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  Hanover NH (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 As bumblebees forage for nectar from one flower to the next, at a certain point, they will move to another area once their search for food becomes too inefficient. This behavior, also observed among other animals, conforms to a prevalent model in biology called the "marginal value theorem." In like manner, groups of modern hunter-gatherers relocate their camps to maximize their foraging efficiency, according to a Dartmouth study published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the Natio ... read more |
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Uproar as Norway paves way for hunting wolvesOslo (AFP) March 3, 2017 Norway's government on Friday paved the way for recreational hunting of wolves, a policy reversal that incensed green campaigners seeking to protect the endangered species. ... more 
Remains of leukemia ancestor found in bat genomeWashington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 Scientists found genetic traces of early leukemia ancestors in the genomes of bats. The discovery, detailed in the journal PNAS, fills the "last major gap" in the retrovirus lineage. ... more 
Ants adapt surprisingly quickly to rising city temperaturesWashington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 Evolution isn't relegated to large timescales; it can be measured across timespans as small as a century. New research in Cleveland, Ohio, shows acorn ants there have quickly adjusted to rising urban temperatures. ... more  
Rare beaked whale makes film debutParis (AFP) March 7, 2017 True's beaked whales, an elusive and little-studied mammal, have been captured on video for the first time, researchers said Tuesday, helping to flesh out a sketchy species record. ... more |
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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 Tornado kills six, injures 750 as it wrecks southern Brazil town |
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Massive Hong Kong shark fin seizure as ban floutedHong Kong (AFP) March 7, 2017 Hong Kong authorities have seized more than a tonne of shark fins as activists warn traders are sneaking the sought-after delicacy into the city by mislabelling shipments to get around bans by major transporters. ... more 
Sea of Galilee water level lowest in century: officialJerusalem (AFP) March 7, 2017 The lake where Christians believe Jesus walked on water has declined to its lowest level in a hundred years, an Israeli official said Tuesday. ... more  
PM hails Ben Guerdane battle as Tunisia 'turning point'Ben Guerdane, Tunisia (AFP) March 7, 2017 The battle against jihadists in Ben Guerdane a year ago was a "turning point" for Tunisia, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Tuesday during a visit to commemorate the anniversary. ... more  
Jihadist tunnels save Assyrian winged bulls of MosulMosul, Iraq (AFP) March 7, 2017 Crawl through a labyrinth of narrow tunnels in near total darkness and suddenly they appear: two great winged bulls dating from the Assyrian empire found intact under the ground of Mosul. ... more  
Is Arctic sea ice doomed to disappear?Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017 There's good and bad news for people, and polar bears, threatened by the Arctic's vanishing sea ice, scientists said Monday. ... more 
U.S. Air Force retires first HC-130 search and rescue aircraftValdosta GA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 U.S. Air Force personnel have formally retired King 52, the branch's first HC-130P/N combat search and rescue aircraft. ... more |
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Three killed as cyclone Enawo batters MadagascarAntananarivo (AFP) March 7, 2017 Tropical cyclone Enawo slammed into Madagascar on Tuesday, killing three people and displacing hundreds as it buffeted the island with hurricane-force winds and pounding rain. ... more 
Southern California fault systems capable of magnitude 7.3 earthquakesLos Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 New analysis of coastal fault systems in Southern California suggest the region is capable of a magnitude 7.3 earthquake. ... more  
'Angry' Australian summer weather smashes recordsSydney (AFP) March 8, 2017 Australia endured a summer of record-breaking extremes, scientists said Wednesday, with climate change tipped to increase the frequency and severity of such phenomena. ... more  
Canada faces 'herculean shift' to meet climate targetsOttawa (AFP) March 7, 2017 Canada requires a "herculean shift" in energy use to meet its international commitment to reduce greenhouse gases, according to a Senate study out Tuesday. ... more |
  United Nations, United States (AFP) March 6, 2017 
Syrian children terrified by shelling and airstrikes are showing signs of severe emotional distress and could grow up to be a generation "lost to trauma," Save the Children warned Monday.
