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  London (AFP) Feb 26, 2017 Dependent on foreign workers and subsidies from Brussels, Britain's small but important agricultural sector is losing sleep over the possible fallout from Brexit, but hopes a future outside the EU will open up new export opportunities. Since Britain voted last June to exit the European Union, the country's finance, car and airline sectors have been lobbying the loudest for continued access to the European single market. The agricultural sector - which represents less than one percent of Britain ... read more |
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First-ever global view of transshipment in commercial fishing industryLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Transshipment, the transfer of goods from one boat to another, is a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the global seafood market. It has also been associated with drug s ... more  
Study finds high levels of toxic chemicals in house catsStockholm (UPI) Feb 24, 2017 Your cat is a repository for chemicals in your home. As scientists suspected, tests show harmful chemicals can accumulate in the blood of healthy cats. ... more  
California requests $440 mn for flood control after dam crisisLos Angeles (AFP) Feb 24, 2017 California's governor announced Friday a $437 million plan for flood control and emergency response following a recent crisis in which the tallest dam in the United States nearly failed, causing massive evacuations. ... more  
Tiny fibers open new windows into the brainBoston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 For the first time ever, a single flexible fiber no bigger than a human hair has successfully delivered a combination of optical, electrical, and chemical signals back and forth into the brain, putt ... 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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Forests worldwide threatened by droughtStirling, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Forests around the world are at risk of death due to widespread drought, University of Stirling researchers have found. An analysis, published in the journal Ecology Letters, suggests that forests a ... more 
Four million without water in deadly Chile floodsSantiago (AFP) Feb 26, 2017 Rainstorms and landslides in Chile killed four and contaminated a major river, forcing authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital, authorities said. ... more 
An insight into a physical phenomenon that leads to earthquakesPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they're still in the dark about when they will strike and how devastating they will be. In the search for clues that wil ... more  
Study shows parks, greenways may help reduce crime in ChicagoChicago (UPI) Feb 24, 2017 New research suggests urban green space like parks and greenways may play a role in diminishing crime. ... more 
Widely accepted vision for agriculture may be inaccurate, misleadingUniversity Park PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 "Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population." This truism has been repeated so often in recent years that it has become widely accepted among academics, policymakers ... more 
38,000-year-old pointillism rock art found in FranceNew York (UPI) Feb 24, 2017 Newly discovered rock art in France suggests the origins pointillism, the painting technique made popular by Georges Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh, can be traced back more than 35,000 years to the Upper Paleolithic. ... more |
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Rio sets aside recession, violence fears for carnivalRio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 24, 2017 The economy is crumbling and street protests are turning violent, but Rio de Janeiro put all worries aside for the opening of carnival Friday. ... more  
Wintering ducks connect isolated wetlands by dispersing plant seedsUtrecht, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Plant populations in wetland areas face increasing isolation as wetlands are globally under threat from habitat loss and fragmentation. Erik Kleyheeg and Merel Soons of Utrecht University show that ... more 
Guatemala's Volcano of Fire eruptsGuatemala City (AFP) Feb 26, 2017 Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupted Saturday, spewing lava and sending up plumes of ash that rained down on nearby communities and could eventually reach the capital, civil protection authorities said. ... more  
New study gives weight to Darwin's theory of 'living fossils'Bristol, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 A team of researchers from the University of Bristol studying the 'living fossil' Sphenodon - or tuatara - have identified a new way to measure the evolutionary rate of these enigmatic creatures, gi ... more |
  Al-Buseif, Iraq (AFP) Feb 21, 2017  On the edge of the village of Al-Buseif, captured overnight from the Islamic State group by Iraqi forces advancing on western Mosul, a federal policeman signalled to fleeing civilians.
The small group of villagers, some carrying makeshift white flags, walked slowly along a dirt road in the valley below, metres (yards) from the western bank of the Tigris river.
They were the first civilia ... more Rome (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Berlusconi lunch on auction to help Italy quake victims  Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' sought by Sri Lanka agents: lawyer  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 24, 2017Rio sets aside recession, violence fears for carnival |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
When John Crocker, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science was a graduate student, his advisor gathered together everyone in his lab to "throw down the gauntlet" on a new challenge in the field.
Someone had predicted that if one could grow colloidal crystals that had the same structure as carbon atom ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2017NASA team develops modular avionics systems for small missions  Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2017Raytheon gets contract for Silent Knight radar systems  London (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Kelvin Hughes to provide SharpEye radars for U.K. OPVs |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Incentive-based solutions offer significant hope for addressing the myriad environmental challenges facing the world's oceans - that's the central message a leading marine ecologist delivered in Boston during a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Jane Lubchenco, a distinguished professor in the Oregon State University College of Sc ... more Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Basking sharks seek out winter sun  Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming: study  Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Cash-strapped Rio de Janeiro to privatize water utility |
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
A simple rule can accurately predict when Earth's climate warms out of an ice age, according to new research led by UCL. In a new study published in Nature, researchers from UCL (University College London), University of Cambridge and University of Louvain have combined existing ideas to solve the problem of which solar energy peaks in the last 2.6 million years led to the melting of the ice she ... more Norwich, UK (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Local weather impacts melting of one of Antarctica's fastest-retreating glaciers  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New pathway for Greenland meltwater to reach ocean identified  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2017Descent into a Frozen Underworld |
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 Boca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 
Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology public company commercializing its technology derived from and designed for Space with significant applications for agriculture on Earth, announced that its research experiment using its BAM-FXmicronutrient product was successfully delivered today to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceXCRS-10 Dragon cargo resupply mission ... more Mumbai (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Mumbai's original inhabitants fear world's tallest statue  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Researchers unravel powerful tool in maize breeding  University Park PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Widely accepted vision for agriculture may be inaccurate, misleading |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they're still in the dark about when they will strike and how devastating they will be. In the search for clues that will help them better understand earthquakes, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania are studying a phenomenon called ageing.
