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  Santa Fe NM (SPX) May 03, 2017 New international agreements commit all UN member nations to solving humanity's greatest challenges over the next few decades, from eliminating extreme poverty and unhealthy living conditions to addressing climate change and arresting environmental degradation. But how we'll achieve these extraordinary goals in such a short amount of time remains a major challenge. According to a new paper published this week in PNAS, creating a quantitative and systematic understanding of how cities generat ... read more |
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India's Space Agency Saves Over US$ 2 Billion per Year for the CountryNew Delhi (Sputnik) May 01, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not just building satellites or driving innovation by sharing its Lithium-ion batteries for powering vehicles, the space agency is helping fishermen ... more 
Researchers develop radar simulator to characterize scattering of debris in tornadoesWashington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017 Researchers have developed the first numerical polarimetric radar simulator to study and characterize the scattering of debris particles in tornadoes. The results of their study are published ... more  
Researchers track impact of Brazil's 'Soy Moratorium'Lawrence KS (SPX) May 03, 2017 The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso produces enough soybeans to be the equivalent of Iowa and Illinois put together. But it also plays home to lush Amazon rain forest, one of the richest, and most vu ... more  
New coral bleaching database to help predict fate of global reefsVancouver, Canada (SPX) May 03, 2017 A UBC-led research team has developed a new global coral bleaching database that could help scientists predict future bleaching events. Until now, knowledge of the geographic extent of mass co ... 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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When bridges collapse; Are we underestimating the risksStanford CA (SPX) May 03, 2017 The United States is considering a $1 trillion budget proposal to update infrastructure, including its crumbling bridges. An obstacle to spending the money wisely is that the current means of assess ... more  
A new interpretation of petrogenesis of the early continental crust rockBeijing, China (SPX) May 01, 2017 The ancient continental crust in the earth was mainly formed in the Archean, 2.5~4.0 billion years ago, and is chiefly composed of tonalite, trondhjemite and granodiorite (TTG rocks). These three ki ... more 
Rock samples indicate water is key ingredient for crust formationAustin TX (SPX) May 03, 2017 By examining the cooling rate of rocks that formed more than 10 miles beneath the Earth's surface, scientists led by The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences have found that w ... more  
Canada: walrus, caribou face extinction risk in ArcticMontreal (AFP) May 2, 2017 Both Atlantic walrus and eastern migratory caribou are at risk of extinction in Canada's Arctic, a panel of experts has warned. ... more  
Morocco fights to save its iconic monkeyChefchaouen, Morocco (AFP) May 3, 2017 "If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years," warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad's ageing 4x4 showing Morocco's famed Barbary macaque monkey. ... more  
Early evidence of Middle Stone Age projectiles found in South Africa's Sibudu CaveWashington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017 Innovations in stone knapping technology during the South African Middle Stone Age enabled the creation of early projectile weapons, according to a study published April 26, 2017 in the open-access ... more |
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 Brazil's indigenous leader Raoni: youths losing their culture 
What comes next - how the brain predicts speechWashington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017 An international collaboration of neuroscientists has shed light on how the brain helps us to predict what is coming next in speech. In the study, publishing in the open access journal PLOS Biology ... more 
Rare albino orangutan rescued on Borneo islandPalangkaraya, Indonesia (AFP) May 2, 2017 A rare albino orangutan has been rescued on the Indonesian part of Borneo island where villagers were keeping the white-haired, blue-eyed creature in a cage, a protection group said Tuesday. ... more 
Norway billionaire reveals plan to give away his fortuneOslo (AFP) May 2, 2017 A Norwegian billionaire announced Tuesday he wants to contribute to society by giving away the "lion's share" of his fortune, including funds for an oceanographic research vessel for the scientific community. ... more 
Cold-water corals: Acidification harms, warming promotes growthKiel, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2017 Because they build their skeletons from calcium carbonate, cold-water corals such as the globally distributed species Lophelia pertusa are considered particularly threatened by ocean acidification. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017 
New research suggests bullying and bullying-related behaviors are on the decline at elementary, middle and high schools.
Education researchers surveyed approximately 246,000 students in grades 4 through 12 at 109 Maryland schools over the course of ten years. The result - detailed in the journal Pediatrics - suggest bullying is trending down.
