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  Washington (AFP) April 22, 2017 The Trump administration's climate skepticism and its possible withdrawal from the landmark Paris Agreement of 2015 drew a cloud over this week's grand economic conclave in Washington. The regular meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund - always accompanied by a gathering of G20 finance ministers - have rung out with calls to action against global warming in recent years. But this week's lofty junket, which wraps up Saturday in the US capital, underscored the directional shi ... read more |
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Proposed cuts in US climate science reverberate worldwideParis (AFP) April 21, 2017 The gutting of US-funded climate science would cripple research agendas worldwide and hamper the global fight against climate change, say scientists outside the United States, some of whom will take to the streets Saturday to make that point. ... more  
Nearly two billion people depend on imported foodHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Researchers show empirically: when population pressure increases, food is imported. The Earth's capacity to feed its growing population is limited - and unevenly distributed. An increase in cultivat ... more 
World Bank, Amundi launch $2 bn green bond fundWashington (AFP) April 21, 2017 The World Bank's private financing arm on Friday launched a joint venture with Europe's largest asset manager, Amundi, to create a $2 billion green bond fund to unlock financing for environmental projects in developing countries. ... more 
Sat nav for bread wheat uncovers hidden genesNorwich, UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Scientists have created the most accurate navigation system for the bread wheat genome to date - allowing academics and breeders to analyse its genes more easily than ever before. Wheat is one of th ... 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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Reindeer at risk from Arctic hot spellKautokeino, Norway (AFP) April 21, 2017 Winter temperatures in Norway's Lapland could rise dramatically this century, with potentially devastating consequences for the region's reindeer and the indigenous Sami people who make their living herding them. ... more  
Indonesian hobbit evolved from African ancestorWashington (UPI) Apr 21, 2017 New analysis of the remains of Flores man - the most complete Homo floresiensis specimen - suggests the Indonesian "hobbits" evolved from an African relative, not from Homo erectus. ... more  
Belgium's 'fairytale' bluebell forest victim of own beautyHalle, Belgium (AFP) April 22, 2017 A carpet of bluebells bursts into flower in Belgium in a wonder of the natural world - but one that is at risk of being trampled by tourists drawn to its beauty. ... more  
Sri Lanka bans anti-garbage protests after dump disasterColombo (AFP) April 21, 2017 Sri Lanka has outlawed protests over Colombo's garbage crisis following rallies over the city's waste disposal after a landslide at a giant rubbish tip killed 32 people and destroyed 145 homes. ... more 
Cold snap threatens French vinesParis (AFP) April 21, 2017 A late spring frost that hit French vineyards is threatening the harvest in Champagne and Burgundy, winegrowers warn. ... more 
Researchers quantify grasslands' carbon storage valueLaramie WY (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 When grasslands feature a wide array of plant species, they provide a variety of benefits for humans and animals, including enhanced carbon storage capacity that can be quantified economically, acco ... more |
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 Report identifies grand challenges to better prepare for volcanic eruptions  
Nepal quake injured stalked by disability two years onKathmandu (AFP) April 23, 2017 The day after Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake, Samrat Basnet opened his doors to the wounded as hospitals overwhelmed with thousands of victims had to send away those without life-threatening injuries. ... more  
'Is this Miami?': An Iraqi family's Colombian odysseyBogota (AFP) April 21, 2017 After fleeing their home in war-torn Iraq, the Hadi family dreamed of getting a fresh start in the United States. ... more 
US to honour 'dumb' refugee deal with Australia: PenceSydney (AFP) April 22, 2017 The US will honour a controversial agreement with Australia to take refugees from Pacific island detention centres, Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday - a deal Donald Trump had previously branded "dumb". ... more  
Gambia's race to save its 'Roots' on Kunta Kinteh islandKunta Kinteh Island, Gambia (AFP) April 21, 2017 As the rebel slave who defied his captors, Kunta Kinte, immortalised in print and on screen in "Roots", put The Gambia on the map for historical tourism. ... more |
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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 Sydney (AFP) April 22, 2017US to honour 'dumb' refugee deal with Australia: Pence Bogota (AFP) April 21, 2017'Is this Miami?': An Iraqi family's Colombian odyssey |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
Stress sensors are important tools when it comes to evaluating the robustness of a material facing strong mechanical forces. OIST researchers have just published in Advanced Materials an article reporting a new kind of sensor molecules that brightens up when the material they are incorporated into comes under heavy mechanical stress.
