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  Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 Algae dominate the oceans that cover nearly three-quarters of our planet, and produce half of the oxygen that we breathe. And yet fewer than 10 percent of the algae have been formally described in the scientific literature, as noted in a new review co-authored by Carnegie's Arthur Grossman in Trends in Plant Science. Algae are everywhere. They are part of crusts on desert surfaces and form massive blooms in lakes and oceans. They range in size from tiny single-celled organisms to giant kelp. ... read more |
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Discovery could lead to sustainable ethanol made from carbon dioxideStanford CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Most cars and trucks in the United States run on a blend of 90 percent gasoline and 10 percent ethanol, a renewable fuel made primarily from fermented corn. But to produce the 14 billion gallons of ... more  
Volcanic eruptions triggered dawn of the dinosaursOxford, UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Huge pulses of volcanic activity are likely to have played a key role in triggering the end Triassic mass extinction, which set the scene for the rise and age of the dinosaurs, new Oxford University ... more  
Zimbabwe begins mass transfer of animals to MozambiqueHarare (AFP) June 22, 2017 The animals won't travel two-by-two, but thousands of safari stalwarts will soon begin their journeys from Zimbabwe to Mozambique in one of Africa's largest ever wildlife transfers. ... more  
Athens rubbish piles up as Greeks protest contractsAthens (AFP) June 22, 2017 Mounds of rubbish festered in soaring temperatures in Athens on Thursday as thousands demonstrated in support of refuse collectors demanding the renewal of their contracts. ... more |
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Heavy rains kill 15 in Guinea since late June Heavy rain, landslides kill more than 30 in northern China LA wildfires push insurance losses to highest since 2011: Munich Re Over 30 dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides Fukushima radioactive debris removal delayed until 2037 'Once in a hundred years': villagers clean up after deadly China floods Vietnam flash flood kills five, dozens evacuated Thirty dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides Heavy rain leaves 30 dead in Chinese capital |
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Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit EthiopiaWarder, Ethiopia (AFP) June 22, 2017 The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means "equalised". ... more 
Corn better used as food than biofuelChampaign IL (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come with hidden economic and environmental issues, and the question of whether corn is bette ... more  
Freshwater from salt water using only solar energyHouston TX (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded an off-grid technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. The desalina ... more  
Making waves with the hot electrons within Earth's radiation beltsWashington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Encircling the Earth, within its magnetosphere, are two concentric, doughnut-shaped radiation belts known as the Van Allen belts. The Van Allen belts swell and recede in response to incoming energy ... more 
Sofradir designs supersize near infrared detector for space observationParis, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Sofradir has announced it is developing its first very large format (2048x2048) 15um-pitch infrared detector. The supersize IR detector is designed for future scientific space observation equipment ... more 
Watching cities growMunich, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 Three million measurement points in one square kilometer: Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu and her team have set a world record in information retrieval from satellite data. Thanks to new algorithms, the researc ... more |
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 Satellite image showcases centuries of desertification in India 
Bangladesh's heavy rainfall examined with NASA's IMERGGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 At least 156 people in Bangladesh were killed during the past week by landslides and floods caused by heavy rainfall. NASA calculated the amount of rain that has fallen using data from satellites. ... more  
Bubbling Chinese market centre-stage at world wine festBordeaux (AFP) June 22, 2017 With a middle-class increasingly thirsty for reds, whites and Italian bubbly, China is the hot ticket for wine traders looking for opportunities at this year's Vinexpo industry extravaganza. ... more  
Heavy rains have killed 15 in Ivory CoastAbidjan (AFP) June 21, 2017 The heavy rains drenching Ivory Coast since May have killed at least 15 people in the economic capital Abidjan and injured over two dozen, the government said on Wednesday. ... more 
One killed as Storm Cindy makes landfall in southern USMiami (AFP) June 22, 2017 At least one death was blamed on Tropical Storm Cindy as it made landfall on US soil in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2017 
FLIR Surveillance has been awarded a $17.9 million for the procurement of Forward Looking Infra-red SAFIRE 380 systems for the Coast Guard, the Department of Defense announced Monday.
The contract includes parts, control units, installation, software, engineering and logistical support for the systems. 19 FLIRs will be procured for the Coast Guard's HC-27J surveillance plane fleet.
