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  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 The Greenland ice sheet is often seen as a pristine environment, but new research has revealed that may not be the case. A Danish-led study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, examined how microbes from the ice sheet have the potential to resist and degrade globally-emitted contaminants such as mercury, lead, PAH and PCB. Dr Aviaja Hauptmann, from the University of Greenland, led the research. She said: "Globally emitted contaminants accumulate in the Arctic and are stored in ... read more |
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Oregon-led research opens fresh view on volcanic plumbing systemsEugene OR (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 Volcanic eruptions such as Mount St. Helens' in 1980 show the explosiveness of magma moving through the Earth's crust. Now geologists are excited about what uplifted granite bodies such as Yosemite' ... more  
Big Muddy Missouri river needs a planUrbana IL (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 As the Missouri River flows across the Great Plains to where it meets the Mississippi River at St. Louis, it accumulates such a large sediment load that it has earned the nickname "Big Muddy." A rec ... more 
US need for four polar icebreakers 'critical,' warns reportWashington (AFP) July 11, 2017 The rapid pace of global warming and ice melting at the poles have underscored the "critical" need for the United States to build four new polar icebreaker ships, US officials said Tuesday. ... more  
Study finds toxic mercury is accumulating in the Arctic tundraLowell MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 Vast amounts of toxic mercury are accumulating in the Arctic tundra, threatening the health and well-being of people, wildlife and waterways, according to a UMass Lowell scientist investigating the ... more |
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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 Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Samoa coast: USGS |
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Using treated graywater for irrigation is better for arid environmentsSede Boqer, Israel (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 Reusing graywater in dry areas may require treatment for more efficient irrigation in arid, sandy soils, according to a new study published in Chemosphere by researchers at the Ben-Gurion University ... more  
Sticking your neck out: How did plesiosaurs swim with such long necks?Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 When dinosaurs ruled the land, plesiosaurs ruled the oceans. Famous for their incredibly long necks - some of which were up to 7 metres long - plesiosaurs have remained an evolutionary mystery for h ... more 
How strike-slip faults form, the origin of earthquakesAmherst MA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Structural geologist Michele Cooke calls it the "million-dollar question" that underlies all work in her laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: what goes on deep in the earth as stri ... more  
Quantum mechanics inside Earth's coreWurzburg, Denmark (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 Without a magnetic field life on Earth would be rather uncomfortable: Cosmic particles would pass through our atmosphere in large quantities and damage the cells of all living beings. Technical syst ... more 
Engineering professor proposes bold concept for solving great barrier reef bleachingTucson AZ (SPX) Jul 13, 2017 A civil engineering professor who has developed innovative solutions for infrastructure renewal and repair for over 30 years is proposing a bold, sustainable solution for the worldwide coral bleachi ... more 
Sentinel satellite captures birth of behemoth icebergParis (ESA) Jul 13, 2017 Over the last few months, a chunk of Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf has been hanging on precariously as a deep crack cut across the ice. Witnessed by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, a lump of ic ... more |
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'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientistsParis (AFP) July 11, 2017 The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned. ... more 
Thai seafood giant commits to major fishing reformsBangkok (AFP) July 11, 2017 Thai Union, one of the world's largest seafood conglomerates, said Tuesday it will overhaul its fishing practices to protect against labour abuses and unsustainable trawling, a move hailed by Greenpeace as "huge progress". ... more  
Bloomberg outlines plan to quantify US climate effortsNew York (AFP) July 12, 2017 Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg and the governor of California announced Wednesday a plan to quantify efforts by US states, cities and businesses to drive down greenhouse gas emissions. ... more 
Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demandLos Angeles (AFP) July 12, 2017 Over nearly a century Disney has exported US culture across the globe, but the company was astonished to find one slice of Americana wildly popular in China - the turkey leg. ... 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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The technology developed by researchers at West Virginia University that helped them win the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge may be headed to Mars. Majid Jaridi, professor of industrial and management systems engineering, and Yu Gu, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have received a three-year, $750,000 grant from NASA to develop ways to increase the onboard autonomy ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Giant enhancement of electromagnetic waves revealed within small dielectric particles  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 07, 2017ANU invention may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space  Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 10, 20176 teams share honors and money in NASA's 2nd 3-D Print a Habitat challenge |
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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 ... more Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Strengthening of West African Monsoon during Green Sahara period may have affected ENSO  Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Scientists make 'squarest' ice crystals ever  Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Bacteria collaborate to propel the ocean 'engine' |
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Over the last few months, a chunk of Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf has been hanging on precariously as a deep crack cut across the ice. Witnessed by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, a lump of ice more than twice the size of Luxembourg has now broken off, spawning one of the largest icebergs on record and changing the outline of the Antarctic Peninsula forever.
