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  Freetown (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 Sierra Leone buried at least 300 victims of devastating floods on Thursday, as fears grew of more mudslides and accusations of government "inaction" over deforestation and poor urban planning mounted. With the aim of clearing the overflowing central morgue, burials began around 1800 GMT in Waterloo, a nearby town where many victims of the Ebola crisis that hit the nation in 2014 were also laid to rest, according to a morgue official and an AFP journalist at the scene. President Ernest Bai Koroma ... read more |
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Wildfires trap 2,000 villagers in PortugalMacao, Portugal (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 Forest fires cut off a village of 2,000 people in Portugal, as firefighters struggled Thursday to control two major blazes in the centre of the country, local officials said. ... more  
Landslide kills 40 in northeast DR CongoBunia, DR Congo (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 40 people, a regional official said Thursday. ... more  
Actress Charlize Theron dreams of AIDS-free S.AfricaJohannesburg (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Charlize Theron hopes to create an AIDS-free generation in her home country South Africa which has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. ... more  
Silicon Valley's accidental war with the far rightWashington (AFP) Aug 13, 2017 Silicon Valley is finding itself entrenched in battle with the far right over ground rules for the digital world, a conflict that mirrors the polarization of American politics in recent years. ... more |
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Hurricane left millions of tons of debris in Jamaica: UN
Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Vietnam after killing 140 in Philippines Vietnam evacuates thousands from coast ahead of Typhoon Kalmaegi Philippine death toll tops 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam CORRECTED: Philippine death toll tops 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought Jamaica still 'digging out' from hurricane, but Red Cross hopes toll stays low Death toll tops 100 as Philippines digs out after typhoon Typhoon death toll soars past 90 in the Philippines Typhoon death toll climbs to 66 in the Philippines |
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Scientists are recruiting Alaskans to help them track berry patchesWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 Scientists in Alaska are using this year's berry season to engage with the public and inspire a new generation of citizen scientists. Researchers are recruiting Alaskans to help them track berry patches across the state. ... more  
Hunter Island penguin species never actually existed, study saysWashington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017 Almost 35 years after the lost "Hunter Island" penguin was discovered, scientists have determined the species never actually existed. ... more  
Research reveals how neurons communicateWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 New research at the University of Pittsburgh suggests scientists have misunderstood the neuron communication process, specifically the dopamine release mechanism. ... more  
Scientists discover why bubbles zig-zag as they rise through waterWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 Until now, scientists have struggled to explain the zig-zagging motion of air bubbles rising through water. New research suggests patterns can be explained by the bubbles' rotation. ... more 
Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardensMexico City (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 Roberto Altamirano has the lake to himself as he casts his glistening net onto the still water in a perfect circle, lets it sink, then slowly pulls it in. ... more  
Asian Development Bank finds new climate finance streamWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 The Asian Development Bank said it can tap into a new capital stream from a multilateral climate fund to help green up the economies of the Asia-Pacific. ... more |
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Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing appSan Francisco (AFP) Aug 12, 2017 Facebook's interest in China has led it to discretely create a photo-sharing application released there without the social network's brand being attached. ... more  
Scientists measure whales' aversion to noise pollutionWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 A new study has offered fresh insights into how whales are impacted by noise pollution. ... more  
Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement leaders jailedHong Kong (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 Joshua Wong and two other young leaders of Hong Kong's huge Umbrella Movement rallies were jailed Thursday for their role in the 2014 pro-democracy protests, dealing a fresh blow to the campaign for political reform. ... more
Hong Kong activists fear more jailings; As Beijing defends crackdownHong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 Hong Kong democracy campaigners raised fears Friday that they too would be jailed after the city's Beijing-backed government succeeded in putting Joshua Wong and two other prominent activists behind bars. ... more |
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  Tripoli (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
Libya is not "preventing" NGOs from carrying out migrant rescue operations off its coast, but has set up a coastal search and rescue zone to "organise" their work, its navy said Wednesday.
The navy last week ordered unauthorised foreign vessels to stay out of Libya's coastal zone, a measure it said targeted NGOs carrying out search and rescue missions for migrants headed towards Europe.
... more Freetown (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Mass burials begin for 400 Sierra Leone flood victims  Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017Urban flooding on the rise, as countryside dries up  New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2017Hunter fells elephant that killed 15 in India |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
Archinaut, a NASA Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) project developing cutting-edge technology to build and assemble complex hardware and supersized structures on demand in space, achieved an unprecedented milestone this summer.
"To our knowledge, this is the first time additive manufacturing has been successfully tested on such a large scale in the vacuum and temperature conditions o ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Air Force tests new radar receivers for rescue helicopters  Denver CO (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Lockheed Martin integrates first modernized A2100 satellite  Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Marine Corps testing mobile 3D printing lab |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 
This past week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of a revolutionary ocean research vessel - a space "ship." As the NASA/CNES Topex-Poseidon satellite ascended into orbit, it ushered in a new era of oceanography with the first highly accurate, global measurements of sea levels.
That mission and its three successors, all named Jason, have continuously mapped global ocean currents and ... more Cape Cod MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017New technique offers clues to measure the deoxygenation of the ocean  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Ancient ocean deoxygenation provides an urgent warning |
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 Miami (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
The Greenland ice sheet is likely to melt faster in the years to come, despite a recent slowdown, researchers said Wednesday after making a new discovery about the way glaciers move.
Greenland contains enough ice to make the sea level mount 23 feet (seven meters) if it were to melt completely.
The findings in the journal Science Advances show that ice in Greenland moves more quickly ove ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Scientists are recruiting Alaskans to help them track berry patches  Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Not all glaciers in Antarctica have been affected by climate change  Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctic polar desert |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
Covering 70 percent of Earth's surface, the world's oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every coastal country has the potential to meet its own domestic seafood needs through aquaculture. In fact, each country could do so using a tiny fraction of its ocean territory.
