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  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 When the Earth is dark, human activity sparkles across the globe. As seen from space, night-time lights tell a story about how we live, correlating to everything from electricity consumption and CO2 emissions, to gross domestic product, population and poverty. While these correlations have been studied for some time, there have been few comprehensive tools to explore these relationships at a global scale over time. Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and A ... read more |
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Poor outlook for biodiversity in AntarcticaMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 An international study led by Monash scientists has debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the rest of the world. The st ... more  
Melting sea ice may lead to more life in the seaOdense M, Denmark (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 When spring arrives in the Arctic, both snow and sea ice melt, forming melt ponds on the surface of the sea ice. Every year, as global warming increases, there are more and larger melt ponds. Melt p ... more  
US climate science hearing descends into bullying 'food-fight'Miami (AFP) March 30, 2017 Lawmakers and scientists called names, lamented Soviet-era tactics and accused each other of wrongdoing at a nearly three-hour hearing on climate science in the US capital on Wednesday. ... more 
Extreme weather events linked to climate change impact on the jet streamUniversity Park PA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 Unprecedented summer warmth and flooding, forest fires, drought and torrential rain - extreme weather events are occurring more and more often, but now an international team of climate scientists ha ... more |
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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 Winds, rain lash Philippines as super typhoon nears Tornado kills six, wrecks town in Brazil |
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Discovery of new predatory dinosaur species gives new insight on their evolutionNew Orleans LA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 Jayc Sedlmayr, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of an international team of scientists who discovered a new ... more  
A seismic mapping milestoneOak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 Because of Earth's layered composition, scientists have often compared the basic arrangement of its interior to that of an onion. There's the familiar thin crust of continents and ocean floors; the ... more  
How do plants make oxygen? Ask cyanobacteriaPasadena CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 The ability to generate oxygen through photosynthesis - that helpful service performed by plants and algae, making life possible for humans and animals on Earth - evolved just once, roughly 2.3 bill ... more  
Robotics aid in the study of corn and drought toleranceColumbia MO (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 Developing drought tolerant corn that makes efficient use of available water will be vital to sustain the estimated 9 billion global population by 2050. In March 2014, the National Science Foundatio ... more 
NASA Tests Observing Capability on Hawaii's Coral ReefsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2017 NASA pulled off a scientific double play in Hawaii this winter, using the same instruments and aircraft to study both volcanoes and coral reefs. Besides helping scientists understand these two uniqu ... more 
On thin ice: Disappearing zooplankton could collapse Arctic food chainWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017 On – and under – the surface, Arctic zooplankton aren't much to look at. For starters, many species are microscopic. Closer examination often reveals spindly legs, bulging black eyes or bodies as translucent as the sea ice near which they feed. But while charismatic polar bears may be umbrella species of the Arctic, zooplankton, scientists say, are the keystone. ... more |
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Two dead in Tenerife after giant wave sweeps them awayMadrid (AFP) March 30, 2017 A tourist and a local resident died on Spain's holiday island of Tenerife and another person was missing after a giant wave swept them away from a natural seaside pool, authorities said Thursday. ... more  
Rush hour on Mosul's 'displacement highway'Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 30, 2017 On west Mosul's Baghdad street, thousands of displaced Iraqis flee the fighting with their meagre belongings but similar numbers walk in the other direction, heading straight back into the war-torn city. ... more  
Hong Kong activist jailed over Umbrella Movement protestHong Kong (AFP) March 30, 2017 A Hong Kong democracy activist was jailed Thursday over Umbrella Movement mass protests while nine more campaigners face charges, as fears grow that freedoms are under threat in the semi-autonomous city. ... more 
'Underwater wasteland' worries after cyclone hits Barrier ReefSydney (AFP) March 30, 2017 A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure Great Barrier Reef, turning parts into an "underwater wasteland", scientists warned Thursday. ... more |
  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 30, 2017  On west Mosul's Baghdad street, thousands of displaced Iraqis flee the fighting with their meagre belongings but similar numbers walk in the other direction, heading straight back into the war-torn city.
