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October 07, 2016

US coast evacuated as historic hurricane bears down
Miami (AFP) Oct 7, 2016
Florida is facing the most dangerous storm in living memory as Hurricane Matthew barrels in from the Atlantic threatening coastal cities with surging tides, torrential rain and 130 mile-an-hour winds. After cutting a deadly swath across the Caribbean and leaving at least 264 dead in Haiti, the Category Four storm was to crash up against the southeastern United States early Friday. Over the course of the day it will scour its way up a 600-mile (965-kilometer) strip of coast from Boca Raton in Flo ... read more

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Chaos in Haiti after hurricane, but neighbors help out Hurricane Matthew left behind chaos in Haiti, with roads cut to several districts and initial reports of more than 264 dead and more hurt or left homeless. ... more		Hurricane forces US tourists to flee beach resort Patti and Mike Runge were only yesterday having the time of their lives on their first family beach vacation in 16 years of marriage. ... more		Harrowing reports emerge from Bahamas as storm smashes through Hurricane Matthew's blast through the Bahamas brought harrowing reports of roofs blown off, windows shattering and water rising perilously, including a social-media post from one desperate resident who said, "I'm on a chest of drawers. Phone battery low." ... more
				NASA maps help gauge Italy earthquake damage A NASA-funded program provided valuable information for responders and groups supporting the recovery efforts for the Aug. 24, 2016, magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck central Italy. The earthquak ... more		Case of the missing continental crust solved: It sank How do you make half the mass of two continents disappear? To answer the question you first need to discover that it's missing. That's what a trio of University of Chicago geoscientists and their co ... more

How evolution has equipped our hands with 5 fingers Have you ever wondered why our hands have exactly five fingers? Dr. Marie Kmita's team certainly has. The researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal and Universite de Montreal h ... more		New insights into how black carbon aerosols impact the atmospheric boundary layer It is widely known that black carbon, or soot, aerosol particles emitted from South Asia are spread across the northern Indian Ocean during the winter monsoon season. These masses of air pollution a ... more		China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers		Data improves hurricane forecasts, but uncertainties remain With modern technology, people can watch hurricanes churn in real time and forecasts are on-target up to seven days in advance - but experts say some puzzling storm traits are harder to solve. ... more
				Urban warming slows tree growth, photosynthesis New research from North Carolina State University finds that urban warming reduces growth and photosynthesis in city trees. The researchers found that insect pests are part of the problem, but that ... more		Australia's coordinates out by more than 1.5 metres: scientist Australia has had to change its position on world maps four times in the past 50 years. The country happens to be located on one of the world's fastest-moving tectonic plates, travelling about 2.7 i ... more

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Nuclear Plant Digitalization Conference - Nov 15-16 - Charlotte NC USA

Ice cores reveal slow decline in oxygen over past 800K years Princeton University researchers have compiled 30 years of data to construct the first ice core-based record of atmospheric oxygen concentrations spanning the past 800,000 years, according to a pape ... more		Large animals most vulnerable to impact of human expansion Some of the most iconic giants of the animal kingdom, such as the imperious African elephant, are most vulnerable to the detrimental impact of human expansion, new research has shown. A team o ... more		Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market 'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis		As China rises, top-selling painter looks to his roots Blue-chip Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi built up a lucrative career by looking to the West for inspiration and buyers, but a new retrospective in Beijing reveals an unlikely turn back towards China's own aesthetics and traditions. ... more
Researchers discover new fault in earthquake-prone Southern California Scientists announced the discovery of a new fault line in Southern California in a study published this week. The newly mapped Salton Trough Fault runs parallel to the San Andreas Fault, bordering the eastern edge of the Salton Sea in the Colorado Desert. ... more		Flower attracts pollinating flies by mimicking smell of attacked bee When a honeybee succumbs to a spider, it releases a scent revealing its distress. Flies know the smell well. To them, the smell works like a dinner bell. The kleptoparasites track the smell to the defeated bee and gather to steal a meal from the triumphant spider. ... more		World wildlife talks end with tighter conservation rules A global conference on wildlife trade wrapped up on Tuesday after adopting a slew of decisions to curb rampant trafficking of threatened species such as sharks and pangolins. ... more		Hong Kong jails protester over anti-China riots A Hong Kong court jailed a protester Thursday in the first sentence handed down over a riot that erupted in February and saw violent clashes in the city fuelled by anti-China sentiment. ... more

	Great Pacific Garbage Patch aerial survey yields bad news Researchers with the pollution control outfit Ocean Cleanup recently completed the first aerial survey of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the results are rather grim. The accumulation of garbage in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is even bigger than expected. ... more		Agencies warn of fresh disaster as winter looms in flood-hit N. Korea Humanitarian agencies are warning of a "second disaster" in flood-hit North Korea with tens of thousands - many of them children - still homeless as the region's bitter winter approaches. ... more

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Oldest sea turtle ancestor hailed from southeastern U.S.

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