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  Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2017 Chinese companies are planning or constructing hundreds of coal-fired power projects around the world, data show, even as Beijing talks up its commitment to fighting climate change. The report by German environmental lobby group Urgewald comes as China seeks to fill a vacuum left by the United States following President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate agreement. Urgewald estimates about 250 Chinese companies are involved in nearly half of the 1,600 new coal power projects plann ... read more |
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Report: Heavy road freight nearly as polluting as coalWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 If nothing is done, trucks used to ship goods by road will produce as much pollution as coal used in the power and industrial sectors combined, a report found. ... more  
Huge floods sweep southern Japan, two dead, 18 missingAsakura, Japan (AFP) July 6, 2017 At least two people have been killed and 18 others are missing in huge floods that are surging through southern Japan, with authorities warning hundreds of thousands of people to flee. ... more  
At Ikea, Chinese shoppers make themselves at homeShanghai (AFP) July 6, 2017 When it's sweltering in Shanghai, do as the locals do and settle down for a nap at Ikea - if you can find an open bed. ... more  
Veteran Ocean Satellite to Assume Added RolePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017 A venerable U.S./European oceanography satellite mission with NASA participation that has expanded our knowledge of global sea level change, ocean currents and climate phenomena like El Nino and La ... more |
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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 4 dead, 8 missing in north China landslide after heavy rain Three drones detected in Japan nuclear plant Hundreds protest over water shortages in drought-hit Iraq Boats bring Philippine flood victims to safety as death toll rises Boats bring food, safe passage for Philippine flood victims |
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New map reveals personality traits of communities across the United StatesWashington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017 Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have created a new interactive map revealing the well-being and personality traits of communities across the United States. ... more  
Huge Antarctic ice block poised to snap offParis (AFP) July 5, 2017 A chunk of ice bigger than the US state of Delaware is hanging by a thread from the West Antarctic ice shelf, satellite images revealed Wednesday. ... more  
Scientists design robot to aid visually impaired schoolchildrenWashington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017 A pair of researchers from France and Switzerland have designed a robot to help visually impaired children navigate classroom environments. ... more 
Russia's 'Sova' Atmospheric Satellite Starts Flight Tests - Research FundMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 03, 2017 The first Russian atmospheric satellite dubbed "Sova" (Owl) with a high-aspect ratio flexible wing began flight tests at an altitude of 49,000-65,000 feet, an official with the Advanced Research Fun ... more  
1.5-bn pound cost overrun at UK's Hinkley nuclear plant: EDFParis (AFP) July 3, 2017 A project to build a nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Britain will overrun by 1.5 billion pounds ($1.95 billion, 1.71 billion euros) and may face further delays, its main supplier said Monday. ... more  
Californians take a shine to solar powerLos Angeles (AFP) July 2, 2017 Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills and her gas-guzzling luxury car when she finally decided to take the plunge last year. ... more |
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 Hanoi to ban motorbikes by 2030 to curb pollution, traffic  
Climate change could make Sahel wet: studyParis (AFP) July 5, 2017 Climate change could transform one of Africa's driest regions, the Sahel, into a very wet one, a study showed Wednesday. But this is not necessarily good news. ... more  
Why Does Microorganism Prefer Meager Rations Over Rich OnesTempe AZ (SPX) Jul 04, 2017 Arizona State University geoscientist Everett Shock has collaborated with a team of life scientists from Montana State University to discover a puzzle at the junction of geochemistry and biology. ... more  
Man stopped on Thai border with orangutans, tortoises, raccoonsBangkok (AFP) June 22, 2017 Thai wildlife officers have arrested a Malaysian man attempting to smuggle two baby orangutans, 51 tortoises and six raccoons into the kingdom across its southern border, officials said Thursday. ... more 
The legacy of all-year blooms in Poland's painted villageZalipie, Poland (AFP) June 30, 2017 Danuta Dymon is sitting by the side of the road, painting flowers on her fence. The 70-year-old has been at it since the sun came up, dressed from head to toe in clothes also displaying her brushstroke. ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) July 5, 2017 
The United States celebrated Independence Day with a long weekend of barbecues and fireworks, but in violence-plagued Chicago more than 101 were hit by gunfire, with 14 dying of their wounds, the Chicago Tribune said on Wednesday.
The youngest of the victims was just 13 years old and the eldest 60, the newspaper said, noting that the shootings were concentrated in the south and west of the c ... more Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Ex-bosses stand trial over 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan  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 |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
By measuring the random jiggling motion of electrons in a resistor, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have contributed to accurate new measurements of the Boltzmann constant, a fundamental scientific value that relates the energy of a system to its temperature. NIST made one measurement in its Boulder, Colorado, laboratory and collaborated on another in Chi ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 29, 2017SES and MDA Announce First Satellite Life Extension Agreement  Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Space Debris Mitigation Mission Successfully Launched on June 23rd, 2017  Tokyo (AFP) June 29, 2017True romance in the air at Tokyo virtual reality show |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
More than 90% of the earth's energy imbalance (EEI) in the climate system is sequestered in the ocean and consequently the ocean heat content (OHC) is increasing. Therefore, OHC is one of the most important indicators of global warming. During the past 30 years, many independent groups worked to estimate historical OHC changes. However, large uncertainty has been found among the published global ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017'Perfect storm' of oceanic conditions triggered Great Barrier Reef bleaching  Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017Cornell researchers build American eels an 'eelevator'  Washington (UPI) Jul 4, 2017Study: Birth control turning male fish into females |
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 Paris (AFP) July 5, 2017 
A chunk of ice bigger than the US state of Delaware is hanging by a thread from the West Antarctic ice shelf, satellite images revealed Wednesday.
