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  Paris (AFP) June 28, 2017 Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation. When the next big impact will be, nobody knows. But the pressure is on to predict - and intercept - its arrival. "Sooner or later we will get... a minor or major impact," Rolf Densing, who heads the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, told AFP ahead of International Asteroid Day on Fr ... read more |
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US pullout gives 'global push' to climate deal: UN chiefLisbon (AFP) July 3, 2017 The US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has given a "global push" to the deal, as other signatories have strongly recommitted to the landmark accord, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday. ... more  
Predicting eruptions using satellites and mathWashington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Volcanologists are beginning to use satellite measurements and mathematical methods to forecast eruptions and to better understand how volcanoes work, shows a new article in Frontiers in Earth Scien ... more  
New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croakedMiami (AFP) July 3, 2017 A massive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years ago created room for frogs to colonize the Earth, said a study Monday that shows how frogs became among the most diverse vertebrates in the world. ... more 
Size not important for fish in the largest mass extinction of all timeBristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Understanding modern biodiversity and extinction threats is important. It is commonly assumed that being large contributes to vulnerability during extinction crises. However, researchers from ... more |
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Heavy rain leaves 30 dead in Chinese capital
Heavy rains leave 30 dead in Chinese capital 30 dead after heavy rain in Beijing: state media Magnitude 6.5 quake hits India's Nicobar Islands Floods kills three in northeast Romania: prefecture Landslide kills four as rains lash northern China Blazing heat in Iraq as Baghdad, south top 50C Four killed in landslide as heavy rain drenches northern China Four killed as heavy rain, flooding soaks northern China Four dead, eight missing in China landslide after heavy rain |
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More summer sunshine leading to increased Greenland ice meltBristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has discovered that a marked decrease in summer cloud cover during the last 20 years has significantly accelerated melt from the Greenland ice ... more  
Black carbon varies, but stubbornly persists, in snow and ice around the worldBoulder CO (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 A new University of Colorado Boulder study comparing dissolved black carbon deposition on ice and snow in ecosystems around the world (including Antarctica, the Arctic, and alpine regions of the Him ... more  
Industrial farming disrupts burn-regrowth cycle in grasslandsIrvine CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 The world's open grasslands and the beneficial fires that sustain them have shrunk rapidly over the past two decades, thanks to a massive increase in agriculture, according to a new study led by Uni ... more  
Slow-growing ponderosas survive mountain pine beetle outbreaksMissoula MT (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Slow-growing ponderosa pines may have a better chance of surviving mountain pine beetle outbreaks in western Montana as climate change increases the frequency of drought and insect pests, according ... more 
Turning the climate tide by 2020Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending-down of the global greenhouse-gas emissions curve, leading experts caution. Aggressive reduction of fossil-fuel usage is the key to ... more  
Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networksBlacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Biodiversity loss is one of the driving factors in ecosystem change, on par with climate change and human development. When one species, especially a large predator, disappears from an area, other p ... more |
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 Ancient South Carolina whale yields secrets to filter feeding's origins 
Hundreds practice volcano safety in DR CongoGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) July 3, 2017 More than a thousand people took part Monday in an evacuation exercise triggered by a simulated volcanic eruption endangering Goma, a major city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... more 
Japan typhoon grounds flights, injures threeTokyo (AFP) July 4, 2017 A typhoon slammed into Japan on Tuesday, grounding dozens of flights, injuring at least three people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation warnings on fears of landslides and floods. ... more  
Turkey, Greece swelter under soaring temperaturesIstanbul (AFP) July 2, 2017 Turkey was on Sunday sweltering in a weekend heatwave that caused record temperatures in much of the country and triggered forest fires in the Aegean region. ... more  
Sri Lanka deploys troops to tackle dengue crisisColombo (AFP) July 2, 2017 Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of soldiers to destroy mosquito breeding grounds as the country battles the spread of deadly dengue fever that has killed a record 215 people this year, officials said Sunday. ... more |
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  Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017  Three former executives from the operator of Japan's tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant went on trial Friday, the only people ever to face a criminal court in connection with the 2011 meltdowns that left swathes of countryside uninhabitable.
