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  Charleston/Marsh Harbour, United States (AFP) Sept 6, 2019 North Carolina braced for a "long night" of strong winds and driving rain as Hurricane Dorian moved near the US state's coast Friday after devastating the northern Bahamas, where it left at least 30 people dead and thousands homeless. Authorities in the state of Florida - which was largely spared by the storm - blamed six more deaths on the hurricane, US media reported, though they occurred as the victims were preparing for the storm's arrival or were evacuation-related. "Dorian should remain ... read more |
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Four dead as monsoon deluge sparks Mumbai chaosMumbai (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 A six-year-old boy was among four people killed after severe flooding hit India's financial hub Mumbai, resulting in dozens of cancelled or delayed flights, officials said Thursday. ... more 
Niger battles deadly floods as city streets swampedNiamey (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 "That's it, time to go!" As a rising swell of muddy water creeps towards his house in Niger's capital Niamey, Mamoudou Barkire is finally leaving. ... more 
'It's hell everywhere': collecting Dorian's dead in ravaged BahamasMarsh Harbour, Bahamas (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 In the desolation left after Hurricane Dorian carved a murderous path across the northern Bahamas, six men dressed in immaculate white overalls zip a corpse into a body bag. ... more  
It's not aurora, it's STEVEFairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 06, 2019 Aurora-watchers gazing at spectacular displays over the Labor Day weekend may have been seeing more than the northern lights. They may have been dazzled by STEVE as well. STEVE is short for th ... more |
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Rice reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuelHouston TX (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 A common greenhouse gas could be repurposed in an efficient and environmentally friendly way with an electrolyzer that uses renewable electricity to produce pure liquid fuels. The catalytic re ... more 
Methane-producing microorganism makes a meal of ironUniversity Park PA (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 A new understanding of how an important methane-producing microorganism creates methane and carbon dioxide could eventually allow researchers to manipulate how much of these important greenhouse gas ... more 
Extracting clean fuel from sunlightTempe AZ (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 Securing enough energy to meet human needs is one of the greatest challenges society has ever faced. Previously reliable sources - oil, gas and coal - are degrading air quality, devastating land and ... more  
Snowkyo 2020: Tokyo organisers to test fake snow to cool OlympicsTokyo (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 Tokyo 2020 Olympic chiefs have already rolled out everything from misting stations to flowerbeds to beat the heat at next year's games, and now they want to let it snow. ... more  
Cautious Charleston residents stay on in hurricane shelter -- with petsNorth Charleston, United States (AFP) Sept 6, 2019 Though Hurricane Dorian was churning away from South Carolina late Thursday, some residents chose to play it safe and spend one more night in a shelter with their families - and pets. ... more |
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Security squeeze in China's capital ahead of communist celebrationBeijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2019 Beijing karaoke bars are closing, toy weapon sales are banned and every delivery package is being scanned: the capital is taking no chances weeks ahead of a massive military parade to mark Communist China's 70th anniversary. ... more  |
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Trudeau says China uses detentions as political tool, China scolds back over 'mistakes'Ottawa (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday accused Beijing of using "arbitrary detentions" as a tool in pursuit of political goals - the latest broadside in a diplomatic and trade row with China. ... more 
Hong Kong leader calls for dialogue after protesters reject concessionHong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 Hong Kong's leader on Thursday urged pro-democracy protesters to end their demonstrations after her surprise decision to bow to one of their key demands was condemned as too little, too late. ... more 
Coffee and quacks served up at Chengdu duck cafeChengdu, China (AFP) Sept 6, 2019 Crowds in a Chinese eatery ignore their drinks to gather adoringly around four fluffy white ducks, phones poised ready for pictures, at the latest addition to the country's growing list of popular animal cafes. ... more  
Foreigners arrested with ivory bracelets at Kenyan airportNairobi (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 A Spanish woman has become the second foreigner in a week to be arrested at Kenya's international airport for wearing an ivory bangle, the wildlife service said Monday. ... more  
Fossils dating back 550 million years among first animal trailsBlacksburg VA (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 In a remarkable evolutionary discovery, a team of scientists co-led by a Virginia Tech geoscientist has discovered what could be among the first trails made by animals on the surface of the Earth ro ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2019  Military installations along the U.S. Southeast coast completed preparations and evacuations ahead of Hurricane Dorian on Wednesday.