In ageing, the longer that materials are in contact with each oth ... more Managua (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Argentine researcher falls into Nicaragua volcano  Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 24, 2017California requests $440 mn for flood control after dam crisis  Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Thousands flee as floodwaters threaten California city |
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo's army against a rebel militia, a military spokesman told AFP Thursday.
Guillaume Djike, a spokesman for the army in troubled North Kivu province in the east of the nation, said 16 people had been killed from Monday to Wednesday, while five rebels from the M23 militia had been cap ... more Niamey (AFP) Feb 26, 2017France sends backup to Niger after 16 troops killed  Bangui, CAR (AFP) Feb 26, 2017UN airstrikes in C.Africa target 'heavily armed' militia  Abidjan (AFP) Feb 22, 2017I.Coast hosting bid to save its last chimpanzees |
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 New York (UPI) Feb 24, 2017 
Newly discovered rock art in France suggests the origins pointillism, the painting technique made popular by Georges Seurat and Vincent Van Gogh, can be traced back more than 35,000 years to the Upper Paleolithic.
Most art historians date the birth of pointillist techniques to the 1880s, but 16 engraved limestone blocks in France's Vézère Valley suggest the technique was being used by ... more Boston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Tiny fibers open new windows into the brain  Aztec, N.M. (UPI) Feb 21, 2017New evidence highlights maternal hierarchy of Pueblo Bonito  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Flat-footed fighters |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Rising temperatures could accelerate climate change by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide stored in ponds and increasing the methane they release, new research shows. The scientists experimentally warmed an array of ponds over seven years by 4-5+ C and studied the impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and rates of metabolism.
Changes observed after the first year became "amplified" over a ... more Quixeramobim, Brazil (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Brazil's poorest region suffers worst drought in a century  Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2017Climate study delivers dire warning on Alpine snow  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2017Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
The Earth's core consists mostly of a huge ball of liquid metal lying at 3000 km beneath its surface, surrounded by a mantle of hot rock. Notably, at such great depths, both the core and mantle are subject to extremely high pressures and temperatures.
Furthermore, research indicates that the slow creeping flow of hot buoyant rocks - moving several centimeters per year - carries heat away f ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 27, 2017Sentinel-2B satellite ready for launch from Kourou  Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017NASA to launch sequel to successful Lightning Study Mission |
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 Bristol, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
A team of researchers from the University of Bristol studying the 'living fossil' Sphenodon - or tuatara - have identified a new way to measure the evolutionary rate of these enigmatic creatures, giving credence to Darwin's theory of 'living fossils'.
The tuatara is a relatively large lizard-like animal that once lived on the main islands of New Zealand but has been pushed to smaller, offs ... more Washington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Rare fossil discovery raises questions  Bristol UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017400 million year old gigantic extinct monster worm discovered in Canadian museum  Woods Hole MA (SPX) Feb 10, 2017MBL study illuminates the origin of vertebrate gills |
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 Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017  Even with international praise for its renewable energy strategy, New Zealand's government said there is room for improvement.
An annual review of the New Zealand energy sector from the International Energy Agency described the country as a "success story" for its ability to advance on low-carbon options like hydro-electric power and geothermal energy, all without government subsidies. ... more Strasbourg, France (AFP) Feb 15, 2017EU parliament backs draft carbon trading reforms  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 |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
As devices become smaller and more powerful, they require faster, smaller, more stable batteries. University of Illinois chemists have developed a superionic solid that could be the basis of next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
Chemistry professor Prashant Jain and graduate students Sarah White and Progna Banerjee described the material - ultrasmall nanoclusters of copper selenide - in t ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 22, 2017New hydronium-ion battery presents opportunity for more sustainable energy storage  Sendai, Japan (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Waste silicon sawdust recycled into anode for lithium-ion battery  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Stabilizing energy storage |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Termites and ants are mortal enemies, their predator-prey relationship dating back into the Miocene. Both armies, if they come into contact, will fight to the death. Yet termites, despite being sightless, carry out their work within millimetres of ant nests thanks to an incredible talent.
University of New South Wales (Canberra) researchers Sebastian Oberst (now Senior Lecturer at the newl ... more Utrecht, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Wintering ducks connect isolated wetlands by dispersing plant seeds  Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Bees can learn to roll a ball for food: study  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Those who help each other can invade harsher environments |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Wednesday after a high-profile corruption trial found him guilty of misconduct during his time at the helm of the city.
Tsang, 72, who held the leadership post of chief executive for seven years from 2005, is the most senior city official ever to be convicted in a criminal trial and the highest ranking one to be pu ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 23, 2017China muzzles feminist group over anti-Trump posts  Shanghai (AFP) Feb 22, 2017China selfie-app leader seeks to 'beautify the world'  Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Film depicts crackdown on China labour advocates |
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 Stirling, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Forests around the world are at risk of death due to widespread drought, University of Stirling researchers have found. An analysis, published in the journal Ecology Letters, suggests that forests are at risk globally from the increased frequency and severity of droughts.
The study found a similar response in trees across the world, where death increases consistently with increases in drou ... more Yangon (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Myanmar makes record seizures of illegal timber  Syracuse, N.Y. (UPI) Feb 22, 2017Study: The forest is getting farther away, especially in rural America  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestation |
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