Ex-Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, 77, and former vice presidents Sakae Muto, 66, and Ichiro Takekuro, 71, all pleaded ... more Beijing (AFP) June 27, 2017New landslide hits China disaster area  New York (AFP) June 26, 2017Ex-NY mayor Bloomberg to grant $200 mln to US cities  Washington (AFP) June 27, 2017US lists China among worst human trafficking offenders |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
No one had ever come so close to the ideal laser before: theoretically, laser light has only one single color (also frequency or wavelength). In reality, however, there is always a certain linewidth. With a linewidth of only 10 mHz, the laser that the researchers from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have now developed together with US researchers from JILA, a joint institute of t ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Johns Hopkins scientists develop super-strong metal for next tech frontier  Lincoln NB (SPX) Jun 28, 2017One billion suns: World's brightest laser sparks new behavior in light  Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Stanford engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
We normally consider liquid water as disordered with the molecules rearranging on a short time scale around some average structure. Now, however, scientists at Stockholm University have discovered two phases of the liquid with large differences in structure and density. The results are based on experimental studies using X-rays, which are now published in Proceedings of the National Academy of S ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Could this strategy bring high-speed communications to the deep sea?  Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Seagull carried out an autonomous end-to-end unmanned Mine Counter Measure mission  Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017Scientists hope artificial reef can protect ocean biodiversity from climate change |
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 Oslo, Norway (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
The Eurasian ice sheet was an enormous conveyor of ice that covered most of northern Europe some 23,000 years ago. Its extent was such that one could have skied 4,500 km continuously across it - from the far southwestern isles in Britain to Franz Josef Land in the Siberian Arctic. Suffice to say its existence had a massive and extremely hostile impact on Europe at the time.
This ice sheet ... more Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Climate change impacts Antarctic biodiversity habitat  Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017On the march: As polar bears retreat, grizzlies take new territory Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017More summer sunshine leading to increased Greenland ice melt |
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 Washington (AFP) June 29, 2017 
Two of the most extensive field studies conducted to date in Europe and Canada have confirmed the hypothesis that neonicotinoid insecticides are harmful to bees and other pollinating species.
The results, published Thursday in the US journal Science, also reveal that local environments can mitigate the impact of the pesticide, which is widely used in farming despite being dubbed a "bee kille ... more Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) June 29, 2017Botswana bans export of donkey products Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Industrial farming disrupts burn-regrowth cycle in grasslands  Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Lake harvests are likely more fruitful than we knew |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Volcanologists are beginning to use satellite measurements and mathematical methods to forecast eruptions and to better understand how volcanoes work, shows a new article in Frontiers in Earth Science.
As magma shifts and flows beneath the earth's surface, the ground above flexes and quivers. Modern satellite technologies, similar to GPS, can now track these movements, and geoscientists ar ... more Beijing (AFP) July 3, 2017Deadly floods hit central, southern China: Flash floods kill 11 in Pakistan Tokyo (AFP) July 4, 2017Japan typhoon grounds flights, injures three Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) July 3, 2017Hundreds practice volcano safety in DR Congo |
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 Bamako (AFP) June 24, 2017 
Mali's government and armed groups which signed a 2015 peace deal have relaunched talks aimed at speeding up its implementation after several delays, they told AFP Saturday.
The accord signed in 2015 aimed at curbing separatist uprisings in Mali's north after a 2012 rebellion was hijacked by jihadists, throwing the nation into chaos.
But several of its key planks have yet to be fully imp ... more Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) June 20, 2017Clashes erupt in C. Africa a day after peace deal  Bamako (AFP) June 20, 2017Mali ex-rebels reject national charter on peace deal anniversary; Dozens killedw/l Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) June 19, 2017C. Africa govt inks peace deal with rebel groups |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017 
There could be no limit to how long humans can live, according to a new study.
Biologists Bryan G. Hughes and Siegfried Hekimi at Canada's McGill University studied the longest-living people from the U.S., Britain, France and Japan since 1968 and came to the conclusion that the human body doesn't have a maximum age limit.