Interviews with more than 450 children and adults showed a high level of psychological stress among children, with many suffering from frequent bedwetting or developing speech impediments.
At least thr ... more Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 7, 2017Jihadist tunnels save Assyrian winged bulls of Mosul  Valdosta GA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017U.S. Air Force retires first HC-130 search and rescue aircraft  Tripoli (AFP) March 3, 2017115 migrants rescued, 25 missing: Libya navy |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Aireon has announced that Thales has officially begun the testing and validation of the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) data. Initially signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in June of 2015, the start of data validation marks a major milestone for Aireon and Thales' efforts to ensure the successful integration of space-based ADS-B into the TopSky-ATC ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Bubble-recoil could be used to cool microchips, even in space  Canberra (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Space surveillance radar system fully operational  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Coffee-ring effect leads to crystallization control |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 7, 2017 
The lake where Christians believe Jesus walked on water has declined to its lowest level in a hundred years, an Israeli official said Tuesday.
The Sea of Galilee, which is actually a lake, has suffered from four consecutive years of rain shortages, Amir Givati of Israel's Water Authority told military radio.
"The situation is serious," he said. "The lake has fallen to its lowest level fo ... more Hong Kong (AFP) March 7, 2017Massive Hong Kong shark fin seizure as ban flouted  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Underwater mountains help ocean water rise from abyss  Tuwayhina, Syria (AFP) March 5, 2017Syrian farmers fear IS to flood villages near Euphrates |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
The Arctic has been losing sea ice over the past several decades as Earth warms. However, each year, as the sea ice starts to melt in the spring following its maximum wintertime extent, scientists still struggle to estimate exactly how much ice they expect will disappear through the melt season. Now, a new NASA forecasting model based on satellite measurements is allowing researchers to make bet ... more Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017Is Arctic sea ice doomed to disappear?  Paris (AFP) March 1, 2017UN reports Antarctica's highest temperatures on record Washington DC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Air pollution may have masked mid-20th Century sea ice loss |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 06, 2017 
Timing the harvest and transport of highly perishable, hand-picked crops such as strawberries so these delicate products reach consumers at peak flavor and freshness is an intricate dance that partners Mother Nature with manual labor.
However, many of the "smart farming" techniques and technologies that help growers harvest more of what they sow faster and more efficiently have focused pri ... more Guerima, Colombia (AFP) March 4, 2017Colombia's 'drug triangle' puts hope in chocolate  Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Hand-picked specialty crops 'ripe' for precision agriculture techniques  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Researchers propose using CRISPR to accelerate plant domestication |
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New USGS maps identify potential ground-shaking hazards in 2017 from both human-induced and natural earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S., known as the CEUS. This is the second consecutive year both types of hazards are forecasted, as previous USGS maps only identified hazards from natural earthquakes. This research was published this week in Seismological Research Letters.
Approxima ... more Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Southern California fault systems capable of magnitude 7.3 earthquakes  Antananarivo (AFP) March 7, 2017Three killed as cyclone Enawo batters Madagascar Manila (AFP) March 5, 2017Powerful aftershock hits quake-stricken Philippine city |
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 Ben Guerdane, Tunisia (AFP) March 7, 2017 
The battle against jihadists in Ben Guerdane a year ago was a "turning point" for Tunisia, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Tuesday during a visit to commemorate the anniversary.
Jihadist groups mounted a coordinated assault on security installations in the town on the border with Libya last March 7, aiming to win over residents and establish an "emirate" of the Islamic State jihadist g ... more Maputo (AFP) March 3, 2017Mozambique truce extended by two months  Bamako (AFP) March 5, 201711 Malian soldiers killed in attack on border base  Dakar (AFP) March 4, 2017Senegal and Gambia announce new era of ties |
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 Hanover NH (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
As bumblebees forage for nectar from one flower to the next, at a certain point, they will move to another area once their search for food becomes too inefficient. This behavior, also observed among other animals, conforms to a prevalent model in biology called the "marginal value theorem."
