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  Sydney (AFP) March 13, 2017 Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia's remote north "died of thirst" last year, scientists said Tuesday, in the largest climate-related incident of its kind ever recorded. Some 7,400 hectares (18,000 acres), stretching 1,000 kilometres across the semi-arid Gulf of Carpentaria, perished, according to researchers from Australia's James Cook University. The so-called die-back - where mangroves are either dead or defoliated - was confirmed by aerial and satellite surveys, with subsequen ... read more |
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Nigeria water shortages hit Boko Haram displacedMaiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) March 13, 2017 Tens of thousands of people who fled Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria are facing a severe lack of water, compounding widespread food shortages and security fears, aid workers said Monday. ... more 
Red tides not random, can be predictedCape Cod MA (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 Researchers have determined that red tides are not random, but instead have patterns that can be predicted in order to alert officials to the dangers. ... more  
Stressed seabirds not concerned with offspring, study saysVienna (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 Researchers have found that little auk seabirds care only about themselves, rather than their offspring, in stressful situations. ... more  
Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gasesUniversity Park PA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally sensitive landscapes, according to researchers who conducted a study ... 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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Petrol and jet fuel alternatives are produced by yeast cell factoriesGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 There have been many attempts to modify this stubborn little enzyme, but none have succeeded. Until now. With new findings from Chalmers University of Technology, the fatty acid synthase (FAS) enzym ... more  
Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear wasteManchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Manchester scientists have revealed how arsenic molecules might be used to 'fish out' the most toxic elements from radioactive nuclear waste - a breakthrough that could make the decommissioning indu ... more  
Iran and Middle East could adopt fully renewable electricity systemsLappeenranta, Finland (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Iran can transition to a fully renewable electricity system and financially benefit from it by 2030. Researchers at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) show that major oil-producing countrie ... more  
Senegal extradites Guinean soldier wanted over massacreConakry (AFP) March 13, 2017 A Guinean soldier wanted over the massacre of more than 150 people in a Conakry stadium has been extradited, ending years on the run in neighbouring Senegal and paving the way for his trial. ... more  
Ethiopia rubbish landslide death toll soars to 65Addis Ababa (AFP) March 13, 2017 At least 65 people were killed in a giant landslide at Ethiopia's largest rubbish dump this weekend, officials said Monday, in a tragedy that saw entire families including children buried alive. ... more  
Thousands return home after fleeing Chile forest fireSantiago (AFP) March 13, 2017 Some 6,000 people began returning home Monday after a forest fire forced their evacuation over the weekend, sweeping through central Chile and destroying more than a dozen dwellings, local authorities said. ... more |
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 China lawmakers draft rules against defaming 'heroes' 
Boaty McBoatface prepares for first Antarctic missionHobart, Australia (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 Boaty McBoatface, which received its unusual moniker in an online poll last year, is about to embark on its maiden voyage to conduct scientific research. ... more  
Humans to blame for bulk of Arctic sea ice loss: studyParis (AFP) March 13, 2017 Natural changes in the environment are responsible for about 40 percent of Arctic sea ice loss, while humans are to blame for the rest, a climate study said Monday. ... more 
More salt water in Egypt's Nile Delta putting millions at grave riskCairo (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 Increased human activity over the last few decades has slowly created a fresh water crisis that now looms for nearly 100 million people in Egypt, a scenario that scientists say could ultimately make the entire region uninhabitable by the end of this century. ... more  
Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold wavesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 A research team consisting of members from Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and other organizations conducted forecas ... more |
  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 9, 2017 
Civilians rush down a hillside on the outskirts of Mosul to waiting Iraqi forces, tired but happy after finally being able to flee the clutches of the Islamic State group.
Trapped for years inside the jihadist-ruled city, escaping residents say IS fighters are growing increasingly desperate as Iraqi forces advance on their last bastions in west Mosul.
Civilians are being forced from thei ... more Tokyo (AFP) March 10, 2017Japan 'piggyback' official steps down  Prague (AFP) March 10, 2017Giant Ai Weiwei refugee installation to go on display in Prague  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 12, 2017Priceless remains lie in ruins at Mosul museum |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2017 
Following three days of intensive work, mission control has declared the newly launched Sentinel-2B satellite fit and ready for commissioning. The 1100 kg Sentinel was launched on Tuesday atop a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Joining its orbiting twin, the new satellite will double the high-resolution coverage from the Sentinel-2 mission for the EU's Copernicus env ... more Washington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017Cancer-Causing Radiation Biggest Threat to Humans on Deep Space Missions  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Conquering metal fatigue  Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Polymer-coated silicon nanosheets - an alternative to graphene |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 09, 2017  The Asian inland plateau (AIP) is located in the East Asian monsoon marginal areas and mainly includes Mongolia and part of northern China. Covering arid and semi-arid regions, the climate variability of the AIP is complex and can have profound impacts on economic and social activities.
