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  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 11, 2017 The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology show a systematic decline in earthworm populations in soils that are ploughed every year. The deeper the soil is disturbed the more harmful it is for the earthworms. The scientists from the University of Vigo, Spain, and University College Dublin, Ireland, analys ... read more |
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What goes down, must come up: Stirring things up in the Earth's mantleLeicester UK (SPX) May 15, 2017 New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth's mantle and its chemical makeup have been revealed by a researcher from the University of Leicester. The new findings suggest that the m ... more  
Researchers apply data science to better predict effect of weather and other conditionsCleveland OH (SPX) May 16, 2017 In a new study, a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Gebze Technical University (GTU) in Turkey used data science to determine and predict the effects of exposure to weathe ... more  
New tool could help predict, prevent surging waters in flood plainsWashington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017 A group of international scientists studying China's Yellow River has created a new tool that could help officials better predict and prevent its all-too-frequent floods, which threaten as many as 8 ... more  
New lung 'organoids' in a dish mimic features of full-size lungNew York, NY (SPX) May 16, 2017 New lung "organoids" - tiny 3-D structures that mimic features of a full-sized lung - -have been created from human pluripotent stem cells by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) ... more |
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Death toll from northwest China floods rises to 13
Massive French wildfire contained but 'not under control' French firefighters optimistic after controlling vast wildfire 'Never seen before' rains lash southern Japan Gales lash Greece, disrupting ferry services Hungarians protest with camels to raise alarm over drought Deadly Indian Himalayan flood likely caused by glacier collapse, experts say Third-hottest July on record wreaks climate havoc Thai prosecutors indict 23 over quake skyscraper collapse Nigeria issues flood alert for over half of its 36 states |
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Study refutes findings behind challenge to Sierra Nevada forest restorationBerkeley CA (SPX) May 16, 2017 A study led by ecologists at UC Berkeley has found significant flaws in the research used to challenge the U.S. Forest Service plan to restore Sierra Nevada forests to less dense, and less fire-pron ... more  
Oldest buckthorn fossilized flowers found in ArgentinaIthaca NY (SPX) May 15, 2017 Around 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, a giant asteroid crashed into the present-day Gulf of Mexico, leading to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. How plants were ... more  
Teleconnection between the tropical Pacific and AntarcticaSapporo, Japan (SPX) May 16, 2017 In April 2016, a large-scale breakup of land-fast ice was observed in Lutzow-Holm Bay near Syowa Station, a Japanese research facility. It was the first comparably large calving in the region since ... more  
Six-legged livestock - sustainable food productionCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) May 15, 2017 Identifying areas of particular high impact is an important step to improving the environmental sustainability of production systems. Insects have been heralded as the foods of the future - and now ... more 
Fish should figure in to fate of nation's aging damsEast Lansing MI (SPX) May 16, 2017 As nearly 75 percent of the nation's largest dams approach the high maintenance years, safety and economics figure large in decisions to fix or replace. A recent study by Michigan State University ( ... more  
Researchers create anticancer nanomaterials by simulating underwater volcanic conditionsHelsinki, Finland (SPX) May 16, 2017 Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, have developed anticancer nanomaterials by simulating the volcano-induced dynamic chemistry of the deep ocean. The novel method enables making nanoclusters ... more |
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 Can crab shells provide a 'green' solution to malaria? 
The superhighway threatening Nigeria's tropical rainforestCalabar, Nigeria (AFP) May 16, 2017 When bulldozers rolled into their forest at the start of last year, the Ekuri community in southeast Nigeria protested: "Indigenes say no!" ... more 
Dying Guatemala lake underlines climate change threatAtescatempa, Guatemala (AFP) May 15, 2017 The dried-out oyster shells lie on a landscape parched and cracked by the sun. ... more  
Vietnam arrests activist as MP resigns over mass fish deathsHanoi (AFP) May 15, 2017 Vietnam arrested another activist on Monday for organising protests over mass fish deaths caused by pollution from a steel plant, the same day a lawmaker resigned over the environmental scandal. ... more  
New scrutiny of poles as world braces for climate shifts: UNGeneva (AFP) May 15, 2017 Scientists will intensify scrutiny of the polar regions as part of an international campaign to improve global weather predictions and minimise risks linked to rapid climate change, the UN said Monday. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) May 14, 2017 
Outrage over the GOP's healthcare bill spilled out of a town hall event and onto the roads in Tennessee over the weekend.
