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  Paris (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 A top fraudster behind a tax scam in France using carbon emission rights was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday as authorities press ahead with prosecutions over the 1.6-billion-euro ($1.9-billion) scandal. Twelve people were sentenced in Paris for taking part in an international network of VAT trickery and money-laundering, with fugitive businessman Cyril Astruc receiving the harshest nine-year sentence. He was convicted in absentia for being the "main organiser and the principal benef ... read more |
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Poland accuses EU's top court of bias in primeval forest caseWarsaw (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 Poland on Wednesday accused the EU's top court of taking sides in a lawsuit lodged by the European Commission against it for logging in the Bialowieza Forest, Europe's last primeval woodland. ... more 
Chocolate industry driving deforestation of Ivory Coast: reportAbidjan (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 The chocolate industry is indirectly driving massive and illegal deforestation in Ivory Coast, fuelling a catastrophic decline in wildlife, a green group said Wednesday. ... more  
Bye bye Basi: World's oldest captive panda diesShanghai (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 The world's oldest captive giant panda has died at the ripe old age of 37 - more than 100 in human years - her handlers in China said on Thursday as they gave "Basi" an emotional send-off. ... more  
Bleak outlook for Asian glaciersParis (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 Asia's mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by century's end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on them for fresh water, researchers said Wednesday. ... 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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Elephants hide by day, forage at night to evade poachersParis (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 Like escaped convicts, elephants in eastern Africa have learned to travel at night and hide during the day to avoid poachers who are hunting tuskers into extinction, researchers reported Wednesday. ... more  
New research disputes claims that climate change helped spark the Syrian civil warSussex UK (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 A new study, published in the journal Political Geography, shows that there is no sound evidence that global climate change was a factor in causing the Syrian civil war. Claims that a major dr ... more 
Reindeer grazing protects tundra plant diversity in a warming climateUmea, Sweden (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Climate warming reduces the number of plant species in the tundra, but plant-eating animals, such as reindeer and voles, can turn this negative effect into something positive. The results of a study ... more  
Who is the chief culprit of dust concentrations over East Asia?Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Dust, one of the major aerosol species contributing to the global aerosol burden and optical depth, is a very active component in the physical, chemical and biogeochemical cycle of the Earth system. ... more  
EU chamber urges China to lift cheese banBeijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 China should reconsider its decision to suspend imports of some types of cheese, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said Monday. ... more 
Parched Jordan starts growing vegetables in Aqaba, Jordan (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 Jordan, a water-poor country that is 90-percent desert, on Thursday launched a project to turn its sand dunes into farming land to produce food using sun and sea water. ... more |
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Climate change threatens Latin America coffee producersWashington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Climate change is threatening the Latin American zones most favorable for growing coffee, according to a study out Monday that warns seed production could drop by nearly 90 percent by 2050. ... more 
Latvia tweets no room for mushroom hunters on army baseRiga (AFP) Sept 10, 2017 Latvia's armed forces took to Twitter this weekend to warn sneaky mushroom-pickers against venturing onto restricted training ranges where they run the risk of getting shot or even blown up while seeking the perfect fungi. ... more  
Storm kills three people in GermanyBerlin (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 Windstorm Sebastian killed at least three people in Germany on Wednesday as hurricane-force winds of up to 130 kilometres (80 miles) per hour were recorded in the north of the country. ... more 
Five crew missing after boat collision off SingaporeSingapore (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 Five sailors were missing after their dredger collided with a tanker off Singapore Wednesday, authorities said, just weeks after a deadly accident in the same area involving a US warship. ... more |
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  London (AFP) Sept 13, 2017  Britain on Wednesday announced an extra Pounds 25 million ($33.2 million, 27.2 million euros) in aid for its Caribbean territories devastated by Hurricane Irma, but lawmakers warned reconstruction efforts could be hampered by Brexit.
The self-governing territories of Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands were hard hit by the mega-storm that swept through the region last week, and London is deplo ... more Cox'S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown  Geneva (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Thousands need shelter, healthcare in Caribbean after Irma: UN  Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017US environmental regulators probe Arkema after explosions |
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The 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, accepted two new satellites into operation Sept. 12 to expand their Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program's ability to characterize and track objects in space to support a neighborhood watch out in orbit.
GSSAP provides enhanced space-based space situational awareness to improve the ability to rapidly det ... more Los Angeles CA (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017Ultrathin spacecraft will collect, deposit orbital debris  Chennai, India (IANS) Sep 12, 2017192 Indian space objects currently in orbit  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 07, 2017New microscopy method for quick and reliable 3-D imaging of curvilinear nanostructures |
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 Beer-Sheva, Israel (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than nearby natural coral formations and can help mitigate potential reef damage, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.
The paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, examines artificial coral reefs as "recreational ecosystem services," offering a new methodology to eva ... more Apia, Samoa (AFP) Sept 8, 2017Vulnerable Pacific states demand urgent climate action  Sydney (AFP) July 19, 2017Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters  Miami (AFP) July 17, 2017Japanese seaweed is welcome invader on US coasts: study |
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 Umea, Sweden (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Climate warming reduces the number of plant species in the tundra, but plant-eating animals, such as reindeer and voles, can turn this negative effect into something positive. The results of a study coordinated from Umea University in Sweden are now published in Nature Communications.
