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  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 The climate of the Earth follows a complex interplay of cause-and-effect chains. A change in precipitation at one location may be caused by changes on the other side of the planet. A better understanding of these "teleconnections" - the linkages between remote places - may help to better understand local impacts of future climate change. A look into the climate of the past helps to investigate the teleconnections. An international team of Japanese, British, Australian, and German scientists, with ... read more |
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Where the Jordan stops flowingTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 A new study conducted at Tel Aviv University and published in the journal Water Research argues that Israel's Jordan River may be a useful case study for the challenges facing stream restoration ini ... more  
Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate changeSeattle WA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 Resilience" is a buzzword often used in scientific literature to describe how animals, plants and landscapes can persist under climate change. It's typically considered a good quality, suggesting th ... more  
Independent evolutionary origins of complex sociality in marine lifeNew York NY (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 In the world of evolutionary research, scientists studying the evolution of eusocial societies have traditionally relied on information gathered from studying terrestrial insects. A group of Columbi ... more 
Microbial colonizers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate changeBristol, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 A team of researchers from the University of Bristol have recently shown that ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human activity. Melting i ... 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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Some of Greenland's coastal ice will be permanently lost by 2100Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 The glaciers and ice caps that dot the edges of the Greenland coast are not likely to recover from the melting they are experiencing now, a study has found. Researchers report in the current issue o ... more 
Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil findColumbus OH (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 An unusual fossil find is giving scientists new ideas about how some of the earliest animals on Earth came to dominate the world's oceans. An international research team found 425-million-year-old f ... more  
Ten Thai soldiers wanted over death of conscriptBangkok (AFP) April 5, 2017 Thai police have accused ten soldiers of beating a 22-year-old army conscript to death in a military prison, as the army races to limit damage from the scandal unfolding during its annual draft. ... more  
How Britain became an islandParis (AFP) April 4, 2017 A giant waterfall tens of kilometres (miles) wide broke down a ridge which connected modern-day England to mainland Europe nearly half a million years ago, unleashing a mega-flood that gouged out the Channel and created the island of Britain, scientists said Tuesday. ... more  
Gene sleuths open line of attack on coral-killing starfishParis (AFP) April 5, 2017 The beast goes by the Latin monicker of Acanthaster planci, but it is known to us as the crown-of-thorns - a venomous starfish that is ravaging our precious coral reefs. ... more 
S.Africa's top court opens up domestic trade in rhino hornJohannesburg (AFP) April 5, 2017 South Africa's highest court Wednesday rejected a bid by the government to keep a ban on domestic trade in rhino horn, a court document showed. ... more |
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L3 Technologies acquires autonomous underwater robot manufacturerWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017 Massachusetts-based OceanServer Technology, a designer and maker of autonomous underwater vehicles, has been acquired by L-3 Technologies. ... more  
Great apes know when people are wrong: studyMiami (AFP) April 5, 2017 Orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos are the nearest relatives of humans in the primate world, and like us, they can tell when a person is wrong in their beliefs, researchers said Wednesday. ... more  
First world survey finds 9,600 tree species risk extinctionLondon (AFP) April 5, 2017 The first ever global database of trees on Wednesday revealed that 9,600 tree species are threatened with extinction and identified a total of 60,065 in existence. ... more  
Quake kills two near Iran Shiite holy city MashhadTehran (AFP) April 5, 2017 At least two people died when an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck near Iran's Shiite Muslim holy city of Mashhad on Wednesday, local media reported. ... more |
  Paris (AFP) March 29, 2017 
What's the difference between birds that get killed by cars, and those that don't?
The dead ones tend to have smaller brains, scientists who performed 3,521 avian autopsies said Wednesday.
What might be called the "bird brain rule" applies to different species, depending on the ratio of grey matter to body mass, they reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
Crows, for exa ... more Bogota (AFP) April 4, 2017Why is South America being hit by deadly landslides?  Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 5, 2017Colombia opens probe into deadly landslide Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 4, 2017More than 270 dead in Colombia mudslides |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2017 
The 7th European Conference on Space Debris, to be held 18-21 April at ESA's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, will provide a unique
Space Debris User Portal
The 7th European Conference on Space Debris, to be held 18-21 April at ESA's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, will provide a unique forum for leading scientists, engineers, managers, space operators, indust ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 06, 2017SES and Thales Unveil Next-Generation Capabilities Onboard SES-17  Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017Russia Opens 1st Ground Station to Monitor Orbital Debris in Brazil  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 31, 2017NASA laser communications to provide Orion faster connections |
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 Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
A new study conducted at Tel Aviv University and published in the journal Water Research argues that Israel's Jordan River may be a useful case study for the challenges facing stream restoration initiatives around the world. The Jordan River has been ravaged by unbridled population growth and defunct sewage treatment plants.
"No river enjoys better PR and has worse environmental conditions ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017L3 Technologies acquires autonomous underwater robot manufacturer  Lawrence KS (SPX) Mar 31, 2017'Weather whiplash' triggered by changing climate will degrade Midwest's drinking water  Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Unrestricted fishing technology threaten the future of seafood |
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 Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Glaciers and ice sheets have recently been considered significant sources of organic carbon and provide nutrients to downstream marine ecosystems. However, the exact origin and bioreactivity of the dissolved organic carbon from glacier surfaces are not fully understood.
A team from the Bristol Glaciology Centre - based at the University of Bristol - has found that microbial activity at the ... more Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Microbial colonizers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change  Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Some of Greenland's coastal ice will be permanently lost by 2100  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Climate seesaw at the end of the last glacial phase |
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 Brussels (AFP) April 5, 2017  EU antitrust authorities on Wednesday cleared state-owned ChemChina's 40-billion-euro ($43-billion) takeover of Swiss seeds giant Syngenta, the biggest ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm.
