Pinhas Alpert said he believes this satellite-based monitoring method will hold countries accountable for their emissions and encourage more environmentally friendly practices.

Study: Seeing not the same as noticing

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Psychology researchers in California say tests show people often do not recall things, even important items, they've seen or walked by hundreds of times.

For the study at the University of California, Los Angeles, 54 people who work in a building were asked if they knew the location of the fire extinguisher nearest their office.

Although many of the participants had worked in their offices in the building for years and had passed a number of the bright red extinguishers several times a day, 24 percent knew their locations.

Yet when asked to find a fire extinguisher, researchersincluding energy and security.

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