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  Santa Barbara CA (SPX) May 25, 2017 Several hundred miles off the Pacific Northwest coast, a small tectonic plate called the Juan de Fuca is slowly sliding under the North American continent. This subduction has created a collision zone with the potential to generate huge earthquakes and accompanying tsunamis, which happen when faulted rock abruptly shoves the ocean out of its way. In fact, this region represents the single greatest geophysical hazard to the continental United States; quakes centered here could register as hundreds ... read more |
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Water is surprisingly ordered on the nanoscaleLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 25, 2017 Nanometric-sized water drops are everywhere - in the air as droplets or aerosols, in our bodies as medication, and in the earth, within rocks and oil fields. To understand the behavior of these drop ... more  
The forces that affect species' movements in a changing climateSapporo, Japan (SPX) May 25, 2017 Ocean currents affect how climate change impacts movements of species to cooler regions. A new study published in Scientific Reports provides novel insight into how species' distributions change fro ... more  
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.Cincinnati OH (SPX) May 25, 2017 Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by touch or starve for months at a time. The limestone caverns of Mexico's Sierra del Abra Tanchipa r ... more  
Countries most affected by weather disasters do not spend more on weather servicesWashington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017 Countries Most Affected by Weather Disasters Do Not Spend More on Weather Services: Countries hit hardest by weather-related disasters do not necessarily spend more on commercial weather and climate ... 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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Sentinel-2 captures coral bleaching of Great Barrier ReefParis (ESA) May 25, 2017 Scientists observed the bleaching of Australia's Great Barrier Reef early this year using satellite images. While capturing these events from space has been difficult in the past, Sentinel-2's frequ ... more  
Helping plants pump ironLa Jolla CA (SPX) May 25, 2017 Just like people, plants need iron to grow and stay healthy. But some plants are better at getting this essential nutrient from the soil than others. Now, a study led by a researcher at the Salk Ins ... more 
Fossil beetles suggest that LA climate has been relatively stable for 50,000 yearsNew York NY (SPX) May 25, 2017 Research based on more than 180 fossil insects preserved in the La Brea Tar Pits of Los Angeles indicate that the climate in what is now southern California has been relatively stable over the past ... more  
NASA's Arctic Ecosystem Science Flights BeginGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2017 CAPTION The Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) has started the second year of its campaign, which will use airborne instruments to monitor ecosystems in Alaska and northwestern Canada. T ... more 
Tokyo zoo visitors flock to view mum-to-be pandaTokyo (AFP) May 24, 2017 Japanese well-wishers flocked to a Tokyo zoo Wednesday to get their last glimpse of a possibly pregnant panda before she goes into confinement. ... more 
Young birds migrating to Africa dispersed by winds, study showsWashington (UPI) May 24, 2017 A new study of young birds' migration from Europe to Africa showed the final destination of each juvenile was dependent on wind conditions. ... more |
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 Activists protest logging in Poland's ancient forest  
Nigeria seizes illegal arms shipmentLagos (AFP) May 24, 2017 Nigeria said on Wednesday it had intercepted an illegal cache of arms at the port in Lagos, five months after a similar seizure in the city, a spokesman told AFP. ... more  
Graft busters arrest 21 over Hong Kong-China bridgeHong Kong (AFP) May 24, 2017 Hong Kong's corruption watchdog has arrested 21 government contractors for running suspected fake tests on concrete used to build a multi-billion-dollarbridge that will connect the city with Macau and mainland China. ... more 
Jailed Chinese lawyer force-fed medication, wife saysBeijing (AFP) May 24, 2017 When human rights lawyer Li Heping returned to his home in Beijing after a two-year incarceration, his wife did not recognise the frail white-haired man standing in her hallway. ... more  
Myanmar's Suu Kyi defends slow-moving peace processNaypyidaw, Myanmar (AFP) May 24, 2017 Peace talks got underway in Myanmar on Wednesday, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi defending her government's stuttering attempts to end decades of fighting between the military and ethnic rebel groups. ... more |
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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Some NASA missions fundamentally change the world of science or help win Nobel prizes, but only one helps save thousands of lives worldwide every year.