... more Lisbon (AFP) June 18, 2017Portugal forest fire kills 24, injures 20  Batang Hari, Indonesia (AFP) June 16, 2017As homelands devastated, Indonesian tribe turns to Islam  Paris (AFP) June 16, 2017Europe's dilemma - how to deal with returning jihadists |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 
When Apollo astronauts on the Moon spoke with Mission Control on Earth, there was a noticeable time gap between a statement from Tranquility Base and its immediate acknowledgment from Houston. The gap lasted almost three seconds, or ten times longer than human reaction times would account for.
What was happening? The answer is simple: space. The Moon orbits far enough from Earth that light ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2017Helium droplets offer new precision to single-molecule laser measurement  Paris (ESA) Jun 21, 2017Magnetic space tug could target dead satellites  Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017New computing system takes its cues from human brain |
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 Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2017 
Algae dominate the oceans that cover nearly three-quarters of our planet, and produce half of the oxygen that we breathe. And yet fewer than 10 percent of the algae have been formally described in the scientific literature, as noted in a new review co-authored by Carnegie's Arthur Grossman in Trends in Plant Science.
Algae are everywhere. They are part of crusts on desert surfaces and form ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Amazonia's future will be jeopardized by dams  Los Angeles (AFP) June 18, 2017Hawaiian canoe comes home after epic round-the-world odyssey  Washington (AFP) June 20, 2017Global coral bleaching may be ending, US agency says |
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 Cardiff, UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
Scientists believe they have discovered the reason behind mysterious changes to the climate that saw temperatures fluctuate by up to 15C within just a few decades during the ice age periods. In a new study, the researchers show that rising levels of CO2 could have reached a tipping point during these glacial periods, triggering a series of chain events that caused temperatures to rise abruptly. ... more Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Widespread snowmelt in West Antarctica during unusually warm summer  Sydney (AFP) June 21, 2017Antarctic researchers take icy plunge to mark solstice  Nashville TN (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Wet and stormy weather lashed California coast... 8,200 years ago |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2017 
Walking through swarms of flies at his piggery on the outskirts of Beijing, Liu Jin shows off 1,500 hormone-free black hogs raised for China's growing organic meat market.
Liu employs a dozen people to look after the swine that are kept in indoor sties and outdoor pens - the type of large-scale operation China hopes will one day replace the millions of "backyard" farms across the country. ... moreBordeaux (AFP) June 22, 2017Bubbling Chinese market centre-stage at world wine fest  Paris (AFP) June 19, 2017Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output  Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2017China opens gates to US beef imports |
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 Abidjan (AFP) June 21, 2017 
The heavy rains drenching Ivory Coast since May have killed at least 15 people in the economic capital Abidjan and injured over two dozen, the government said on Wednesday.
West Africa's rainy season, which lasts three to four months, regularly causes fatalities and damage across Abidjan's hillside shack communities, with 16 people killed last year and 39 in 2014.
"We are today at 15 dea ... moreMiami (AFP) June 21, 2017Flash flood warning as Tropical Storm Cindy heads towards US Miami (AFP) June 22, 2017One killed as Storm Cindy makes landfall in southern US  Guatemala City (AFP) June 22, 20176.8-magnitude quake hits Guatemala, second in eight days: USGS |
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 Bamako (AFP) June 20, 2017  Mali's former rebel alliance on Tuesday rejected a national reconciliation charter unveiled on the second anniversary of the signing a peace deal with the government, underscoring the country's fraying peace process.
Ex-rebels of the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA) signed a peace deal on June 20, 2015 aimed at curbing separatist uprisings in Mali's north after a 2012 rebellion was ... more Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) June 20, 2017Clashes erupt in C. Africa a day after peace deal Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) June 19, 2017C. Africa govt inks peace deal with rebel groups  Bamako (AFP) June 17, 2017Five Mali soldiers killed in attack on military camp |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world in four dimensions but a new study has discovered structures in the brain with up to eleven dimensions - ground-breaking work that is beginning to reveal the brain's deepest architectural secrets.
