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  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017 Temperatures in the Arctic are increasing twice as fast as in the rest of the globe, while the Antarctic is warming at a much slower rate. A new study published in Earth System Dynamics, a journal of the European Geosciences Union, shows that land height could be a "game changer" when it comes to explaining why temperatures are rising at such different rates in the two regions. Climate models and past-climate studies show that, as the Earth warms in response to an increase in greenhouse gases in t ... read more |
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China says no mining planned in AntarcticaBeijing (AFP) May 22, 2017 China sought to dispel concerns about its ambitions in mineral-rich Antarctica on Monday, with an official saying Beijing has no plans to start mining in the vast continent. ... more  
Large volcanic eruption may have caused the first mass extinctionSendai, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2017 Researchers in the USA and Japan say they may have found the cause of the first mass extinction of life. There have been five mass extinctions since the divergent evolution of early animals 60 ... more  
'Stone Age' Trump going back to horse and cart says SchwarzeneggerCannes, France (AFP) May 21, 2017 Arnold Schwarzenegger laid into US President Donald Trump Sunday, saying his plans to revive coal would bring the world back to the horse and cart. ... more  
Blue and purple corn: Not just for tortilla chips anymoreUrbana IL (SPX) May 23, 2017 Consumers today insist on all-natural everything, and food dyes are no exception. Even if food manufacturers are willing to make the change, current sources of natural dyes are expensive and hard to ... 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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37 million bits of litter on remote islandsHobart, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2017 The beaches of one of the world's most remote islands have been found to be polluted with the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet, in a study published in the prestigio ... more  
Scientists kill invasive ants with seaweedWashington (UPI) May 19, 2017 Scientists in California have developed an eco-friendly way to battle invasive ants. The new ant bait is made from a seaweed-based hydrogel. It's biodegradable and cheap to make. ... more  
Study reveals architecture of the 'second brain,' the enteric nervous systemWashington (UPI) May 19, 2017 Researchers hope a survey of the body's enteric nervous system will offer new insights into the nature of common gastrointestinal diseases like irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation. ... more  
Cape Town region declares drought disasterCape Town (AFP) May 22, 2017 South Africa's Western Cape region which includes Cape Town declared a drought disaster on Monday as the province battled its worst water shortages for 113 years. ... more 
Trump can't stop progress on climate, says Al GoreCannes, France (AFP) May 22, 2017 Not even Donald Trump can stop the campaign to roll back climate change, Al Gore said Monday as the former US vice president's sequel to Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" screened at the Cannes film festival. ... more  
From where will the next big earthquake hit the city of IstanbulPotsdam, Germany (SPX) May 18, 2017 The city of Istanbul is focus of great concern for earthquake researchers. This 15-million metropole is situated very close to the so-called North Anatolian Fault Zone which runs just outside of the ... more |
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 New study documents aftermath of a supereruption  
58,000 Haitians facing deportation get US extensionWashington (AFP) May 22, 2017 More than 58,000 Haitians who stayed in the United States with a special protected status since a catastrophic 2010 earthquake will be allowed to stay another six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. ... more 
DR Congo, China most affected by displacements in 2016: reportUnited Nations, United States (AFP) May 22, 2017 More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with China and the Democratic Republic of Congo among the worst affected, a new report by a monitoring center said Monday. ... more  
Whales, seals and dolphins followed a similar evolutionary path from land to seaWashington DC (UPI) May 22, 2017 New research shows whales, seals and dolphins followed similar evolutionary patterns during their journey from land to sea. ... more  
Angry Ivory Coast ex-rebels block access to citiesBouak�, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 22, 2017 Disgruntled former rebels demanding government compensation payments blocked roads Monday into Ivory Coast's second biggest city, Bouake, as well as into the key northern city of Korhogo, AFP reporters said. ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) May 22, 2017 
More than 58,000 Haitians who stayed in the United States with a special protected status since a catastrophic 2010 earthquake will be allowed to stay another six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.
The Haitians were facing orders to return home from July 23 if the department did not renew their so-called Temporary Protected Status, granted after a magnitude 7 earthquake ... moreUnited Nations, United States (AFP) May 22, 2017DR Congo, China most affected by displacements in 2016: report  Hong Kong (AFP) May 15, 2017Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' face deportation: lawyer  Washington (UPI) May 14, 2017Healthcare bill inspires road rage: Tenn. woman tries to run Congressman off road |
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 18, 2017 
By precisely measuring the entropy of a cerium copper gold alloy with baffling electronic properties cooled to nearly absolute zero, physicists in Germany and the United States have gleaned new evidence about the possible causes of high-temperature superconductivity and similar phenomena.