So finds a study led by scientists from UC Santa Barbara and including researchers from the Nature Conse ... more Waterloo, UK (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture paying off slowly  Exeter UK (SPX) Aug 16, 2017'Inefficient' sailing fleet keeps oyster fishery alive  Miami (AFP) Aug 15, 2017Climate change will cut crop yields: study |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 
A study conducted by TU Wien and 30 European partners shows that the timing of the floods has shifted across much of Europe, dramatically in some areas. When a major flood event occurs it is often attributed to climate change. However, a single event is not proof, and so far it has been unclear whether climate change has a direct influence on river floods at large scales in Europe.
A large ... more Miami (AFP) Aug 15, 2017Hurricane Gert churns up dangerous swells on US east coast  Saptari, Nepal (AFP) Aug 15, 2017At least 221 dead in India, Bangladesh, Nepal floods Freetown (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help after deadly floods |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Aug 12, 2017 
The Dalai Lama has cancelled a trip next week to Botswana because of "exhaustion" after Beijing expressed anger at the African country for allowing the visit.
The 82-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, was to speak at a three day conference in Botswana's capital Gaborone, which begins on August 17.
An official statement released late Friday said the Dalai Lama ... more Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) Aug 12, 2017UN says Nigeria relations 'intact' after unauthorised raid  Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Aug 11, 2017Nigerian forces in 'unauthorised search' of UN camp  Nairobi (AFP) Aug 10, 2017Kenyan opposition demands Odinga be 'declared president' |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
The discovery in Kenya of a remarkably complete fossil ape skull reveals what the common ancestor of all living apes and humans may have looked like. The find, announced in the scientific journal Nature on August 10th, belongs to an infant that lived about 13 million years ago. The research was done by an international team led by Isaiah Nengo of Stony Brook University-affiliated Turkana Basin I ... more Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Arrival of modern humans in Southeast Asia questioned Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Research reveals how neurons communicate  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Ancient infant skull yields insights into human-ape lineage |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 
The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought's severity. During the 20th century, the total area of land affected by drought increased, and longer recovery times became more common, according to new research published by Nature by a group of scientists including Carnegie's Anna Michalak and Yuanyuan Fang.
Scientists predict tha ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017Asian Development Bank finds new climate finance stream  Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017Heat map showcases extreme temperatures in Southern Europe  Seoul (AFP) Aug 9, 2017UNEP chief urges China to do more on climate |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
MetOp-C is the third and final satellite of the first generation of MetOp polar-orbiting meteorological satellites.
The payload module of MetOp-C, developed and built by Airbus in Germany, was delivered to Toulouse after it completed a series of tests at ESTEC, the technical centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
The satellite, weighing in at four to ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Ozone treaty taking a bite out of US greenhouse gas emissions  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA-led airborne mission studies storm intensification in northern hemisphere  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 
Two 160 million-year-old mammal fossils discovered in China show that the forerunners of mammals in the Jurassic Period evolved to glide and live in trees. With long limbs, long hand and foot fingers, and wing-like membranes for tree-to-tree gliding, Maiopatagium furculiferum and Vilevolodon diplomylos are the oldest known gliders in the long history of early mammals.
The new discoveries s ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Experiments cast doubt on how the Earth was formed  Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Ancient fish fossil reveals human-like jaw structure  Tempe AZ (SPX) Aug 16, 2017ASU graduate student leads study estimating oxygen loss in ancient global ocean |
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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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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
A computer code used by physicists around the world to analyze and predict tokamak experiments can now approximate the behavior of highly energetic atomic nuclei, or ions, in fusion plasmas more accurately than ever. The new capability, developed by physicist Mario Podesta at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), outfits the code known as TRANSP with a ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017IV and cellular fluids power flexible batteries  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017A battery-inspired strategy for carbon fixation  Binghamton NY (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Saliva-powered battery could be helpful in extreme conditions |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017  Almost 35 years after the lost "Hunter Island" penguin was discovered, scientists have determined the species never actually existed.
New analysis suggests the specimen, unearthed on Tasmania's Hunter Island in 1983, is comprised of bones from three living penguin species.
The revelation was made possible by new techniques for extracting and analyzing ancient DNA samples. Scienti ... more Mexico City (AFP) July 19, 2017Star chefs in Mexico to defend biodiversity  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Bacteria passed from mom to offspring is most beneficial, study shows  Niamey (AFP) July 13, 2017Villagers in Niger 'massacre' 27 hippos |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
China on Wednesday denied violations of religious freedom after the United States accused Beijing of persecuting Christians, Muslims, Falun Gong members and Tibetan Buddhists in an annual report.
"All Chinese people of all ethnic groups and all regions are fully entitled to religious belief. The so-called report ignores facts," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular pres ... moreHong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Hong Kong activists fear more jailings; As Beijing defends crackdown Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Hong Kong activists defiant in face of possible jail term  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Street joints and empires in noodle-crazed Hong Kong |
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 Warsaw, Poland (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
It will take two years to clear the tens of thousands of trees smashed by the weekend storms that devastated Poland's forests, the country's forest service said Wednesday.
"We're dealing with what is undoubtedly the worst disaster in the history of Polish - and perhaps even European - forestry," Poland's chief forester, Konrad Tomaszewski, told reporters.
The storms that hit Poland ove ... more Brasilia (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Brazilian tribes celebrate court ruling on land rights  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Drought-affected trees die from hydraulic failure and carbon starvation  Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Humans have been altering tropical forests for at least 45,000 years |
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