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  Fairbanks, United States (AFP) June 2, 2017 When ministers from the eight states of the Arctic and representatives of the region's native peoples met last month in Alaska, evidence of global warming was all around them. Locals all had stories to tell, from the appearance of new ticks that came from the south to the boreal forest, to the subsidence caused by thawing permafrost toppling trees and undermining house foundations. But if delegates to the Arctic Council had hoped for reassurance from their host, US Secretary of State Rex Tillers ... read more |
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Angry Europe vows to defend climate pact after Trump pulloutParis (AFP) June 1, 2017 European leaders reacted with anger and defiance after President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the United States, the world's second biggest carbon emitter, was quitting the 2015 Paris climate agreement. ... more  
Fiji's COP 23 leader vows climate fight 'far from over'Suva, Fiji (AFP) June 2, 2017 The head of upcoming UN climate talks vowed Friday that the fight against global warming would continue despite Washington's "unfortunate" decision to abandon the Paris climate deal. ... more  
Death by volcanoSt. Louis MO (SPX) May 31, 2017 Anyone concerned by the idea that people might try to combat global warming by injecting tons of sulfate aerosols into Earth's atmosphere may want to read an article in the May 1, 2017 issue of the ... more  
Cold conversion of food waste into renewable energy and fertilizerMontreal, Canada (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Researchers from Concordia's Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the fight against global warming to colder cli ... more |
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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 Tehran to restrict water as Iran battles drought Philippines halts search for typhoon dead as huge new storm nears Tornado kills 5, injures 130 in Brazil Iran president warns Tehran may face evacuation due to drought Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi ravages Vietnam, Philippines |
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Nagoya University researchers break down plastic wasteNagoya, Japan (SPX) May 30, 2017 What to do proteins and Kevlar have in common? Both feature long chain molecules that are strung together by amide bonds. These strong chemical bonds are also common to many other naturally occurrin ... more  
Viable Spores, DNA Fragments Discovery at ISS Justifies Biosphere's ExpansionMoscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2017 The discovery of viable spores and DNA fragments of Earth-based microorganisms resistant to unfavorable conditions 250 miles above the Earth's surface substantiates the proposal to expand the bounda ... more  
New clean energy joint venture on Fiji IslandsSuva, Fiji (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Located to the north of New Zealand in the midst of the South Pacific the island state Fiji has to face the severe consequences of climate change. Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions re ... more 
Study highlights formation of beachrock in resisting sea level risesBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Microorganisms play a crucial role in forming beachrock, a type of rock that forms on the beach and protects low-lying reef islands from erosion, a new study involving University of Queensland resea ... more  
Paleobiologists make intriguing new discoveries about dinosaur ancestorsKazan, Russia (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Dinosaurs emerged in Triassic, a geological period of the Mesozoic era which started 252 Mya. It was then when archosaurs split into two evolutionary branches - bird-like and crocodile-like. D ... more  
Canada provides Can$867 mn to beleaguered softwood sectorOttawa (AFP) June 1, 2017 Canada provided Can$867 million (US$642 million) in aid and loans Thursday to its beleaguered forestry industry following surprise US tariffs imposed in April. ... more |
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 Amazon rainforest may be more resilient to deforestation than previously thought 
A 3-D look at the 2015 El NinoGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 El Nino is a recurring climate pattern characterized by warmer than usual ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. Two back-to-back 3-D visualizations track the changes in ocean temperatures an ... more  
Scott Pruitt: EPA chief who urged Trump to ditch climate pactWashington (AFP) June 1, 2017 After years of fighting to roll back Barack Obama's policies, top US environmental official and climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt saw his efforts bear fruit Thursday when President Donald Trump announced the US exit from the Paris climate deal. ... more  
Climate: What is the Paris Agreement?Paris (AFP) June 1, 2017 On December 12, 2015, 195 countries gathered in the French capital to conclude the first truly universal climate treaty, the Paris Agreement, aimed at preventing the worst-case scenarios of global warming. ... more
Climate science: Bad news gets worseParis (AFP) June 1, 2017 President Donald Trump has announced that America will pull out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, but scientists say the peril from global warming has never been greater. ... more |
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  Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) May 31, 2017  Aid workers warned Wednesday of an "acute crisis" in Bangladesh after a cyclone destroyed thousands of homes and devastated camps housing Rohingya refugees, leaving many without food or shelter.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya live in the overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar on the southeast coast after fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
Cyclone Mora battered the area on Tuesday, ki ... more Kinshasa, DR Congo (SPX) May 31, 2017Study finds Congo's miners often resort to hunting wildlife for food  Princeton NJ (SPX) May 30, 2017Nuclear spent fuel fire could force millions of people to relocate  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017Disaster risk management: Science helps save lives |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) May 31, 2017 
High pressure could be the key to making advanced metal mixtures that are lighter, stronger and more heat-resistant than conventional alloys, a new study by Stanford researchers suggests.
