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  Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 As the world warms, mountain snowpack will not only melt earlier, it will also melt more slowly, according to a new study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The counterintuitive finding, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, could have widespread implications for water supplies, ecosystem health, and flood risk. "When snowmelt shifts earlier in the year, the snow is no longer melting under the high sun angles of late spring and early summer," ... read more |
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Trilobite eggs in New YorkBoulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Despite a plethora of exceptionally preserved trilobites, trilobite reproduction has remained a mystery. No previously described trilobite has had unambiguous eggs or genitalia preserved. This study ... more 
Earth probably began with a solid shellCollege Park MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Today's Earth is a dynamic planet with an outer layer composed of giant plates that grind together, sliding past or dipping beneath one another, giving rise to earthquakes and volcanoes. Others sepa ... more  
Study targets warm water rings that fuel hurricane intensificationMiami FL (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Last year's devastating category-5 hurricane - Matthew - may be one of many past examples of a tropical storm fueled by massive rings of warm water that exist in the upper reaches of the Caribbean S ... more  
Neanderthal DNA contributes to human gene expressionLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 The last Neanderthal died 40,000 years ago, but much of their genome lives on, in bits and pieces, through modern humans. The impact of Neanderthals' genetic contribution has been uncertain: Do thes ... 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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Air pollution may have masked mid-20th Century sea ice lossWashington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Humans may have been altering Arctic sea ice longer than previously thought, according to researchers studying the effects of air pollution on sea ice growth in the mid-20th Century. The new results ... more 
Study shows ancient humans arrived in South America in multiple wavesBuffalo NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Analysis of ancient human skulls found in southeastern Brazil are providing new insights into the complex narrative of human migration from our origins in sub-Saharan Africa to the peopling of the A ... more 
Will naming the Anthropocene lead to acceptance of our planet-level impactBethlehem PA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This phrase - from William Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet - is among the most famous acknowledgement ... more  
Humans sparked 84 percent of US wildfires, increased fire season over 2 decadesBoulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Humans have dramatically increased the spatial and seasonal extent of wildfires across the U.S. in recent decades and ignited more than 840,000 blazes in the spring, fall and winter seasons over a 2 ... more  
Just how early is spring arriving in your neighborhoodWashington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Even Punxsutawaney Phil can't be blamed for being baffled this year and hightailing it back to his burrow. He predicted six more weeks of winter on Feb 2, but by then spring was already springing we ... more  
Recovering predators and preySanta Barbara CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 If you build it, they will come. That's historically been a common approach to species recovery: Grow the prey population first and predators will quickly return. As it turns out, that's not quite t ... more |
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 Newfound primate teeth take a big bite out of the evolutionary tree of life  
Warming temperatures could trigger starvation, extinctions in deep oceansCorvallis OR (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Researchers from 20 of the world's leading oceanographic research centers today warned that the world's largest habitat - the deep ocean floor - may face starvation and sweeping ecological change by ... more  
Forests to play major role in meeting Paris climate targetsBristol, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Forests are set to play a major role in meeting the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement - however, accurately monitoring progress toward the "below 2 C" target requires a consistent approach t ... more 
International team reports ocean acidification spreading rapidly in Arctic OceanNewark DE (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Ocean acidification (OA) is spreading rapidly in the western Arctic Ocean in both area and depth, according to new interdisciplinary research reported in Nature Climate Change by a team of internati ... more  
Two radar eyes are better than oneParis (ESA) Feb 28, 2017 A novel airborne experiment over the flat agricultural landscape of the Netherlands recently simulated, for the first time, images that could be taken by radar satellites orbiting in tandem. Involvi ... more |
  Rome (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  Fancy a lunch with Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media tycoon and disgraced ex-prime minister of Italy? You'll be helping the country's earthquake victims if you're ready to pay the price.