The street is currently the main corridor for civilians fleeing the battle between the Islamic State group and the government forces trying to root them out of their last strongholds.
It ... more Ayr, Australia (AFP) March 29, 2017Military mobilises to help cyclone-ravaged Australian region  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Rising flood insurance costs growing will New York City  Dhaka (IANS) Mar 27, 2017Bangladesh to join India's South Asia Satellite initiative |
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NASA is working to forever change the way astronauts communicate to and from space using an advanced laser communications system called LEMNOS, which will enable exponentially faster connections than ever before.
Imagine being able to watch 4K ultra-high-definition (UHD) video as humans take their first steps on another planet. Or imagine astronauts picking up a cell phone and video-confer ... more Miami (AFP) March 30, 2017Space blanket floats away during historic spacewalk  Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2017'Ground Control' Arrives at Leicester University  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Nanomagnets for future data storage |
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 Odense M, Denmark (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
When spring arrives in the Arctic, both snow and sea ice melt, forming melt ponds on the surface of the sea ice. Every year, as global warming increases, there are more and larger melt ponds. Melt ponds provide more light and heat for the ice and the underlying water, but now it turns out that they may also have a more direct and potentially important influence on life in the Arctic waters.
... more Granada, Spain (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Wastewater cleaned thanks to a new adsorbent material made from fruit peels  Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Corals die as global warming collides with local weather in the South China Sea  London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Chance find has big implications for water treatment's costs |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017  On – and under – the surface, Arctic zooplankton aren't much to look at. For starters, many species are microscopic. Closer examination often reveals spindly legs, bulging black eyes or bodies as translucent as the sea ice near which they feed. But while charismatic polar bears may be umbrella species of the Arctic, zooplankton, scientists say, are the keystone.
These lipid-rich lit ... more Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Poor outlook for biodiversity in Antarctica  Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017CryoSat reveals Antarctica in 3D  Chicago (AFP) March 25, 2017Photographer captures world's glacier melt over decade |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
Stronger legs in fast-growing broilers, reduced phosphorus emissions to the environment, improved health for undernourished populations in developing countries and better use of scarce resources - these are some of the perspectives of a unique type of wheat; a wheat with a specific ability to increase the digestibility of phosphorus and other important minerals.
Scientists from the Departm ... more Columbia MO (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Robotics aid in the study of corn and drought tolerance  Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 29, 2017WSU findings point way to more nutritious crops  Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Scientists are trying to make cows more eco-friendly |
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 Brisbane, Australia (AFP) March 31, 2017 
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from towns in two Australian states as authorities warned Friday there could be deaths from severe flooding caused by a powerful tropical cyclone.
Category four Cyclone Debbie hit northeastern Australia on Tuesday between Bowen and Airlie Beach in Queensland state, ripping up trees, washing boats onto land and causing widespread damage.
Deb ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017More than 100 years of flooding and erosion in 1 event  Ayr, Australia (AFP) March 28, 2017'Monster' cyclone Debbie batters northeast Australia Ayr, Australia (AFP) March 27, 2017Northeast Australia in grip of 'monster' Cyclone Debbie |
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 Washington (AFP) March 31, 2017 
President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist insurgents in Somalia, the Defense Department said Thursday.
According to a Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the new leeway accorded to the military will mean they no longer will have to justify a decision to launch air strikes, potentially leading to mor ... more Bamako (AFP) March 28, 2017Mali's former rebels agree to join peace conference  Cotonou (AFP) March 27, 2017Benin's defence minister quits over constitutional reform  Washington (AFP) March 24, 2017Operations against Kony's LRA 'coming to an end': US general |
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DNA can predict a person's reading ability. Scientists at King's College London found DNA variants account for 5 percent of reading ability disparities among children.
Researchers identified gene variations associated with academic achievement. Next, scientists tallied a genetic score for each of the 5,825 individuals who participated in the Twins Early Development Study.
