Weekly Roundup | Earth and Nature: Top 20 stories of the week of March 16 - 23rd, 2017
The planet's hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science. - Bruce Lipton
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Don’t Plant Those “Bee-Friendly” Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away
Bee populations are in decline, and Cheerios wants to help. So far, so good. But they are sending free packets of wildflower seeds to people all over the country—and some of the flowers included are invasive species that, in some areas, you should probably not plant.
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Submitted on March 18th 2017 by lostwonder with 2 comments
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2 +17y+ ago
DNA Samples Reveal That Aboriginals Have Been in Australia For About 50,000 Years Already
The first people appeared in Australia about 50,000 years ago and Aboriginal people have been present in the same regions continuously since then. This was revealed by DNA in hair samples collected from Aboriginal people across Australia in the early to mid-1900s.
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Submitted on March 17th 2017 by jedlicka
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3 +17y+ ago
Americans Ate 19% Less Beef From ’05 to ’14, Report Says
The National Resources Defense Council, an environmental group, said lower demand reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
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Submitted on March 22nd 2017 by hedman with 9 comments
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4 +17y+ ago
World Water Day: one in four children will live with water scarcity by 2040
Unicef report says climate change and conflict are intensifying risks to children of living without enough water, and that the poorest will suffer most.
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Submitted on March 22nd 2017 by belangermira with 1 comments
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5 +17y+ ago
'Cucumbers grow better to rock music'
An "unconventional‚ yet scientifically sound" experiment‚ has found that cucumbers - yes‚ the ones we put in our salads - grow better depending on your taste in music. The study‚ conducted by Graham Brown of the University of Sydney‚ found cucumbers are highly sensitive to sound‚ scent and touch.
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Submitted on March 18th 2017 by hedman with 1 comments and with 1 Related Links:
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6 +17y+ ago
Forest Prayers With Russia's Polytheistic Mari
The Mari people of central Russia speak a distinct language and practice a separate religion from their Christian neighbors. Photographer Sergei Poteryaev and reporter Regina Khisamova attended a traditional prayer ceremony in one of the sacred forest groves of the Mari El Republic.
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Submitted on March 18th 2017 by CatLady
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7 +17y+ ago
Moose in New England face grisly deaths from tick infestations
In northern New England, moose number about 70,000, but changing weather seems to be throwing the balance of nature off-kilter, giving an edge to one of the animal's most dangerous enemies — bloodsucking ticks. This has alarmed moose researchers, including Professor Peter Pekins, who is the chairman of the Natural Resources and Environment Department at the University of New Hampshire.
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Submitted on March 20th 2017 by everlost
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8 +17y+ ago
The wreck of the Titanic is being eaten and may soon vanish
Some reports suggest the Titanic might disappear within 20 years because of the action of microbes – yet elsewhere, bacteria can help protect shipwrecks from decay
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Submitted on March 17th 2017 by sjvn
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9 +17y+ ago
The Nile River Delta, once the bread basket of the world, may soon be uninhabitable
According to a multi-year study published in the Geological Society of America this week, the area where the Nile river drains out to the sea is suffering from decreased water flow, rising sea levels, and salt water intrusion—all of which damage food production and fresh water supplies... By Lily Kuo.
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Submitted on March 17th 2017 by AdelleChattre
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10 +17y+ ago
Great Barrier Reef survival relies on halting warming, study warns
Australia's Great Barrier Reef can be saved only if urgent steps are taken to reduce global warming, new research has warned. Attempting to stop coral bleaching through any other method will not be sufficient, according to scientists.The research, published in the journal Nature, said bleaching events should no longer be studied individually, but as threats to the reef's survival. The bleaching - or loss of algae - in 2016 was the worst on record.
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Submitted on March 16th 2017 by zyery
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11 +17y+ ago
2,000 year old warrior armour made of reindeer antlers found on the Arctic Circle
Ceremonial suit was embellished with decorations and left as a sacrifice for the gods by ancient bear cult polar people, say archeologists.
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Submitted on March 18th 2017 by CatLady with 1 comments
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12 +17y+ ago
A Chunk of Earth's Original Crust Has Been Discovered
Around 4.3 billion years ago, a planetary blob of hot molten rock named Earth cooled just enough to start forming a crust. Billions of years later, humans evolved. And now, two of those humans have discovered that a chunk of that original crust is actually still around on the surface today. A duo of geologists led by Jonathan O'Neil at the University of Ottawa have just announced the discovery of an ancient chunk of Earth's original crust. It was found near the eastern shore of the Hudson Bay in Northwestern Quebec, in Canada.
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Submitted on March 17th 2017 by hxxp
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13 +17y+ ago
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising at the fastest rate ever recorded
For two straight years — 2015 and 2016 — atmospheric carbon dioxide has climbed by more than 3 parts per million. By Chelsea Harvey.
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Submitted on March 17th 2017 by AdelleChattre
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14 +17y+ ago
These Parrots Can Make Other Parrots 'Laugh' — a First
Forget the laughing kookaburra—kea are the birds that really tickle each other's funny bones. The highly intelligent parrot has a specific call, that—like human laughter—puts other parrots that hear it in a good mood. This makes the kea the first known non-mammal to show contagious emotion, joining the ranks of humans, rats, and chimpanzees.
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Submitted on March 22nd 2017 by junglman
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15 +17y+ ago
Embrace Spring With Pictures of Japan's Cherry Blossoms
Japan’s iconic flower represents the beauty and brevity of life.
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Submitted on March 20th 2017 by gladsdotter with 2 comments
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16 +17y+ ago
Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why
The world is ending and only the whales know. At least, that’s one explanation. Humpback whales are normally pretty solitary—scientists used to call groups of 10 to 20 “large.” Now they’re congregating in groups of 20 to 200 off the coast of South Africa. Something is definitely going on here, but so far experts are stumped.
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Submitted on March 16th 2017 by roxxy
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17 +17y+ ago
Bill Nye's Open Letter to President Donald Trump
Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society, and our Board of Directors present five recommendations to the Trump administration as it contemplates the future of the U.S. space program.
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Submitted on March 19th 2017 by tukka with 2 comments
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18 +17y+ ago
How a Water Bear Survives, Even When It’s Dry
The microscopic animals were found to produce a unique protein that coats the molecules in their cells in a glasslike substance.
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Submitted on March 17th 2017 by Apolatia
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19 +17y+ ago
It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas
Ordinary people had a voice in some early Mesoamerican societies, though these democracies apparently lasted only 200 to 300 years. By Lizzie Wade.
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Submitted on March 16th 2017 by AdelleChattre
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20 +17y+ ago
How do cuckoos know they are cuckoos?
How do the chicks of birds that use other birds to raise their young, such as cuckoos and koels know that they are cuckoos or koels and not the other type of bird?
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Submitted on March 21st 2017 by Gozzin
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