"This demonstration provides a foundation to better understand how novel behaviors like high-temperatu ... more Washington (UPI) May 18, 20173D-printed maritime propeller on way  Berkeley CA (SPX) May 23, 2017HPC4MfG paper manufacturing project yields first results  Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) May 19, 2017Adhesive behavior of self-constructive materials measured for first time |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Over the week of May 15, extreme rainfall drenched northeastern Australia and NASA data provided a look at the record totals.
The rainfall was the heaviest rainfall in that area since tropical cyclone Debbie hit Queensland Australia in late March. Much of the recent extremely heavy rainfall was due to storms associated with a trough or elongated area of low pressure slowly moving over nort ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) May 19, 2017Scientists begin to unlock secrets of deep ocean color from organic materials  Paris (AFP) May 18, 2017Rising seas set to double coastal flooding by 2050: study  Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2017Heat on for Australia's Great Barrier Reef as temperatures rise |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2017 
NASA's annual survey of changes in Arctic ice cover greatly expanded its reach this year in a series of flights that wrapped up on May 12. It was the most ambitious spring campaign in the region for NASA's Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to monitor ice changes at Earth's poles, which also included a rapid-response flight over a new crack in Petermann Glacier, one of the largest and fast ... moreBeijing (AFP) May 22, 2017China says no mining planned in Antarctica  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017Elevation could help explain why Antarctica is warming slower than Arctic  Miami (AFP) May 18, 2017Antarctica is greening due to global warming |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) May 23, 2017 
Consumers today insist on all-natural everything, and food dyes are no exception. Even if food manufacturers are willing to make the change, current sources of natural dyes are expensive and hard to come by. Now, a large University of Illinois project is filling the gap with colored corn.
"Most natural colors come from things like wine skins, red carrots, and beets. The problem with that i ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Diverse rotations and poultry litter improves soybean yield  Stockholm (AFP) May 20, 2017Norway to boost climate change defences of 'doomsday' seed vault  Sheffield, UK (SPX) May 18, 2017Why did hunter-gatherers first begin farming? |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2017 
A team of scientists from Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has developed a new approach to assist in the ongoing development of timely tsunami detection systems, based upon measurements of how tsunamis disturb a part of Earth's atmosphere.
The new approach, called Variometric Approach for Real-time Ionosphere Observation, or ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) May 18, 2017New study documents aftermath of a supereruption Potsdam, Germany (SPX) May 18, 2017From where will the next big earthquake hit the city of Istanbul  Washington (UPI) May 19, 2017Scientists link ancient ash to volcano more than 3,000 miles away |
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 Bouak�, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 22, 2017 
Disgruntled former rebels demanding government compensation payments blocked roads Monday into Ivory Coast's second biggest city, Bouake, as well as into the key northern city of Korhogo, AFP reporters said.
In Bouake, the former fighters blocked the main road south to the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, as well as the northern highway to neighbouring Burkina Faso.
"We will not budge, ... more Brazzaville (AFP) May 22, 2017Congo breaks ground on $58 million China-funded parliament building Pomfret, South Africa (AFP) May 22, 2017Angolan apartheid troops battle to survive in S.Africa  Obo, Central African Republic (AFP) May 20, 2017Mission unaccomplished: Uganda halts hunt for LRA warlord |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) May 22, 2017 
A recent study by researchers at North Carolina State University and the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) finds that "moral enhancement technologies" - which are discussed as ways of improving human behavior - are neither feasible nor wise, based on an assessment of existing research into these technologies.
The idea behind moral enhancement technologies is to use biomedical tec ... moreWashington (UPI) May 19, 2017Study reveals architecture of the 'second brain,' the enteric nervous system  Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017Adolescent orangoutan breastfeed for eight years  Tempe AZ (SPX) May 18, 2017Grassy beginning for earliest Homo |
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 Cape Town (AFP) May 22, 2017 
South Africa's Western Cape region which includes Cape Town declared a drought disaster on Monday as the province battled its worst water shortages for 113 years.
