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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Fish on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga have evolved the ability to survive out of water and leap about on the rocky shoreline because this helps them escape predators in the ocean, a ground-breaking new study shows. "Avoiding predators might be an explanation of why some animals move from their ancestral homes into starkly different environments, but evidence for this is rare because it is difficult to collect," says study first author Dr Terry Ord of UNSW Sydney. "Our study of blenni ... read more |
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Increased water availability may release more nutrients into soil in AntarcticaHanover NH (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 As climate change continues to impact the Antarctic, glacier melt and permafrost thaw are likely to make more liquid water available to soil and aquatic ecosystems in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, potent ... more  
A scientist and a supercomputer re-create a tornadoMadison WI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 With tornado season fast approaching or already underway in vulnerable states throughout the U.S., new supercomputer simulations are giving meteorologists unprecedented insight into the structure of ... more  
Cold climates and ocean carbon sequestrationPasadena CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 We know a lot about how carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can drive climate change, but how about the way that climate change can cause fluctuations in CO2 levels? New research from an international team ... more  
Student Scientists Select Menu for AstronautsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 If you've ever had a cold preventing you from really tasting your food, you've experienced what astronauts aboard the International Space Station encounter at every meal. In a reduced-gravity enviro ... 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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Microbes measure ecological restoration successAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 The success of ecological restoration projects around the world could be boosted using a potential new tool that monitors soil microbes. Published in the journal Molecular Ecology, University of Ade ... more  
Seawater threat to California Central Coast aquifersStanford CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Researchers from Stanford and the University of Calgary have transformed pulses of electrical current sent 1,000 feet underground into a picture of where seawater has infiltrated freshwater aquifers ... more  
15 years of GRACE: Satellite mission flies thrice its planned timePotsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 "Revolutionary" is a word you hear often when people talk about the GRACE mission. Since the twin satellites of the NASA/German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) launched on March 17, ... more  
Making resistant superbugs sensitive to antibioticsCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 New research is paving the way for the development of innovative drugs that restore antibiotic susceptibility in antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, a main cause of fatal l ... more  
Did humans create the Sahara desert?Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 New research investigating the transition of the Sahara from a lush, green landscape 10,000 years ago to the arid conditions found today, suggests that humans may have played an active role in its d ... more  
400,000-year-old fossil human cranium is oldest ever found in PortugalBinghamton NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 A large international research team, directed by the Portuguese archaeologist Joao Zilhao and including Binghamton University anthropologist Rolf Quam, has found the oldest fossil human cranium in P ... more |
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EU close to 2020 renewable energy targetWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 Members of the European Union are about 3 percentage points away from meeting their 2020 objectives for renewable energy, its statistics office reported. ... more 
Milkweed losses may not fully explain monarch butterfly declinesChampaign IL (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Steep declines in the number of monarch butterflies reaching their wintering grounds in Mexico are not fully explained by fewer milkweeds in the northern part of their range, researchers report in a ... more  
Winter storm paralyzes eastern Canada, six deadMontreal (AFP) March 15, 2017 A blizzard moving north from the United States caused car pileups and school closures, and left six dead as heavy snow and powerful winds paralyzed eastern Canada on Wednesday. ... more  
Ethiopia rubbish dump landslide death toll soars to 113Addis Ababa (AFP) March 15, 2017 The death toll from a landslide at Ethiopia's largest rubbish dump in the capital Addis Ababa climbed to 113 on Wednesday, among them many women and children. ... more |
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Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that struck nearly two years ago, a move that will leave hundreds homeless.
Around 100 families were still living in the camp in Kathmandu when police wearing riot gear used bulldozers to flatten the bamboo and tarpaulin structures.
"The gods will curse the government. We don't h ... more Hamam Al-Alil, Iraq (AFP) March 14, 2017After fleeing homes, Iraqis near Mosul wait for tents  Hirono, Japan (AFP) March 10, 2017For Japan's nuclear refugees, insults and rejection  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 12, 2017Priceless remains lie in ruins at Mosul museum |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Physicists from MIPT have predicted the existence of transparent composite media with unusual optical properties. Using graphics card based simulations, scientists studied regular volume structures composed of two dielectrics with close parameters, and found that the optical properties of these structures differ from both those of natural crystals and artificial periodic composites, which are cu ... more Saint-Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017New application of the selective laser melting method  Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Scientists develop new surface finishing for 3D-printing  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Dramatic improvement in surface finishing of 3-D printing |
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 Hobart, 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.
The British National Environment Research Council in March 2016 invited voters in an online poll to name the $290 million scientific polar research ship last year. The RRS Boaty McBoatface was the top choice with 27,000 votes, 3,000 mo ... more Paris (AFP) March 15, 2017Great Barrier Reef may never recover from bleaching: study  Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Seawater threat to California Central Coast aquifers  Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) March 13, 2017Nigeria water shortages hit Boko Haram displaced |
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What caused the largest glaciation event in Earth's history, known as 'snowball Earth'? Geologists and climate scientists have been searching for the answer for years but the root cause of the phenomenon remains elusive. Now, Harvard University researchers have a new hypothesis about what caused the runaway glaciation that covered the Earth pole-to-pole in ice.