"While bullying is a significant pu ... more New Brunswick NJ (SPX) May 02, 2017Zapping bacteria with sanitizers made of paper Washington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017Researchers develop radar simulator to characterize scattering of debris in tornadoes  Vienna (AFP) April 29, 2017Soul-searching scientists struggle to get message across |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017 
When spacecraft and satellites travel through space they encounter tiny, fast moving particles of space dust and debris. If the particle travels fast enough, its impact appears to create electromagnetic radiation (in the form of radio waves) that can damage or even disable the craft's electronic systems.
A new study published this week in the journal Physics of Plasmas, from AIP Publishing ... more Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Diamond quantum sensor reveals current flows in next-gen materials  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017System can 3-D print an entire building  Leicester UK (SPX) May 03, 2017Ground Control Satellite Dish Arrives at University of Leicester |
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 01, 2017 
By precisely controlling the quantum behavior of an ultracold atomic gas, Rice University physicists have created a model system for studying the wave phenomenon that may bring about rogue waves in Earth's oceans.
The research appears this week in Science. The researchers said their experimental system could provide clues about the underlying physics of rogue waves - 100-foot walls of wate ... moreOslo (AFP) May 2, 2017Norway billionaire reveals plan to give away his fortune Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 03, 2017New coral bleaching database to help predict fate of global reefs Kiel, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2017Cold-water corals: Acidification harms, warming promotes growth |
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 Montreal (AFP) May 2, 2017 
Both Atlantic walrus and eastern migratory caribou are at risk of extinction in Canada's Arctic, a panel of experts has warned.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), which met in Whitehorse, said Monday that the number of Canadian northern wildlife species at risk now stands at 62.
"Over the past few decades, the areas inhabited by the few thousand High ... more London, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Warm winds: New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves  London, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloor  Fairbanks AK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Researchers solve the century-old mystery of Blood Falls |
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 Lawrence KS (SPX) May 03, 2017 
The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso produces enough soybeans to be the equivalent of Iowa and Illinois put together. But it also plays home to lush Amazon rain forest, one of the richest, and most vulnerable, ecological treasures on our planet.
Using satellite imagery and unique ground-based information, the interface between highly mechanized agriculture and rainforest in Mato Grosso is sh ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Common pesticide damages honey bee's ability to fly  New York (AFP) April 30, 2017Urban farming flourishes in New York  Vancouver (AFP) April 26, 2017Startup cooking up silkworm noodles for Chinese meals |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) May 02, 2017 
It is a common trope in disaster movies: an earthquake strikes, causing the ground to rip open and swallow people and cars whole. The gaping earth might make for cinematic drama, but earthquake scientists have long held that it does not happen.
Except, it can, according to new experimental research from Caltech.
The work, appearing in the journal Nature on May 1, shows how the earth ... more Manila (AFP) April 28, 20176.8-magnitude quake strikes the Philippines: USGS  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Apr 27, 2017New model could help predict major earthquakes  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Hard rocks from Himalaya raise flood risk for millions |
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 Lusanga, Dr Congo (AFP) April 27, 2017 
There is no tap water, electricity or shops in Lusanga, a Congolese town once known as Leverville where the Dutch-British conglomerate Unilever long ran a profitable palm oil plantation.
But the 15,000 onetime workers living on the land recently found new hope in a stark contemporary art centre called the "White Cube" which stands somewhat strangely on the African skyline.
Funded in part ... more Djibouti (AFP) April 24, 2017US Defense Secretary Mattis visits strategic Djibouti  Nairobi (AFP) April 23, 2017Top conservationist wounded in Kenya gun attack Rabat (AFP) April 22, 2017Morocco, US stage joint military exercise |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 01, 2017  The sediments forming the layers or strata at archaeological sites can be very rich in bone remains, but until now their possible fossil DNA content had not attracted the attention of paleoanthropologists. Now, a new technique developed by an international team, in which the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has participated, allows the remains of groups of hominids in these sediments to ... more Bras�lia (AFP) May 2, 2017Brazil's indigenous leader Raoni: youths losing their culture Washington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017Early evidence of Middle Stone Age projectiles found in South Africa's Sibudu Cave  Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2017Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans |
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 Geneva (AFP) May 2, 2017 
Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of the year, up 50 percent from late 2016, the UN said Tuesday.