When it finally calves from the Larsen C ice shelf, one of the biggest icebergs in recorded history will be set adrift - some 6,600 square kilometres (2,550 square miles) in total, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).
The iceberg's d ... more Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017More summer sunshine leading to increased Greenland ice melt  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 |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Photosynthesis is one of the most complicated and important processes -responsible for kick-starting Earth's food chain. While we have modeled its more-than-100 major steps, scientists are still discovering the purpose of proteins that can be engineered to increase yield, as scientists recently proved in Science.
Now researchers have uncovered secrets about another protein, CP12 - the full ... more Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Industrial farming disrupts burn-regrowth cycle in grasslands  Washington (AFP) June 29, 2017New study links common pesticide to bee deaths  Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Lake harvests are likely more fruitful than we knew |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017'Bulges' in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions Asakura, Japan (AFP) July 6, 2017Huge floods sweep southern Japan, two dead, 18 missing  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017Sleuthing for Seismic Answers in the Sooner State |
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 Krakow, Poland (AFP) July 4, 2017 
UNESCO said Tuesday that it had decided to remove Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park from its list of endangered world heritage sites after more than a decade of conservation efforts.
The World Heritage Committee of the UN's scientific and cultural agency made the announcement during its annual meeting, held this year in the southern Polish city of Krakow from July 2 to 12.
"Populations ... more Bamako (AFP) June 24, 2017Mali relaunches beleagured peace process  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 |
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 Laramie WY (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Using five different scientific approaches, a team including University of Wyoming researchers has given considerable support to the idea that humans lived year-round in the Andean highlands of South America over 7,000 years ago.
Examining human remains and other archaeological evidence from a site at nearly 12,500 feet above sea level in Peru, the scientists show that intrepid hunter-gath ... more Lawrence KS (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Analysis of Neanderthal teeth grooves uncovers evidence of prehistoric dentistry  Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017Study: Potentially no limit to human lifespan  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Beyond bananas: 'Mind reading' technology decodes complex thoughts |
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 Paris (AFP) July 5, 2017  Can a motley crew of countries grouping climate champions Germany and France with oil giants Russia and Saudi Arabia muster a joint defence of the Paris Agreement against Donald Trump?
This is the question for observers as the G20 group of major economies gathers in Hamburg amid a storm of geopolitical crises threatening to push climate change down the agenda.
Since Trump announced last ... moreParis (AFP) July 5, 2017Climate change could make Sahel wet: study  Lisbon (AFP) July 3, 2017US pullout gives 'global push' to climate deal: UN chief  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Concurrent hot and dry summers more common in future |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 03, 2017 
The first Russian atmospheric satellite dubbed "Sova" (Owl) with a high-aspect ratio flexible wing began flight tests at an altitude of 49,000-65,000 feet, an official with the Advanced Research Fund told Sputnik.
"The tested prototype of the 'Sova' atmospheric satellite should confirm the correctness of the laid technical solutions and demonstrate the achieved qualities of the apparatus," ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017Veteran Ocean Satellite to Assume Added Role Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017New map reveals personality traits of communities across the United States  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 28, 2017VTT miniature hyperspectral camera launched to space in Aalto-1 satellite |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Grisons, 241 million years ago - Instead of amidst high mountains, a small reptile suns itself on an island beach in a warm shallow sea, where many fish and marine reptiles frolic. This is the story told by an excellently preserved new discovery of the reptile Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi studied by paleontologists from the University of Zurich.
About 20 centimeters in length, the Swiss repti ... more Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Size not important for fish in the largest mass extinction of all time  Miami (AFP) July 3, 2017New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Paleontologists identify extinction event among marine megafauna |
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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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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Rice University scientists have fabricated a durable catalyst for high-performance fuel cells by attaching single ruthenium atoms to graphene.
Catalysts that drive the oxygen reduction reaction that lets fuel cells turn chemical energy into electricity are usually made of platinum, which stands up to the acidic nature of the cell's charge-carrying electrolyte. But platinum is expensive, an ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017CAS researchers develop selective electrocatalysts to boost direct methanol fuel cell performance  Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017Temperature sensor could power more energy-efficient wearable devices  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 26, 2017A 100-year-old physics problem has been solved at EPFL |
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 Zalipie, Poland (AFP) June 30, 2017 
Danuta Dymon is sitting by the side of the road, painting flowers on her fence. The 70-year-old has been at it since the sun came up, dressed from head to toe in clothes also displaying her brushstroke.
"As you can see I'm covered in flowers," she said, adding neon green leaves to the fluorescent orange and pink garland spanning the fence's brick base in front of her home in Zalipie, in sout ... more Tokyo (AFP) July 4, 2017Japan panda fans get latest fix of cute with new footage Bangkok (AFP) June 22, 2017Man stopped on Thai border with orangutans, tortoises, raccoons  Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networks |
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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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 Krakow, Poland (AFP) July 4, 2017 
Several hundred environmental activists and forest rangers on Tuesday held rival protests in southern Poland over large-scale logging in the ancient Bialowieza forest, a UNESCO world heritage site that includes some of Europe's last primeval woodland.
The demonstrations took place in the city of Krakow on the sidelines of the annual meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, which is set ... more Krak�w, Poland (AFP) July 5, 2017UNESCO urges Poland to stop logging ancient forest  Missoula MT (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Slow-growing ponderosas survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks  Ottawa (AFP) June 27, 2017US imposes second round of tariffs on Canadian lumber |
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