Recently, scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics worked with Korean and Russian scientists ... more Hobart, Australia (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Boaty McBoatface prepares for first Antarctic mission  Sydney (AFP) March 10, 2017Australia sees second year of Barrier Reef bleaching  Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) March 13, 2017Nigeria water shortages hit Boko Haram displaced |
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For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge, a NASA mission that conducts aerial surveys of polar ice, has produced unprecedented three-dimensional views of Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, providing scientists with valuable data on how polar ice is changing in a warming world. Now, for the first time, the campaign will expand its reach to explore the Arctic's Eurasian Basin through two resear ... more Paris (AFP) March 13, 2017Humans to blame for bulk of Arctic sea ice loss: study  Pr�manon, France (AFP) March 11, 2017World's first museum of polar lands opens in France  Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017Is Arctic sea ice doomed to disappear? |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
It is rare in biology that a single trait can answer questions spanning several fields of research. One such trait is plant biology's "leaf mass per area," a simple measurement calculated by weighing a dried leaf and dividing by its original fresh area. Leaf mass per area, or LMA, which has been measured in thousands of studies, is used in nearly every field of plant biology to make predictions ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017This small molecule could have a big future in global food security  London, UK (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Future climate change will affect plants and soil differently  Leioa, Spain (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Stabilizing soils with sulfates to improve their constructional properties |
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 Houghton, MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Volcanoes erupt, they spew ash, their scarred flanks sometimes run with both lava and landslides. But only occasionally. A less dramatic but important process is continuous gas emissions from volcanoes; in other words, as they exhale. A number of volcanoes around the world continuously exhale water vapor laced with heavy metals, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide, among many oth ... more Tokyo (AFP) March 11, 2017Japan recalls tsunami, nuclear tragedy six years on  Antananarivo (AFP) March 11, 2017Cyclone kills 50, affects 176,000 in Madagascar Antananarivo (AFP) March 9, 201710,000 displaced as cyclone pounds Madagascar |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 10, 2017 
In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world's first domain name was registered, the African Union has launched .africa for the continent.
Africans who want to register a website will be able to apply for a .africa domain name in the coming months, which outgoing AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said would allow the con ... more Conakry (AFP) March 13, 2017Senegal extradites Guinean soldier wanted over massacre  Abuja (AFP) March 8, 2017Nigerian military to probe rights abuse claims  Bamako (AFP) March 5, 201711 Malian soldiers killed in attack on border base |
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 Paris (AFP) March 9, 2017 
The number and proportion of people in China over 80 are growing, but their mental and physical fitness appear to be declining, scientists reported Friday.
Comparing medical data and surveys from 1998 and 2008 of nearly 20,000 people aged 80 to 105, researchers found that the ranks of China's 'oldest old' had expanded since the turn of the century.
For octogenarians and nonagenarians, mo ... more Columbia SC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Aboriginal hair shows 50,000 years connection to country  Hanover NH (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Dartmouth study finds modern hunter-gathers relocate to maximize foraging efficiency |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
Projected increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves in the desert of the southwestern United States are putting songbirds at greater risk for death by dehydration and mass die-offs, according to a new study.
Researchers used hourly temperature maps and other data produced by the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) - a land-surface modeling effort main ... more Paris (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Investment vital to adapting to climate change in West Africa  Niamey (AFP) March 10, 2017Niger drought leaves schools closed  Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Soils could release much more carbon than expected as climate warms |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet. A new study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) suggests the mantle - the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth's interior that lies between its super-heated core and its outer crustal layer - may be hotter than previously believed. The new finding, published Mar ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
A new study by G. William Arends Professor of Microbiology at the University of Illinois Bill Metcalf with postdoctoral Fellow Dipti Nayak has documented the use of CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing in the third domain of life, Archaea, for the first time. Their groundbreaking work, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has the potential to vastly accelerate future studi ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Vision, not limbs, led fish onto land 385 million years ago  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Crocodiles and dolphins evolved similar skulls to catch the same prey: Study finds  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Ancient southern China fish may have evolved prior to the 'Age of Fish' |
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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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 Ames IA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has successfully created the first pure, single-crystal sample of a new iron arsenide superconductor, CaKFe4As4, and studies of this material have called into question some long-standing theoretical models of superconductivity. The material is notable for having the high superconducting temperature of 35K without the need for small amounts of addit ... more Sydney (AFP) March 12, 2017Australia PM, Musk discuss offer to fix power woes  Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017ORNL study examines tungsten in extreme environments to improve fusion materials  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 07, 2017ABB delivers first urban battery storage solution in Denmark to support renewables |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
A good rain can have a cleansing effect on the land. But an MIT study published this week in Nature Communications reports that, under just the right conditions, rain can also be a means of spreading bacteria.
Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the effect of raindrops falling on dry soil laden with bacteria. When falling at s ... more Mainz, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2017A backup copy in the central brain  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017How big brains evolved could be revealed by new mathematical model  Vienna (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Stressed seabirds not concerned with offspring, study says |
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 Washington (AFP) March 13, 2017 
With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign crisis, his top diplomat is heading to a nervous region.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, a former oil executive with no government experience, has yet to make an impact in Washington, where he has not even appointed a senior staff.
But this week he will head as emissa ... more Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2017Punishment of rights lawyers top 2016 achievement: China Beijing (AFP) March 13, 2017China lawmakers draft rules against defaming 'heroes'  Sanya, China (AFP) March 13, 2017Sun-seeking retirees flock to 'China's Florida' |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 13, 2017 
Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia's remote north "died of thirst" last year, scientists said Tuesday, in the largest climate-related incident of its kind ever recorded.
Some 7,400 hectares (18,000 acres), stretching 1,000 kilometres across the semi-arid Gulf of Carpentaria, perished, according to researchers from Australia's James Cook University.
The so-called die-back - ... more Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 07, 2017How nature creates forest diversity  Bangkok (AFP) March 2, 2017The battle to save Bangkok's 'Green Lung'  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest |
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