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  Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Climate evolution shows some regularities, which can be traced throughout long periods of earth's history. One of them is that the global average temperature and the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere usually go hand-in-hand. To put it simple: If the temperatures decline, the CO2 values also decrease and vice versa. However, there are exceptions. An international team of scientists led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Cen ... read more |
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See our seasons change from spaceParis (ESA) Jul 07, 2017 With the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite fully fledged and its data freely available, the task of monitoring and understanding our changing planet has been made that much easier. Seeing the effect ... more  
The big ecological roles of small natural featuresOrono, ME (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Ecologists and conservationists have long recognized that keystone species have major ecological importance disproportionate to their abundance or size. Think beavers, sea stars and prairie dogs - s ... more  
Bacteria collaborate to propel the ocean 'engine'Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Essential microbiological interactions that keep our oceans stable have been fully revealed for the first time, by researchers at the University of Warwick. Dr Joseph Christie-Oleza and Profes ... more  
Recruiting manganese to upgrade carbon dioxideOnna, Japan (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Carbon dioxide (CO2) is known as a greenhouse gas and plays an essential role in climate change; it is no wonder scientists have been looking for solutions to prevent its release in the environment. ... 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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Giant iceberg in the makingParis (ESA) Jul 07, 2017 All eyes are on Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf as a deep crack continues to cut across the ice, leaving a huge chunk clinging on. When it eventually gives way, one of the largest icebergs on record ... more 
From dry to wet: Rainfall might abruptly increase in Africa's SahelPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Climate change could turn one of Africa's driest regions into a very wet one by suddenly switching on a Monsoon circulation. For the first time, scientists find evidence in computer simulations for ... more 
Greenland's summer ocean bloom likely fueled by ironStanford CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Iron particles catching a ride on glacial meltwater washed out to sea by drifting currents is likely fueling a recently discovered summer algal bloom off the southern coast of Greenland, according t ... more 
Global ocean health relatively stable over past 5 yearsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 While global ocean health has remained relatively stable over the past five years, individual countries have seen changes, according to a study published July 5, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ... more 
Sea spiders use guts, not heart, to move oxygenWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017 New research shows sea spiders use a unique mechanism to move oxygen through out their bodies. Most animals use their heart to move oxygen. Sea spiders use their guts. ... more
Birth of wolf cubs in Mexico raises hopes for endangered speciesMexico City (AFP) July 7, 2017 Mexican zoo officials are drooling over the birth of seven cubs of a species of endangered wolf. ... more |
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 Three tonnes of ivory seized in Vietnam  
G20: Compromise on climate change, but at what cost?Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017 G20 countries have managed to avoid a total bust-up with Donald Trump over climate change, leaving the door open for Washington to return to the Paris Agreement - but at the cost of risky concessions. ... more  
US judge again puts off deportations of IraqisWashington (AFP) July 7, 2017 A federal judge in Detroit has postponed the deportation of Iraqi nationals by another 14 days as he considers the fate of nearly 1,500 people swept up in an immigration crackdown. ... more  
Warmer Arctic harms crops in US, Canada: studyParis (AFP) July 10, 2017 Exceptionally warm years in the Arctic have provoked extra-cold winters and springs further to the south, decreasing crop yields across central Canada and the United States, researchers said Monday. ... more 
Fresh quake rocks Philippine islandManila (AFP) July 10, 2017 A 5.9-magnitude quake Monday rocked a central Philippine island still reeling from a deadly tremor last week, though there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, seismologists said. ... more |
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  Beirut (AFP) July 8, 2017 
Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water.
The northern city has been without steady running water for several weeks after damage to pipelines by heavy bombardment, including suspected strikes by the US-led coalition.
Civilians dehydrated by ... more Tallinn (AFP) July 6, 2017EU ministers pledge steps to tackle migrant flood  Washington (AFP) July 5, 2017Holiday weekend leaves more than 100 gunfire victims in Chicago  Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Ex-bosses stand trial over 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
In the harshest of environments in far-east Russia, Monash scientists have played a leading role in the discovery of a new mineral, which could revolutionise the future of the mining industry.
The mineral - Nataliyamalikite - is new, and did not exist before, explains Professor Joel Brugger, the lead author in a recently published paper in American Mineralogist.
It contains thallium, ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 29, 2017SES and MDA Announce First Satellite Life Extension Agreement  Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 10, 20176 teams share honors and money in NASA's 2nd 3-D Print a Habitat challenge  Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Space Debris Mitigation Mission Successfully Launched on June 23rd, 2017 |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Climate change could turn one of Africa's driest regions into a very wet one by suddenly switching on a Monsoon circulation. For the first time, scientists find evidence in computer simulations for a possible abrupt change to heavy seasonal rainfall in the Sahel, a region that so far has been characterized by extreme dryness.
