if not for a massive cooling event that wiped out all large primates in the region some 34 million years ago, according to a joint study by Chinese and US scientists. The research team led by professor Ni Xijun, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, came to the conclusion after analysing the fossils of six new species of early primates found in southwest China. The findings are repo..>> view originalSudbury crater: a giver of life?
John-Michael Schneider, National Post A 1.8-billion-year-old crater in Sudbury could hold the answer to a question scientists have been asking for centuries: How did life begin? A recent paper published by a group of geochemists at Trinity College in Ireland suggests that comet strikes could have created oases that allowed life to emerge again after the deadly impacts. Although life was already thriving on Earth when the large comet struck what is now the Greater Sudbury region, the crater it..>> view originalGreat Barrier Reef: Report warns next term of government will seal its fate, Climate Council says
Great Barrier Reef: Report warns next term of government will seal its fate, Climate Council says Updated May 07, 2016 13:28:40 The fate of the Great Barrier Reef will be sealed by the next term of government, the Climate Council of Australia (CCA) has warned both the Labor Party and the Coalition. Key points:Window for change is almost closed, CCA spokesman Professor Will Steffen saysHe says if fossil fuel use continues at current rate, the reef will be bleached every..>> view originalQueensland koalas at risk of extinction
Koala populations in south-east Queensland are at risk of extinction unless urban development in known habitats is limited, an expert says.Queensland Environment Minister Steven Miles announced on Saturday an expert panel would be appointed in the next month to come up with ways to protect koalas that inhabit areas in and around Brisbane. Koalas in south-east Queensland are suffering because of urban development. The announcement followed the release of a University of Queensland report ..>> view originalAre these snapshots proof that aliens do exist? Some theorists are convinced. Picture UFO Sightings Daily
Are these snapshots proof that aliens do exist? Some theorists are convinced. Picture UFO Sightings DailyEXTRATERRESTRIAL conspiracy theorists are convinced that NASA is covering up proof of alien life.A UFO researcher believes that they have spotted a black cube “orbiting the sun” in a snap taken by the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.“More and more people on Earth, see the mysterious phenomena in the sky, as well as unidentified flying objects,” the YouTuber explaine..>> view original
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