The hurricane was rated at Category 5 when it struck the Bahamas and then diminished, bringing heavy rain and wind, as it slowly moved westward toward Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Navy ships based at Naval Station Norfolk and ... more |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 
The future of technology relies, to a great extent, on new materials, but the work of developing those materials begins years before any specific application for them is known. Stephen Wilson, a professor of materials in UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering, works in that "long before" realm, seeking to create new materials that exhibit desirable new states.
In the paper "Field-tunabl ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 
For the past several years, University of Illinois researcher Kyle Smith has proven his growing expertise in the field of water desalination, with a range of research results that could address the immediate need to combat diminishing clean water sources around the world.
Now, with a new publication and new research project funded by the National Science Foundation, he continues to build o ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 29, 2019 
Ice fronts have retreated, rocky peaks are more exposed, fewer icebergs drift to the ocean: the branching network of glaciers that empty into Greenland's Sermilik Fjord has changed significantly in the last half century. Comparing Landsat images from 1972 and 2019, those changes and more come into view.
The glaciers appear brownish grey in this true-color Landsat 8 satellite image from Aug ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2019 
Scientists have discovered three new viruses among endangered Chinook and sockeye salmon populations. One of the viruses belongs to a group not known to infect fish.
How the viruses affect the health of salmon isn't yet clear, but in other species, the viruses can cause serious harm.
"Although there's no risk to humans, one of the viruses is evolutionarily related to respiratory ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2019 
On Sept. 4, 2019, a loose chain of tropical cyclones lined up across the Western Hemisphere. At the time of this image (1:10 p.m. EDT) Hurricane Juliette in the East Pacific and Hurricane Dorian in the Atlantic were both category 2 storms.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Fernand packed sustained winds of 45 mph and had just recently made landfall over northeastern Mexico. Gabrielle strengthened ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2019 
Canada announced the conclusion of its peacekeeping mission in Mali as over 200 soldiers prepared to return home.
About 1,250 Canadian Armed Forces members were deployed during the year-long mission, known as Operation Presence-Mali. Their involvement in the ongoing United Nations-led mission included medical evacuation and logistic and transport capabilities.
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2019 
Stone tools recovered from an archaeological dig in western Idaho suggest humans were living in the region at least 16,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.
The discovery, published Friday in the journal Science, supports the theory that the earliest human migrations into the Americas followed a Pacific coastal route, not an inland ice-free corridor.
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 
Democrats seeking to oust climate skeptic Donald Trump from the White House are placing the "existential threat" of a warming planet front and center for the 2020 presidential contests.
With a rampaging Hurricane Dorian not far from the minds of many Americans, 10 Democratic presidential hopefuls have unveiled detailed plans of action on climate change.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
NASA's P-3B science aircraft soared into the skies over the Philippines on Aug. 25 to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation on the impact that smoke from fires and pollution have on clouds, a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts.
The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) is the most comprehensive field campaign to date in Maritime Sou ... more |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Sep 05, 2019 
In a remarkable evolutionary discovery, a team of scientists co-led by a Virginia Tech geoscientist has discovered what could be among the first trails made by animals on the surface of the Earth roughly a half-billion years ago.
Shuhai Xiao, a professor of geosciences with the Virginia Tech College of Science, calls the unearthed fossils, including the bodies and trails left by an ancient ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
What types of electricity storage could have the biggest impact globally for a low-carbon energy future? Can humanity simultaneously de-carbonize energy and extend heat, lighting and transportation to more than a billion people now living with without modern energy services?
These are the types of big-picture questions that are being answered by the research that fits into a new academic d ... more |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019  Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first nickel oxide material that shows clear signs of superconductivity - the ability to transmit electrical current with no loss.
Also known as a nickelate, it's the first in a potential new family of unconventional superconductors that's ve ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2019 
A Tanzanian man has been arrested after authorities found a stash of ivory buried under his house, estimated to come from around 117 elephants, authorities said Thursday.
The suspect, who had been sought by authorities since 2016, had in his possession 338 pieces of elephant tusk, and 75 whole tusks, the minister of natural resources, Hamisi Kigwangalla, said in a statement.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 4, 2019 
Hong Kong's leader told lawmakers Wednesday she will permanently shelve an extradition bill that triggered three months of pro-democracy protests, a politician who was in the briefing told AFP.
Carrie Lam, the city's chief executive, told a group of pro-Beijing lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon that she would withdraw the legislation, Felix Chung said.
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2019 
Forest ecosystems with a diversity of tree species are better able to withstand environmental stress, according to a new study by researchers in Germany.
For the study, published this week in the journal Global Change Biology, scientists at the University of Freiburg analyzed data from the longest-running field trial on tree diversity in the tropics.
Previous research efforts hav ... more |
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