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  Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 Persistent abnormally hot weather can cause negative impacts on human health, agriculture, and natural environments. A heat wave - a spell of hot days with the mercury rising much higher than the average temperature - has been reported more frequently in Europe and Northeast Asia in recent years. "Internal atmosphere-land interactions in Eurasia are believed to be an important factor in triggering abnormal summer temperatures. However, the exact reasons for such interactions causing heat waves rem ... read more |
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Water harvester makes it easy to quench your thirst in the desertBerkeley CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 With water scarcity a growing problem worldwide, University of California, Berkeley, researchers are close to producing a microwave-sized water harvester that will allow you to pull all the water yo ... more 
Illinois engineer continues to make waves in water desalinationChicago 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 ... more  
Ancient die-off greater than the dinosaur extinctionStanford CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 Clues from Canadian rocks formed billions of year ago reveal a previously unknown loss of life even greater than that of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, when Earth lost ne ... more  
Air pollution under clear skies reduces sunlight reaching the Earth's surfaceBeijing, China (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 Scientists have found that the air pollution absorbs and disperses sunlight and thereby reduces the amount that reaches the Earth's surface. The latest study, published in Advances in Atmospheric Sc ... more |
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Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate changeReykjavik (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 Iceland on Sunday honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. ... more 
'Save our oceans,' Oscar winner Bardem tells UNNew York (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem made an impassioned plea at the United Nations to save the world's oceans Monday. ... more 
Wildlife meeting backs more protection for giraffesGeneva (AFP) Aug 22, 2019 Wildlife-supporting countries on Thursday backed regulating international trade in giraffes in a bid to offer more protection to the gentle giants, feared to be facing a "silent extinction". ... 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  
Climate change forcing Alaskans to hunt for new ways to surviveQuinhagak, United States (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 As far back as he can remember, Willard Church Jr. has gone out ice fishing well into the month of April, chopping holes that were easily four feet deep into the Kanektok River near his home. ... more |
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 Siberian region fights to preserve permafrost as planet warms 
High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean iceOn A Nasa Dc3 Above Greenland, Greenland (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenland's coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by an Elvis-impersonating oceanographer, waited to drop a probe into the water beneath them. ... more  |
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NASA Ocean Ecosystem Mission Moves ForwardGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 After passing a key review hurdle, NASA's newest mission to study the health of Earth's ocean ecosystems and atmosphere is ready to move from design to reality. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, o ... more 
Cape Cod's gray seals attract sharks, causing summer beach closuresWashington (UPI) Aug 20, 2019 Beaches on Cape Cod, Mass., have routinely closed this summer after shark sightings, and the sharks are now regarded as a long-term threat. ... more  
Chipping away at how ice forms could keep windshields, power lines ice-freeSan Diego CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 How does ice form? Surprisingly, science hasn't fully answered that question. Differences in ice formation on various surfaces still aren't well understood, but researchers today will explain their ... more  
Scientists build a synthetic system to improve wound treatment, drug delivery for soldiersResearch Triangle Park NC (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 For the first time, scientists built a synthetic biologic system with compartments like real cells. This Army project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst could lead to materials that provide ... more 
Nanoparticles could grant humans permanent night visionWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2019 Built-in night vision may not be far off. Scientists have developed nanoparticles that allow mice to see near-infrared light. ... more |
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 Ignalina, Lithuania (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 
Walking along the top of Lithuania's decommissioned nuclear reactor, the set of HBO's critically acclaimed "Chernobyl" TV series, tourist Vytas Miknaitis says he's not "afraid at all".
"They know what they're doing," the retired computer engineer from Chicago says, referring to organisers of the three-hour tour of the Ignalina power station in eastern Lithuania.
Similar in design to Cher ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 26, 2019  Russia on Monday said radioactive isotopes were released in a recent accident at an Arctic missile test site that caused widespread alarm as authorities kept details under wraps.
The August 8 blast killed five scientists and caused a spike in radiation levels but for several days Russia did not admit nuclear materials were involved.
The accident released swiftly decaying radioactive isot ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
To investigate the vastly unexplored oceans covering most our planet, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that send data to the surface - an underwater "internet of things." But how to supply constant power to scores of sensors designed to stay for long durations in the ocean's deep?
MIT researchers have an answer: a battery-free underwater communication ... 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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 Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 
Humans' ability to transform the natural environment is often considered a modern phenomenon, from increasing deforestation, soil erosion and greenhouse gas emissions. This year, an international group of geologists deemed the start of the Anthropocene - the time of humans' most far-reaching effects on the Earth - to be the middle of the 20th century.
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 Miami (AFP) Aug 29, 2019  US President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled a trip to Poland as Hurricane Dorian bore down on Florida, where it could make landfall as a dangerous Category 4 storm.
Trump, who had been scheduled to attend World War II anniversary commemorations in Poland this weekend, said he would focus instead on preparations for the approaching hurricane.
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 Yokohama, Japan (AFP) Aug 29, 2019 
Japan's prime minister on Thursday warned African leaders against accumulating too much debt, in an apparent reference to Chinese infrastructure projects some blame for damaging the finances of developing nations.
Addressing leaders from several African nations at a development conference in Yokohama, Shinzo Abe stressed Tokyo was promoting "quality" infrastructure exports and investments, s ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 
The discovery of a rare 3.8-million-year-old hominin skull unearthed in Ethiopia promises to offer fresh insights into the complexities of early human evolution.
The fossil's jaw and teeth suggest it belongs to the species Australopithecus anamensis, an ancestor of the famed Lucy hominin, Australopithecus afarensis. Researchers have previously found only fragments of A. anamensis, most ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 26, 2019 
The Amazon basin cradles the largest rainforest in the world, and plays an essential role in regulating regional and even global climates.
Here are some facts about the region:
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Continued destruction of its tropical forests - measured in tens of thousands of square kilometres per year - could transform much of the Amazon into dry savannah, with massive impact ... more |
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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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 Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019 
Clues from Canadian rocks formed billions of year ago reveal a previously unknown loss of life even greater than that of the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, when Earth lost nearly three-quarters of its plant and animal species.
Rather than prowling animals, this die-off involved miniscule microorganisms that shaped the Earth's atmosphere and ultimately paved the way ... 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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 Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
Hope has been restored for the rechargeable lithium metal battery - a potential battery powerhouse relegated for decades to the laboratory by its short life expectancy and occasional fiery demise while its rechargeable sibling, the lithium-ion battery, now rakes in more than $30 billion a year.
A new coating could make lightweight lithium metal batteries safe and long lasting, a boon for d ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 22, 2019  Wildlife-supporting countries on Thursday backed regulating international trade in giraffes in a bid to offer more protection to the gentle giants, feared to be facing a "silent extinction".
The vote in Geneva by parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) recognises for the first time that international trade is part of the threat facing giraffes.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 30, 2019 
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists were arrested Friday in a dragnet that came as protesters planned to rally this weekend in defiance of a police ban.
Hong Kong has been locked in a three months of political crisis, with increasingly violent clashes between police and protesters that have prompted an escalating public relations campaign from Beijing.
Protesters planned yet another ... more |
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 Biarritz, France (AFP) Aug 26, 2019  The G7 will give $20 million (18 million euros) to send firefighting planes to tackle the blazes engulfing parts of the Amazon, the presidents of France and Chile said Monday.
"We must respond to the call of the forest which is burning today in the Amazon," France's Emmanuel Macron said as President Sebastian Pinera of Chile, a guest of the G7, underlined that "countries of the Amazon are in ... more |
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