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Three Vietnam men survive 40 hours at sea after typhoon
Typhoon Fung-wong floods Philippine towns, leaves 5 dead in its wake Typhoon Fung-wong leaves flooded Philippine towns in its wake Typhoon exposes centuries-old shipwreck off Vietnam port Weakening Typhoon Fung-wong exits Philippines after displacing 1.4 million Super Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall in Philippines Over 1 million evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines Dam reservoir levels drop below 3% in Iran's second city: media Philippines evacuates one million, woman dead as super typhoon nears Japan observes tiny tsunami following 6.7 magnitude quake |
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  La Jolla CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2017 Life's genetic code has only ever contained four natural bases. These bases pair up to form two "base pairs" - the rungs of the DNA ladder - and they have simply been rearranged to create bacteria and butterflies, penguins and people. Four bases make up all life as we know it. Until now. Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have announced the development of the first stable semisynthetic organism. Building on their 2014 study in which they synthesized a DNA base pair, the researcher ... read more |
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How satellite data changed chimpanzee conservation effortsApproximately 345,000 or fewer chimpanzees remain in the wild, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a substantial decline from the more than two million that existed ... more  
First footage of a living stylodactylid shrimp filter-feeding at depth of 4826mDepths such as those at the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument are an extreme challenge for explorers, providing scarce information about their inhabitants, let alone their behavior. Whi ... more  
Earthquake hazard due to active plate boundarySince the early civilizations, the lives of people in Europe, in the Middle East, and in North Africa have been closely linked to the Mediterranean. Natural catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions, ... more  
How do people choose what plants to useThere are about 400,000 species of plants in the world. Humans use approximately 10-15% of them to cover our basic needs, such as food, medicine and shelter, as well as other needs, such as recreati ... more |
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In African 'fairy circles,' a template for nature's many patternsBe it the Mima mounds of Washington state or the famous "fairy circles" of Namibia in southwestern Africa, people are captivated by the regular patterns of plant growth that blanket desert and grass ... more  
New England's 1816 'Mackerel Year' and climate change todayHundreds of articles have been written about the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, at Indonesia's Mt. Tambora just over 200 years ago. But for a small group of New England-based researc ... more 
NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to EarthGOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA's next-generation of geostationary satellites, has sent the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument. Included among them ... more 
Intense industrial fishingChina, the world's largest seafood producer, has done something extraordinary. For the past 20 years, despite minimal management and some of the most intense industrial fishing in the world, it has ... more  
Researchers discover greenhouse bypass for nitrogenThose concerned with water quality are familiar with nitrogen as a major pollutant whose excess runoff into coastal waters can lead to algal blooms and low-oxygen dead zones. Perhaps less familiar i ... more |
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 Climate change to shift global pattern of mild weather 
Researchers report new understanding of global warmingResearchers know that more, and more dangerous, storms have begun to occur as the climate warms. A team of scientists has reported an underlying explanation, using meteorological satellite data gath ... more 
Super El Nino and the 2015 extreme summer drought over North ChinaNorth China was hit by a devastating drought in the summer of 2015, affecting about 21 million people and 3.4 million hectares crops in seven provinces. The direct economic loss reached up to 11.48 ... more |
   The death toll from an avalanche that swamped an Italian mountain hotel rose to 15 Tuesday, with 14 still missing, as a nearby helicopter crash left six people dead and dealt another blow to a region reeling from earthquakes and the heaviest snowfall in decades.
The emergency response helicopter came down in thick fog near Campo Felice, a popular ski resort 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of ... more BHP, Vale agree date to settle Brazil mine disaster claim Archaeologists shed new light on collapse of Mayan civilization Lice, lung troubles plague migrants in freezing Serbia |
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  A team of British and Czech scientists on Tuesday said they had successfully tested a "super laser" they claim is 10 times more powerful than any other of its kind on the planet.
The so-called "high peak power laser" has a 1,000-watt average power output, a benchmark of sustained, high-energy pulses.
It has revolutionary potential in engineering, for hardening metal surfaces, processing ... more First European-built all-electric satellite EUTELSAT 172B getting ready to fly Sci-fi holograms a step closer with ANU invention NSC to deliver virtual training gear to British army |
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If you've visited North Carolina's Outer Banks or other barrier islands, you've likely experienced their split personalities - places where high waves can pound the sandy ocean shore while herons stalk placid saltmarsh waters just a short distance landward.
New research by a team from William and Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that these seemingly disparate ecosyst ... more Super El Nino and the 2015 extreme summer drought over North China Researchers discover greenhouse bypass for nitrogen Oceanographic analysis offers potential crash site of MH370 |
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When spring comes to the Arctic, the breakup of the cold winter ice sheets starts at the surface with the formation of melt ponds. These pools of melted snow and ice darken the surface of the ice, increasing the amount of solar energy the ice sheet absorbs and accelerating melt.
A team including University of Utah mathematician Kenneth Golden has determined how these melt ponds form, solvi ... more Sea-surface temps during last interglacial period like modern temps UCI researchers map oceanic troughs below ice sheets in West Antarctica ACE ship completes first leg of journey around Antarctica |
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There are about 400,000 species of plants in the world. Humans use approximately 10-15% of them to cover our basic needs, such as food, medicine and shelter, as well as other needs, such as recreation, art, and craft. But why and how have humans selected only a small fraction of all plants to utilize?
