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  Odense M, Denmark (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 Millions of years ago something happened, allowing early Homo sapiens to branch out from the primitive hominoid family tree. Was this crucial turn in human evolution partly driven by seaweed and its particular content of essential nutrients? Over the past 2.5 - 2 million years human brains have gone through the most significant development, and as a result modern-day humans are left with an organ that is the source of all the qualities that define humanity. Our ancestors needed lots of energy-rich ... read more |
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The oldest fossil giant penguinWashington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 Together with colleagues from New Zealand, Senckenberg scientist Dr. Gerald Mayr described a recently discovered fossil of a giant penguin with a body length of around 150 centimeters. The new find ... more  
First direct measurements of Pacific seabed sediments reveal strong methane sourceLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered a major source of an important greenhouse gas in the Tropical Pacific Ocean for the first time. Methane is a powerful gr ... more  
Coming soon: Oil spill-mapping swarms of flying dronesBuffalo NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Thousands of ants converge to follow the most direct path from their colony to their food and back. A swarm of inexpensive, unmanned drones quickly map an offshore oil spill. Each extremely complex ... more  
More mosquito species than previously thought may transmit ZikaAthens GA (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 Zika virus could be transmitted by more mosquito species than those currently known, according to a new predictive model created by ecologists at the University of Georgia and the Cary Institute of ... 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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New Questions on How Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans FormedCanberra, 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 q ... more  
Getting rid of the last bits of sulfur in fuelPasadena CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and diesel fuel. Sulfur compounds in fuels such as gasoline and diesel c ... more  
New use for paper industry's sludge and fly ash in plasticsEspoo, Finland (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland examined, as part of the EU's Reffibre project, whether new industrial applications could be developed for various types of sludge and fly ash generated by t ... more 
Calculating recharge of groundwater more preciselyFreiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 A team of international researchers led by University of Freiburg hydrologist Dr. Andreas Hartmann suggests that inclusion of currently missing key hydrological processes in large-scale climate chan ... more  
Dogs, toddlers show similarities in social intelligenceTucson AZ (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Most dog owners will tell you they consider their beloved pets to be members of their families. Now new research suggests that dogs may be even more like us than previously thought. Evan MacLean, di ... more  
MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobeSan Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd and DigitalGlobe, have announced a definitive merger agreement, pursuant to which MDA will acquire DigitalGlobe for US$35.00 per share in a combination of cas ... more |
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SpaceX delivers BAM-FX to ISS for Zero Gravity SolutionsBoca 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, ... more  
Arctic sea ice decline influences European weatherExeter, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 The dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice through climate change is unlikely to lead to more severe winter weather across Northern Europe, new research has shown. A pioneering new study has explored how A ... more  
Somali president declares 'national disaster' over droughtMogadishu (AFP) Feb 28, 2017 Somali's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" due to severe drought which aid agencies say has left some three million in crisis. ... more 
Plan to save Great Barrier Reef set back decades: expertsSydney (AFP) Feb 24, 2017 Australia's plan to rescue the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef has been set back at least two decades after the fragile ecosystem suffered its worst-ever bleaching last year, experts said Friday. ... more |
  Les Cayes, Haiti (AFP) Feb 27, 2017  Starjuin Regent is still waiting for Haitian government aid to help him rebuild his fishing business, which was destroyed last year by Hurricane Matthew.
In the nearly five months since the massive category five storm hit, residents are still struggling to rebuild shattered homes and businesses.
All the more reason then, for the ire of Regent and many others here over millions of dollars ... more Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 24, 2017Carnival helps Rio put crime, recession on back burner  Chicago (UPI) Feb 24, 2017Study shows parks, greenways may help reduce crime in Chicago  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  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Keeping Our Cool in Space |
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
A team of international researchers led by University of Freiburg hydrologist Dr. Andreas Hartmann suggests that inclusion of currently missing key hydrological processes in large-scale climate change impact models can significantly improve our estimates of water availability.