Humans have been blending metals together to create alloys with unique properties for thousands of years. But traditional alloys typically consist of one or two dominant metals with a pinch of other metal ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2017Northrop Grumman receives AESA radar contract  Sydney (AFP) May 31, 2017Space junk could destroy satellites, hurt economies  Boston MA (SPX) May 31, 2017New method allows real-time monitoring of irradiated materials |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 
Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don't like to think about what happens to the waste they flush down their toilets. But for many engineers and microbiologists, these plants are a hotbed of scientific advances, prompting their trade organization to propose a name change to "water resource recovery facility."
That's because wastewater from our sinks, toilets, showers and ... more Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017Report: China plans underwater monitoring system Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017A 3-D look at the 2015 El Nino  Sydney (AFP) May 31, 2017Faceless fish among weird deep sea Australian finds |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
A new NASA study finds that during Greenland's hottest summers on record, 2010 and 2012, the ice in Rink Glacier on the island's west coast didn't just melt faster than usual, it slid through the glacier's interior in a gigantic wave, like a warmed freezer pop sliding out of its plastic casing. The wave persisted for four months, with ice from upstream continuing to move down to replace the miss ... more Kyoto, Japan (SPX) May 31, 2017Previously, on Arctic warming  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 01, 2017New Light on the Future of a Key Antarctic Glacier  Fairbanks, United States (AFP) June 2, 2017Arctic peoples' climate pleas fell on deaf ears |
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 Pengshan, China (AFP) May 29, 2017 
Thousands of voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables and fruits in an unusual farm in southwestern China.
It may not be a pretty sight, but the gluttonous larvae could help China eat away something far uglier: the country's mountain of food waste.
The individual larvae of black soldier flies, which are native to the Americas ... more Saint-Emilion, France (AFP) May 26, 2017Bordeaux pins hopes for ravaged vineyards on June bloom Saint-Emilion, France (AFP) May 26, 2017Bordeaux pins hopes for ravaged vineyards on June bloom  La Jolla CA (SPX) May 25, 2017Helping plants pump iron |
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 Colombo (AFP) May 30, 2017  Sri Lanka appealed Tuesday for volunteers to help with a massive clean-up after landslides and floods left at least 193 dead and tens of thousands without safe drinking water.
The government sought help to purify wells contaminated by the floods, the worst in 14 years after record rainfall in the island's southwest.
The Disaster Management Centre said nearly 600,000 people had been force ... moreSt. Louis MO (SPX) May 31, 2017Death by volcano  Dhaka (AFP) June 1, 2017Bangladesh navy rescues cyclone survivors  Kalutara, Sri Lanka (AFP) May 29, 2017Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll climbs to 169 |
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 Cotonou (AFP) May 31, 2017 
Benin on Wednesday announced a 10-year plan to rehabilitate Pendjari National Park, one of the last viable wildlife reserves in west Africa.
Like other west African countries, Benin is struggling to preserve its natural ecosystems in the face of rapid population growth, poaching and resource extraction, including mining and logging.
Pendjari - in Benin's far northwest on the border wi ... more Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) May 31, 2017Ivory Coast army chief meets mutineers in their barracks  Umuahia, Nigeria (AFP) May 29, 2017Biafra's military veterans: no regrets, 50 years on  Kigali (AFP) May 29, 2017Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) May 31, 2017 
Earth's earliest primates dwelled in treetops, not on the ground, according to an analysis of a 62-million-year-old partial skeleton discovered in New Mexico - the oldest-known primate skeleton.
The skeleton was discovered in the San Juan Basin by Thomas Williamson, curator of paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, and his twin sons, Taylor and Ryan.
Th ... more New Brunswick NJ (SPX) May 31, 2017Springs were critical water sources for early humans in East Africa, Rutgers study finds  Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017Researchers Identify Conductor of Brain's Neural Orchestra and Begin to Decode the Score  Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 26, 2017New hypothesis about the origin of humankind suggests oldest hominin lived in Europe |
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 Paris (AFP) June 2, 2017  World leaders reacted with anger and defiance after President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the United States, the world's second biggest carbon emitter, was quitting the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
With France's Emmanuel Macron taking the lead, they lashed Trump's decision as misguided and vowed to defend an accord they portrayed as crucial for the planet's future.
