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  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 In South Asia, a region of deep poverty where one-fifth of the world's people live, new research suggests that by the end of this century climate change could lead to summer heat waves with levels of heat and humidity that exceed what humans can survive without protection. There is still time to avert such severe warming if measures are implemented now to reduce the most dire consequences of global warming. However, under business-as-usual scenarios, without significant reductions in carbon emissi ... read more |
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Well-preserved Canadian fossil reveals dinosaur armor like no otherWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 One of the most well-preserved dinosaur fossils ever recovered has revealed a set of scales unlike any sported by armored dinosaurs. ... more  
Cockroaches spread seeds, too, research showsWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 Like birds and mammals, cockroaches spread seeds, too. ... more  
Seabed exploration firm offers to hunt for MH370Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 A US exploration company has offered to take on the search for flight MH370 which was suspended earlier this year, the firm and a Malaysian minister said Thursday, offering new hope to families of the missing. ... more  
Chinese renewable energy capacity growing rapidlyWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2017 China is on pace to see its solar power capacity more than double by 2020 as component costs move lower, but at perhaps a cost, a sector analysis finds. ... more |
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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 Philippines shuts schools, scraps flights as Typhoon Co-May nears Downpours from storm Wipha kill three in Vietnam Adopted in US, Greek Cold War kids find long-lost families Flooding from storm Wipha cuts off hundreds in Vietnam Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 5, with 15 missing |
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India facing renewable energy challenges(UPI) Jul 31, 2017 An effort in India, one of the world's strongest economies, to improve the renewable energy sector could face headwinds, Moody's Investors Service said. ... more  
Biochar could clear the air in more ways than oneHouston TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Biochar from recycled waste may both enhance crop growth and save health costs by helping clear the air of pollutants, according to Rice University researchers. Rice researchers in Earth scien ... more  
Construction of two nuclear power plants in US haltedWashington (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 Construction work on two nuclear power plants in the United States has been halted because of cost overruns, the companies behind them said. ... more  
Paris's urban rooftop hives hope to preserve honeybeesParis (AFP) Aug 4, 2017 To check the beehives he has set up on the roof of the sprawling Monnaie de Paris on the banks of the River Seine, Audric de Campeau slips on a harness over tan-coloured trousers. ... more  
Italy parliament approves Libya naval missionRome (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 The Italian parliament gave the go-ahead Wednesday to a naval mission aimed at boosting the Libyan coastguard in its fight against human traffickers and further reducing the number of migrant arrivals on Italy's coasts. ... more 
Italy heatwave and drought spark killer wildfiresRome (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 A heatwave that has left Italy sweltering in record temperatures sparked wildfires Thursday which claimed the life of one elderly woman and forced the closure of a major highway. ... more |
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Activists sound alarm over Russia's whale tradeMoscow (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 A young beluga whale looks down as it is winched in a net onto the deck of a rusty Russian ship moored at a far-eastern port. ... more 
Idle spiders' epic sea journey from Africa to AustraliaSydney (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 A species of spider that usually travels no further than a few feet from where it was hatched, likely made an epic sea journey on a "land raft" from South Africa to call Australia home, a study said Thursday. ... more 
Giant panda gives birth to twins at record 23 years oldBeijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 Zookeepers never expected the 23-year-old giant panda to give birth again when she was moved to a nature reserve in southwest China to live out the rest of her days. ... more 
US crushes nearly two tons of ivory in NY Central ParkNew York (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 US officials destroyed nearly two tons of carved illegal ivory worth $8-10 million in New York's Central Park on Thursday to denounce poaching that kills nearly 100 elephants a day in Africa. ... more |
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  Rome (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 
The Italian parliament gave the go-ahead Wednesday to a naval mission aimed at boosting the Libyan coastguard in its fight against human traffickers and further reducing the number of migrant arrivals on Italy's coasts.
Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said Italy would provide technical support without infringing on the crisis-hit country's sovereignty but would not take part in a "hostile" ... moreSydney (AFP) Aug 1, 2017Tech advances will lead to MH370 discovery - Malaysia Airlines  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 1, 2017Elephants, tigers kill one human a day in India  Tokyo (AFP) July 23, 2017Robot finds possible melted fuel inside Fukushima reactor |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
A pair of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a process to form interwoven polymer networks more easily, quickly and sustainably than traditional methods allow. Their secret ingredient? Blue light.
