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  Columbia MO (SPX) Feb 14, 2017 Invisible to the naked eye, cyst nematodes are a major threat to agriculture, causing billions of dollars in global crop losses every year. A group of plant scientists, led by University of Missouri researchers, recently found one of the mechanisms cyst nematodes use to invade and drain life-sustaining nutrients from soybean plants. Understanding the molecular basis of interactions between plants and nematodes could lead to the development of new strategies to control these major agricultural pests and ... read more |
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Genetic 'switch' offers clues to evolutionary origins of fine motor skillsNew York NY (SPX) Feb 10, 2017 Researchers have identified a genetic signature found exclusively in the nerve cells that supply, or innervate, the muscles of an organism's outermost extremities: the hands and feet. This signature ... more  
Oceans have lost 2 percent of oxygen, says studyParis (AFP) Feb 15, 2017 The world's oceans have lost more than two percent of their oxygen since 1960, with potentially devastating consequences for sea plants and animals, marine scientists said Wednesday. ... more  
Local weather impacts melting of one of Antarctica's fastest-retreating glaciersNorwich, UK (SPX) Feb 21, 2017 Local weather plays an important part in the retreat of the ice shelves in West Antarctica, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. The study led by scientists at t ... more 
New pathway for Greenland meltwater to reach ocean identifiedGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 Cracks in the Greenland Ice Sheet let one of its aquifers drain to the ocean, new NASA research finds. The aquifers, discovered only recently, are unusual in that they trap large amounts of liquid w ... more |
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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 Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as super typhoon nears |
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Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestationZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 In order to restore tropical rainforests, it is not enough to simply set up protected areas and leave them to their own devices. In particular, tree species with large fruit and seeds distributed by ... more 
90 percent of fish used for fishmeal are prime fishVancouver, Canada (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 Every year for the past 60 years, an average of 20 million tonnes of fish caught in the global ocean have not been used to nourish people. A new study emerging from the Sea Around Us project at the ... more 
Maize study finds genes that help crops adapt to changeIthaca NY (SPX) Feb 21, 2017 Over many thousands of years, farmers have bred maize varieties so the crops are optimally adapted to local environments. A new study, published in Nature Genetics, analyzed close to 4,500 maize var ... more  
Decline of grass threatens world's most endangered antelopeLaramie WY (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 University of Wyoming researchers took a big step toward solving the mystery of the decline of hirola, a rare African antelope, conducting wildlife research in one of the most formidable environment ... more 
Bioinvasion on the riseKonstanz, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 "It had remained unclear whether or not the accumulation of alien species has already reached a point of slow-down", says Dr Hanno Seebens from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Cent ... more 
Gabon's forest elephants slain for ivory at alarming rateMiami (AFP) Feb 20, 2017 Poachers are killing elephants for their ivory at an alarming rate in the central African nation of Gabon, leading to a loss of 80 percent of the population in the last decade. ... more |
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 British Museum training Iraqi experts to save Mosul heritage 
Cash-strapped Rio de Janeiro to privatize water utilityRio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 20, 2017 Legislators for financially strapped Rio de Janeiro state voted Monday to approve privatization of the public water utility despite a strike by workers and threats of protests. ... more  
A tonne of ivory, hacked into pieces, seized in UgandaKampala (AFP) Feb 20, 2017 Ugandan authorities have seized more than a tonne of ivory, chopped into small pieces and treated with a chemical intended to prevent it being detected, the national wildlife protection service said Monday. ... more  
DR Congo snubs calls for inquiry of massacre videoKinshasa (AFP) Feb 20, 2017 The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday flatly rejected international calls to investigate a video purporting to show a massacre of unarmed men and women by DR Congo soldiers. ... more 
Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming: studyParis (AFP) Feb 20, 2017 Tiny natural ponds pose an overlooked danger for speeding up global warming, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. ... more |
  Boston MA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 
The drumbeat calling scientists to share their work with the public is as loud as ever, and Tracey Holloway is happy to answer. It's just that education isn't exactly what she's offering. She's got satellites.