Employees at NASA's Search and Rescue office spend their days advancing systems critical to locating and saving people in distress, whether from an aviation, marine or other outdoor incident. The office is the primary research and developme ... moreWashington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017Countries most affected by weather disasters do not spend more on weather services  Washington (AFP) May 23, 2017Trump budget calls for deep cuts to social safety net  Los Angeles (AFP) May 24, 2017Massive slide buries stretch of iconic California highway |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 19, 2017 
Irish company Arralis, world leaders in building technology and products that are the future of global radar and wireless communications, are announcing the launch of their new Leonis Ka band chipset, which will complement their growing millimetre wave communications product portfolio.
Ka band antennas are 400% smaller than their Ku band rivals which opens up the consumer and connected veh ... more Cologne, Germany (SPX) May 25, 2017Physicists discover mechanism behind granular capillary effect  Berkeley CA (SPX) May 23, 2017HPC4MfG paper manufacturing project yields first results  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2017Unfolding the folding mechanism of ladybug wings |
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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 ... moreLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 25, 2017Water is surprisingly ordered on the nanoscale Paris (ESA) May 25, 2017Sentinel-2 captures coral bleaching of Great Barrier Reef  Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2017Heat on for Australia's Great Barrier Reef as temperatures rise |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Plant life on Antarctica is growing rapidly due to climate change, scientists have found.
Few plants live on the continent, but scientists studying moss have found a sharp increase in biological activity in the last 50 years. A team including scientists from the University of Exeter used moss bank cores - which are well preserved in Antarctica's cold conditions - from an area spanning abou ... more Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017China says no mining planned in Antarctica Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2017NASA's Arctic Ecosystem Science Flights Begin  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017Elevation could help explain why Antarctica is warming slower than Arctic |
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 Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017 
According to a new study, a popular artificial sweetener could double as a pesticide and birth control for insects.
In recent experiment, scientists used erythritol - the sugar alcohol in Truvia - to kill newly hatched fly larvae. Researchers also measured diminished egg production among flies feeding off of the sugar substitute.
"Erythritol has potential to be deployed in a wi ... moreLa Jolla CA (SPX) May 25, 2017Helping plants pump iron  Urbana IL (SPX) May 23, 2017Blue and purple corn: Not just for tortilla chips anymore  Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Diverse rotations and poultry litter improves soybean yield |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) May 24, 2017 
An international team of researchers led by geoscientists with the Virginia Tech College of Science recently discovered that deep portions of Earth's mantle might be as hot as it was more than 2.5 billion years ago.
The study, led by Esteban Gazel, an assistant professor with Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences, and his doctoral student Jarek Trela of Deer Park, Illinois, is publishe ... more Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017Mexico next in line to examine geothermal energy  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 |
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 Bouake, 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, ... moreLagos (AFP) May 24, 2017Nigeria seizes illegal arms shipment  Brazzaville (AFP) May 22, 2017Congo breaks ground on $58 million China-funded parliament building  Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 23, 2017Four killed in I.Coast clashes between ex-rebels and police |
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 Columbia MO (SPX) May 24, 2017 
For more than 3 million years, Selam lay silent and still. Eager to tell her story, the almost perfect fossil skeleton of a 2 1/2 year-old toddler was discovered at Dikika, Ethiopia - and she had a lot to say. An international research team slowly chipped away at the sandstone surrounding Selam at the National Museums of Ethiopia to reveal something remarkable - even though millions of years hav ... more Washington (UPI) May 19, 2017Study reveals architecture of the 'second brain,' the enteric nervous system  Raleigh NC (SPX) May 22, 2017'Moral enhancement' technologies are neither feasible nor wise  Washington (UPI) May 17, 2017Adolescent orangoutan breastfeed for eight years |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) May 25, 2017 
Ocean currents affect how climate change impacts movements of species to cooler regions. A new study published in Scientific Reports provides novel insight into how species' distributions change from the interaction between climate change and ocean currents.
