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Oceans of plastic: 269000 tons literally choking the blue
The Star Online
If you think plastic is harmless, don't be surprised the next time you find bits of plastic in your fish. There are plastic shopping bags, bottles, toys, action figures, bottle caps, pacifiers, tooth brushes, boots, buckets, deodorant roller balls, umbrella handles, fishing ...

5 Trillion Pieces of Trash Littering the Ocean   PFhub

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Tiny beetles indulge in love-making sessions inside coffee beans
The News Reports
Well, this bit of news is mildly unsettling. Do the coffee beans really serve as honeymoon suites for beetles? Disgusted, much? Well, read ahead! According to researchers from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, tiny beetles, which are native to Africa, ...

Coffee beans: Sex haven for tiny beetles   Economic Times
Insects Are Having Sex In Your Coffee Beans. Seriously.   malaysiandigest.com

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Finland temperature rising fastest in the world, say meteorologists
Malay Mail Online
The slalom run at Levi in Finland stands devoid of snow on November 3, 2011, a consequence of rising temperature which has hit this country hardest than any other. — AFP picSTOCKHOLM, Dec 23 — Temperatures in Finland rose almost twice as fast as in ...

Finland bears brunt of global warming   3News NZ
Finland is heating up twice as fast as any other country in the world   Quartz
Average Temperature in Finland Rises by More Than Two Degrees with Climate ...   Science World Report
YLE News
RTCC
Science Codex
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NuSTAR Probe Captures a Sizzling X-Ray View of the Sun
NBCNews.com
NASA's NuSTAR probe is designed to take pictures of faraway X-ray phenomena, such as blasts from black holes, but the satellite turned its camera toward the sun to snap a picture that's dressed up in colors suited to the holidays. The readings from NuSTAR ...

NASA's NuSTAR Scans the Sun with X-ray Vision   Universe Today
Here comes the sun(spot) Nasa telescope captures berst ever picture of x-rays ...   Daily Mail
Stunning X-Ray Portrait Of The Sun Snapped By NASA's NuSTAR Space ...   Huffington Post
The Register
Science Times
UPI.com
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NASA mulls plan to explore Venus with 'Cloud City'
Christian Science Monitor
At 800 degrees Fahrenheit, Venus isn't a hospitable place to land, but some NASA scientists are proposing to study the atmosphere from habitable dirigibles. By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer December 22, 2014. close. The northern hemisphere of Venus is ...

NASA HAVOC mission aims Could City above Venus   Inferse
NASA Wants To Build Bespin Style Cloud City On Venus   American Live Wire
My Mission to Venus Is Over, but It Was Spectacular While It Lasted   Slate Magazine
Uproxx
allvoices
The Independent
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Christmas Bird County for Kids
Petaluma Argus Courier
The sixth annual Petaluma Christmas Bird Count for Kids ages 8 to 15 takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 2. Children will work in teams with an experienced adult birder and will walk the trails in areas such as Shollenberger Park, Ellis Creek Water ...

Christmas bird count in national park   Dickinson Press
Birders count 28 species and 2141 birds during annual Audubon Christmas bird ...   Price County Daily
Annual bird count held at Grand Isle   Houma Courier
News-Herald.com
CBC.ca
seattlepi.com
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Is the key to spotting killer meteorites blowing in the solar wind? Researchers ...
Daily Mail
Solar wind and other particles from the sun could give us an early warning of space rocks heading for Earth, researchers have found. They say changes in the solar wind, plasma and other types of particle could give away the location of rocks currently missed ...

Meteor radar? Solar wind could help predict impacts   Fox News
First Asteroid Impact Drills Organized by European Space Agency   Chinatopix
Astronaut: The Age of Asteroids? Boooooring…   TIME
Economic Times
Zee News
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Shortest day observed across Asia
The Nation
LAHORE - People across Pakistan and other countries in Asia witnessed shortest day of the year 2014, winter solstice, on Monday. December 22 was the shortest day with 10 hours and 01 minute of daylight and 13 hours and 59 minutes of night. On Monday ...

Winter solstice 2014: The shortest day of the year   CJDC
Winter solstice: shortest day but not the coolest   The Weather Network
Winter solstice: Why isn't the shortest day also the coldest?   Christian Science Monitor
PhysicsCentral.com (blog)
Metro
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Winter Solstice: The Science Behind It and the History of Celebration
Tech Times
Winter solstice takes place on December 21, but what have people celebrated the occasion of centuries? (Photo : Getty Images / Matt Cardy). Winter solstice takes place on December 21 this year, marking the moment when days begin to lengthen, and nights ...

Pakistan to witness Winter Solstice today   Business Recorder
Five things you might not have known about the Winter Solstice   The Straits Times
Winter Has Officially Arrived   CBS Local
NJ.com
OregonLive.com
Getty Images
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Rich nations are penny-pinching: Prakash Javadekar
Times of India
NEW DELHI: A week after conclusion of the Lima climate talks, India on Monday lamented that rich nations have failed to deliver adequately on the issue of finance and said the "goal of mobilizing 100 billion US dollars per year by 2020 is still a far cry".
India to be pro-active in enhancing energy efficiency: Govt   Zee News
Lima wasn't all hot air   Hindu Business Line
Peru Wrangling Produces Toothless Climate Agreement   The Heartland Institute
Sydney Morning Herald
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