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  Merced CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Plant photosynthesis was stable for hundreds of years before the industrial revolution, but grew rapidly in the 20th century, according to new research published in Nature. "Virtually all life on our planet depends on photosynthesis," said UC Merced Professor Elliott Campbell, who led the research. "Keeping tabs on global plant growth should be a central goal for the human race." Photosynthesis is the process through which plants use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbohydrate ... read more |
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Bangladesh closes one of world's most polluted placesDhaka (AFP) April 6, 2017 A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut Thursday as police enforced a court ruling to protect a vital waterway. ... more  
US coal company CEO urges Trump to stay in Paris climate dealWashington (AFP) April 7, 2017 The head of US coal mining company Cloud Peak Energy on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to respect the Paris agreement aimed at combatting climate change. ... more  
Colombia opens probe into deadly landslideMocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 6, 2017 As survivors braved the increasingly sickening smell of decomposing flesh to find their loved ones, Colombian authorities on Thursday investigated who is to blame for the devastation of a landslide that now has claimed more than 300 lives. ... more  
Relief as flood peak passes in Australia townSydney (AFP) April 6, 2017 Residents bracing for major flooding in an Australian town breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after a swollen river peaked lower than forecast, although hundreds of homes were still inundated. ... more |
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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 Tornado kills five, injures more than 400 in Brazil |
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Shanghai river clean-up leaves boat-dwellers in limboShanghai (AFP) April 6, 2017 Li Chaoqing fled his poverty-stricken Chinese hometown at age 14 for a new life in Shanghai, where he raised five children in a disused old boat on a polluted river. ... more 
Mosul humanitarian crisis deepens as displacement peaksHammam Al-Alil, Iraq (AFP) April 6, 2017 The fighting in west Mosul has forced up to 15,000 people to flee their homes every day recently, straining humanitarian resources and leaving many in very difficult conditions. ... more  
Australian cyclone aftermath hits New ZealandWellington (AFP) April 6, 2017 The remnants of a deadly Australian cyclone caused havoc as it passed over New Zealand Thursday, causing "one-in-500-year" flooding that forced an entire town to be evacuated. ... more  
Scientists announce breakthrough in stem cell researchWashington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 Scientists have already successfully developed pluripotent stem cells in the lab, cells which can form any type of tissue. Totipotent stem cells are the pinnacle for stem cell scientists, however. And for the first time, researchers have found a way to engineer them. ... more  
Paintings, sunspots and frost fairs: Rethinking the Little Ice AgeLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 The whole concept of the 'Little Ice Age' is 'misleading', as the changes were small-scale, seasonal and insignificant compared with present-day global warming, a group of solar and climate scientis ... more 
Tiny plankton wields biological 'Gatling gun' in microbial Wild WestVancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Researchers have obtained an unprecedented view of the 'ballistic' weaponry of planktonic microbes, including one that can fire projectiles as if wielding a Gatling gun. "We think of plankton ... more |
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Upcycling 'fast fashion' to reduce waste and pollutionSan Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Pollution created by making and dyeing clothes has pitted the fashion industry and environmentalists against each other. Now, the advent of "fast fashion" - trendy clothing affordable enough to be d ... more  
Mini X-ray sensor for high-precision medical applicationsParis, France (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 The ability to detect X-rays on a tiny scale paves the way for high-precision medical imaging and therapies. Such detection capabilities have been achieved by researchers from the CNRS, the Universi ... more  
Married couples with shared ancestry tend to have similar genesWashington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 Married couples tend to look alike for several reasons. One of them, new research shows, is the simple fact that married couples with common ancestry tend to share similar genes. ... more  
Dead Sea to come alive with concert by electro pioneerJerusalem (AFP) April 6, 2017 The Dead Sea was to come alive with music and an extravagant light show Thursday with a concert by electro pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre to draw attention to its shrinking water levels. ... more |
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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 Hammam Al-Alil, Iraq (AFP) April 6, 2017Mosul humanitarian crisis deepens as displacement peaks  Mocoa, Colombia (AFP) April 6, 2017Colombia opens probe into deadly landslide  Bogota (AFP) April 4, 2017Why is South America being hit by deadly landslides? |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 
The U.S. Strategic Command is to share space situational services and data with Norwegian government agencies under a memorandum of understanding.
The memo was signed earlier this week by U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, USSTRATCOM director of plans and policy, and Royal Norwegian Air Force Col. Stig Nilsson, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense head of the space program,
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Citizen scientist photographs space station space debris from Earth  Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2017European conference on space debris risks and mitigation  Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 06, 2017SES and Thales Unveil Next-Generation Capabilities Onboard SES-17 |
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 Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving common salts has been achieved. New research demonstrates the real-world potential of providing clean drinking water for millions of people who struggle to access adequate clean water sources.
Th ... more Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Where the Jordan stops flowing  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 |
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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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 Sydney (AFP) April 6, 2017 
Residents bracing for major flooding in an Australian town breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after a swollen river peaked lower than forecast, although hundreds of homes were still inundated.
There were fears the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton could rise to nine metres (29-feet), potentially spilling "an incredible" body of water onto thousands of properties, 10 days after a cyclone dumped ma ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2017NASA's CYGNSS Satellite Constellation Enters Science Operations Phase  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 |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) April 6, 2017 
A military tribunal on Thursday jailed 15 Burkinabe soldiers for up to 17 years each over a failed raid on an arms depot last year.
The soldiers on trial included 10 members of the former elite presidential guard (RSP) of ousted leader Blaise Compaore.
They were found guilty of taking the arms which were allegedly to be used to attack Ouagadougou military prison in order to release forme ... more Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) April 5, 2017European Union trains 'credible army' in C. Africa  Bamako (AFP) April 2, 2017Mali peace conference calls for talks with jihadists Banjul, Gambia (AFP) April 1, 2017'Executed' Gambian coup plotters exhumed |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 
Married couples tend to look alike for several reasons. One of them, new research shows, is the simple fact that married couples with common ancestry tend to share similar genes.
According to the study, published this week in the journal PLOS Genetics, the genetic similarities are enough to bias genome studies.
Researchers analyzed the genomes of three generations of Caucasian co ... more Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Researchers uncover prehistoric art and ornaments from Indonesian 'Ice Age'  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 |
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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 Washington (AFP) April 7, 2017US coal company CEO urges Trump to stay in Paris climate deal  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 |
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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  Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Tyrannosaurs show their sensitive side  Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Monkey business produces rare preserved blood in amber fossils |
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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  Merced CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Research shows global photosynthesis on the rise  Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Biochar provides high-definition electron pathways in soil |
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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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