"We have hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of data from satellites that have been up in space for over 10 years," says Holloway, a professor of environmental studies at the Univ ... more Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 20, 2017DR Congo snubs calls for inquiry of massacre video London (AFP) Feb 20, 2017British Museum training Iraqi experts to save Mosul heritage  Tokyo (AFP) Feb 16, 2017'Scorpion' robot mission inside Fukushima reactor aborted |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Feb 10, 2017 
Machines and devices used in modern industry are required to withstand harsh conditions. When the environmental temperature changes, the volume of the materials used to make these devices usually changes slightly, typically by less than 0.01%. Although this may seem like a trivial change, over time this thermal expansion can seriously degrade the performance of industrial systems and equipment. ... more Paris (ESA) Feb 21, 2017ESA's six-legged Suntracker flying on a Dragon  Perth, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Sky and Space signs agreement with US Department of Defence  Ashburn VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Curtiss-Wright offers COTS Module for measuring microgravity acceleration |
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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2017 
The demand for raw materials is rising continuously, forcing mining companies to use lower-grade ores and to explore at greater depths. This could lead to a decline in production in the coming decades.
Many industrialized economies also depend on imports of metals for their high-tech industries. Some of these metals occur in ore deposits that are found only in a few countries. In order to ... more Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming: study  Boston (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Deep sea mining gets a second look  Rome (AFP) Feb 17, 201710 Italian execs found guilty over polluted water supply |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2017 
Mt. Erebus is at the end of our world - and offers a portal to another. It's our planet's southernmost active volcano, reaching 12,448 feet (3,794 meters) above Ross Island in Antarctica. Temperatures at the surface are well below freezing most of the year, but that doesn't stop visits from scientists: Erebus is also one of the few volcanoes in the world with an exposed lava lake. You can peer o ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New pathway for Greenland meltwater to reach ocean identified  Norwich, UK (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Local weather impacts melting of one of Antarctica's fastest-retreating glaciers  Berlin (AFP) Feb 17, 2017Arctic cultures take climate fight to Berlin film fest |
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 Palo Alto, Calif. (UPI) Feb 13, 2017  Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new method for accurately measuring crop yields using satellite images. Scientists hope their new strategy will help researchers track agricultural productivity in developing countries where farming data is limited.
"Improving agricultural productivity is going to be one of the main ways to reduce hunger and improve livelihoods in poor ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Maize study finds genes that help crops adapt to change  Urbana IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Snap beans hard to grow in cover crop residue  Columbia MO (SPX) Feb 14, 2017New idea to fight billion-dollar threat to soybean production |
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 Maputo (AFP) Feb 17, 2017 
Cyclone Dineo killed seven people, injured 55 and displaced more than 100,000 as it battered southern Mozambique, natural disasters agencies said Friday.
The National Institute of Disaster Management said that among the 55 people injured, four were in critical condition.
More than 650,000 people in the southeastern African country were also affected since the storm made landfall late Wed ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Researchers catch extreme waves with higher-resolution modeling  Rome (AFP) Feb 15, 2017Italy asks EU aid as cost of quakes hits 23 bn euros  Maputo (AFP) Feb 15, 2017Cyclone bears down on Mozambique coast |
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 Bamako (AFP) Feb 17, 2017 
A key step on the road to peace in northern Mali will take place Saturday when interim local authorities begin work, smoothing the path to municipal elections, the Malian government said.
Tuareg-led rebels led an uprising in 2012 that was hijacked by jihadists, throwing northern Mali into chaos, but the rebels signed an accord in 2015 without the Islamists.
Putting into place interim aut ... more Kampala (AFP) Feb 20, 2017A tonne of ivory, hacked into pieces, seized in Uganda  Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 19, 2017Under pressure DR Congo govt vows to stem violence  Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 18, 2017DR Congo dubs video massacre fake, but admits "excesses" |
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 
Walking on our heels, a feature that separates great apes, including humans, from other primates, confers advantages in fighting, according to a new University of Utah study published in Biology Open.
Although moving from the balls of the feet is important for quickness, standing with heels planted allows more swinging force, according to study lead author and biologist David Carrier, sugg ... more Boston (AFP) Feb 17, 2017Advances in imaging could deepen knowledge of brain  Kingston, Ontario (UPI) Feb 14, 2017Study: The human brain always has a backup plan  Geneva (AFP) Feb 15, 2017Study links working remotely to more stress, insomnia |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2017  The Alpine skiing season may be much shorter by century's end, and limited to a smaller area, said a climate study Thursday warning of snow cover loss as high as 70 percent.