As the climate gets warmer, species migrate to new regions where conditions are more tolerable, such as higher latitudes, deeper wate ... more Berlin (AFP) May 23, 2017Merkel vows to convince climate change 'doubters' New York NY (SPX) May 25, 2017Fossil beetles suggest that LA climate has been relatively stable for 50,000 years  Cape Town (AFP) May 22, 2017Cape Town region declares drought disaster |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) May 24, 2017 
SES report the successful integration of NASA's Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) hosted payload with SES-14.
GOLD will employ an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph to measure densities and temperatures in the Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere in response to Sun-Earth interaction.
It is aimed at revolutionizing scientists' understanding of this part of the space e ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017NASA's CYGNSS Satellite Constellation Begins Public Data Release  Addis Ababa (XNA) May 25, 2017AU-EU joint space-based initiative calls for proposals  New Delhi (Sputnik) May 24, 2017GSLV to launch US-India NISAR EO Satellite |
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 Sendai, 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 600 -450 million years ago (Figure 1). The cause of the third and fourth was volcanic activity, while an asteroid impact led to the fifth. But triggers of the first and second mass extinctions had, unti ... more Nashville TN (SPX) May 22, 2017Life in the Precambrian may have been much livelier than previously thought  Tallahassee FL (SPX) May 22, 2017The secrets behind T. rex's bone crushing bites: Researchers find T. rex could crush 8,000 pounds  Riverside CA (SPX) May 19, 2017UCR study sheds light on Earth's first animals |
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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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 Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017 
Lithium-oxygen systems could someday outperform today's lithium-ion batteries because of their potential for high energy density. However, a number of important issues, such as their poor electrochemical stability must be addressed before these systems can successfully compete with current rechargeable batteries. Today, in ACS Central Science, researchers report a new type of cathode, which coul ... more Beijing, China (SPX) May 22, 2017Advancing next-generation Stable, safe, smart, sustainable batteries  Kobe, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2017Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) May 22, 2017Physicists discover that lithium oxide on tokamak walls can improve plasma performance |
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 Cincinnati OH (SPX) May 25, 2017 
Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by touch or starve for months at a time.
The limestone caverns of Mexico's Sierra del Abra Tanchipa rainforest contain deep cisterns cloaked in utter blackness. This is where researchers at the University of Cincinnati traveled to find a little fish (Astyanax mexicanus) that has evolved to feast or e ... moreWashington (UPI) May 24, 2017Young birds migrating to Africa dispersed by winds, study shows Tokyo (AFP) May 24, 2017Tokyo zoo visitors flock to view mum-to-be panda  Washington (UPI) May 19, 2017Scientists kill invasive ants with seaweed |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2017 
A young Chinese woman has drawn criticism on social media after unfavourably comparing her homeland's air and politics to those in the US during her graduation speech at an American university.
Speaking at the University of Maryland, Yang Shuping said that coming to the United States had been a breath of "fresh air" after growing up in China.
"The air was so sweet and fresh and utterly l ... moreBeijing (AFP) May 24, 2017Jailed Chinese lawyer force-fed medication, wife says  Washington (AFP) May 22, 2017Branstad, friend of Beijing, confirmed as US envoy to China Hong Kong (AFP) May 24, 2017Graft busters arrest 21 over Hong Kong-China bridge |
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 Warsaw (AFP) May 24, 2017 
Activists chained themselves to logging equipment in Poland's ancient Bialowieza forest on Wednesday, accusing authorities of felling trees in protected areas of the UNESCO World Heritage site.
The move comes after a "final warning" by the European Commission sent to Warsaw in April saying it could take legal action to halt large-scale logging in Europe's last primeval woodland.
Dawid K ... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) May 24, 2017Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions  Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Solving the mystery of the white oak  Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2017Myanmar's extensive forests are declining rapidly due to political and economic change |
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