Using algebraic topology in a way that it has never been used before in neuroscience, a team from the Blue Brain Projec ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) June 21, 2017World population to reach 9.8 bln in 2050, UN says Shanghai (AFP) June 17, 2017Chinese gays hear wedding bells as Taiwan move fuels hope  Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2017Too much brain activity may contribute to memory, attention impairments |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
The world's oceans are like brakes slowing down the full effects of greenhouse gas warming of the atmosphere. Over the last ten years, one-fourth of human-emissions of carbon dioxide as well as 90 percent of additional warming due to the greenhouse effect have been absorbed by the oceans. Acting like a massive sponge, the oceans pull from the atmosphere heat, carbon dioxide and other gases, such ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2017OECD: Air pollution, urbanization offsetting gains in renewables Warder, Ethiopia (AFP) June 22, 2017Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit Ethiopia  Warder, Ethiopia (AFP) June 22, 2017Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit Ethiopia |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 23, 2017 
ESA's Proba-V minisatellite has captured the forest fire raging in central Portugal, revealing blackened scars and columns of smoke as well as pinpointing active fire hotspots.
More than a thousand firefighters are tackling the forest fire in the Pedrogao Grande region, north east of Lisbon, which has been aflame since Saturday. Some 64 people have been reported dead and more than 130 inju ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 22, 2017A smokestack to the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere  Cotonou (AFP) June 18, 2017Free mapping: plotting development in Africa Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Watching cities grow |
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 Oxford, UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
Huge pulses of volcanic activity are likely to have played a key role in triggering the end Triassic mass extinction, which set the scene for the rise and age of the dinosaurs, new Oxford University research has found. The Triassic extinction took place approximately 200 million years ago, and was proceeded by the dinosaur era. One of the largest mass extinctions of animal life on record, the ca ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Brazilian carnivorous mammal-like reptile fossil may be new Aleodon species  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Otter fossil suggests ancient mammals migrated across Mexico, from Florida to California  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Geology and biology agree on Pangaea supercontinent breakup dates |
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 (UPI) Jun 12, 2017 
There's no alternative but to pursue an energy strategy that calls for a low-carbon trajectory for economic growth, European leaders said from Vienna.
More than 100 delegates were on hand for a forum in Vienna on the transition to an energy pathway focused on renewable and alternative energy resources.
"There is no other alternative for the Energy Community members than to follow ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017Divestment streak continues for British energy company Centrica  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017New ultrathin material for splitting water could make hydrogen production cheaper  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Keeping the hydrogen coming |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017 
Deputy head of the Russia's "Luch" laboratory Aleksander Pavkin said that a small-scale power source created in laboratory will be completely safe with respect to radiation, since the isotope does not emanate neutron or gamma radiation.
Russia's "Luch" enterprise, which is part of the scientific division of Rosatom, has created a small-scale power source based on the radioactive nickel-63 ... more Upton NY (SPX) Jun 23, 2017New efficient, low-temperature catalyst for hydrogen production  Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Jun 23, 2017Deceleration of runaway electrons paves the way for fusion power  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Battery improvements spark HEV EV market breakthrough |
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 Harare (AFP) June 22, 2017 
The animals won't travel two-by-two, but thousands of safari stalwarts will soon begin their journeys from Zimbabwe to Mozambique in one of Africa's largest ever wildlife transfers.
Fifty elephants, 100 giraffes, 200 zebras and 200 buffaloes will be among the several thousand animals that will be transferred between the two neighbours, Zimbabwe's Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (PWMA ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2017Mass wildebeest drownings bolster Mara River ecosystem  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 16, 2017$1.2 million of pangolin scales seized in Malaysia  Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2017Distantly related fish species still look and act similarly, study shows |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 19, 2017 
Gruelling foot drills and camouflage uniforms are part of life for some Hong Kongers as military-style youth groups become increasingly popular, despite the fact there is no army to join.
Some follow the traditions of former British colonial forces, while others are newly invented military-flavoured boot camps designed to keep young people in shape.
But as the semi-autonomous city prepar ... more Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2017China executives tied to Communist Party critic convicted  Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2017China shames jaywalkers through facial recognition Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2017US billionaire brings Dutch painters to China's masses |
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 Warsaw (AFP) June 21, 2017 
Polish Environment Minister Jan Szyszko, whom green activists have criticised for allowing large-scale logging in the ancient Bialowieza forest, on Wednesday called for the vast woodland to be stripped of UNESCO's natural heritage status, which bans any human intervention.
Bialowieza, straddling Poland's eastern border with Belarus, includes one of the largest surviving parts of the primeval ... more Oslo (AFP) June 19, 2017Religious leaders join forces to protect rainforests  Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Peatlands, already dwindling, could face further losses  Washington (AFP) June 14, 2017Tropical peat forests risk turning from carbon "drains" to emitters |
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