After c ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017Bigger brains help primates cope with conflict  Austin TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirms  University Park PA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Nose form was shaped by climate |
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 Moscow (AFP) March 30, 2017
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday said climate change was not caused by human activity, as the White House announced that President Donald Trump would decide by May on continued US participation in the landmark Paris Agreement limiting global carbon emissions.
One day after visiting the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic, Putin claimed that icebergs had been melting for decad ... more Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017Trump moves to roll back Obama climate measures  Miami (AFP) March 30, 2017US climate science hearing descends into bullying 'food-fight' Paris (AFP) March 30, 2017Trump keeps world dangling on Paris climate pact |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
Drought and reduced seasonal flooding of wetlands and farm fields threaten a globally important stopover site for tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds in California's Sacramento Valley, a new Duke University-led study shows.
The researchers' analysis of historical biweekly NASA Landsat satellite images of the valley reveals that flooded habitat near the peak time of spring migration h ... more Oslo, Norway (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Northern oceans pumped CO2 into the atmosphere  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Humans likely influence giant airstreams  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Night lights, big data |
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Jayc Sedlmayr, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of an international team of scientists who discovered a new tyrannosaur with an unusual mode of evolution. Their findings include that Daspletosaurus horneri, or "Horner's Frightful Lizard," evolved directly from its geologically older relative, D. torosus, a ... more New York NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Scientists make new discovery about bird evolution  Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 27, 2017How chewing like a cow helped early mammals thrive  Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017Diverse array of dinosaur tracks mark Australia's 'Jurassic Park' |
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 Paris (AFP) March 28, 2017 
Voluntary efficiency programmes - including one targeted for elimination by the Trump administration - have led to energy savings of up to 30 percent in commercial buildings in Los Angeles, researchers have reported.
Describing their study as the first large-scale analysis of green certification schemes for big buildings, a pair of researchers from the University of California at Los Angel ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017Energy demand metrics indicate strong U.S. economy  New York (AFP) March 26, 2017New York skyscrapers adapt to climate change  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Emissions flat for three years in a row, IEA says |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
Although most of our electronic devices, like mobile phones, laptops and electric vehicles use lithium rechargeable batteries, what is going on inside them is not fully understood. Researchers from the Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) succeeded in observing in realtime the ultrafast dynamics of lithium ions with femtosecond time resolut ... more Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 30, 2017How does oxygen get into a fuel cell  New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Building a market for renewable thermal technologies  New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 23, 2017New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
The ability to generate oxygen through photosynthesis - that helpful service performed by plants and algae, making life possible for humans and animals on Earth - evolved just once, roughly 2.3 billion years ago, in certain types of cyanobacteria. This planet-changing biological invention has never been duplicated, as far as anyone can tell. Instead, according to endosymbiotic theory, all the "g ... more Merced, CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Dust helps regulate Sierra Nevada ecosystems  Nairobi (AFP) March 29, 2017Hope for elephants as ivory prices fall: conservationists  Mamuju, Indonesia (AFP) March 29, 2017Indonesian man found dead inside giant python |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 30, 2017 
A Hong Kong democracy activist was jailed Thursday over Umbrella Movement mass protests while nine more campaigners face charges, as fears grow that freedoms are under threat in the semi-autonomous city.
The cases come days after pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam was selected as city leader by a committee skewed towards the mainland camp.
They also precede an expected visit by China's Presid ... more Beijing (AFP) March 30, 2017Tibetan fashion hits the Beijing runway  Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2017Australia-based professor blocked from leaving China  Hong Kong (AFP) March 26, 2017China's favourite Lam wins Hong Kong leadership, vows to heal rifts |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
Dust from as far away as the Gobi Desert in Asia is providing more nutrients than previously thought for plants, including giant sequoias, in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, a team of scientists, including several from the University of California, Riverside, have found.
The scientists found that dust from the Gobi Desert and the Central Valley of California contributed more phosphor ... more Ohio State UniversityForests fight global warming in many ways  Bogor, Indonesia (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Reconsider the impact of trees on water cycles and climate, scientists ask  Santiago (AFP) March 18, 2017Late US billionaire's record land gift lays Chile row to rest |
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