A new study published in Nature Plants sheds new light on these questions by investigatin ... more Intense industrial fishing Wheat virus crosses over, harms native grasses Harvests in the US to suffer from climate change |
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A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Sunday, shaking homes and sparking a tsunami alert, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.
The tsunami warning for the Pacific island nation and its neighbours was later cancelled.
The tremor struck 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Panguna on Papua New Guinea's Bougainville island at a depth of 153 ki ... more 40 dead in Mozambique rainy seasonBreaking point nears for Italy's quake survivorsDeadly quake nightmare returns to haunt Italy |
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  A pro-government militia in Mali said that it had lost 14 fighters in an attack blamed on former rebels Saturday, three days after a suicide car bomber left more than 70 dead.
Some 77 people were killed and 120 wounded in the suicide blast Wednesday which targeted a camp in northern Gao housing former rebels and pro-government militia - who are signatories to a 2015 peace accord struck with ... more The 5 previous West African military interventionsNew Gambia president demands army loyaltyGambia army chief says troops will not fight intervention |
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New evidence involving the ancient poop of some of the huge and astonishing creatures that once roamed Australia indicates the primary cause of their extinction around 45,000 years ago was likely a result of humans, not climate change.
Led by Monash University in Victoria, Australia and the University of Colorado Boulder, the team used information from a sediment core drilled in the Indian ... more What humans and primates both know when it comes to numbers Study: Pueblo architects understand advanced geometry Discovery adds rock collecting to Neanderthal's repertoire |
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Rainfall patterns in the Sahara during the 6,000-year "Green Sahara" period have been pinpointed by analyzing marine sediments, according to new research.
What is now the Sahara Desert was the home to hunter-gatherers who made their living off the animals and plants that lived in the region's savannahs and wooded grasslands 5,000 to 11,000 years ago.
"It was 10 times as wet as today, ... moreClimate change to shift global pattern of mild weather Researchers report new understanding of global warming New England's 1816 'Mackerel Year' and climate change today |
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When Michelle Stokes and Stacie Bender look out across the snow-capped mountains of Utah and Colorado, they see more than just a majestic landscape. They see millions of gallons of water that will eventually flow into the Colorado River. The water stored as snowpack there will make its way to some 33 million people across seven western states, irrigating acres of lettuce, fruits and nuts in Cali ... more NASA's Terra Satellite Sees Alaskan Volcanic Eruption Wrapped in White NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth How satellite data changed chimpanzee conservation efforts |
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Conditions suitable to support complex life may have developed in Earth's oceans - and then faded - more than a billion years before life truly took hold, a new University of Washington-led study has found. The findings, based on using the element selenium as a tool to measure oxygen in the distant past, may also benefit the search for signs of life beyond Earth.
In a paper published in th ... more 80-million-year-old dinosaur collagen confirmed Giant wolf-size otters once roamed China Bacterial discovery complicates previous paleontological findings |
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  European lenders will be among the world leaders in supporting efforts to address the impact of climate change in an era of naysayers, the EIB president said.
The World Meteorological Organization reported last week that global average temperatures in 2016 hit records highs for the third consecutive year. Werner Hoyer, the president of the European Investment Bank, told delegates in Bru ... more China energy firm expands in crisis-hit Brazil Australian energy group backs Li Ka-shing takeover China to build $1.5 billion power line across Pakistan |
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A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has recently announced that they have successfully developed a new way to increase energy efficiency of metal-air batteries which are next-generation energy devices by using a conducting polymer.
This breakthrough research, led by Professor Hyun-Kon Song and Professor Guntae Kim of Energy and Chemical Engineering is appeared in the January issue ... more Electrocatalysis can advance green transition Samsung blames Galaxy Note 7 fires on faulty batteriesW/LLL Harnessing the energy of fireworks for fuel |
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Be it the Mima mounds of Washington state or the famous "fairy circles" of Namibia in southwestern Africa, people are captivated by the regular patterns of plant growth that blanket desert and grassland landscapes, often with mesmerizing consistency.
Scientists have long debated how these phenomena originate and persist. Now, a new theory suggests that instead of a single overarching cause ... more Snap, digest, respire TSRI scientists create first stable semisynthetic organism From tiny phytoplankton to massive tuna |
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  US president Donald Trump will strut through the Year of the Rooster, thriving as Hong Kong geomancers predict 2017 will be marked by the arguments and aggression that are characteristic of the animal.
With Trump at the top of the pecking order, the volatile traits of the rooster - combined with the year's signature element of fire - mean rocky times ahead, particularly in the western wor ... more 2016 baby bump after China relaxes one-child rule Hong Kong's 'Mr Pringles' announces leadership bid Hong Kong leader slams independence movement in final speech |
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Global forest ecosystems, widely considered to act as the lungs of the planet, 'held their breath' during the most recent occurrence of a warming hiatus, new research has shown. The international study examined the full extent to which these vital ecosystems performed as a carbon sink from 1998-2012 - the most recent recorded period of global warming slowdown.
The researchers, including Pr ... more Trees supplement income for rural farmers in Africa How much drought can a forest take? Activists slam giant Indonesian mill for environmental damage |
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