"By eating tall and wide-leaved plants, reindeer can increase light availability and thus allow more plant ... moreParis (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Bleak outlook for Asian glaciers  Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017Ancient tree exposes cause of hike in Arctic temperature  Birmingham, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Experts call for added focus on the impact of glacier mass loss on downstream systems |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2017 
Fans of French cheeses in China have received news they may find hard to digest: the country's food hygiene authorities have turned their noses up at some people's favourite fare, blocking imports of Camembert, Brie and Roquefort.
"We haven't been able to get our orders through customs for three weeks," Vincent Marion, co-founder of Cheese Republic, one of China's leading online cheesemonger ... moreRiga (AFP) Sept 10, 2017Latvia tweets no room for mushroom hunters on army base Beijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2017EU chamber urges China to lift cheese ban Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Climate change threatens Latin America coffee producers |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
A striking finding of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0) is that more than 50 meters of coseismic fault slip reached the trench axis. In addition to this, seismological studies found a clear depth-dependent variation in the source location between high- and low-frequency seismic energy radiation. However, structural features that may control the slip behavior in the rupture zone have not be ... more Miami (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Why Irma wasn't as catastrophic in Florida as feared  Rome (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Italian couple and son die after falling into volcanic crater  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017Study finds U.S. threatened by more frequent flooding |
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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 DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Human settlement in the Americas may have occurred in the late Pleistocene  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Humans are still evolving, study suggests |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Many tropical or subtropical regions could see sharp increases in natural temperature variability as Earth's climate warms over coming decades, a new Duke University-led study suggests.
These local changes could occur even though Earth's global mean surface air temperature (GMST) is likely to become less variable, the study shows.
"This new finding runs counter to the popular notion ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Series of potent hurricanes stokes scientific debate  Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2017Italy's drought seen from space  Austin TX (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Periodic table of ecological niches could aid in predicting effects of climate change |
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 El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
Boeing will design and build seven super-powered medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites for SES, delivering efficient high-performance data communications services to users around the world.
The O3b mPOWER satellites will include Boeing's most-advanced digital payload technology and will be built using electronics from the flight-proven 702 satellite platform customized to support the unique ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017High Resolution Smallsats Built by SSL Arrive at Vandenberg AFB for Launch  Toulouse, France (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Airbus to reshape Earth observation market with its Pleiades Neo constellation  Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Ball Aerospace Delivers the JPSS-1 Weather Satellite to Launch Site |
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 Southampton UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
New research, led by the University of Southampton and involving a team of international scientists, suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was driven by massive CO2 emissions from volcanoes, during the formation of the North Atlantic Ocean.
The study, published in Nature, used a combination of new geochemical measurements and novel global climate modelling to s ... more Austin TX (SPX) Sep 13, 2017UT Austin study raises question: Why are fossilized hairs so rare?  Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Was the primordial soup a hearty pre-protein stew?  Sendai, Japan (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Techniques used in forensic science help discover new molecular fossils |
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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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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017  Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have developed for the first time a lithium-ion battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark desired for household electronics, such as laptop computers, without the fire and explosive risks associated with some commercially available non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries.
... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Researchers devise a new way of producing hydrogen fuel  Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Why US battery startups fail and how to fix it  Washington (UPI) Sep 6, 2017Researchers develop new material for hydrogen storage |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 
The world's oldest captive giant panda has died at the ripe old age of 37 - more than 100 in human years - her handlers in China said on Thursday as they gave "Basi" an emotional send-off.
The Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Center in southeastern China, where she has lived for 33 years, bid a heartfelt farewell to the bear, with a memorial service that featured Basi's body surro ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017When not to eat your kids Paris (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Elephants hide by day, forage at night to evade poachers  Mexico City (AFP) July 19, 2017Star chefs in Mexico to defend biodiversity |
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 Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017 
The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were buried at sea on Saturday, depriving his supporters of a place to pay tribute to the pro-democracy dissident.
Officials showed a video in which his wife, Liu Xia, and relatives lowered a white round urn into the water off the northeastern coastal city of Dalian, two days after the democracy advocate died of liver cancer aged 61 while i ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017Student backlash in Hong Kong independence row  Shanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2017Hanergy tycoon gets 8-year ban in Hong Kong |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Sept 13, 2017  Poland on Wednesday accused the EU's top court of taking sides in a lawsuit lodged by the European Commission against it for logging in the Bialowieza Forest, Europe's last primeval woodland.
Warsaw and the Commission argued their cases on Monday before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, where Poland is accused of commercial logging in the protected UNESCO World Heritage site ... more Salem NC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Hidden Inca treasure: Remarkable new tree genus discovered in the Andes Abidjan (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Chocolate industry driving deforestation of Ivory Coast: report  Ithaca NY (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Deforestation long overlooked as contributor to climate change |
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