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Global Warming Could Lead to More Lightning Deaths


In the last ten years, Brazil has been the target of an estimated 57 million lightning strikes--the most in the world. This astonishing natural record is not without a human toll, however. During that same period, 1,321 people have been fallen victim to lightning in Brazil alone, and scientists fear that incidents will only increase in the coming years. As if the long term threats of climate change were not enough to arouse concern, new research reveals that rising temperatures may increase the frequency of the sometimes fatal lightning strikes.

New documentary looks at Inuit responses to climate change
The film is called Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, and it will showcase the ways that Inuit communities in Northern Canada are working to adapt to changing ecosystems. Professors at the University of Victoria and the University of Manitoba partnered with director Zacharias Kunuk, whose earlier feature, the multi-award-winning Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, was one of the first ever to take a close look at the Inuit community and its traditions



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Major sciences to meet in California


Scientists from around the world will gather this week in California for an annual conference to discuss everything from the secret pathologies of dolphins to a count of the creatures in the seas and the 50th birthday of the laser.

Up to 8,000 participants from 50 countries are expected to attend 176th annual conference of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which begins Thursday in San Diego and this year centers around the theme "bridging science and society."
The aim is to get "every scientist and engineer to make their work both beneficial and understandable, and on society to discover again the excitement and hope that research and its findings offer," Nobel chemistry laureate Peter Agre, who is president of the AAAS, said in a statement.
At the conference, participants - be they scientist or engineer, student or mere enthusiast - will have a wide choice of events to attend, with symposia covering a bevy of scientific branches, from astronomy to zoology.
Doubters and defenders of climate change could lock horns at discussions about global warming, including the release of a study on geo-engineering and whether we can cool down the planet that we have heated up......