They detect a self-amplifying mechanism which might kick-in beyo ... moreWarwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Bacteria collaborate to propel the ocean 'engine'  (UPI) Jul 7, 2017New data shows extreme coastal sea levels more likely  Warsaw (AFP) July 6, 2017UNESCO keeps Great Barrier Reef off 'in danger' list |
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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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Figuring out how fast Greenland is melting Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017Giant iceberg in the making Paris (AFP) July 5, 2017Huge Antarctic ice block poised to snap off |
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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 ... more The Hague (AFP) July 6, 2017Customs grab 122 tonnes of fake pesticide: Europol Paris (AFP) July 10, 2017Warmer Arctic harms crops in US, Canada: study  Champaign IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Incremental discovery may one day lead to photosynthetic breakthrough |
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 Manila (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.
Rescuers pulled out 13 trapped people from a collapsed commercial building late Thursday in the town of Kananga on Leyte island, near the epicentre of the quake, local officials said.
... moreTacloban, Philippines (AFP) July 8, 2017Power outages after deadly Philippine quake  Asakura, Japan (AFP) July 6, 2017Huge floods sweep southern Japan, two dead, 18 missing Manila (AFP) July 10, 2017Fresh quake rocks Philippine island |
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 Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 7, 2017 
The head of a West African force maintaining security in The Gambia told AFP Friday that army officials loyal to veteran former leader Yahya Jammeh were plotting against the new government.
West African troops were first sent to The Gambia in January to compel Jammeh to relinquish power to his elected successor Adama Barrow, but were retained at the new president's request over fears for his ... 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 Krakow, Poland (AFP) July 4, 2017I.Coast's Comoe park no longer endangered: UNESCO |
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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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 Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017  G20 countries have managed to avoid a total bust-up with Donald Trump over climate change, leaving the door open for Washington to return to the Paris Agreement - but at the cost of risky concessions.
After the US president decided last month to pull out of the hard-fought deal to combat global warming, climate change was always going to be centre-stage at this week's gathering of the G20 - ... more Paris (AFP) July 5, 2017Climate change could make Sahel wet: study  Hamburg (AFP) July 8, 2017Erdogan threatens not to ratify Paris climate accord Hamburg (AFP) July 7, 2017G20 draft statement shows 19-against-US split on climate |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reports that its subsidiary Space Systems Loral (SSL) was selected to provide a next-generation satellite constellation for high-resolution Earth imaging to DigitalGlobe, the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet.
Called WorldView Legion, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites will more than double DigitalGlobe's hig ... more Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Sea spray losing its sparkle?  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 03, 2017Russia's 'Sova' Atmospheric Satellite Starts Flight Tests - Research Fund Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017See our seasons change from space |
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 Austin 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 UT Jackson School of Geosciences, has shown that the millipede thought to be the world's oldest known air-breathing land creature is in fact about 14 million years younger than previously thought and ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Dinosaurs' loss was frogs' gain: The upside of a mass extinction  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017Ancient molecules on fossil leaves reveal relationships among Jurassic-era plants  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Ancient Swiss reptile shows its bizarre scale armor for the first time |
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 Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017 
Google parent Alphabet is spinning off a little-known unit working on geothermal power called Dandelion, which will begin offering residential energy services.
The announcement Thursday took the wraps off one of the secretive projects at the Alphabet unit X, known notably for its work on self-driving cars and internet balloons.
Dandelion chief executive Kathy Hannun said her team had bee ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Fighting global warming and climate change requires a broad energy portfolio  (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 |
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 Bethlehem PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Christopher J. Kiely, Harold B. Chambers Senior Professor, Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University, and an international team have developed a new low-temperature catalyst for producing high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide (CO). The discovery, described in a paper in the journal Science, could improve the performance of fuel cells that run on hydr ... more Sydney (AFP) July 7, 2017Elon Musk's Tesla to build world's largest battery in Australia  Upton, NY (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Electron orbitals may hold key to unifying concept of high-temperature superconductivity  Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power |
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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 Orono, ME (SPX) Jul 07, 2017The big ecological roles of small natural features  Hanoi (AFP) July 9, 2017Three tonnes of ivory seized in Vietnam |
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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 Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017China's ailing Nobel laureate in 'critical condition'  Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy Beijing (AFP) July 6, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's health deteriorates |
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 Okanagan, 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 trees could be getting help from a surprising source: fungi that have lain dormant underground for thousands of years.
"The idea that long-dormant, symbiotic fungi could help trees migrate during p ... more Krak�w, Poland (AFP) July 5, 2017UNESCO urges Poland to stop logging ancient forest Krakow, Poland (AFP) July 4, 2017Green activists, rangers face off over Poland's ancient forest  Missoula MT (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Slow-growing ponderosas survive mountain pine beetle outbreaks |
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