The fissure first appeare ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Massive iceberg  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Microbe study highlights Greenland ice sheet toxicity  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Warm Winter Events in Arctic Becoming More Frequent, Lasting Longer |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
As the old saying goes, teaching someone to fish is far more helpful than just giving them a fish. Now, research from WorldFish and MIT takes that adage a step further: Better yet, the study found, is working with the fishermen to help develop better fishing methods.
Involving local people in figuring out how to improve their farming and fishing methods provides more lasting and widespread ... moreSede Boqer, Israel (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Using treated graywater for irrigation is better for arid environments Los Angeles (AFP) July 12, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand  Colombo, Sri Lanka (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Global use of wastewater to irrigate agriculture at least 50 percent greater than thought |
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have discovered that volcanoes have a unique way of dealing with pressure - through crystals. According to a new study published in the Journal of Geology, a network of microscopic crystals can lessen the internal pressure of rising magma and reduce the explosiveness of eruptions.
Crystals can form in the rising molten rock in as little as 18 minu ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Predicting eruptions using satellites and math Eugene OR (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Oregon-led research opens fresh view on volcanic plumbing systems Amherst MA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017How strike-slip faults form, the origin of earthquakes |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) July 5, 2017 
The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the continent after it blocked efforts to get UN funding for an anti-jihadist force in the Sahel.
"This is a specific case of a certain number of African states taking the initiative to create a dedicated force to fight terrorism. So, we don't understand how the United States coul ... more Bamako (AFP) July 6, 20173 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violence  Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 7, 2017Gambian army 'hostile elements' working against government  Krakow, Poland (AFP) July 4, 2017I.Coast's Comoe park no longer endangered: UNESCO |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 11, 2017 
DARPA has awarded contracts to five research organizations and one company that will support the Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program: Brown University; Columbia University; Fondation Voir et Entendre (The Seeing and Hearing Foundation); John B. Pierce Laboratory; Paradromics, Inc.; and the University of California, Berkeley.
These organizations have formed teams to develop the ... more Jena, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017DNA of early Neanderthal gives timeline for new modern human-related dispersal from Africa  Laramie WY (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Researchers document early, permanent human settlement in Andes  Lawrence KS (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Analysis of Neanderthal teeth grooves uncovers evidence of prehistoric dentistry |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 
A consortium of international scientists led by a climate expert from USC have upgraded an open-source global database tracking the Earth's temperatures since 1 A.D. that further confirms that the Earth is warming at a rate unprecedented in recent geologic history. The database by the PAGES 2k Consortium relies on proxy data such as tree rings, corals, glacier ice, marine sediment and other such ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Two significant warming intervals in southern China since 1850 New York (AFP) July 12, 2017Bloomberg outlines plan to quantify US climate efforts Hamburg (AFP) July 9, 2017G20: Compromise on climate change, but at what cost? |
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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'  Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017See our seasons change from space  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
When dinosaurs ruled the land, plesiosaurs ruled the oceans. Famous for their incredibly long necks - some of which were up to 7 metres long - plesiosaurs have remained an evolutionary mystery for hundreds of years. Pernille V. Troelsen, a PhD student at Liverpool John Moores University, UK is simulating plesiosaur locomotion with a 3D model to understand how they could swim with such long necks ... more Austin TX (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Ancient animal thought to be first air breather on land loses claim to fame  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 |
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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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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Two major issues confronting magnetic-confinement fusion energy are enabling the walls of devices that house fusion reactions to survive bombardment by energetic particles, and improving confinement of the plasma required for the reactions. At the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), researchers have found that coating tokamak walls with lithium-- a light ... more Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Conductive electrodes are key to fast-charging batteries  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Iron secrets behind superconductors unlocked  Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Smart transformers could make reliable smart grid a reality |
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 Orono, 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 - species that keep a ecosystem balanced.
Similarly across landscapes, the keystone concept of disproportionate importance extends to other ecological elements, such as salt marshes in estuaries. ... moreParis (AFP) July 11, 2017'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: scientists Mexico City (AFP) July 7, 2017Birth of wolf cubs in Mexico raises hopes for endangered species Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2017Sea spiders use guts, not heart, to move oxygen |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017  China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said Monday, raising fears about his life after Western doctors said there was time to take him abroad.
The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu's tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problems.
The hospital said in a statement ... more Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer  Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy  Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital |
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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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