Abhishek Shete, graduate research assistant in materials science and engineering, and Christopher Kloxin, assistant professor in materials science and engineering and chemical ... more London, UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2017Spacepath Communications and Datum Systems announce strategic partnership  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 02, 2017JV with Russia to build up to 50 satellite solid-state power amplifiers  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 02, 2017NASA enhances online scientific tool used by hundreds Worldwide |
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 Melbourne, FL (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Occurrences of three common diseases affecting Caribbean corals spike during El Nino years, an alarming association given how climate change may boost the intensity of El Ninos.
The findings from Florida Institute of Technology research associate Carly Randall and biology professor Rob van Woesik, published earlier this month in the journal Scientific Reports, are based on an analysis of 1 ... more Manhattan, KS (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Loss of 350 miles of Great Plains streams causing changes in aquatic food web Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 3, 2017Seabed exploration firm offers to hunt for MH370  Sydney (AFP) July 19, 2017Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 2, 2017 
New satellite images reveal open ocean between the Larsen-C ice shelf and the massive iceberg that broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula in July.
Since the iceberg calved in early July, the massive chunk of ice has been slowly drifting away from the Larsen-C ice shelf. There is now a three mile gap between the iceberg and ice shelf. Scientists continue to monitor the iceberg and ice s ... more Houston TX (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Glaciers may have helped warm Earth  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Rusting fool's gold in glaciers a sign of increased carbon  Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017Methane-eating microbes may curb gas emissions as Antarctic ice sheets melt |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Producers sometimes face challenges that go deep into the soil. They need answers to help the soil, on site. A portable field sensor can accurately measure minerals in soils more easily and efficiently than existing methods. And a research team, including a middle school student and her scientist father, can confirm it.
Calcium, like other minerals, is necessary for healthy plant growth. H ... more Miami (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Global warming reduces protein in key crops: study Paris (AFP) Aug 4, 2017Paris's urban rooftop hives hope to preserve honeybees  Urbana IL (SPX) Aug 03, 2017New system could remove two water pollutants from ag fields |
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Scientists probing under the seafloor off Alaska have mapped a geologic structure that they say signals potential for a major tsunami in an area that normally would be considered benign. They say the feature closely resembles one that produced the 2011 Tohoku tsunami off Japan, killing some 20,000 people and melting down three nuclear reactors.
Such structures may lurk unrecognized in othe ... more Miami (AFP) July 31, 2017Florida gears up for Tropical Storm Emily  Bangkok (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Floods in Thailand's northeast kill 23  New Delhi (AFP) July 31, 2017Lightning kills 21 as India reels from floods |
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 Abidjan (AFP) July 31, 2017 
China, Ivory Coast's third biggest trading partner, has opened its first chamber of commerce in the country, its embassy announced Monday in Abidjan.
It will house some 40 separate businesses involved in a range of projects, from supplying drinking water to Abidjan, to the expansion of the city's port and the construction of the stadium at Ebimpe, near Abidjan.
Other projects include the ... more Bamako (AFP) Aug 2, 2017European support for Sahel 'mutually reinforcing': Germany  Dakar (AFP) July 31, 2017Senegal ruling party coalition claims election landslide  Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 27, 2017Adama Barrow: how do you solve a problem like The Gambia? |
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 
The flexibility and ability to adapt to changing climates by employing various cultural innovations allowed communities of early humans to survive through a prolonged period of pronounced aridification.
The early human techno-tradition, known as Howiesons Poort (HP), associated with Homo sapiens who lived in southern Africa about 66 000 to 59 000 years ago indicates that during this period ... more College Station TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Shedding light deeper into the human brain  Jena, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Identifying major transitions in human cultural evolution  Washington (UPI) Jul 26, 2017How did early humans survive aridity and prolonged drought in Africa |
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 Paris (AFP) July 31, 2017 
There is a five-percent chance of limiting average global warming to under two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the target set in the 2015 climate-rescue Paris Agreement, researchers said on Monday.
And chances of meeting the lower, aspirational 1.5 C goal, also listed in the 196-nation pact, were a mere one percent, they wrote in the journal Nature Climate Change.
