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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 18, 2017 A new NASA- and Department of Energy-funded study finds that recent increases in global methane levels observed since 2007 are not necessarily due to increasing emissions, but instead may be due to changes in how long methane remains in the atmosphere after it is emitted. The second most important human-produced greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, methane is colorless, odorless and can be hard to track. The gas has a wide range of sources, from decomposing biological material to leaks in natural ... read more |
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Researchers ask public to help them count Weddell sealsWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 Researchers at the University of Minnesota are recruiting the public to assist in the first-ever comprehensive Weddell seals census. ... more  
Computer game helps scientists understand animal camouflageExeter, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Online computer games played by more than 30,000 people have helped scientists understand animal camouflage and colour vision. Researchers from the University of Exeter wanted to know why many anima ... more  
US streams carry surprisingly extensive mixture of pollutantsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Many U.S. waterways carry a variety of pollutants, but not much is known about the composition or health effects of these chemical combinations. A new in-depth study, however, is providing insight a ... more  
Deep-sea animals make their own lightMoss Landing CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Ever since explorer William Beebe descended into the depths in a metal sphere in the 1930s, marine biologists have been astounded by the number and diversity of glowing animals in the ocean. Y ... 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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Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sunBerkeley CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Imagine a future in which every home has an appliance that pulls all the water the household needs out of the air, even in dry or desert climates, using only the power of the sun. That future may be ... more 
Migration from sea-level rise could reshape cities inlandAthens GA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 When Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana in 2005, cities inland saw an influx of evacuees escaping the storm and its aftermath. Now, a new University of Georgia study predicts that this could happen ... more 
Japan volcanic island may hold key to coral survivalAboard The Schooner Tara, Japan (AFP) April 17, 2017 The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say. ... more 
A rusty green early oceanRehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 Though they may seem rock solid, the ancient sedimentary rocks called iron formations - the world's chief economic source of iron ore - were once dissolved in seawater. How did that iron go from a d ... more  
Science says: Let a stranger pick your profile pictureWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 If you want to look your best in your profile picture, research suggests delegating the decision to a stranger. ... more  
Models, observations not so far apart on planet's response to greenhouse gas emissionsSeattle WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 How hot our planet will become for a given amount of greenhouse gases is a key number in climate change. As the calculation of how much warming is locked in by a given amount of emissions, it is cru ... more |
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 Italy producers in Asia rice row  
Termite gut holds a secret to breaking down plant biomassMadison WI (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 In the Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the incredibly efficient eating habits of a fungus-cultivating termite are surprising even to those well acquainted with th ... more 
Study: Nearly 2 billion people rely on food grown elsewhereWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 Almost 2 billion people now rely on imported food, new research shows. ... more  
Diarrhoea kills more than 500 in Somalia since January: UNGeneva (AFP) April 13, 2017 Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit parts of Somalia since January, the United Nations said Thursday. ... more  
At least 97 migrants missing as boat sinks off LibyaTripoli (AFP) April 13, 2017 At least 97 migrants were missing after their boat sank on Thursday off the Libyan coast, a navy spokesman said. ... more |
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At least 97 migrants were missing after their boat sank on Thursday off the Libyan coast, a navy spokesman said.
Survivors said the missing include 15 women and five children, General Ayoub Qassem told AFP.
He said the Libyan coastguard had rescued a further 23 migrants of various African nationalities just under 10 kilometres (6 miles) off the coast of Tripoli.
The boat's hull was c ... more Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2017Smoking to kill 200 million in China this century: WHO  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Evaluating forecasts of extreme events  Jerusalem (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Glowing bacteria detect buried landmines |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 
Human exploration of Mars is now an official goal of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill to increase NASA's budget. The law sets spending at $19.5 billion for the 12-month period starting on October 1, 2017. Congress will need to approve the money.
And for the first time, the NASA budget adds human exploration of M ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 19, 2017Waste Cadets: space plans mean more space junk, harder space exploration  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017NASA Fellow studies new heatshield-making technique  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017SSL completes agreement to partner with DARPA on satellite servicing |
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 Conakry (AFP) April 12, 2017  Guinea has seized a haul of shark fins and carcasses from Chinese ships fishing illegally off the coast of the west African country and fined the owners.
The seizure was part of a push launched in February to crack down on illegal fishing in West African waters, aided by the environmental campaign group Greenpeace.
"Three ships were boarded and searched, two for having shark fins on bo ... more Amherst MA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017New England's glacial upland soils provide major groundwater storage reservoir  Durham NC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Catch shares slow the 'race to fish' Athens GA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Migration from sea-level rise could reshape cities inland |
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 Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
When, in the foreseeable future, a tabular iceberg nearly seven times the size of Berlin breaks off the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Antarctic, it will begin a journey, the course of which climate researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) can accurately predict.
The researchers have now succeeded in modelling how Antarctic icebergs drift ... moreWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Researchers ask public to help them count Weddell seals  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Polar glaciers may be home to previously undiscovered carbon cycle  Fairbanks AK (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Warm Atlantic waters contribute to sea ice decline |
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 Rome (AFP) April 13, 2017 
Italy's rice producers sounded the alarm Thursday over competition from Asia, saying the national industry was in crisis and consumers were unwittingly buying pesticide-contaminated grains harvested by exploited children.
Italian farmers' association Coldiretti said imports of rice from Asia was driving the price of the home-grown staple into the ground, while lax labelling laws meant famili ... moreMadison WI (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Termite gut holds a secret to breaking down plant biomass Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Study: Nearly 2 billion people rely on food grown elsewhere  Oxford Uk (SPX) Apr 10, 2017So sheep may safely graze |
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 Tehran (AFP) April 15, 2017  At least 35 people were killed and eight declared missing as flash floods hit northwestern Iran, state media reported on Saturday.
