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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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  Bremerhaven, Germany (UPI) Feb 10, 2017 Marine scientists from Germany have been monitoring litter levels in the Arctic since 2002. They say the problem is getting worse. Litter is identified in photographs taken by their Ocean Floor Observation System, OFOS, which includes 21 underwater observatory stations. Two of the stations and their underwater cameras are dedicated to counting garbage. Between 2002 and 2014, scientists identified 89 pieces of litter - plastic bags, glass shards, fishing nets --- in 7,058 photographs. Re ... read more |
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6 dead after strong quake shakes southern PhilippinesRescuers dug through rubble Saturday to find survivors after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines, killing at least six people and sending thousands fleeing for safety. ... more 
U.S. Navy tests new diving equipmentU.S. Navy personnel completed an 11-day evaluation of the branch's HeliCom Matrix, a device designed to improve helium-influenced communications. ... more 
Study: Deep-sea mining causes long-lasting ecological damageAnalysis by scientists at the National Oceanography Center in England suggest deep-sea mining operations will have long-lasting ecological consequences. ... more  
Endangered species listing for bumble bee delayed by Trump adminIn a move announced Thursday in the Federal Registrar, President Donald Trump and his administration have delayed the inclusion of the rusty patched bumble bee on the endangered species list. ... more |
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China villagers 'beat the Buddha' for a good harvestBeating a rock statue of Buddha to wish for a good new year and an abundant harvest, villagers in China's eastern Fujian province have a unique way of worshipping the deity. ... more  
Afghan death toll from heavy snowfall, avalanches hits 191The death toll from avalanches and freezing weather conditions across Afghanistan has risen to 191, officials said Friday, as rescue operations were underway in the worst-affected areas. ... more 
Rumbling Indonesian volcano in fresh eruptionA rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island spewed clouds of smoke and ash high into the air Friday, the latest in a series of violent eruptions. ... more  
Fresh whale stranding on notorious New Zealand beachAnother 200 whales were stranded on a New Zealand coastline late Saturday, frustrating rescuers who had battled through the day and even defied a shark threat to try and keep them at sea. ... more  
Climate change responsible for the great diversity in horsesChanging environments and ecosystems were driving the evolution of horses over the past 20 million years. This is the main conclusion of a new study published in Science by a team of palaeontologist ... more  
Fossil treasure-trove reveals post-extinction world ruled by spongesNew deposits with exceptionally well-preserved fossil communities are always exciting, but some are more interesting than others. Windows into particularly important times or environments can tell p ... more |
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Hidden lakes drain below West Antarctica's Thwaites GlacierThwaites Glacier on the edge of West Antarctica is one of the planet's fastest-moving glaciers. Research shows that it is sliding unstoppably into the ocean, mainly due to warmer seawater lapping at ... more 
Decoding ocean signalsWith the ocean absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) over the past decade, less of the greenhouse gas is reaching the Earth's atmosphere. That's decidedly good news, but it comes with a catch: Rising ... more  
Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas releaseThe breakdown of methane hydrates due to warming climate is unlikely to lead to massive amounts of methane being released to the atmosphere, according to a recent interpretive review of scientific l ... more 
Data on blue whales off California helps protect their distant relativesScientists know a great deal about blue whales off California, where the endangered species has been studied for decades. But they know far less about blue whales in the Northern Indian Ocean, where ... more |
   Shanti Dhakal's husband disappeared without a trace nearly two decades ago at the height of Nepal's brutal Maoist insurgency, presumed murdered by police for having links to the rebels.
Dhakal was among 60,000 victims who registered a complaint with two commissions set up in 2015 with a two-year mandate to investigate the murders, rapes and forced disappearances perpetrated by both sides. ... more Myanmar jade mine landslide kills 9: official Facebook adds tool for helping in times of crisis Six cosmic catastrophes that could wipe out life on Earth |
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Astronomers at Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with their French colleagues and with the help of citizen scientists have released "The Reference Catalog of galaxy SEDs" (RCSED), which contains value-added information about 800,000 galaxies. The catalog is accessible on the web and its description has been published in the Astrophysical Journal Supplement (impact factor - 11.257) ... more New high-performance computing cluster at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam Most stretchable elastomer for 3-D printing New material that contracts when heated holds great industrial potential |
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RE2 Robotics is to develop an inflatable Underwater Dual Manipulator system for the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research.
The award for underwater manipulator arms comes under a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award, the company said, but no details as to its monetary value were given.
The system to be developed is for integration onto unmanned underwater vehicles for ... more Litter is piling up on the Arctic sea floor Study: Deep-sea mining causes long-lasting ecological damage Splitfin flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to illuminate plankton |
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Climate change and overfishing have left already endangered young penguins in Africa confused about where to find food, and they are dying in high numbers as a result, researchers said Thursday.
The report in the journal Current Biology describes a dire predicament for African penguins, whose young population is projected to be down 50 percent in some of the most affected areas of coastal Na ... more Hidden lakes drain below West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier Study shows planet's atmospheric oxygen rose through glaciersStudy shows planet's atmospheric oxygen rose through glaciers |
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Beating a rock statue of Buddha to wish for a good new year and an abundant harvest, villagers in China's eastern Fujian province have a unique way of worshipping the deity.