The United Nations children's agency warned that 275,000 of those children were expected to be so severely malnourished that they could easily die.
Severe acute malnutrition is the most extreme and visible form ... more Beijing, China (SPX) May 03, 2017Mechanism of the influence of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateaus on the circulation and climate in summer  Addis Ababa (AFP) April 28, 2017Ethiopia drought creates food crisis for 7.7 million  Washington (AFP) April 26, 2017US may stay in Paris climate accord, with caveats |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2017 
In May, a team of Goddard scientists will begin measuring greenhouse gases over the Mid-Atlantic region - an area chosen in part because it encompasses a range of vegetation, climate, and soil types that would influence the exchange of carbon dioxide and methane between the Earth and the atmosphere.
The airborne campaign, called the Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment, or CARAFE, could help sc ... more Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2017GRACE-FO satellites get an earful  Missoula MT (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Heavy precipitation speeds carbon exchange in tropics New Delhi (Sputnik) May 01, 2017India's Space Agency Saves Over US$ 2 Billion per Year for the Country |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 02, 2017 
A study recently published in PLOS Biology provides information that substantially changes the prevailing idea about the brain formation process in vertebrates and sheds some light on how it might have evolved.
The findings show that the interpretation maintained hitherto regarding the principal regions formed at the beginning of vertebrate brain development is not correct. This research w ... more Waterloo, Canada (SPX) May 01, 2017Discovery in northern lakes may be key to understanding early life on Earth  New York NY (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Extinction risk for many species vastly underestimated, study suggests  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Paleontologists identify new 508-million-year-old sea creature with can opener-like pincers |
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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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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
Who hasn't lived through the frustrating experience of being without a phone after forgetting to recharge it? This could one day be a thing of the past thanks to technology being developed by Hydro-Quebec and McGill University.
Lithium-ion batteries have allowed the rapid proliferation of all kinds of mobile devices such as phones, tablets and computers. These tools however require frequen ... more London, UK (SPX) May 03, 2017Revolutionary method reveals impact of short circuits on battery safety  Raleigh, NC (SPX) May 03, 2017Thin layers of water hold promise for the energy storage of the future  New York, NY (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Freezing lithium batteries may make them safer and bendable |
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 Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017 
Researchers have discovered a new invasive clam in the Illinois River.
Scientists discovered the new clam while searching for the scaleshell, Leptodea leptodon, an endangered species of freshwater mussel. Instead, researchers noticed a type of clam distinct from other invasive species.
Researchers determined the clam belonged to the Corbicula genus, a group of invasive clams nati ... moreChefchaouen, Morocco (AFP) May 3, 2017Morocco fights to save its iconic monkey  Washington (UPI) Apr 28, 2017Scientists find new population of endangered cats in Borneo Palangkaraya, Indonesia (AFP) May 2, 2017Rare albino orangutan rescued on Borneo island |
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 Yuxian, China (AFP) May 1, 2017 
For the 50-year-old Chinese opera performer, every aspect of the dimly-lit backstage room was a reminder that things had changed.
The elaborate costumes carelessly thrown aside, the young troupe members playing with their smartphones, the half-eaten noodles abandoned in the corner - all were tokens of disorder that made Li Zhiguo grimace in his blue and gold cap.
"I get angry sometimes ... more Beijing (AFP) May 3, 201712 dead in tunnel blast in southwest China  Hong Kong (AFP) April 29, 2017World's only Tiananmen museum returns to Hong Kong  Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2017Chinese court sentences rights lawyer in secret trial |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Tropical rainforests are often described as the "lungs of the earth," able to inhale carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and exhale oxygen in return. The faster they grow, the more they mitigate climate change by absorbing CO2.
This role has made them a hot research topic, as scientists question what will happen to this vital carbon sink long-term as temperatures rise and rainfall increases ... more Vancouver (AFP) April 28, 2017Deforestation from a tree's perspective at the TED conference  Boston MA (SPX) May 01, 2017Scientists examine impact of high-severity fires on conifer forests  Brussels (AFP) April 27, 2017Primeval forest risks sparking new EU-Poland clash |
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