In like manner, groups of modern hunter-gatherers relocate their camps to maximize their foraging ef ... more St. Louis, MO (SPX) Mar 03, 2017100,000-year-old human skulls from east Asia reveal complex mix of trends in time, space  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Catalog of 208 human-caused minerals bolsters argument to declare 'Anthropocene Epoch'  Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Mar 1, 2017Mothers dictate lifelong grooming habits in chimps |
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 Beijing (SPX) Mar 06, 2017 
The increasing rate of the global mean surface temperature was reduced from 1998 to 2013, known as the global warming hiatus or pause. Great efforts have been devoted to the understanding of the cause.
The proposed mechanisms include the internal variability of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system, the ocean heat uptake and redistribution, among many others. However, the atmospheric footpri ... more Ottawa (AFP) March 7, 2017Canada faces 'herculean shift' to meet climate targets  Voi, Kenya (AFP) March 5, 2017Bringing water to Kenya's drought-stricken wildlife  Washington (AFP) March 3, 2017Trump team divided over Paris climate agreement |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Rainfall from spring-like downpours in the U.S. from February 25 to March 1 were analyzed at NASA using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite. Record breaking warm temperatures this winter have caused plants to bloom early in the eastern United States. Unfortunately this has also resulted in the formation of spring-like severe thunderstorms and deadly tornadoes. ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017TRIPLESAT Constellation Tasking with SpyMeSat Mobile App  Sydney (AFP) March 8, 2017'Angry' Australian summer weather smashes records |
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
A University of Florida study shows that mollusk fossils provide a reliable measure of human-driven changes in marine ecosystems and shifts in ocean biodiversity across time and space.
Collecting data from the shells of dead mollusks is a low-cost, low-impact way of glimpsing how oceans looked before pollution, habitat loss, acidification and explosive algae growth threatened marine life w ... more Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 07, 2017The cold exterminated all of them  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Mar 06, 2017Researchers investigate evolution of bipedalism in ancient dinosaur ancestors  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Mid-Mesozoic beetle in amber stirs questions on rise of flowering plants and pollinators |
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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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 Oxford UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Satellite-powering technology that was abandoned decades ago has been reinvented to potentially work with traditional power stations to help them convert heat to electricity more efficiently, meaning we would need less fossil fuel to burn for power. A new study in Nano Energy presents a prototype energy converter, which uses graphene instead of metal, making it almost seven times more efficient. ... more Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Confined nanoparticles improve hydrogen storage materials performance  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 03, 2017New path suggested for nuclear fusion  Richland WA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Tweaking electrolyte makes better lithium-metal batteries |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 
Evolution isn't relegated to large timescales; it can be measured across timespans as small as a century. New research in Cleveland, Ohio, shows acorn ants there have quickly adjusted to rising urban temperatures.
Biologists at Case Western Reserve University found the tiny ant species is less tolerant of cold temperatures, but can safely withstand the extreme temperatures that are a pa ... more Nairobi (AFP) March 6, 2017Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya  Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Remains of leukemia ancestor found in bat genome  San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields |
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 Shanghai (AFP) March 3, 2017 
Shanghai has impounded thousands of brightly coloured bikes placed on city streets by cycle-sharing companies, in the latest sign of impatience with an explosion of the haphazardly-parked two-wheelers.
The bike-sharing sector has become one of the fastest-growing industries in the country, with users typically renting the bicycles for short periods by first unlocking them through the use of ... more Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2017Beijing's shanties: Towns of hope and despair  Hong Kong (AFP) March 1, 2017Hong Kong rebel lawmakers fight parliament ban  Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 27, 2017Activists gatecrash meeting of Hong Kong leadership hopeful |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Forests, especially tropical forests, are home to thousands of species of trees - sometimes tens to hundreds of tree species in the same forest - a level of biodiversity ecologists have struggled to explain.
In a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and thei ... more Bangkok (AFP) March 2, 2017The battle to save Bangkok's 'Green Lung'  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest  Tegucigalpa (AFP) March 1, 2017Indigenous protest in Honduras marks activist's murder |
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