The religious ceremony held Friday in Yuxi village is one of many in the run-up to the traditional Lantern Festival, which falls on February 11 this year.
It is a time for colourful ceremonies in the coastal provinc ... moreSticky gels turn insect-sized drones into artificial pollinators Endangered species listing for bumble bee delayed by Trump admin Syngenta says profits down as ChemChina takeover looms |
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Countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean will test their capacity to handle a major tsunami in an exercise from 15 to 17 February, held to identify possible shortcomings in the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System, established under the auspices of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
Dubbed PacWave17, the exercise foresees several scenarios for earthquakes o ... more 6 dead after strong quake shakes southern Philippines Rumbling Indonesian volcano in fresh eruption Ankara mayor warns of 'manmade quake' threat |
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The Ivorian government planned Thursday to pursue talks with elite troops responsible for President Alassane Ouattara's security in a bid to end a revolt by the special forces, a defence ministry official said.
"Normally the discussions should resume this morning," the source told AFP after the mutineers began talks with top military staff following armed protests this week in their barracks ... moreIvory Coast govt in bid to end elite troops' mutiny Somalia to elect president amid security, drought woesElite I.Coast troops fire protest shots at two bases |
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Humans naturally perceive words as having physical or geometric qualities. New research shows humans subconsciously perceive words as being "round" or "sharp."
The "bouba-kiki" effect is a well-established psychological phenomenon describing the tendency for humans to link soft-sounding made-up words, like "bouba," with rounder, softer-looking shapes, and hard or sharp-sounding nonsense ... more Paleolithic people 'killed' pebbles to rid them of their symbolic power Chimpanzee feet allow scientists a new grasp on human foot evolution Baltic hunter-gatherers began farming without influence of migration |
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A new study on the relationship between people and the planet shows that climate change is only one of many inter-related threats to the Earth's capacity to support human life.
An international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of the National Academies, argues that there are critical components missing from current climate models that inform environmental, climate, ... more Researchers say climate models understate risk, ignore human factors Cape Town pools crack down on splashing as drought bites Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release |
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On Feb. 9, 2017, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, known as MMS, began a three-month long journey into a new orbit. MMS flies in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth and the new orbit will take MMS twice as far out as it has previously flown.
In the new orbit, which begins the second phase of its mission, MMS will continue to map out the fundamental characteristics of space aroun ... more SpaceKnow raises $4 Million in Series A funding NASA Taking Stock of Phytoplankton Populations in the Pacific Why the Earth's magnetic poles could be about to swap places |
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For astronomers trying to understand which distant planets might have habitable conditions, the role of atmospheric haze has been hazy. To help sort it out, a team of researchers has been looking to Earth - specifically Earth during the Archean era, an epic 1-1/2-billion-year period early in our planet's history.
Earth's atmosphere seems to have been quite different then, probably with lit ... more Fossil treasure-trove reveals post-extinction world ruled by sponges This spiny slug blazed a trail for snails Spiny, armored slug reveals ancestry of molluscs |
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Climate change is likely to increase U.S. electricity costs over the next century by billions of dollars more than economists previously forecast, according to a new study involving a University of Michigan researcher.
The study shows how higher temperatures will raise not just the average annual electricity demand, but more importantly, the peak demand. And to avoid brownouts and absorb t ... more Republican ex-top diplomats propose a carbon taxClimate change may overload US electrical grid: study Action is needed to make stagnant CO2 emissions fall |
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Superconductivity, where electrical currents course unhindered through a material, is one of modern physics' most intriguing scientific discoveries. It has many practical uses. Governments, industries, and health care and science centers all make use of superconductivity in applications extending from MRIs in hospitals to the cavities of particle accelerators, where scientists explore the fundam ... more How to recycle lithium batteries Researchers optimize the assembly of micro meso and macroporous carbon for Li-S batteries Building a better microbial fuel cell - using paper |
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If competition is the main evolutionary driver, why can so many species coexist within the same ecosystem instead to have a few that dominate? This a long and central question in ecology. Many ideas have been suggested in an attempt to explain this evolutionary paradox. Most of them are based on the importance of ecological niches for the maintenance of differentiated against dominated environme ... more Chinese police probe endangered animal banquet Trump wall could harm butterfly's migration: Mexican official Climate change responsible for the great diversity in horses |
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  Carrying the golden statue of a revered ancient general, villagers in eastern China dash wildly through waterlogged fields in a mud-spattered celebration of a local rebel adored for stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Spurred on by the roar of firecrackers and cheers of families crowded on muddy banks, teams of men splash through the quagmire, in a centuries-old ceremony that is part ... more Exile, jail, abduction: the hazardous lives of China's rich Missing Chinese billionaire targeted over stocks crash: report 'Abduction' of China tycoon sparks fear in Hong Kong |
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'Relationships' in the soil become stronger during the process of nature restoration. Although all major groups of soil life are already present in former agricultural soils, they are not really 'connected' at first. These connections need time to (literally) grow, and fungi are the star performers here. A European research team led by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) has shown t ... more Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study Honduras manages to stall pine-munching bugs' march |
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