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  Kiel, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 The Labrador Sea in the North Atlantic is one of the few areas in the world ocean where cold, saline seawater sinks to large depths and forms deep water. This convection process also transports oxygen into the deep sea. A team of scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (San Diego, California), Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel have now published the analysis of data obtained from the mooring K1 in the international scientific jou ... read more |
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Cloud formation suppressed by biogenic organic emissionsSapporo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 Researchers have found evidence that near-ground biogenic emissions of organics suppress cloud formation in cool-temperate forests in autumn, providing clues to how global warming will affect cloud ... more  
Insects can see the world in much finer resolution than previously thoughtSheffield, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 Insects have much better vision and can see in far greater detail than previously thought, a new study from the University of Sheffield has revealed. Scientists have long believed insects would not ... more 
Vulnerable Pacific states demand urgent climate actionApia, Samoa (AFP) Sept 8, 2017 Pacific island leaders on Friday demanded urgent action from the global community to address climate change, following fresh warnings that the region would be hit harder than anywhere else on Earth. ... more  
UN slams UK government over 'plague' of air pollutionLondon (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 A UN report has slammed the UK for failing to tackle the "plague" of air pollution, while also warning of Brexit risks, ahead of the body's Human Rights Council opening Monday. ... more |
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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 Philippines flooding displaces thousands as new storm threatens |
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Does the Organic Material of Comets Predate our Solar System?Paris, France (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 The Rosetta space probe discovered a large amount of organic material in the nucleus of comet "Chury." In an article published by MNRAS on August 31, 2017, two French researchers advance the theory ... more 
Ball Aerospace Delivers the JPSS-1 Weather Satellite to Launch SiteBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 Ball Aerospace successfully delivered the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), NOAA's next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite, to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Aug. 31, whe ... more 
Earth as Hybrid Planet: The Anthropocene Era in Astrobiological ContextSeattle WA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 For decades, as astronomers have imagined advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, they categorized such worlds by the amount of energy their inhabitants might conceivably be able to harness and use ... more  
At least three dead, six missing, as storm hits PhilippinesManila (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 At least three people died and six were missing after a major storm caused widespread flooding in and around the Philippine capital on Tuesday, forcing schools, government offices and businesses to shut down. ... more  
With Irma goodwill gesture, Tesla's remote control raises eyebrowsWashington (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 Electric car maker Tesla helped its owners fleeing the path of Hurricane Irma, offering a complementary boost to the car battery's range to allow them to travel further before needing to recharge. ... more 
Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdownCox's Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as "ethnic cleansing" and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence. ... more |
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Christchurch's quake-hit cathedral to be rebuiltWellington (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 Heritage groups in New Zealand on Monday welcomed a decision to rebuild Christchurch's Anglican cathedral, six years after it was extensively damaged in a deadly earthquake. ... more 
Florida insurers avoid Hurricane Irma 'nightmare'Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 Florida insurance companies appear to have avoided what could have been a catastrophic hit after damage estimates from Hurricane Irma on Monday fell sharply due to last-minute shifts in the storm's trail of destruction. ... more 
Hurricane Irma: International efforts in the CaribbeanLondon (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States have ramped up relief efforts for their territories in the Caribbean after the passage of Hurricane Irma last week left devastation in its wake. ... more  
Why Irma wasn't as catastrophic in Florida as fearedMiami (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Hurricane Irma was supposed to be a monster storm, immense and record-breaking in size as it charged toward Florida packing a punch that could lay waste to a state that is home to some 20 million people. ... more |
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  Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 12, 2017  International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as "ethnic cleansing" and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence.
Beijing's intervention appears aimed at heading off any attempt to censure Myanmar at the council when ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Sometimes 'sorry' makes things worse Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2017With Irma goodwill gesture, Tesla's remote control raises eyebrows Wellington (AFP) Sept 11, 2017Christchurch's quake-hit cathedral to be rebuilt |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 12, 2017 
In past decades, spacecraft have sent back huge amounts of complex data about Mars, providing a wealth of information about the planet. More than ever, the scientific community needs a way to sift through, compare, and analyse these data, prompting the development of two new tools for exploring the surface of the Red Planet: the iMars webGIS and the Planetary SUrface Portal (PSUP).
Among t ... more Chennai, India (IANS) Sep 12, 2017192 Indian space objects currently in orbit  Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Molecules move faster near sticky surfaces  Washington (UPI) Sep 1, 2017Europe's biggest X-ray laser begins operations |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2017 
Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and the University of California, Irvine, have reported the first detection of sea level "fingerprints" in ocean observations: detectable patterns of sea level variability around the world resulting from changes in water storage on Earth's continents and in the mass of ice sheets. The results will give scientists confiden ... more Kiel, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Taking a deep breath in the North Atlantic Apia, Samoa (AFP) Sept 8, 2017Vulnerable Pacific states demand urgent climate action  London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017More 'losers' than 'winners' predicted for Southern Ocean seafloor animals |
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Researchers have warned of an 'urgent worldwide need' to address a broad spectrum of cascading impacts of glacier mass loss on downstream systems. In their paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors synthesised currently available evidence and documented the profound impact on freshwater and near-shore marine systems.
Although the impact of melting gla ... more Reno NV (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Massive Antarctic volcanic eruptions linked to abrupt Southern hemisphere climate changes  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2017What changes when you warm the Antarctic Ocean just 1 degree  Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Record-low 2016 Antarctic sea ice due to 'perfect storm' of tropical, polar conditions |
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 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
According to the head of the works Tatiana Volova, Professor of SibFU and the Head of Laboratory in the Institute of Biophysics KSC of SB RAS, development of a new generation of drugs with the use of bio-decomposable materials which decompose under the influence of the microflora to innocuous products and provide a gradual release of the active principle into the soil, is the newest area of rese ... more New York (AFP) Sept 5, 2017prices jump as Irma approaches Florida  Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand  Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 30, 2017Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night |
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 Juchitan De Zaragoza, Mexico (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 
Sobbing Mexican families followed coffins through the streets and picked nervously at the ruins of their homes Sunday as help trickled in after a huge earthquake killed 90 people.