The study shows that groundwater recharge estimates for 560 million people in karst regions in Europe, the Middle ... more Miami (AFP) Feb 27, 2017New urgency in fight to restore Florida Everglades  Linkoping, Sweden (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Saab to provide support for Swedish navy underwater systems  London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First direct measurements of Pacific seabed sediments reveal strong methane source |
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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 challenge the perception that Arctic sea ice extent was unperturbed by human-caused climate change until the 1970s.
Scientists have observed Arctic sea ice loss since the mid-1970s and some cli ... more Newark DE (SPX) Feb 28, 2017International team reports ocean acidification spreading rapidly in Arctic Ocean  Exeter, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Arctic sea ice decline influences European weather  London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Simple rule predicts when an ice age ends |
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 University 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 and farmers, but now researchers are challenging this assertion and suggesting a new vision for the future of agriculture.
Research published in Bioscience suggests that production likely will n ... more Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2017'Our daily bread' has hidden climate costs  Liverpool, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017What's the buzz on bee parasites?  London (AFP) Feb 26, 2017Brexit sows seeds of doubt for British farmers |
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 Miami 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 Sea.
In a study conducted in the region two years prior to when Matthew's trekked across the Caribbean Sea, the research team in the Upper Ocean Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Miami (UM ... more Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017An insight into a physical phenomenon that leads to earthquakes  Santiago (AFP) Feb 27, 2017Water slowly restored in Chile capital after deadly floods  Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 24, 2017California requests $440 mn for flood control after dam crisis |
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 Niamey (AFP) Feb 26, 2017  France is to send a contingent of counterterror forces to help the army in Niger after militants ambushed a military patrol killing 16, the defence ministry said.
The decision, announced late Saturday, was taken following a request from President Mahamadou Issoufou after Wednesday's attack near the border with Mali.
The deadly ambush, which took place in an area some 200 kilometres (120 ... more Bangui, CAR (AFP) Feb 26, 2017UN airstrikes in C.Africa target 'heavily armed' militia  Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Feb 23, 201716 killed in three days of DR Congo clashes  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 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  Boston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Tiny fibers open new windows into the brain |
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 Washington 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 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 Mogadishu (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Somali president declares 'national disaster' over drought  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 |
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 London, 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 smuggling and slave labor. Illegal in many cases, transshipment has been largely invisible and nearly impossible to manage, because it often occurs far from shore and out of sight. Until now.
Tod ... more Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017The Long Shot: Photographing A Milk Carton 3500 Kilometres Away  San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 27, 2017Sentinel-2B satellite ready for launch from Kourou |
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 College 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 separate at undersea mountain ridges, where molten rock spreads out from the centers of major ocean basins.
But new research suggests that this was not always the case. Instead, shortly after Earth ... more Bristol, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017New study gives weight to Darwin's theory of 'living fossils'  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017The oldest fossil giant penguin  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017New Questions on How Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Formed |
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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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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and diesel fuel. Sulfur compounds in fuels such as gasoline and diesel create air pollution when the fuel is burned.
To address that challenge, large-scale oil refinery processes remove the majority of sulfur from fuel down to a government-mandated level. The new te ... more Austin TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Lithium-ion battery inventor introduces new technology for fast-charging, noncombustible batteries  Vernon CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Romeo Power expands EV battery pack production in Southern California  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Donut-shaped fusion plasmas decrease adverse turbulence |
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 Utrecht, 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 the daily movement behaviour of wintering mallards is highly predictable from the landscape they live in and that their daily flights contribute to maintaining the connections between wetland plant po ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Dogs, toddlers show similarities in social intelligence  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 27, 2017  Pro-democracy protesters Monday gatecrashed a press conference by Hong Kong leadership hopeful Carrie Lam, displaying banners criticising a "rigged election" as the woman seen as China's favourite unveiled her policy.
Around a dozen activists including Joshua Wong, the face of 2014's mass pro-democracy protests, entered the venue minutes before the start and demanded to be allowed to communi ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 28, 2017China's favourite wins strong backing in Hong Kong leadership race  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' |
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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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