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  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Studies of bones from Ice Age megafaunal animals across Eurasia and the Americas have revealed that major increases in environmental moisture occurred just before many species suddenly became extinct around 11-15,000 years ago. The persistent moisture resulting from melting permafrost and glaciers caused widespread glacial-age grasslands to be rapidly replaced by peatlands and bogs, fragmenting populations of large herbivore grazers. Research led by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at ... read more |
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Earliest mammals were mostly nocturnal, genomic study showsWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 The nocturnal niches have several advantages, including fewer active predators and unsuspecting prey. The problem, of course, is that it's difficult to see. ... more  
Lack of Oxygen Not a Showstopper For LifeMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The hot springs of Yellowstone National Park may be extreme environments, but they are host to a diversity of microbes that could shed light on the evolution of life on Earth and, perhaps, what lurk ... more 
Ancient reptile tracks in the Pyrenees may include evidence of a new type of footprintWashington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 A large set of tracks made by archosauromorphs in the Pyrenees mountain range may include a new type of footprint made by reptiles that lived 247 million years ago, according to a study published Ap ... more  
Water is streaming across AntarcticaNew York NY (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 In the first such continent-wide survey, scientists have found extensive drainages of meltwater flowing over parts of Antarctica's ice during the brief summer. Researchers already knew such features ... 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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Arctic river ice deposits rapidly disappearingWashington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Climate change is causing thick ice deposits that form along Arctic rivers to melt nearly a month earlier than they did 15 years ago, a new study finds. River icings form when Arctic groundwater rea ... more  
Sea scorpions: The original sea monsterEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Four hundred and thirty million years ago, long before the evolution of barracudas or sharks, a different kind of predator stalked the primordial seas. The original sea monsters were eurypterids - b ... more 
Methane seeps in the Canadian high ArcticBoulder CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Cretaceous climate warming led to a significant methane release from the seafloor, indicating potential for similar destabilization of gas hydrates under modern global warming. A field campaign on t ... more 
Fewer sharks equals fatter fish, research showsWashington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017 As shark populations decline, fish face less pressure from the top of the food chain. As a result, new research shows, fish are getting fatter. ... more 
Degraded coral imperils coastal people: studyParis (AFP) April 20, 2017 Coral reefs may be losing their ability to shield coastal communities from storms, sea surges and tsunamis, geologists said on Thursday. ... more 
Ukraine's Mariupol to be without hot water for monthsKiev (AFP) April 20, 2017 The main government-held city in Ukraine's separatist east has been forced to shut off its hot water until at least mid-October because it does not have enough money to pay off utility debts. ... more |
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 Study helps explain how flowers evolved to get pollinators to specialize  
In new paper, scientists explain climate change using before and after photographic evidenceLawrence KS (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 A group of scientists offers photographic proof of climate change using images of retreating glaciers in a new paper, "Savor the Cryosphere," appearing in GSA Today, a peer-reviewed publication of t ... more 
UK Space Agency and CNES join forces to curb climate changeLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The UK Space Agency and their French counterparts, CNES, have reached a ground-breaking new agreement to work together to tackle climate change. The Agency's Director of Growth, Catherine Meal ... more  
European salamander at risk of extinction: studyParis (AFP) April 20, 2017 Europe's already endangered salamander population faces extinction due to a new, virulent fungus that also poses a broader threat to biodiversity, according to a new study. ... more 
Ants rescue their injuredWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The African Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) are widespread south of the Sahara and are a specialised termite predator. Two to four times a day, the ants set out to hunt prey. Proceeding in long fi ... more |
  Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 
SES has announced its new government product Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), a SATCOM-enabled platform capable of providing high-speed connectivity and global communications services tailored to a broad range of commercial, civil, humanitarian and defence missions around the world.
The Rapid Response Vehicle is the world's first mobile platform to offer collaborative communications technolog ... more Colombo (AFP) April 19, 2017Sri Lanka ends search for garbage survivors as toll hits 32  Port-Au-Prince (AFP) April 19, 2017Haiti to rebuild National Palace toppled in 2010 quake  Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2017Smoking to kill 200 million in China this century: WHO |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
EarthCARE, the Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Mission of European Space Agency (ESA), met its Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR), the Japanese payload for the mission, for the first time when the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) handed over the instrument to ESA at Airbus' Satellite Centre in Friedrichshafen (Germany). Airbus is ESA's prime contractor to develop and build the EarthCARE satellite.
In th ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions  Dijon, France (AFP) April 18, 2017France's Melenchon returns with campaigning hologram  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017SSL completes agreement to partner with DARPA on satellite servicing |
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 Sede Boqer, Israel (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed novel ultrafiltration membranes that significantly improve the virus-removal process from treated municipal wastewater used for drinking in water-scarce cities.
Current membrane filtration methods require intensive energy to adequately remove pathogenic viruses ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017General Atomics providing battery for semi-autonomous underwater vehicle Kiev (AFP) April 20, 2017Ukraine's Mariupol to be without hot water for months  Karlovac, Croatia (AFP) April 19, 2017Croatian rivers face hydroelectric peril |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 18, 2017 
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a virtual tour showcasing a newly constructed military base located in a remote area in the Arctic.