In an exceptio ... moreParis (AFP) June 1, 2017Climate science: Bad news gets worse  Cape Town (AFP) June 1, 2017Cape Town cuts back to survive worst drought in 100 years Paris (AFP) June 1, 2017Climate: What is the Paris Agreement? |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2017 
While the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite is in orbit delivering a wealth of information about our home planet, engineers are putting its twin, Sentinel-3B, through a series of vigorous tests before it is shipped to the launch site next year.
The Sentinel-3 mission is designed as a two-satellite constellation to give optimum global coverage and data delivery for Europe's environmental mon ... more Cambridge, Canada (SPX) May 31, 2017exactEarth Launches Revolutionary Global Real-Time Maritime Tracking and Information Service  Paris (AFP) May 30, 2017Earth is a jewel, says astronaut after six months away  Luxembourg (SPX) May 30, 2017SES-14 integrates NASA ultraviolet space spectrograph |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) May 30, 2017  For much of its first two billion years, Earth was a very different place: oxygen was scarce, microbial life ruled, and the sun was significantly dimmer than it is today. Yet the rock record shows that vast seas covered much of the early Earth under the faint young sun.
Scientists have long debated what kept those seas from freezing. A popular theory is that potent gases such as methane - ... more Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 31, 2017Genetic analysis of New World birds confirms untested evolutionary assumption  Liege, Belgium (SPX) May 30, 2017New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia  Bristol UK (SPX) May 31, 2017Just how old are animals |
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 Paris (AFP) June 1, 2017 
America's withdrawal from the climate-rescue Paris Agreement under Donald Trump is a blow to global unity but may be a blessing in disguise for the pact itself, observers said Thursday.
This way, the Trump administration, heavily influenced by the fossil-fuel industry, will have less sway over the UN climate process, they said.
"A rogue US can cause more damage inside... than outside of ... more Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017China further opens energy sector to private investment Sydney (AFP) May 11, 2017Australia power grid leased to local-foreign consortium  (UPI) May 10, 2017Poland central to EU energy diversification strategy |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) May 30, 2017 
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first printed battery that is flexible, stretchable and rechargeable. The zinc batteries could be used to power everything from wearable sensors to solar cells and other kinds of electronics.
The work appears in the April 19, 2017 issue of Advanced Energy Materials.
The researchers made the printed batteries f ... more Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 30, 2017Nanoalloys 10 times as effective as pure platinum in fuel cells  Amherst MA (SPX) May 30, 2017Off-the-shelf, power-generating clothes are almost here  Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017Self-healing catalyst films for hydrogen production |
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 Rhenen, Netherlands (AFP) May 30, 2017 
Cautiously at first and then with mounting curiosity, two giant pandas stepped outside into their new open-air enclosure at a Dutch zoo on Tuesday, met by a barrage of cameras and squeals of delight.
Female Wu Wen (Beautiful Powerful Cloud) and her male companion Xing Ya (Elegant Star) were making their public debut, marking the culmination of a 16-year dream for the zoo and Dutch officials. ... more Paris (AFP) May 31, 2017Humans pose ever-bigger extinction risk to animals: review  Chicago IL (SPX) May 26, 2017Genetic mutation trade-offs lead to parallel evolution  Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017Why the fate of a tiny Rio Grande fish is so important |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2017 
The makeshift red-canopied vehicles are ubiquitous in Beijing: rickshaws traversing narrow alleyways and skyscraper-lined avenues alike.
A historic mode of transport, they have survived China's modernisation, and remain an integral part of city living - but for the drivers, life remains a struggle.
Near the lofty Forbidden City, where emperors once lived, a man surnamed Guo has worked a ... more Beijing (AFP) June 1, 2017US returns criminal suspect to China  Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2017Young Chinese in the red as easy credit drives up debt  Hong Kong (AFP) May 28, 2017Better times? Hong Kong's British nostalgia trip |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 1, 2017 
Canada provided Can$867 million (US$642 million) in aid and loans Thursday to its beleaguered forestry industry following surprise US tariffs imposed in April.
The funds are to be made available over three years to help forestry companies weather the trade flap over softwood exports and diversify their markets, as well as help retrain affected workers.
"Our government strongly disagrees ... more Bristol UK (SPX) May 31, 2017Amazon rainforest may be more resilient to deforestation than previously thought  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2017PNG expedition discovers largest trees at extreme altitudes  Tucson AZ (SPX) May 30, 2017Changing climate could have devastating impact on forest carbon storage |
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