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Farm animal disease to increase with climate changeLiverpool, UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2011 Researchers looked at changes in the behaviour of bluetongue - a viral disease of cattle and sheep - from the 1960s to the present day, as well as what could happen to the transmission of the virus 40 years into the future. They found, for the first time, that an outbreak of a disease could be explained by changes to the climate. In Europe, more than 80,000 outbreaks of bluetongue were reported to the World Animal Health Organisation between 1998 and 2010, and millions of animals died as a result ... read more |
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  Pioneering ERS environment satellite retires After 16 years spent gathering a wealth of data that has revolutionised our understanding of Earth, ESA's veteran ERS-2 satellite is being retired. This pioneering mission has not only advanced scie ... more | .. |
  Climate change could turn oxygen-free seas from a blessing to a curse for zooplankton Zooplankton can use specialised adaptations that allow them to hide from predators in areas of the ocean where oxygen levels are so low almost nothing can survive - but they may run into trouble as ... more | .. |
 Down-under digestive microbes could help lower methane gas from livestock The discovery that a bacterial species in the Australian Tammar wallaby gut is responsible for keeping the animal's methane emissions relatively low suggests a potential new strategy may exist to tr ... more | .. |
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  Sounding rockets study how winds in space drive currents in the upper atmosphere Some 50 miles up in the sky begins a dynamic region of the atmosphere known as the ionosphere. The region is filled with charged particles created by extreme ultraviolet radiation from the sun. ... more | .. |
 DLR scientists support expedition with a highly accurate 3D model of mountain Considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world and, at 8000 metres high, the most difficult to climb, K2 lies on the border between Pakistan and China. For scientists at the German Aero ... more | .. |
  Study: Australian volcanoes 'overdue' Australian researchers studying the age of volcanoes in Western Victoria and South Australia say the regions are overdue for an eruption. ... more | .. |
 EU bans imports of Egyptian seeds The EU has banned imports of some Egyptian seeds and beans after fenugreek was linked to E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France, officials confirmed. ... more |
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  Defeated Thai premier resigns as leader Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has resigned as leader of the Democrat Party, which roundly lost the country's hotly contested general election last weekend. ... more | .. |
  Record low Danube levels cut down bird populations: WWF The record low levels of the Danube this summer have caused a drastic drop in bird populations along the Bulgarian and Romanian stretch of the river, environmental group WWF said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Violence, drought spark 'human tragedy' in Somalia: UN Persistent violence compounded by a serious drought have forced 54,000 Somalis to flee in June, bringing the total number of displaced Somalis to a quarter of the country's population, the UNHCR said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Japan groups alarmed by radioactive soil Soil radiation in a city 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Japan's stricken nuclear plant is above levels that prompted resettlement after the Chernobyl disaster, citizens' groups said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Japan minister quits over gaffe in fresh blow to PM Japan's embattled Premier Naoto Kan suffered another blow Tuesday as his disaster reconstruction minister quit, having caused a furore with scathing remarks to leaders of tsunami-hit regions. ... more | .. |
 Australia to unveil pollution tax Australia will unveil the full details of its contentious pollution tax within days, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Tuesday, promising help for households facing higher energy bills. ... more | .. |
Argentina unveils economic plans against volcano Argentine President Cristina Kirchner announced a slew of economic measures Monday to mitigate the effects of ash spewing from Chile's Puyehue volcano that has upended air travel and tourism. ... more | .. |
  Amnesty slams China over Xinjiang, two years after riots Amnesty International on Tuesday slammed an ongoing crackdown on mainly Muslim Uighurs in China's far-western Xinjiang, as authorities vowed stability two years after deadly riots rocked the region. ... more |
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BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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 Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry in 30 years, says Stanford study Higher temperatures could significantly impact California and other premium winegrowing regions of the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study led by Stanford University climate ... more | .. |
  Clues to why 'they' all look alike Northwestern University researchers have provided new biological evidence suggesting that the brain works differently when memorizing the face of a person from one's own race than when memorizing a ... more | .. |
  Time to let science drive Great Lakes policy on Asian carp, experts say The threat Asian carp pose to the Great Lakes community may be politically controversial, but pales in comparison to the costs and danger of continuing to wring hands over established facts. It's ti ... more | .. |
  Mutations help organisms become kings of the mountain Evolutionary adaptation is often compared to climbing a hill, and organisms making the right combination of multiple mutations - both good and bad - can become the king of the mountain. A new ... more |
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  Capturing the Boundary Between Magma and Water Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 335 Superfast Spreading Rate Crust 4 recently completed operations in Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Hole 1256D, a deep scientific borehole that ext ... more | .. |
 Finding showing human ancestor older than previously thought offers new insights into evolution New excavations in Indonesia and dating analyses show that modern humans never co-existed with Homo erectusa. This finding runs counter to previous hypotheses of human evolution. The research, repor ... more | .. |
 Fertility rates affected by global economic crisis The global economic recession of 2008-09 has been followed by a decline in fertility rates in Europe and the United States, bringing to an end the first concerted rise in fertility rates in the deve ... more | .. |
  Domed dinosaur king of the head butt Llamas can't really manage it. Giraffes aren't very good at it and while big horn sheep and muskox excel at it, it turns out a small plant eating dinosaur - the pachycephalosaur Stegoceras validum - ... more |
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Bezos's Blue Origin postpones rocket launch over weather
SpaceX launches 29 satellites after fireball spotted in the sky
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 The seasonal potato The "Potsdam Gravity potato", as this representation of terrestrial gravity has become known, can for the first time display gravity variations that change with time. The seasonal fluctuations of th ... more | .. |
 Radiohead tests China's tightly controlled web The outspoken British rock group Radiohead, which has been critical of China's human rights record, appears to be testing the country's censored Internet by opening a Chinese microblog account. ... more | .. |
 Italian court seeks 20-year terms in asbestos mega-trial A court in Turin on Monday requested jail terms of 20 years against a Swiss billionaire and a Belgian baron in the biggest ever trial over asbestos-related deaths, judicial officials said. ... more | .. |
 Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Nestle confirm talks Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday that they were in acquisition talks, in what could be one of the biggest takeovers of a Chinese company by a foreign competitor. ... more |
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 Europe drought leading to more property damage: study Increasing occurences of drought have led to a jump in European insurance claims for damage to homes owing to subsiding soil, a study by reinsurer Swiss Re and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Wind of change: Aussie 'farting camels' cull under attack The world's association of camel scientists fought back angrily on Monday over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming. ... more | .. |
 Mass tourism threatening Venice lagoon: ecologists An Italian environmental group warned Monday that mass tourism was slowly eroding the Venice lagoon, which it said was also threatened by major real estate development and an inadequate transport network. ... more | .. |
  India PM hails success in battle against HIV India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday hailed the country's success in slashing new HIV/AIDS infections by half in the past decade, but warned against complacency. ... more |
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