The research is published in ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Looking for 'fingerprints' at the intersection of weather and climate  Paris (AFP) March 13, 2017Humans to blame for bulk of Arctic sea ice loss: study  Hanover NH (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Increased water availability may release more nutrients into soil in Antarctica |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Researchers at the University of Arizona have found a promising way to prevent the loss of millions of tons of crops to a fungus each year, offering the potential to dramatically improve food security, especially in developing countries. The team's approach uses transgenic corn plants that produce small RNA molecules that prevent fungi from producing aflatoxin, highly toxic substances that can r ... more Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Microbes measure ecological restoration success  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Researchers develop equation that helps to explain plant growth  Leioa, Spain (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Stabilizing soils with sulfates to improve their constructional properties |
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 Antananarivo (AFP) March 14, 2017 
A cyclone that slammed into Madagascar last week killed 78 people and affected 400,000, the authorities said on Tuesday as they classed the event a national disaster.
A quarter of a million of people were displaced from their homes, 18 are listed as missing and 250 as injured, the National Bureau for Risk and Catastrophe Management (BNGRC) said in a statement.
A previous toll, released o ... more Houghton, MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Volcano breath: Measuring sulfur dioxide from space  Tokyo (AFP) March 11, 2017Japan recalls tsunami, nuclear tragedy six years on Antananarivo (AFP) March 11, 2017Cyclone kills 50, affects 176,000 in Madagascar |
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 Conakry (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.
Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite, also known as Toumba Diakite, was an aide de camp to Guinean coup leader Dadis Camara when 157 people were killed in September 2009 at an opposition rally.
Witnesses reporte ... more Addis Ababa (AFP) March 10, 2017.africa joins the internet  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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 Binghamton NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
A large international research team, directed by the Portuguese archaeologist Joao Zilhao and including Binghamton University anthropologist Rolf Quam, has found the oldest fossil human cranium in Portugal, marking an important contribution to knowledge of human evolution during the middle Pleistocene in Europe and to the origin of the Neandertals.
The cranium represents the westernmost hu ... 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  Paris (AFP) March 9, 2017China's elderly live longer, but are less fit: study |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
We know a lot about how carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can drive climate change, but how about the way that climate change can cause fluctuations in CO2 levels? New research from an international team of scientists reveals one of the mechanisms by which a colder climate was accompanied by depleted atmospheric CO2 during past ice ages. The overall goal of the work is to better understand how and why ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Soils could release much more carbon than expected as climate warms Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Vicious circle of drought and forest loss in the Amazon  Niamey (AFP) March 10, 2017Niger drought leaves schools closed |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a laser-based gyroscope housed deep underground, with enough experimental precision to reveal measurable effects of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The ring laser gyroscope (RLG) technology enabling these Earth-based measurements provide, unlike those made by referencing celestial objects, inertial rotation information, reveali ... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 201715 years of GRACE: Satellite mission flies thrice its planned time  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
More than 2.4 billion years ago, Earth's atmosphere was inhospitable, filled with toxic gases that drove wildly fluctuating surface temperatures. Understanding how today's world of mild climates and breathable air took shape is a fundamental question in Earth science.
New research from the University of Maryland, the University of St. Andrews, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Universi ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017World's oldest plant-like fossils discovered  New York NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017New study identifies ancient shark ancestors  Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2017A new tool for genetically engineering the oldest branch of life |
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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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 Sydney (AFP) March 15, 2017  A woman whose headphones caught fire on a plane suffered burns to her face and hands, Australian officials said Wednesday as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices in-flight.
The passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones as she dozed about two hours into the trip from Beijing to Melbourne on February 19 when there was a loud explosion.
"As ... more Sydney (AFP) March 12, 2017Australia PM, Musk discuss offer to fix power woes  Ames IA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Discovery in new material raises questions about theoretical models of superconductivity  Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017ORNL study examines tungsten in extreme environments to improve fusion materials |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Fish on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga have evolved the ability to survive out of water and leap about on the rocky shoreline because this helps them escape predators in the ocean, a ground-breaking new study shows.
"Avoiding predators might be an explanation of why some animals move from their ancestral homes into starkly different environments, but evidence for this is rare becaus ... more Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Milkweed losses may not fully explain monarch butterfly declines  Hanoi (AFP) March 14, 2017Vietnam seizes 100 kgs of rhino horn from Kenya  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2017How big brains evolved could be revealed by new mathematical model |
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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 14, 2017'Tell it like it is': China delegate rips meek Congress  Beijing (AFP) March 13, 2017China lawmakers draft rules against defaming 'heroes'  Hong Kong (AFP) March 14, 2017Hong Kong leadership rivals clash ahead of 'unfair' vote |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
New research investigating the transition of the Sahara from a lush, green landscape 10,000 years ago to the arid conditions found today, suggests that humans may have played an active role in its desertification.
The desertification of the Sahara has long been a target for scientists trying to understand climate and ecological tipping points. A new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Sc ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017Louisiana wetlands hurting from accelerated sea level rise  Sydney (AFP) March 13, 2017Huge swathe of Australian mangroves 'die of thirst'  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 07, 2017How nature creates forest diversity |
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