The tour, presented on the defense ministry's website, allows visitors to browse through various structures of the base. It does not depict or discuss any military hardware.
The release marks a notable departure from Kremlin tradition re ... moreBoulder CO (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Methane seeps in the Canadian high Arctic  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2017How polar bears find their prey  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Glacier shape influences susceptibility to melting |
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 Linan, China (AFP) April 20, 2017 
It's springtime in the bamboo-forested hills surrounding eastern China's Lin'an city, and that means busy mornings of harvesting, packing and selling tonnes of the edible bamboo shoots that the region is famous for.
Lin'an is in an area of eastern Zhejiang province whose rich forests are estimated to supply up to two-thirds of China's bamboo shoots, plus a range of other products derived fro ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017A better way to manage phosphorus?  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 17, 2017Organic cover crop methods examined for weed control  Madison WI (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Termite gut holds a secret to breaking down plant biomass |
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 Bogota (AFP) April 19, 2017  Flooding and mudslides in central Colombia have killed at least 11 people, the Red Cross said Wednesday, causing alarm in a country still recovering from recent mudslides that killed hundreds.
At least 20 people are missing after torrential rains lashed the city of Manizales, officials said, raising fears the death toll could soar as it did earlier this month in the southern city of Mocoa. ... more Bogota (AFP) April 20, 2017At least 16 killed in Colombia floods: government  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Lessons from Parkfield help predict continued fault movements after earthquakes  Lima (AFP) April 18, 2017Death toll at 113 in Peru floods, mudslides; while 6.2 quake rumbles |
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 Yumbe, Uganda (AFP) April 20, 2017  Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese refugees hoping to receive food rations in the outskirts of his town.
"Business is not good. These people don't have money," he says, gazing out over a vast area that in only eight months has transformed from scrubland and trees to the world's biggest refugee settlement, Bidibi ... more Kinshasa (AFP) April 14, 2017DR Congo suspends military cooperation with Belgium  Washington (AFP) April 15, 2017'A few dozen' US troops deployed to Somalia: Pentagon  Lagos (AFP) April 12, 2017Four dead in army, police clashes in Nigeria: source |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2017  Psychedelics may trigger a "higher" level of consciousness.
Neuroscientists at the University of Sussex recorded an increase in neural signal diversity in the brains of people using psychedelic drugs.
Previous studies have documented the increase in neural signal diversity levels in "aware and awake" brains, as compared to levels in sleeping brains - confirming the index as usef ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Putting social science modeling through its paces  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Science says: Let a stranger pick your profile picture  Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Study reveals 10,000 years of genetic continuity in northwest North America |
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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
The UK Space Agency and their French counterparts, CNES, have reached a ground-breaking new agreement to work together to tackle climate change.
The Agency's Director of Growth, Catherine Mealing-Jones, and CNES President, Jean-Yves Le Gall, signed the MicroCarb cooperation agreement 19th April at the French Ambassador's Residence in London, witnessed by Jo Johnson, the Minister of State f ... moreLawrence KS (SPX) Apr 20, 2017In new paper, scientists explain climate change using before and after photographic evidence  Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Models, observations not so far apart on planet's response to greenhouse gas emissions  Nairobi (AFP) April 11, 2017Drought, conflict and famine in Africa |
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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 Aurora CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Raytheon speeds delivery and secures satellite weather data  Denver CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2017NOAA's GOES-S Satellite in Thermal Vacuum Testing  Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
A large set of tracks made by archosauromorphs in the Pyrenees mountain range may include a new type of footprint made by reptiles that lived 247 million years ago, according to a study published April 19, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Eudald Mujal from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues.
The Permian mass extinction resulted in the loss of 90 percent of ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 17, 2017Early dinosaur 'cousin' discovered - and it's not like scientists thought it'd be Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Earliest mammals were mostly nocturnal, genomic study shows  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Megafaunal extinctions driven by too much moisture |
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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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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
Scientists have long struggled with generating and storing hydrogen, the kind that might one day provide the backbone for renewable energy fuel cells that make our cars move, warm our houses and help produce food, in a way that also won't hasten climate change or otherwise harm the environment.
In research published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, chemist ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017New infrared-emitting device could allow energy harvesting from waste heat  Riverside CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Making batteries from waste glass bottles  Riverside CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2017New battery coating could improve smart phones and electric vehicles |
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 Algiers (AFP) April 13, 2017 
"It's not a bird, it's a rat - and it's squatting on my terrace," Ali says of his new neighbour, a yellow-legged gull - a pest ubiquitous in the Algerian capital.
The 60-year-old is not alone in despising this versatile scavenger, whose Mediterranean population has boomed in recent decades.
The "rat of the sky" has taken advantage of human waste to supplement its normal marine diet, br ... moreWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Ants rescue their injured  Geneva (AFP) April 18, 2017Endangered species poached in protected areas: WWF  Washington (AFP) April 13, 2017Hunting behind steep drop in animal numbers in tropics: report |
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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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