The Italian Red Cross and CharityStars, a fund-raising website, is auctioning off a "business lunch" in Milan with 80-year-old Berlusconi, who faced a string of legal cases before being convicted of c ... more Les Cayes, Haiti (AFP) Feb 27, 2017Haitians' ire over carnival spending amid hurricane's ruins Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 24, 2017Rio sets aside recession, violence fears for carnival  Ottawa (AFP) Feb 25, 2017Canada conservationist warns of 'cyber poaching |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
It takes rocket science to launch and fly spacecraft to faraway planets and moons, but a deep understanding of how materials perform under extreme conditions is also needed to enter and land on planets with atmospheres. X-ray science is playing a key role, too, in ensuring future spacecraft survive in extreme environments as they descend through otherworldly atmospheres and touch down safely on ... more Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017York Space partners with Metropolitan State for Denver satellite facility  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 |
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Researchers from 20 of the world's leading oceanographic research centers today warned that the world's largest habitat - the deep ocean floor - may face starvation and sweeping ecological change by the year 2100.
Warming ocean temperatures, increased acidification and the spread of low-oxygen zones will drastically alter the biodiversity of the deep ocean floor from 200 to 6,000 meters be ... more Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Basking sharks seek out winter sun  Boston MA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Marine ecologist offers suggestions for achieving a strong, lasting 'blue economy'  Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2017Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming: study |
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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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Air pollution may have masked mid-20th Century sea ice loss  Newark DE (SPX) Feb 28, 2017International team reports ocean acidification spreading rapidly in Arctic Ocean  Norwich, UK (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Local weather impacts melting of one of Antarctica's fastest-retreating glaciers |
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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 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  Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2017'Our daily bread' has hidden climate costs |
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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 Santiago (AFP) Feb 27, 2017Water slowly restored in Chile capital after deadly floods  Miami FL (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Study targets warm water rings that fuel hurricane intensification  Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 24, 2017California requests $440 mn for flood control after dam crisis |
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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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Fossil hunters have found part of an ancient primate jawbone related to lemurs - the primitive primate group distantly connected to monkeys, apes and humans, a USC researcher said.
Biren Patel, an associate professor of clinical cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been digging for fossils in a paleontologically rich area of Kashmir in northern India for six yea ... more London, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Neanderthal DNA contributes to human gene expression  Buffalo NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Study shows ancient humans arrived in South America in multiple waves  Bethlehem PA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Will naming the Anthropocene lead to acceptance of our planet-level impact |
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Even Punxsutawaney Phil can't be blamed for being baffled this year and hightailing it back to his burrow. He predicted six more weeks of winter on Feb 2, but by then spring was already springing well ahead of historical norms in much of the USA.
While we've known for a over a decade now that climate change is variably advancing the onset of spring across the United States, a new set of ma ... more Exeter, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Warming ponds could accelerate climate change  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 |
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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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First-ever global view of transshipment in commercial fishing industry  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017The Long Shot: Photographing A Milk Carton 3500 Kilometres Away  Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017NASA to launch sequel to successful Lightning Study Mission |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found seawater cycles throughout the Earth's interior down to 2,900 km (1,800 miles), much deeper than previously thought, reopening questions about how the atmosphere and oceans formed.
A popular theory is that the atmosphere and oceans formed by releasing water and gases from the Earth's mantle through volcanic activity duri ... more Bristol, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017New study gives weight to Darwin's theory of 'living fossils'  Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Trilobite eggs in New York  College Park MD (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Earth probably began with a solid shell |
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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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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Because the sun doesn't always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for wind power facilities, since the wind doesn't always blow. To take full advantage of renewable energy, electrical grids need large batteries that can store the power coming from wind and solar installations until it is needed. Some of the current technologies that are potenti ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Triboelectric nanogenerators boost mass spectrometry performance  Vernon CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Romeo Power expands EV battery pack production in Southern California  Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Getting rid of the last bits of sulfur in fuel |
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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  Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Recovering predators and prey  Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 27, 2017South Africa rhino poaching dips, stays above 1,000 |
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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, 2017Over 30,000 gather to support jailed Hong Kong cops: reports |
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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 Bristol, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Forests to play major role in meeting Paris climate targets  Syracuse, N.Y. (UPI) Feb 22, 2017Study: The forest is getting farther away, especially in rural America  Yangon (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Myanmar makes record seizures of illegal timber |
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