[Science] Half of Great Barrer Reef lost in past 3 decades

Half of Great Barrer Reef lost in past 3 decades
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57524285/half-of-great-barrer-reef-lost-in-past-3-decades/
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is a glittering gem -- the world's largest coral reef ecosystem -- chock-full of diverse marine life.

Mars rover finds surprisingly pleasant weather during day, deadly cold at night
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/1002/Mars-rover-finds-surprisingly-pleasant-weather-during-day-deadly-cold-at-night
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is enjoying some nice, warm weather on the Red Planet - and spring hasn't even come to its landing site yet.

Supersonic daredevil plans to break sound barrier
http://www.9news.com/news/sidetracks/292495/337/Supersonic-daredevil-plans-to-break-sound-barrier
KUSA - On Oct 8, Austrian native Felix Baumgartner will attempt to be the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. He will jump out of a pressurized capsule that is 23 miles above the ground in Roswell, NM The order of the flight goes as follows: ...

Titan Reveals Surprising Seasonal Cycles
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2012/10/titan-reveals-surprising-seasonal-cycles
Detailed observations of Saturn's moon Titan have now spanned 30 years, covering an entire solar orbit for this distant world.

NASA discovers that Earth is singing
http://www.gamezone.com/products/gear-gadgets/news/nasa-discovers-that-earth-is-singing
I was a bit freaked out when I learned that the Earth is singing. Apparently an electromagnetic phenomenon caused by plasma waves in radiation belts, causes Earth to make whale type noises.

NASA Preparing For Privatized ISS Resupply Launch Next Week
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2012/9/30/space_coast_prepares
By Sean Patterson · 1 hour ago · 1 Comment NASA this week is preparing for the first SpaceX launch under its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract.

Santa Clarita Valley wages war on fruit fly
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_21679843/santa-clarita-valley-wages-war-fruit-fly
SANTA CLARITA - State agricultural officials are waging war against the Oriental fruit fly in the Santa Clarita Valley. The campaign is the first of its kind in the Santa Clarita area, where five flies were trapped over two days last month, ...

Rescued egret released back to wild at Tri-Cities
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/10/02/2121219/rescued-great-white-egret-released.html
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - A young egret was released back into the wild Monday along the Yakima River in West Richland. Mary Marquez of Sunnyside was given the honor of freeing the white bird because she had rescued the baby egret after its mother did ...

Hot Venus hides cold layer in its atmosphere
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/10/venus-cold-atmosphere.html
Earth's hotter, meaner twin is blowing hot and cold. This picture from Venus Express, the European Space Agency's planetary orbiter, shows Venus's south pole in transition between day and night.

Irreversible Sea Level Rise to Continue for Thousands of Years
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/10/01/study-sea-level-rise-is-inevitable
So says the latest research to be published in the respected journal Environmental Research Letters. OK. I might be jumping to a bit of a dramatic conclusion there.

Nasa captures spectacular solar eruption
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1002/breaking31.htm
This Nasa image includes an image of Earth approximately to the same scale and shows the size of the solar eruption compared to the size of Earth.