On Saturday, Wendi Wright, a 35-year-old woman from Obion County, followed a car carrying Congressman David Kustoff, R-Tenn., and his aide. When Kustoff's ride finally stopped, Wright got out of her car, screamed at the politician and attacked his vehicle, banging on ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2017New fiber-based sensor could quickly detect structural problems in bridges and dams  Paris (AFP) May 7, 2017Marine Le Pen: far-right firebrand who has shaken up French politics  Beijing (AFP) May 6, 201720 sentenced to prison for deadly 2015 China landslide |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) May 16, 2017 
With the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new Integrated Technology Centre (ITC), Airbus marks the commencement of the intensive construction phase for its new euro 43 million satellite hub. The ultra-modern building, for the development and integration of satellites, will enable the Friedrichshafen site to handle future satellite requirements.
The ITC, featuring complex ... more Orlando FL (SPX) May 15, 2017Physics may bring faster solutions for tough computational problems  Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017A bath for precision printing of 3-D silicone structures  Houghton, MI (SPX) May 16, 2017Physical keyboards make virtual reality typing easier |
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 Newark, DE (SPX) May 09, 2017 
A study authored by University of Delaware Professor Art Trembanis and colleagues reveals new details about deep sea reefs - known as mesophotic reefs - near the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean.
While coral reefs worldwide are in decline, the waters surrounding Bonaire comprise a marine park known as a scuba "diver's paradise" because it contains some of the most well-preserved co ... moreEast Lansing MI (SPX) May 16, 2017Fish should figure in to fate of nation's aging dams Atescatempa, Guatemala (AFP) May 15, 2017Dying Guatemala lake underlines climate change threat Sapporo, Japan (SPX) May 16, 2017Teleconnection between the tropical Pacific and Antarctica |
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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) May 15, 2017 
Former ice sheets occupying Scandinavia and North America left numerous landforms on today's surface that witness of their hydrological system underneath them. However, most landforms have, so far, never been observed under contemporary ice sheets - not least because they are relatively small and buried under kilometer thick ice.
A team of scientists led by the Universite libre de Bruxelle ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 15, 2017Alaska Tundra Source of Early-Winter Carbon Emissions  Fairbanks, United States (AFP) May 11, 2017Tillerson hosts Arctic forum in shadow of Russia spat  Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2017Irreversible ocean warming threatens the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 11, 2017 
The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology show a systematic decline in earthworm populations in soils that are ploughed every year. The deeper the soil is disturbed the more harmful it is for the earth ... more Zurich (AFP) May 5, 2017Syngenta shareholders accept ChemChina offer  Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2017Conservation agriculture offers tired soil remedies  Washington (UPI) May 4, 2017Can edible insects help curb global warming? |
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 Miami (AFP) May 13, 2017 
Hurricanes can be monstruous, terrifying things to live through. Garrett Black flies through them for a living and likes it.
Last year, for instance, Black flew through Hurricane Matthew, which reached the maximum category five strength, to measure its fury as the storm struck the Caribbean and the southeast US coast.
"It's a lot like a roller coaster ride. It's exciting," Black, a meteo ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 11, 2017NASA spots Eastern Pacific season's earliest first tropical storm in satellite era  Montreal (AFP) May 11, 2017Eastern Canada is drying out after the worst flooding in a half-century Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017New tool could help predict, prevent surging waters in flood plains |
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 Nairobi (AFP) May 12, 2017 
Blood was already pooling in the seat of her car when a second bullet tore through the driver's door and thumped into Kuki Gallmann's abdomen.
"It felt like a punch," the 73-year-old author and conservationist said this week, speaking for the first time since being wounded a fortnight ago by suspected illegal herders on her 88,000-acre (36,000 hectare) ranch in Kenya's central highlands.
... more Abidjan (AFP) May 12, 2017Gunfire as I.Coast troops resume protest despite 'apology'  Abidjan (AFP) May 12, 2017Ivory Coast's rebel soldiers apologise to president  Tunis (AFP) May 10, 2017Army to protect Tunisia economy from protests: president |
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 Madison WI (SPX) May 15, 2017 
Probing deeper into the South African cave system known as Rising Star, a subterranian maze that last year yielded the largest cache of hominin fossils known to science, an international team of researchers has discovered another chamber with more remains of a newfound human relative, Homo naledi.