Boreholes will be drilled at hospitals in Cape Town, a popular international tourist destination, a mobile desalination plant will be tested and the natural aquifer at Table mountain will be tapped.
Southern African nations are ... moreCannes, France (AFP) May 22, 2017Trump can't stop progress on climate, says Al Gore  Ottawa (AFP) May 18, 2017Canada lays out plan for 2018 carbon tax and cap and trade  Bonn (AFP) May 19, 2017Hopes for climate pact shift to diplomatic sphere |
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 Palmdale CA (SPX) May 22, 2017 
A NASA-funded field campaign getting underway in Florida on May 25 has a real shot at improving meteorologists' ability to answer some of the most fundamental questions about weather: Where will it rain? When? How much?
Called the Convective Processes Experiment (CPEX), the campaign is using NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory outfitted with five complementary research instruments designed and ... more Seattle WA (SPX) May 19, 2017Earth's atmosphere more chemically reactive in cold climates  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 17, 2017First space-based sodium LIRDAR will study poorly understood Mesosphere  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2017NASA Mission Uncovers Dance of Electrons in Space |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) May 19, 2017 
More than 550 million years ago, the oceans were teeming with flat, soft-bodied creatures that fed on microbes and algae and could grow as big as bathmats. Today, researchers at the University of California, Riverside are studying their fossils to unlock the secrets of early life.
In their latest study, published this week in the journal PLOS ONE, Scott Evans, a graduate student in the Dep ... moreSendai, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2017Large volcanic eruption may have caused the first mass extinction  Tallahassee FL (SPX) May 22, 2017The secrets behind T. rex's bone crushing bites: Researchers find T. rex could crush 8,000 pounds  Washington (UPI) May 18, 2017Warm-bloodedness emerged 20 million years earlier than previously thought |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017 
China said it will further open up its oil and gas sector to private investment as it seeks to overhaul an industry still dominated by a handful of state-run firms.
The plan comes as China, the world's biggest energy guzzler, attempts to ramp up domestic oil and gas production to boost its supply of the vital resources.
The country is heavily reliant on energy imports as domestic produ ... more Sydney (AFP) May 11, 2017Australia power grid leased to local-foreign consortium  (UPI) May 10, 2017Poland central to EU energy diversification strategy Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017Myanmar recovery linked to development of electrical grid |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Next-generation rechargeable batteries are promising candidates for state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries owing to their high energy density and preferred cost efficiency. For instance, Lithium-sulfur batteries, which are featured by their theoretically 10 times higher capacity and 5 times higher energy density, are reviving in both the academic and the industry. Shu Lei Chou and colleagues fro ... more East Lansing MI (SPX) May 23, 2017How scientists turned a flag into a loudspeaker  Kobe, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2017Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient  Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017Better cathode materials for lithium-sulphur-batteries |
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 Washington (UPI) May 19, 2017 
Scientists in California have developed an eco-friendly way to battle invasive ants. The new ant bait is made from a seaweed-based hydrogel. It's biodegradable and cheap to make.
In tests, researchers at the University of California, Riverside successfully reduced Argentine ant populations between 40 to 68 percent after four weeks of exposure to the jello-like seaweed balls. Ant populat ... more Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 15, 2017Malaysia seizes smuggled tortoises worth $300,000  Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2017New Zealand's penguins facing extinction, scientists warn  Ithaca NY (SPX) May 17, 2017Cornell researches black bear boom in New York |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 19, 2017  Divided by age, wealth and politics, the people of Hong Kong will mark the 20th anniversary of its transfer from Britain back to China with contrasting emotions: anger and pessimism, pride and celebration.
The semi-autonomous city still enjoys freedoms unseen on the mainland, but in recent years there has been increasing unrest.
There have been rallies for democratic reform and an indep ... more Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2017China frees human rights lawyer on bail: Amnesty 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 |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017 
The loss of intact forest cover in Myanmar has accelerated over the last decade, according to a study published May 17, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Peter Leimgruber from Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, United States of America; Ned Horning from American Museum of Natural History, United States of America; and colleagues.
Due to its long political and economic is ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Solving the mystery of the white oak  Calabar, Nigeria (AFP) May 16, 2017The superhighway threatening Nigeria's tropical rainforest  Montreal (AFP) May 16, 2017Greenpeace says Canadian forestry lawsuit aims to silence critics |
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