A US-based ex ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 26, 2017Could spraying particles into marine clouds help cool the planet  Los Angeles (AFP) July 28, 2017Al Gore: I've given up on climate 'catastrophe' Trump  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Could a geoengineering cocktail control the climate |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2017 
Progress continues on the development of NOAA's GOES-S and GOES-T spacecraft that will follow the successful launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite or GOES-R, renamed GOES-16 upon reaching geostationary orbit.
The GOES-S satellite is fully integrated and is currently undergoing its final functional testing to confirm it successfully passed mechanical and thermal en ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 01, 2017Vega orbits two Earth observation satellites  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 01, 2017Aalto-1 satellite sends first image back to VTT Finland |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 03, 2017 
Flowering plants with are by far the most diverse group of plants on Earth. Flowering plants arose only about 140 million years ago, but since then have diversified spectacularly. No one knows exactly how this happened, the origin and early evolution of them remains one of the biggest enigmas in biology. A new study in Nature Communications reconstructs the evolution of flowers and sheds new lig ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017Well-preserved Canadian fossil reveals dinosaur armor like no other  Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2017Dinosaur-era plant found growing in Wisconsin lakes  Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017Scientists rediscover lost burial site of famed long-necked sauropod |
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 Lincoln UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
Plans to create 100 new 'smart' cities in India to support the country's rapidly growing urban population could have a significant detrimental impact on the environment unless greater emphasis is placed on providing new supporting infrastructure and utilities, according to a major new study.
Professor Hugh Byrd, a specialist in urban planning from the University of Lincoln, UK, conducted a ... more University Park PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017Allowable 'carbon budget' most likely overestimated  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources  Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017Google's 'moonshot' factory spins off geothermal unit |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 
A toddler running sometimes loses footing because both feet come off the ground at the same time. Kinesin motors that move materials around in cells have the same problem, which limits how fast they can traverse a microtubule in the cell and carry cargo, according to Penn State researchers who have now seen these kinesin motors move using an unusual microscope and tagging method.
"We can n ... more Houston TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Scientists map ways forward for lithium-ion batteries for extreme environments  Kobe, Japan (SPX) Jul 27, 2017New chromium-based superconductor has an unusual electronic state  Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017High-temperature superconductivity in B-doped Q-carbon |
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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 3, 2017 
A species of spider that usually travels no further than a few feet from where it was hatched, likely made an epic sea journey on a "land raft" from South Africa to call Australia home, a study said Thursday.
The Australian trapdoor spider, known scientifically as Moggridgea rainbow, is only found on Kangaroo Island off the south Australian coast and lives a sedentary land-based lifestyle, r ... moreNew York (AFP) Aug 3, 2017US crushes nearly two tons of ivory in NY Central Park  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Malaysia seizes rare animal parts worth almost $1 mn Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2017Giant panda gives birth to twins at record 23 years old |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 2, 2017 
Have you heard the one about the guy who walked into a bar and ordered a $10,000 shot of whisky?
A young Chinese man paid 9,999 Swiss francs ($10,000, 8,733 euros) last week at a Swiss hotel for a glass of whisky made in 1878 by the revered Scotch maker Macallan, the 20Minuten website said.
The report was confirmed by an employee of the luxury Waldhaus Hotel in St. Moritz, northeast Swit ... more Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2017China accused of 'enforced disappearance' of Liu Xiaobo's widow  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 2, 2017Hong Kong bishop says church could be 'bridge' with China  Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2017China police arrest 230 over pyramid scheme |
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 Port Moresby (AFP) Aug 1, 2017 
American consumers may be fuelling logging linked to illegal land grabs in Papua New Guinea which have devastated local communities and the world's third largest tropical rain forest, Global Witness said Tuesday.
Timber logged in the impoverished Pacific nation is exported to manufacturing hubs, mostly in China, before being sent to other countries such as the United States as wooden floorin ... more Brussels (AFP) July 31, 2017Poland to keep logging in ancient forest: minister Brussels (AFP) Aug 2, 2017EU warns Poland to obey logging ban in ancient forest  Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Aug 03, 2017Study reinforces the Amazon forest's importance in regulating atmospheric chemistry |
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