The discovery, announced May 9, 2017 with the publication of a series of papers in the journa ... more Norwich UK (SPX) May 15, 2017Changes in Early Stone Age tool production have 'musical' ties  Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) May 11, 2017Homo naledi's surprisingly young age opens up more questions on where we come from  Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2017Modern DNA reveals ancient origins of Indian population |
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 Geneva (AFP) May 15, 2017 
Scientists will intensify scrutiny of the polar regions as part of an international campaign to improve global weather predictions and minimise risks linked to rapid climate change, the UN said Monday.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said a full year would be dedicated to improving polar forecasting capacities in the Arctic and another year would be spent doing the same in Antarc ... more Fairbanks, United States (AFP) May 11, 2017Tillerson: Trump will not rush US climate policy review  Atlanta GA (SPX) May 15, 2017Rising temperatures threaten stability of Tibetan alpine grasslands  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2017Shelf sediments reveal climate shifts through the eons |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017 
With the growing frequency and magnitude of toxic freshwater algal blooms becoming an increasingly worrisome public health concern, Carnegie scientists Jeff Ho and Anna Michalak, along with colleagues, have made new advances in understanding the drivers behind Lake Erie blooms and their implications for lake restoration. The work is published in two related studies.
Using data from NASA's ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 09, 2017Is Climate Changing Cloud Heights? Too Soon to Say  Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2017Ice Particles in Earth's Atmosphere Create Bright Flashes Seen from Space  New Haven, CT (SPX) May 15, 2017In measuring gas exchange between water and air, size matters |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) May 15, 2017 
Dramatic drops in oceanic oxygen, which cause mass extinctions of sea life, come to a natural end - but it takes about a million years.
The depletion of oxygen in the oceans is known as "anoxia", and scientists from the University of Exeter have been studying how periods of anoxia end.
They found that the drop in oxygen causes more organic carbon to be buried in sediment on the ocean ... more Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) May 15, 2017Ancient proteins studied in detail  Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2017Earth was barren, flat and almost entirely under water 4.4 billion years ago  Beijing (AFP) May 9, 2017Giant bird-like dinosaur species found in China: study |
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 Sydney (AFP) May 11, 2017 
A major Australian power grid operator was Thursday partially leased to a local-foreign consortium in a multi-billion-dollar deal, ending an international chase for electricity assets being privatised to raise funds for infrastructure projects.
Australia's largest state New South Wales has sought to privatise three large power assets - TransGrid, Ausgrid and Endeavour Energy - but faced ro ... more (UPI) May 10, 2017Poland central to EU energy diversification strategy  Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017Myanmar recovery linked to development of electrical grid  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017U.S. emissions generally lower last year |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) May 15, 2017 
Since the discovery two decades ago of the unconventional topological superconductor Sr2RuO4, scientists have extensively investigated its properties at temperatures below its 1 K critical temperature (Tc), at which a phase transition from a metal to superconducting state occurs.
Now experiments done at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Madhavan and Abbamonte laboratori ... more Kent UK (SPX) May 15, 2017Harnessing geometric frustration to tune batteries for greater power  Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2017Mini heat engine could power tomorrow's tiny machines  Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2017No batteries necessary, new medical implant derives energy from the human body |
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 Leuser, Indonesia (AFP) May 14, 2017 
In the depths of Indonesia's dense Leuser rain forest, a group of rangers are searching for traps set by poachers which are endangering rare wildlife.
Scientists and conservationists consider the Leuser Ecosystem, which falls mostly within Aceh province on Sumatra island, to be among the most important forests left in Southeast Asia.
It is the last place of sufficient size and quality ... more Washington DC (UPI) May 11, 2017Antibiotic-resistant bacteria first emerged at least 450 million years ago  Ithaca NY (SPX) May 11, 2017In brain evolution, size matters most of the time  Golden CO (SPX) May 11, 2017New method of microbial energy production discovered |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017 
China has freed a prominent human rights lawyer on bail, Amnesty International said Wednesday, after he admitted to his crimes in what critics called a show trial.
Xie Yang, who had worked on cases considered politically sensitive by China's ruling Communist Party, was among hundreds of legal staff and activists detained in the so-called "709 crackdown" in 2015.
He pleaded guilty Monday ... more Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017China lawyer's wife seeks US asylum after brazen escape  Beijing (AFP) May 9, 2017China wants its anthem sung, but maybe not at parties  Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2017Chinese human rights lawyers seen as enemies of the state |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 16, 2017 
A study led by ecologists at UC Berkeley has found significant flaws in the research used to challenge the U.S. Forest Service plan to restore Sierra Nevada forests to less dense, and less fire-prone, environments.
Until recently, the consensus among forest ecologists was that before European settlers arrived in the Sierra, the forests were mostly open conifer forests dominated by big tree ... moreCalabar, Nigeria (AFP) May 16, 2017The superhighway threatening Nigeria's tropical rainforest  Knoxville TN (SPX) May 11, 2017Microscopic soil creatures could orchestrate massive tree migrations  Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2017New look at satellite data questions scale of China's afforestation success |
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