Such light-based sensing molecules, also called photolum ... more Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Japanese Cloud Radar payload ready for final spacecraft assembly  Bornheim, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Leybold simplifies repairs and maintenance through Augmented Reality  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions |
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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 Kiev (AFP) April 20, 2017Ukraine's Mariupol to be without hot water for months  Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Fewer sharks equals fatter fish, research shows  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Sea scorpions: The original sea monster |
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 Boulder 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 the remote Ellef Ringnes Island, Canadian High Arctic, discovered an astounding number of methane seep mounds in Cretaceous age sediments.
Seep mounds are carbonate deposits, often hosting unique ... more Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2017How polar bears find their prey  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Arctic river ice deposits rapidly disappearing Kautokeino, Norway (AFP) April 21, 2017Reindeer at risk from Arctic hot spell |
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 Laramie WY (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
When grasslands feature a wide array of plant species, they provide a variety of benefits for humans and animals, including enhanced carbon storage capacity that can be quantified economically, according to a new scientific paper co-written by a University of Wyoming researcher.
And the ability to measure the economic value of biodiversity for enhancing carbon storage could help in making ... more Linan, China (AFP) April 20, 2017Busy harvest time in China's bamboo forests Norwich, UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Sat nav for bread wheat uncovers hidden genes Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nearly two billion people depend on imported food |
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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. ... moreKathmandu (AFP) April 23, 2017Nepal quake injured stalked by disability two years on  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Report identifies grand challenges to better prepare for volcanic eruptions  Bogota (AFP) April 20, 2017At least 16 killed in Colombia floods: government |
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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 Rabat (AFP) April 22, 2017Morocco, US stage joint military exercise Kunta Kinteh Island, Gambia (AFP) April 21, 2017Gambia's race to save its 'Roots' on Kunta Kinteh island  Kinshasa (AFP) April 14, 2017DR Congo suspends military cooperation with Belgium |
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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 ... moreWashington (UPI) Apr 21, 2017Indonesian hobbit evolved from African ancestor  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 |
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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 ... more Washington (AFP) April 22, 2017In Washington, the economic world meets Trump climate skepticism Paris (AFP) April 21, 2017Proposed cuts in US climate science reverberate worldwide  Lawrence KS (SPX) Apr 20, 2017In new paper, scientists explain climate change using before and after photographic evidence |
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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 ... more Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery  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 |
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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 ... moreWashington (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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 Wurzburg, 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 files, they raid termites at their foraging sites, killing many workers and hauling the prey back to their nest.
These attacks, however, are met with resistance and the ants get involved in fights ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Can coyotes fill the ecological gaps left by lost wolf populations?  Quito (AFP) April 20, 2017Endangered Galapagos tortoises saved from suspected traffickers  Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Why don't fish freeze to death in icy water |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 22, 2017 
Prominent Chinese lawyer Xie Yang will not be allowed to pick his defence at his upcoming trial, his former attorney said, in a move rights groups called a breach of international standards.
Xie, who has worked on numerous cases considered politically sensitive by the ruling Communist party including defending Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, has been detained since July 2015.
He has c ... more Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2017Chinese tycoon accuses Beijing of meddling in interview  The Hague (AFP) April 12, 2017Dutch panda mania as giant bears arrive from China Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2017Beijing hutongs: village life in the city |
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 Halle, Belgium (AFP) April 22, 2017 
A carpet of bluebells bursts into flower in Belgium in a wonder of the natural world - but one that is at risk of being trampled by tourists drawn to its beauty.
For two or three weeks in April the ground of the Hallerbos wood just outside the drab capital of Brussels is transformed into a breathtaking sea of shimmering purple.
"The scene is like in a fairytale, we're still expecting a ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Greenhouse gas effect caused by mangrove forest conversion is quite significant  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 |
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