"Thirty-five people have been killed in the floods" across four provinces, the head of Iran's emergency response organisation, Esmail Najar, told the ISNA news agency.
Torrential rains that began on Friday lashed East Azerbaijan province, with state televisio ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Lessons from Parkfield help predict continued fault movements after earthquakes  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Researchers seek new ways to improve earthquake risk communications  Karo, Indonesia (AFP) April 12, 2017Indonesian volcano in fresh eruptions |
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 Washington (AFP) April 15, 2017 
The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified security operations, a US military spokeswoman said Saturday.
The soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, a light infantry unit trained for air assaults, will mainly train and equip Somalia's army "to better fight Al-Shabab," an Al-Qaeda linked extremist group, the spokeswoma ... more Lagos (AFP) April 12, 2017Four dead in army, police clashes in Nigeria: source  Kinshasa (AFP) April 14, 2017DR Congo suspends military cooperation with Belgium  Mogadishu (AFP) April 10, 2017Three killed in Mogadishu army camp attack: military |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 
If you want to look your best in your profile picture, research suggests delegating the decision to a stranger.
When scientists in Australia studied the profile picture selection process, they found many make poor decisions. When strangers were allowed to choose a person's profile pic, the images scored better first impressions.
"Previous work has shown that people make inference ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Putting social science modeling through its paces  Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Study reveals 10,000 years of genetic continuity in northwest North America  Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Married couples with shared ancestry tend to have similar genes |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 
How hot our planet will become for a given amount of greenhouse gases is a key number in climate change. As the calculation of how much warming is locked in by a given amount of emissions, it is crucial for global policies to curb global warming.
It is also one of the most hotly debated numbers in climate science. Observations in the past decade seem to suggest a value that is lower than p ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Performance of the RegCM4 regional climate model over China  Nairobi (AFP) April 11, 2017Drought, conflict and famine in Africa  Bejing, China (SPX) Apr 10, 2017How ENSO and Atlantic ADO impact East Asian winter monsoon |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 17, 2017 
NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest yet composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet. This composite image, one of three new full-hemisphere views, provides a view of the Americas at night. The clouds and sun glint - added here for aesthetic effect - are derived from MODIS instrument land surface and cloud cover products ... more Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017New map reveals Earth's magnetic field in high resolution  Aurora CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Raytheon speeds delivery and secures satellite weather data |
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 Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
One way to understand how ocean acidity can change, for example, in response to rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, is to look to the history of seawater acidity. Dr. Itay Halevy of the Weizmann Institute of Science has looked to the distant past - all the way back to Earth's earliest oceans.
The model he developed, together with Dr. Aviv Bachan of Stanford University, suggests that the ea ... more Birmingham UK (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Discovery of early, 'croc-like' reptile sheds new light on evolution of dinosaurs  Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017As fins evolve to help fish swim, so does the nervous system  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 
The only U.S. sector where emissions of carbon dioxide increased last year was in the transportation sector, an Energy Department division reported.
A daily brief from the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported CO2 emissions from the transportation sector increased 1.9 percent from 2015 levels. Emissions directly from motor gasoline increased 1.8 percent and the overall sector ... more Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017World Bank urges more investment for developing global electricity  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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
When you charge a battery, or when you use it, it's not just electricity but also matter that moves around inside. Ions, which are atoms or molecules that have an electric charge, travel from one of the battery's electrodes to the other, making the electrodes shrink and swell. In fact, it's been a longstanding mystery why fairly brittle electrode materials don't crack under the strain of these e ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Scientists further understanding of a process that causes heat loss in fusion devices  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Art of paper-cutting inspires self-charging paper device  Riverside CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017New battery coating could improve smart phones and electric vehicles |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 
Online computer games played by more than 30,000 people have helped scientists understand animal camouflage and colour vision. Researchers from the University of Exeter wanted to know why many animals are dichromats (having two types of colour receptor cells in their eyes) while others, like humans, are trichromats (with three types of colour cells), and how colour vision affects animals' abilit ... more Washington (AFP) April 12, 2017US scientists track fish migration using DNA in water samples  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Discovered: Novel group of giant viruses  Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Making spines from sea water |
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 The Hague (AFP) April 12, 2017  Two giant pandas arrived by plane at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Wednesday after a marathon 8,000 kilometre journey from China, the first breeding pair on Dutch soil in three decades.
Female panda Wu Wen (Beautiful Powerful Cloud) and her male companion Xing Ya (Elegant Star) touched down at Schiphol at around 1730 GMT after leaving Chengdu in central China more than 10 hours earlier.
... more Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2017Beijing hutongs: village life in the city  Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2017Hong Kong's Carrie Lam officially accepts role as chief executive  Hong Kong (AFP) April 12, 2017Hong Kong lawmaker charged for upending Chinese flag |
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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
Clear-cutting of tropical mangrove forests to create shrimp ponds and cattle pastures contributes significantly to the greenhouse gas effect, one of the leading causes of global warming, new research suggests. A seven-year study, led by Oregon State University and the Center for International Forestry Research, spanned five countries across the topics from Indonesia to the Dominican Republic. ... more Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Stanford study explores risk of deforestation as agriculture expands in Africa  Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 10, 2017A new parameterization of canopy radiative transfer for land surface radiation models  Burlington, VT (SPX) Apr 10, 2017When old growth beats old school |
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