Most climate models predict increased winter precipitation due to global warming, scientists wrote in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal The Cryosphere.
But with temperatures rising too, the is likely to be ... more Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2017Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2017Scientists argue current climate change models understate the problem  College Park, Md. (UPI) Feb 8, 2017Researchers say climate models understate risk, ignore human factors |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 
A hit Hollywood film often leads to a sequel. Sometimes those movies do well, but rarely will they eclipse the original. Undaunted by those odds, NASA is set to reboot a successful study of Earth's lightning from space - this time from the unique vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS).
A team of Earth scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, ... more Paris (ESA) Feb 17, 2017Sentinel-2 teams prepare for space  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Earth Science on the Space Station continues to grow  Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Feb 15, 2017Ancient Judea jars reveal earth's magnetic field is fluctuating, not diminishing |
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 New York NY (SPX) Feb 10, 2017 
Researchers have identified a genetic signature found exclusively in the nerve cells that supply, or innervate, the muscles of an organism's outermost extremities: the hands and feet. This signature, observed in both mice and chicks, involves the coordinated activity of multiple genes, and is fundamentally distinct from cells innervating nearby anatomical regions, such as more proximal muscles i ... more Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 10, 2017MBL study illuminates the origin of vertebrate gills  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Feb 15, 2017Fossil discovery rewrites understanding of reproductive evolution  Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Feb 14, 2017A kiss of death - mammals were the first animals to produce venom |
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 Strasbourg, France (AFP) Feb 15, 2017 
The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted draft reforms of Europe's carbon market after 2021, a key step in reaching the bloc's climate change goals.
The European Commission published its reform plans in July 2015 for the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS), the world's largest.
Ivo Belet, climate spokesman for the centre-right European People's party, said the "balanced" reforms woul ... more Taipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2017Taiwan lantern makers go green for festival of lights  Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2017Republican ex-top diplomats propose a carbon tax  Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 08, 2017Electricity costs: A new way they'll surge in a warming world |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 
Wearable electronics are here - the most prominent versions are sold in the form of watches or sports bands. But soon, more comfortable products could become available in softer materials made in part with an unexpected ingredient: green tea.
Researchers report in ACS' The Journal of Physical Chemistry C a new flexible and compact rechargeable energy storage device for wearable electronics ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Looking for the next leap in rechargeable batteries Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Looking for the next leap in rechargeable batteries  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Accelerating low-carbon innovation through policy |
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 Laramie WY (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 
University of Wyoming researchers took a big step toward solving the mystery of the decline of hirola, a rare African antelope, conducting wildlife research in one of the most formidable environments - the border region of eastern Kenya and southern Somalia.
"In spite of a long history of coexistence between hirola and local people, we think overgrazing, loss of elephants from poaching and ... more Miami (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Gabon's forest elephants slain for ivory at alarming rate  Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany (UPI) Feb 17, 2017How ants find their way in the desert  Jakarta (AFP) Feb 16, 2017Indonesian orangutan brutally killed and eaten |
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 Tufang, China (AFP) Feb 16, 2017 
Looking like living dress-up dolls, elaborately costumed children are paraded through an eastern China village as firecrackers roar, commemorating the end of barbaric child sacrifices hundreds of years ago.
It's an annual event in the village of Tufang in coastal Fujian province, where China's Hakka community is concentrated and marks its unique history with a range of colourful festivals. ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 17, 2017Hong Kong police jailed over attack on democracy protester  Fangshan, China (AFP) Feb 18, 2017Struggle against evil sparks China ritual  Beijing (AFP) Feb 16, 2017Ex-VP of China's top court jailed for life over graft |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 
In order to restore tropical rainforests, it is not enough to simply set up protected areas and leave them to their own devices. In particular, tree species with large fruit and seeds distributed by birds will have to be actively planted.
This is one of the conclusions of a large-scale study by scientists from ETH Zurich in the Western Ghats, the mountain range running along the western co ... more Jena, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2017How much biomass grows in the savannah  Wageningen, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 10, 2017Why nature restoration takes time  Gambier OH (SPX) Feb 07, 2017Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds |
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