Tag: Australian National University
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Alarmist barometer
A direly alarmist signal has been emitted to the world at large and the risk of the Earth ~ to which the world belongs ~ slipping into what they call the “hothouse state” is dangerously real. The report of scientists of the Stockholm Resilience Center, the University of Copenhagen, the Australian National University, and the …
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August 11, 2018 -
Earth is at the risk of falling into irreversible greenhouse state, claims a new study
The feedbacks effects include permafrost thaw, loss of methane hydrates from the ocean floor, weakening land and ocean carbon sinks and increasing bacterial respiration in the oceans. They also include Amazon rainforest dieback, boreal forest dieback, reduction of northern hemisphere snow cover, loss of Arctic summer sea ice, and reduction of Antarctic sea ice and polar ice sheets.
August 7, 2018 -
Scientific breakthrough to aid malaria vaccine research
Australian scientists have discovered a "key molecule", which can kill microbes that infect the human liver, which experts believe, could be a breakhrough in malaria aid research and take the fight against the disease a step closer. Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) announced the breakthrough after they tracked cells and discovered a molecule …
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March 20, 2017 -
Australian researchers find world’s oldest fossils
Australian researchers have found what are believed to be the world’s oldest fossils, and along with them, signs that diverse life forms lived on Earth up to 3.7 billion years ago. The fossils were discovered in Greenland, and the Australian National University’s (ANU) co-lead investigator, Associate Professor Vickie Bennett, said the breakthrough would not only …
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September 1, 2016 -
Trump makes direct appeal to African-American voters
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made a direct appeal to African-American voters, saying "What do you have to lose?" Speaking on Friday night in Dimondale, Michigan — a predominantly white suburb — Trump lamented the collapse of American manufacturing and criticised free trade deals as he laced into rival Hillary Clinton and the Democratic …
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August 20, 2016 -
Maharashtra launches another ”Quit India” movement
Maharashtra launches another ''Quit India'' movement
August 9, 2016