"ChemChina has offered significant remedies, which fully address our competition concerns. This has allowed us to approve the transaction," EU Competition Commissioner Magrethe Vestager said in a s ... more Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Newly characterized protein has potential to save US farmers millions annually  Hong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2017A slice of luxury: Hong Kong's high-end fruit fad  Kew, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Making cows more environmentally friendly |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 
NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) - a constellation of eight microsatellites that will take detailed measurement of windspeeds inside hurricanes - successfully completed the development and on-orbit commissioning phases of its mission on March 23 and moved into the science operations phase.
The spacecraft have now begun their science instrument calibration and vali ... more Tehran (AFP) April 5, 2017Quake kills two near Iran Shiite holy city Mashhad  Brisbane, Australia (AFP) April 2, 2017Australia floodwaters still rising, police search for missing  Sydney (AFP) April 3, 2017Big clean-up under way in flood-ravaged Australia |
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 Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) April 5, 2017 
With EU help, the Central African Republic is seeking to turn the page on years of bloodshed by retraining its army and by month's end a first battalion is to present arms.
The European Union last year unveiled the launch of a two-year military training mission for CAR troops in the capital Bangui, along the lines of similar assistance in conflict-hit Somalia and Mali.
Some 70 instructor ... more Bamako (AFP) April 2, 2017Mali peace conference calls for talks with jihadists Banjul, Gambia (AFP) April 1, 2017'Executed' Gambian coup plotters exhumed  New York (AFP) March 31, 2017UN renews smaller DR Congo peacekeeping force |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
The Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) team, based in Griffith's Environmental Futures Research Institute, together with Indonesian colleagues, have shed new light on 'Ice Age' human culture and symbolism in a paper published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The study was co-led by Associate Professor Adam Brumm, an Australian Researc ... more Miami (AFP) April 5, 2017Great apes know when people are wrong: study  Onna, Japan (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Parallel computation provides deeper insight into brain function  Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Scientists predict children's reading abilities using DNA variants |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre have shown that the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels has a climate 'payback' much earlier than previously thought.
Lead scientist Andrew Ciavarella explains: "Our study has shown that efforts to reduce global temperature rise in the long term - through aggressive reductions in greenhouse ... more Lokamarinyang, Kenya (AFP) April 5, 2017Drought shatters Turkana's dreams of a better future  Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change  New York (AFP) March 31, 2017US will keep climate commitments despite Trump: ex-mayor of NY |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Aerosols are collections of fine particles, either biological or of other types, in suspension in a gaseous medium. They play a major role in cloud formation and therefore have a strong impact on climate models. They are however extremely hard to study due to the small size and immense variety of their constituent particles.
But researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerlan ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Monitoring pollen using an aircraft  Paris (AFP) April 4, 2017How Britain became an island  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA spacecraft investigate clues in radiation belts |
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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
In the world of evolutionary research, scientists studying the evolution of eusocial societies have traditionally relied on information gathered from studying terrestrial insects. A group of Columbia researchers, however, has just added to that knowledge base, publishing a new study that sheds light on how the complex social system evolved in the sea.
The study reveals that, in snapping sh ... more Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil find  Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Monkey business produces rare preserved blood in amber fossils  New Orleans LA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Discovery of new predatory dinosaur species gives new insight on their evolution |
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 Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017  Global efforts to provide universal access to electricity, develop more renewable energy sources and increase efficiency are not on track to meet a target date of 2030, the World Bank said Monday.
With fewer people receiving electricity for the first time in recent years, only 92 percent of the world's population will have access to power by 2030, the bank said in a new report published toge ... more New York (AFP) April 3, 2017US states begin legal action on Trump energy delay  Paris (AFP) March 28, 2017Program to be axed saves energy in LA buildings  Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017Energy demand metrics indicate strong U.S. economy |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
Fuel cells use a simple chemical reaction, such as the combination of oxygen and hydrogen to form water, to generate electricity. The question of which is the best material to use when making ceramic fuel cells is not a straightforward one, however. New materials are required that act as a catalyst for the chemical reaction required with maximum efficiency, but that also last as long as possible ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Clarifying how lithium ions ferry around in rechargeable batteries  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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 Chitwan, Nepal (AFP) April 3, 2017  Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number of the vulnerable animals, which are prized by wildlife poachers.
Five rhinos - one male and four female - will be released into a national park in Nepal's far west over the coming week in the hope of establishing a new breeding group.
The first, a large male estimated ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Testing effects of 'noise' on the decision-making abilities of slime mold  Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Biochar provides high-definition electron pathways in soil  Paris (AFP) April 5, 2017Gene sleuths open line of attack on coral-killing starfish |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) April 5, 2017 
Federal agents in California on Wednesday raided two homes and a business allegedly connected to a $50 million visa fraud scheme that benefited up to 100 Chinese nationals.
Authorities said the key suspects in the case helped wealthy Chinese obtain residency visas in the United States in exchange for bogus investments.
According to an affidavit by an FBI agent involved in the probe, Vict ... more Hong Kong (AFP) April 3, 2017Hong Kong anti-graft body arrests 72 over vote-rigging  Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2017Billionaire Warren Buffet becomes face of Coke in China  Hong Kong (AFP) April 2, 2017Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction |
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 London (AFP) April 5, 2017 
The first ever global database of trees on Wednesday revealed that 9,600 tree species are threatened with extinction and identified a total of 60,065 in existence.
Brazil is the country with the most diverse tree population, with 8,715 species, according to the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) group.
It also has the largest number of tree species - 4,333 - that only ex ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Emissions from the edge of the forest  Newark DE (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Methane emissions from trees  Columbus OH (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Forests fight global warming in many ways |
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