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  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Most of the frogs alive today owe a big thank you to the asteroid or comet that delivered the coup de grace to the dinosaurs. A new study by Chinese and American biologists shows that if the calamity had not wiped the planet clean of most terrestrial life 66 million years ago, 88 percent of today's frog species wouldn't be here. Nearly nine out of 10 species of frog today have descended from just three lineages that survived the mass extinction. The results, to be published this week in the ... read more |
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Ancient animal thought to be first air breather on land loses claim to fameAustin TX (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Some good scientific sleuthing by an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin has helped rewrite one of the earliest chapters in the planet's evolutionary history. The research, led by the ... more  
New study shows West Antarctic Ice Sheet loss over the last 11,000 yearsLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Reporting this week (Wednesday 5 July) in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the ... more  
Sea spray losing its sparkle?Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Atmospheric aerosols are tiny particles that scatter and absorb sunlight but also influence climate indirectly through their role in cloud formation. One of the largest sources of aerosols is sea sp ... more 
Figuring out how fast Greenland is meltingTucson AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 A new analysis of Greenland's past temperatures will help scientists figure out how fast the island's vast ice sheet is melting, according to a new report from University of Arizona atmospheric scie ... 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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Ancient fungi could help Canada's future northern forestsOkanagan, Canada (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 As Canada's vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to climate change, trees are rapidly spreading north. New research from UBC's Okanagan Campus suggests some of these tre ... more  
Praying mantises all over the world hunt and eat birdsWashington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017 Insects and spiders provide praying mantises with most of their sustenance, but mantises have also been observed feeding on amphibians and reptiles, including small frogs, lizards, salamanders and snakes. ... more 
Hong Kong seizes 7.2 tonnes of ivoryHong Kong (AFP) July 6, 2017 More than seven tonnes of ivory worth over US$9 million was seized in Hong Kong, officials said Thursday, the largest bust of its kind in the city in three decades. ... more  
Another threat to the ocean: deoxygenationWashington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017 As another massive "dead zone" forms in the Gulf of Mexico, other patches of low-oxygen waters are expanding elsewhere in the ocean, threatening marine ecosystems as climate change accelerates. ... more 
UNESCO keeps Great Barrier Reef off 'in danger' listWarsaw (AFP) July 6, 2017 UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place Australia's Great Barrier Reef on its list of sites "in danger" despite concern over coral bleaching. ... more  
US isolated over climate: G20 host MerkelHamburg (AFP) July 6, 2017 US President Donald Trump faces isolation at Friday's G20 summit over his climate sceptic stance, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, noting that many countries are determined to honour the landmark Paris accord. ... more |
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 Spain hit by deadly bacteria threatening olive trees  
Customs grab 122 tonnes of fake pesticide: EuropolThe Hague (AFP) July 6, 2017 European customs have seized 122 tonnes of illegal pesticides, pouncing on shipments entering the continent through ports and airports, Europol said Thursday. ... more  
Deadly floods sweep southern JapanAsakura, Japan (AFP) July 6, 2017 Huge floods engulfing parts of southern Japan are reported to have killed at least six people and left hundreds stranded as the torrents swept away roads and houses and destroyed schools. ... more  
3 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violenceBamako (AFP) July 6, 2017 Clashes between armed groups killed three people in northeastern Mali on Thursday, a security source told AFP, as the United Nations condemned repeated ceasefire violations by the combatants. ... more 
Panic, damage after deadly Philippine quakeManila (AFP) July 7, 2017 Residents fled their houses in panic overnight on Friday as aftershocks hit the central Philippines a day after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake killed two people and injured at least 72 others, authorities said. ... 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 East Lansing, MI (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Recreating interstellar ions with lasers  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 |
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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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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Reporting this week (Wednesday 5 July) in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during the past 11,000 years. These new results enable researchers to better understand how environmental change may impact future sea-level rise from this clim ... more Paris (AFP) July 5, 2017Huge Antarctic ice block poised to snap off Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Figuring out how fast Greenland is melting  Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017More summer sunshine leading to increased Greenland ice melt |
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 Madrid (AFP) July 6, 2017 
A deadly bacteria that infected thousands of olive trees in Italy has been detected for the first time in mainland Spain, the world's top producer of olive oil, a regional government official said Thursday.
The Xylella fastidiosa pathogen, which dries out trees leaving their leaves looking scorched, was found in June in almond trees near the town of Guadalest in the eastern region of Valenci ... moreThe Hague (AFP) July 6, 2017Customs grab 122 tonnes of fake pesticide: Europol  Champaign IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Incremental discovery may one day lead to photosynthetic breakthrough  Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Industrial farming disrupts burn-regrowth cycle in grasslands |
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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 ... moreManila (AFP) July 7, 2017Panic, damage after deadly Philippine quake  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 |
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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 Addis Ababa (AFP) July 5, 2017AU chair questions US stance on African peacekeeping Bamako (AFP) July 6, 20173 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violence  Bamako (AFP) June 24, 2017Mali relaunches beleagured peace process |
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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 ... more Paris (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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 Newcastle UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system.
The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) have been tracking the devastating events of last week when a massive landslide ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought' Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Sea spray losing its sparkle?  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 03, 2017Russia's 'Sova' Atmospheric Satellite Starts Flight Tests - Research Fund |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Most of the frogs alive today owe a big thank you to the asteroid or comet that delivered the coup de grace to the dinosaurs.
A new study by Chinese and American biologists shows that if the calamity had not wiped the planet clean of most terrestrial life 66 million years ago, 88 percent of today's frog species wouldn't be here. Nearly nine out of 10 species of frog today have descended fr ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Ancient Swiss reptile shows its bizarre scale armor for the first time Austin TX (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Ancient animal thought to be first air breather on land loses claim to fame  Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Size not important for fish in the largest mass extinction of all time |
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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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017PPPL researchers demonstrate first hot plasma edge in a fusion facility  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017CAS researchers develop selective electrocatalysts to boost direct methanol fuel cell performance  Bethlehem PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017International team develops new way to produce pure hydrogen efficiently |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017 
Insects and spiders provide praying mantises with most of their sustenance, but mantises have also been observed feeding on amphibians and reptiles, including small frogs, lizards, salamanders and snakes.
New research suggests the long-armed insects also hunt and eat birds. And their taste for the mammals isn't geographically isolated, but present across the globe - wherever mantises a ... more Zalipie, Poland (AFP) June 30, 2017The legacy of all-year blooms in Poland's painted village Hong Kong (AFP) July 6, 2017Hong Kong seizes 7.2 tonnes of ivory  Tokyo (AFP) July 4, 2017Japan panda fans get latest fix of cute with new footage |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017 
A prominent Chinese labour activist was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in prison for "inciting subversion" through a written account of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, his lawyer told AFP.
Liu Shaoming, a former factory worker, was detained in southern Guangdong province in May 2015 after describing his involvement in the pro-democracy movement on a US website.
Liu's lawyer, Wu ... more Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy  Beijing (AFP) July 6, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's health deteriorates  Shanghai (AFP) July 4, 2017Coming to a Chinese cinema near you: 'Core Socialist Values' |
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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 Okanagan, Canada (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Ancient fungi could help Canada's future northern forests |
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