"I don't know if I am crying from sadness, from shock, or from fear of what might happen next, and how we will live," said Refugio Portales, in the hard-hit town of Juchitan.
She followed the white coffin of a ... moreMiami (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Why Irma wasn't as catastrophic in Florida as feared  Havana (AFP) Sept 11, 2017At least 10 dead in Cuba from Irma: official  Juchitan De Zaragoza, Mexico (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Mexico quake kills 65, deadly storm strikes |
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 Kinshasa (AFP) Aug 29, 2017 
The UN said Tuesday that soldiers "forced entry" into its base in the volatile Kasai region of DR Congo aiming to arrest a journalist critical of President Joseph Kabila.
Journalist Edouard Diye Tshitenge had been planning to present a manifesto on Monday demanding the removal of Kabila, who has refused to step down despite constitutional limits.
But the general who heads operations in t ... more Luanda (AFP) Aug 23, 2017Angolans vote as Dos Santos ends 38-year rule  Freetown (AFP) Aug 19, 2017Death toll in SLeone flood disaster reaches 441  Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2017Africa Endeavor 2017 communications conference starts in Malawi |
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 New York NY (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers at Columbia University find that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that natural selection is weeding out these unfavorable variants in both populations.
Researchers further find that sets of genetic ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Groups are more likely to lie than individuals, new study shows  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Humans are still evolving, study suggests  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Grammatical patterns survive extreme social upheaval |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2017 
Despite the welcome showers at the weekend, abnormally low soil-moisture conditions persist in central Italy. Scientists are using satellite data to monitor the drought that has gripped the country. Wildfires, water scarcity and billions of euros worth of damage to agriculture are just some of the effects of this summer's drought in Italy - not to mention the relentless heat. News of potential w ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Series of potent hurricanes stokes scientific debate  Austin TX (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Periodic table of ecological niches could aid in predicting effects of climate change Sydney (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Australia has hottest winter on record |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 
The production of Airbus' four new very high resolution satellites, which together will form the Pleiades Neo constellation, is well on schedule for launch in 2020. They will join the already world leading Airbus constellation of optical and radar satellites and will offer enhanced performance and the highest reactivity in the market thanks to their direct access to the data relay communication ... more Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2017New era in air-quality monitoring a step away  Palo Alto CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017High Resolution Smallsats Built by SSL Arrive at Vandenberg AFB for Launch Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Cloud formation suppressed by biogenic organic emissions |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
The primordial soup that sloshed around billions of years ago, and eventually led to first life on our planet, might have been teeming with primal precursors of proteins. Ancestors of the first protein molecules, which are key components of all cells, could have been bountiful on pre-life Earth, according to a new study led by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, who formed hundre ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Study discovers why fossilized hairs are so rare to find  Sendai, Japan (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Techniques used in forensic science help discover new molecular fossils  Riverside CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Volcanic eruptions drove ancient global warming event |
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 Beojing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
The power it takes to bring a Boeing 747 from a resting state on the airport tarmac to speeding across the sky is enormous. The jet can continue in its active state for as long as its fuel lasts. A Frisbee, in contrast, takes far less energy to go airborne, but with no energy supply, it falls almost immediately.
The same principle can be extended to the traditional power system and decentr ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017ADB: New finance model needed for low-carbon shift in Asia  Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2017China merges energy giants into global leader  Miami (AFP) Aug 28, 2017Power demand to peak in Europe summers, not winters: study |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
Better batteries are critical to the world's clean energy future. More economical and efficient batteries would help to solve many of our planet's energy challenges, paving the way towards long-range electric vehicles to help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels as well as advancing renewable energy production by resolving intermittency problems.
However, the scientific research needed to b ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Researchers develop new material for hydrogen storage  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Scientists unveil explosion-free lithium-ion batteries  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Researchers devise a new way of producing hydrogen fuel |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017 
Researchers in California are helping fruit flies live longer.
A team of biologists at UCLA have developed a way to repair damaged mitochondria in fruit fly cells, thus delaying the aging process.
The mitochondria is the engine room of the cell - the powerhouse. They dictate the lifespan of a cell. In humans, older mitochondria malfunction and damaged cells can accumulate and tu ... more Kingston RI (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Invasive plants change ecosystems from the bottom up Sheffield, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Insects can see the world in much finer resolution than previously thought  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Dogs help conservationists track, protect endangered jaguars, pumas in Argentina |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 
Hong Kong students have accused their universities of suppressing freedom of speech after banners and signs calling for the city's independence from China were taken down from campuses.
The move has fuelled fears that freedoms are being squeezed in the semi-autonomous city and that Beijing is tightening its grip in a range of areas, from politics to media and education.
Since the failure ... more Shanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2017Hanergy tycoon gets 8-year ban in Hong Kong |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
When it comes to tackling climate change, the focus often falls on reducing the use of fossil fuels and developing sustainable energy sources. But a new Cornell University study shows that deforestation and subsequent use of lands for agriculture or pasture, especially in tropical regions, contribute more to climate change than previously thought.
The new paper, "Are the Impacts of Land Us ... more Raleigh NC (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Expanding tropical forest spells disaster for conservation  Panama City, Panama (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Panama's native tree species excel in infertile tropical soils  Warsaw (AFP) Aug 31, 2017Greenpeace steps up protest against Polish forest logging |
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