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  Montreal (AFP) July 16, 2017 Thousands of people fled their homes in western Canada over the weekend as strong winds fanned forest fires that have ravaged British Columbia province for more than a week. The inferno's progress prompted authorities to take new emergency measures, ordering the evacuation of 24,000 people in the region including the town of Williams Lake which is home to some 11,000 people, reported public broadcaster CBC. Some 60 percent of affected residents have already left their homes. The province's t ... read more |
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200 green activists killed in 2016, record toll: watchdogParis (AFP) July 13, 2017 At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors - 40 percent from indigenous tribes - were murdered around the world in 2016, the deadliest year on record, the watchdog organisation Global Witness said Thursday. ... more  
Spain heatwave breaks records and kills oneMadrid (AFP) July 13, 2017 Spain baked in a record-breaking heatwave on Thursday which was blamed for the death of a road crew worker and is suspected of leaving another man in critical condition. ... more  
ADB warns climate change 'disastrous' for AsiaManila (AFP) July 14, 2017 A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be "disastrous" for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic growth that has helped it make vast inroads against poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Friday. ... more  
Global warming may limit airplane takeoffs in coming decadesWashington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017 As climate change brings high temperatures around the globe, new research suggests some airplanes could struggle to takeoff. ... 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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Report: High seas in high danger as ecological tipping point nearsWashington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017 As delegates convene at the United Nations to work out an international treaty to preserve the biodiversity of the high seas, a new report underscores the need to protect the remote ocean. ... more  
EU hauls Poland to top court over ancient forest loggingBrussels (AFP) July 13, 2017 The EU on Thursday took Poland to the bloc's top court over logging in the ancient Bialowieza forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site covering some of Europe's last remaining primeval woodland. ... more  
Slow earthquakes occur continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zoneRiverside CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Seismologists at the University of California, Riverside studying earthquakes in the seismically and volcanically active Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone have found that "slow earthquakes" are occurr ... more  
Purdue researcher: We shouldn't eliminate mosquitoesWashington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 Mosquitoes are despised for their itch-inducing bites and role in spreading disease. But at least one researcher doesn't want to see them eradicated entirely. ... more  
More to Life Than the Habitable ZoneBoston MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Two separate teams of scientists have identified major challenges for the development of life in what has recently become one of the most famous exoplanet systems, TRAPPIST-1. The teams, both ... more  
Yes, the sun is an ordinary, solar-type star after allWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 The Sun is a solar-type star, a new study claims - resolving an ongoing controversy about whether the star at the center of our Solar System exhibits the same cyclic behavior as other nearby, solar- ... more |
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 Trump envoy mediates water deal between Israel, Palestinians 
4 killed, 6 missing in India's Gujarat amid monsoon floodsAhmedabad, India (AFP) July 16, 2017 Heavy monsoon flooding has killed four people in western India, officials said Sunday, with grave fears held for at least six others still missing following torrential downpours. ... more  
Civilian deaths soar in Iraq, Syria: monitoring groupWashington (AFP) July 12, 2017 The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, an independent monitor said Wednesday. ... more 
West Mosul residents start mammoth task of rebuildingMosul, Iraq (AFP) July 13, 2017 Near Mosul's war-ravaged historic heart, Maher Al-Nejmawi watches a worker repainting his long-abandoned stall. Residents of Iraq's second city are trying to put their lives back together after months of fighting. ... more 
Japan Abe sees devastation in flood-hit areaTokyo (AFP) July 12, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday visited southern regions devastated by torrential rains and flooding that killed two dozen people as the toll was likely to rise. ... more |
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  Washington (AFP) July 12, 2017 
The US-led coalition attacking the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria killed as many as 744 civilians in June, an independent monitor said Wednesday.
Airwars - a London-based collective of journalists and researchers that uses social media, eyewitness reports and other sources to compile its data - said the concurrent assaults on Raqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq were often "devastating." ... moreMosul, Iraq (AFP) July 13, 2017West Mosul residents start mammoth task of rebuilding  Beirut (AFP) July 8, 2017In IS-held Raqa, parched civilians risk lives for water  Tallinn (AFP) July 6, 2017EU ministers pledge steps to tackle migrant flood |
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 Morgantown WV (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 07, 2017ANU invention may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space  London, Uk (Spx) Jul 07, 2017Long Duration Experiments Reach 1,000th Day  London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Spacepath Communications Announces Innovative Frequency Converter Systems |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) July 13, 2017 
US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace envoy said Thursday Israel would supply the Palestinians with millions of cubic metres of water annually, as Washington seeks to build confidence for fresh negotiations.
Jason Greenblatt hailed an "important step forward" in a wider regional water deal, as Israel announced it would provide more than 32 million cubic metres of water to the Palesti ... 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 Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017Report: High seas in high danger as ecological tipping point nears |
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 Paris (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 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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Warm Winter Events in Arctic Becoming More Frequent, Lasting Longer  Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Krill hotspot fuels incredible biodiversity in Antarctic region |
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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 ... more Sede 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 ... moreAhmedabad, India (AFP) July 16, 20174 killed, 6 missing in India's Gujarat amid monsoon floods Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Slow earthquakes occur continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone  Amherst MA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017How strike-slip faults form, the origin of earthquakes |
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 Nairobi (AFP) July 13, 2017  The soldiers came at dawn to Fulgence Rukundo's house in a village in western Rwanda, and accused him of stealing a cow.
They draped slabs of the dead cow's carcass around his shoulders and positioned the animal's head on his before marching him into a banana plantation and shooting him dead, according to witnesses cited in a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on extrajudicial killings released ... 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  Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 7, 2017Gambian army 'hostile elements' working against government |
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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 ... moreManila (AFP) July 14, 2017ADB warns climate change 'disastrous' for Asia  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 |
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 Wurzburg, 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 systems would malfunction frequently and electronic components could be destroyed completely in some cases.
Despite its huge significance for life on our planet, it is still not fully known what cre ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017SSL To Provide Next-Generation Imaging Satellite Constellation To Digitalglobe  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change  Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Extreme low-oxygen eddies in the Atlantic produce greenhouse gases |
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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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Smart transformers could make reliable smart grid a reality  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Study: Mini cellular antennae helps turn muscle into fat  Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power |
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 Paris (AFP) July 11, 2017  The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned.
More than 30 percent of animals with a backbone - fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals - are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensive analysis of these trends.
"This is the case of a biological annihilation occurring globally," said Stan ... more Hanoi (AFP) July 9, 2017Three tonnes of ivory seized in Vietnam  Orono, ME (SPX) Jul 07, 2017The big ecological roles of small natural features  Mexico City (AFP) July 7, 2017Birth of wolf cubs in Mexico raises hopes for endangered species |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 14, 2017  Activists accused Beijing of crippling Hong Kong's parliament Friday after four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified.
The High Court judgement is a massive blow for the democracy movement as it means the balance of power in the partially elected legislature swings further to the pro-China camp because opponents do not have enough seats to veto bills.
Former Umbrella Movement protest ... more Shenyang, China (AFP) July 14, 2017China hits back at criticism over Nobel laureate's death  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 14, 2017China under pressure to free dissident's widow Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017China's ailing Nobel laureate in 'critical condition' |
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 Brussels (AFP) July 13, 2017 
The EU on Thursday took Poland to the bloc's top court over logging in the ancient Bialowieza forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site covering some of Europe's last remaining primeval woodland.
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, "refers Poland to the Court of Justice of the EU and requests interim measures to stop logging operations in one of Europe's last remaining primeval fores ... more Okanagan, Canada (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Ancient fungi could help Canada's future northern forests 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 |
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