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1201.Metallization of vanadium dioxide driven by large phonon entropy (2014-11-11)
... Phase competition underlies many remarkable and technologically important phenomena in transition metal oxides. Vanadium dioxide (VO2) exhibits a first-order metal–insulator transition (MIT) near room temperature, where conductivity is suppressed and the lattice changes from tetragonal to monoclinic on cooling. Ongoing attempts to explain this coupled structural and electronic transition begin with two alternative starting points:... ...
1202.Coalition bid to strip Tasmanian forests of world heritage cover ‘disappointing’ (2014-11-10)
... The head of the world’s leading conservation organisation has criticised the Australian government’s attempt to strip world heritage protection from Tasmania’s forests, as new data laid bare the vast number of ecosystems in Australia at risk of collapse. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, director general of the IUCN, the body that advises the United Nations on conservation matters,... ...
1203.World governments failing Earth’s ecosystems, says top conservationist (2014-11-10)
... Governments are lagging behind on international commitments to safeguard the planet’s ecosystems, with politicians failing to grasp that economic growth depends upon environmental protection, the head of the world’s leading conservation organisation has warned. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, director general of the IUCN, the body that advises the United Nations on environmental matters, told Guardian Australia that... ...
1204.Climate change is disrupting flower pollination, research shows (2014-11-07)
... Sexual deceit, pressed flowers and Victorian bee collectors are combined in new scientific research which demonstrates for the first time that climate change threatens flower pollination, which underpins much of the world’s food production. The work used museum records stretching back to 1848 to show that the early spider orchid and the miner bee on... ...
1205.Worst’ bird of prey poisoner Allen Lambert given suspended sentence (2014-11-07)
... A gamekeeper convicted of “the worst case of bird of prey poisoning” recorded in England has been given a 10-week suspended sentence. Allen Lambert, 65, who worked on the Stody Estate, near Holt in Norfolk, was found guilty of deliberately killing 10 buzzards and a sparrowhawk. Head of RSPB investigations Bob Elliot said the discovery... ...
1206.Texas oil town makes history as residents say no to fracking (2014-11-06)
... The Texas town where America’s oil and natural gas boom began has voted to ban fracking, in a stunning rebuke to the industry. Denton, a college town on the edge of the Barnett Shale, voted by 59% to ban fracking inside the city limits, a first for any locality in Texas. Organisers said they hoped... ...
1207.German solar ambitions at risk from cuts to subsidies (2014-11-06)
... German ambitions to generate the vast majority of its power from the sun, wind and other renewable sources by the middle of the century are at risk from cuts to solar subsidies and weak EU clean energy targets, industry and experts say. The country’s target of getting 80% of energy from renewable sources by 2050... ...
1208.Subsidy cuts and weak EU targets cloud German solar energy revolution (2014-11-05)
... Germany is home to solar-powered football stadiums and funfairs but the country’s renewable energy future still faces obstacles. German ambitions to generate the vast majority its power from the sun, wind and other renewable sources by the middle of the century are at risk from cuts to solar subsidies and weak EU clean energy targets,... ...
1209.Will the UK’s pollinator strategy be enough to stop bee decline? (2014-11-05)
... Can a strategy that fails to address the issue of pesticides and lacks targets on habitat restoration prove effective? Karl Mathiesen investigates. The government’s strategy for protecting pollinating insects, including bees, fails to adequately address one of the major threats to their health say scientists, environmentalists and opposition politicians. The national pollinator strategy (NPS), launched... ...
1210.More than two fifths of English fishing quotas ‘held by foreign businesses’ (2014-11-04)
... Greenpeace research shows five largest foreign-owned vessels alone hold 32% of English fishing quotas More than two fifths of England’s quota for the fish it can catch is held by foreign-controlled fishing businesses, according to an investigation by Greenpeace. The environmental campaign group is urging the government to give more quota to smaller-scale, local fishermen... ...
