By Heidi Harley

science / science - 6 years ago

New research, December 17-23, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Couple of hiatus papers (including Skeptical Science authors) A fluctuation in surface temperature in historical context: reassessment and retrospective on the evidence& (open access) The 'pause' in global warming in historical con...

science / science - 6 years ago

Weather hampers efforts to inspect Indonesia tsunami volcano

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Bad weather and a massive ash column hampered efforts to assess whether Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano island could trigger another deadly tsunami as authorities said Friday the search for victims in the worst-affected province will continue into January.

science / science - 6 years ago

China's Rival to GPS Technology Is Looking to Go Global

The service, called Beidou, is now available in some parts of Europe and Africa within China’s Belt and Road initiative, spokesman Ran Chengqi told reporters on Thursday in Beijing. The company, which uses a series of satellites to provide users’ precision positioning with an error of about 10 mete...

science / science - 6 years ago

Mexico says military to play larger role in fighting fuel theft

Mexico's government unveiled a plan on Thursday to step up use of the armed forces to combat fuel theft, vowing to root out corrupt officials it says are largely responsible for a problem that has cost the country billions of dollars. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a regular news confer...

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'All lives matter': Indonesia saves tsunami-stranded turtles

"The turtle was really large and it got stuck in a pile of rubbish, lying almost upside down," Adi Ayangsyah, a member of a search and rescue team in hard-hit Lampung on Sumatra island, told AFP Friday. An eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano, which sits in the middle of the Sunda Strait between J...

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Runaway lion, wounded elk find home in Russian shelter

A lion that escaped from an airport, a crocodile found at a rubbish dump and an elk attacked by stray dogs -- all these animals have found refuge in an unusual private shelter in Russia. Dozens of bears have also passed through the Veles centre, just outside Saint Petersburg, since it was opened in...

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Oil prices jump, but oversupply worries persist

Brent crude was up $1.18, or 2.26 percent, at $53.34 a barrel at 0219 GMT, having earlier risen as much as 3.1 percent. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures, were at $45.62 a barrel, up 2.26 percent, or $1.01, after earlier rising 3.6 percent. Oil prices fell to their lowest in more th...

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Clean energy leader Costa Rica turns attention to electric cars

San José (AFP) - Costa Rica likes to advertise itself as an ecological paradise, where more than 98 percent of its electricity needs are met by clean energy. Bernal Munoz, a director at Costa Rica's electricity institute (ICE), insists that 600 vehicles is in itself progress, having doubled the num...