"We just don't know what the age limit might be. In fact, ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017Cave painting sites may have been chosen for their acoustics, scientists argue  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Beyond bananas: 'Mind reading' technology decodes complex thoughts  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017The neural relationship between light and sleep |
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 Berlin (AFP) June 29, 2017  European leaders vowed Thursday to defend the landmark Paris climate pact at a G20 summit next week, setting them on collision course with US President Donald Trump at what is expected to be a stormy meeting.
Leaders of Germany, France, Italy and other EU economies acknowledged their long standing ties with Washington but said they would not give in on "existential" threats like global warmi ... moreLisbon (AFP) July 3, 2017US pullout gives 'global push' to climate deal: UN chief  Washington (AFP) June 29, 2017Trump 'proud' of leaving Paris climate deal Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Turning the climate tide by 2020 |
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 Lancaster UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
Recent increases in an unregulated ozone-depleting substance, could delay recovery of Antarctic ozone levels by 5-30 years, depending on emissions scenarios.
The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that a previously ignored chemical called dichloromethane may now be contributing to ozone depletion and should be looked at to improve future ozone predictions.
Long-liv ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017UK-Led Satellite Image Project That Helps Spot and Stop Slavery Sites From Space  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 28, 2017VTT miniature hyperspectral camera launched to space in Aalto-1 satellite  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Scientists solve mystery of unexplained "bright nights" |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Understanding modern biodiversity and extinction threats is important. It is commonly assumed that being large contributes to vulnerability during extinction crises.
However, researchers from the University of Bristol and the Chengdu Center of the China Geological Survey, have found that size played no role in the extinction of fish during the largest mass extinction of all time.
The ... moreMiami (AFP) July 3, 2017New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Paleontologists identify extinction event among marine megafauna  Boston MA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017How eggs got their shapes |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017 
Can the continental United States make a rapid, reliable and low-cost transition to an energy system that relies almost exclusively on wind, solar and hydroelectric power? While there is growing excitement for this vision, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by 21 of the nation's leading energy experts, including David G. Victor and George R. Tynan from the ... more (UPI) Jun 12, 2017Low-carbon trajectory is the only option, European leaders say 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 |
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 Beer-Sheva, Israel (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
An innovative technique using light and tiny bubbles to propel microparticles at forces many times greater than previously achieved has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers.
The new technique could have significant implications in the development of micromotors and optical devices for use in solar cell optics. "What we ultimately hope to achieve is a highly accu ... more Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Ruthenium rules for new fuel cells  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017CAS researchers develop selective electrocatalysts to boost direct methanol fuel cell performance  Houston TX (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Inexpensive organic material gives safe batteries a longer life |
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 Leeds UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining molecules - the building blocks of life - which they say could provide new insights and other benefits such as reducing the numbers of animals used in experiments.
The University of Leeds in collaboration with Avacta Life Sciences, a Leeds spin-out company has developed tools, called Affimer technology, which can replicate the w ... moreBlacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networks  Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017Most modern horse breeds can be traced to Oriental stallions  Phnom Penh (AFP) June 29, 2017Rare Siamese crocodile eggs found in Cambodia |
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 Shanghai (AFP) July 4, 2017 
Chinese cinema-goers now have to sit through a short clip promoting "core socialist values" and President Xi Jinping's "Chinese dream" political credo before the show starts - and some aren't happy about it.
Authorities enlisted action star Jackie Chan and domestic film idols as part of the public-service adverts, which have been ordered shown at cinemas in China since July 1 and last a few ... more Berlin (AFP) July 3, 2017Germany urges treatment for China's cancer-stricken Liu  Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2017Hong Kong's allure fading in mainland China  Hong Kong (AFP) July 1, 2017Profile: Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam |
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 Missoula MT (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Slow-growing ponderosa pines may have a better chance of surviving mountain pine beetle outbreaks in western Montana as climate change increases the frequency of drought and insect pests, according to new research published by a team of University of Montana scientists.
The team of researchers, led by UM biological sciences Professor Anna Sala, published their findings in the journal Proce ... more Talca, Chile (AFP) June 30, 2017Scampering dogs in Chile help restore burnt forests  Ottawa (AFP) June 27, 2017US imposes second round of tariffs on Canadian lumber  Warsaw (AFP) June 24, 2017Thousands protest logging in Poland's ancient forest |
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