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  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017 Scientists have discovered a surprising new source of radioactive cesium some 60 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant that was damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A team of researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and Japan's Kanazawa University found unusually high levels of radioactive cesium-137 in the groundwater beneath several beaches. Because the levels are higher than samples from other radioactive sources, including samples collected f ... read more |
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Land grabs cause lingering SE Asia conflicts: reportStockholm (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 Three-quarters of around 50 conflicts that have erupted in Southeast Asia since 2001 pitting mining, logging or agribusiness giants against indigenous peoples protesting land grabs are still lingering today, researchers reported Tuesday. ... more  
OECD calls for tourism to be more sustainableParis (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 The OECD on Tuesday called on governmentsto rethink their tourism policies to make growth in the key sector more "ecologically sustainable and socially inclusive." ... more  
Big rainy season leaves dozens dead in Central AmericaGuatemala City (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 An unusually intense rainy season in Central America has left dozens dead and thousands more affected by damaged or destroyed homes and roads. ... more 
El Nino events can be triggered by major volcanic eruptions in the tropicsWashington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017 New research suggests the eruption of large volcanoes in the tropics can trigger an El Niño event, the Pacific Ocean warming pattern that impacts global climate. ... more |
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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 CORRECTED: Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 66 in Philippines: civil defence office Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter Typhoon flooding kills over 40, strands thousands in central Philippines |
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Researchers design soft, flexible origami-inspired robotCleveland OH (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer spa ... more  
Olive mill wastewater transformed: From pollutant to bio-fertilizer, biofuelWashington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 Olive oil has long been a popular kitchen staple. Yet producing the oil creates a vast stream of wastewater that can foul waterways, reduce soil fertility and trigger extensive damage to nearby ecos ... more  
Stone Age child reveals that modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years agoJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 South Africa is well-known for its hominin fossil record. But this time, results from a study of ancient DNA presented in the September 28th First Release early online issue of Science show that the ... more  
Crocodile fossils suggest giant reptiles emerged earlier than previously thoughtWashington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017 Scientists have identified the remains of a prehistoric crocodile species. Their discovery suggests early aquatic reptiles first emerged during the Middle Jurassic, a few million years earlier than previously thought. ... more  
MATISSE to Shed Light on the Formation of Earth and PlanetsParis, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 The MATISSE instrument is ready to be sent to Chile, where in the next few weeks it will be installed on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world's most powerful astronomical observatory. This achi ... more 
Meteors splashing into warm ponds sparked life on EarthMiami (AFP) Oct 2, 2017 How did life on Earth begin? A study out Monday backs the theory that meteorites splashing into warm ponds leached essential elements that gave rise to the building blocks of life billions of years ago. ... more |
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 Public Invited to Analyze Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts 
Sleep helps the brain reorganize, new study showsWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017 New research has revealed the vital role sleep plays in enabling the brain's plasticity - the brain's ability to change, grow and reorganize itself in order to accommodate new information. ... more  
Auditor slams Canada on lack of climate actionsOttawa (AFP) Oct 4, 2017 Canada's rhetoric on climate change must be translated into action, the environment commissioner said Tuesday in a scathing report blaming years of inertia for leaving the nation vulnerable to climate damage. ... more 
EU battle heats up over controversial weedkillerBrussels (AFP) Oct 1, 2017 A battle is heating up over whether the European Union will renew at year-end the licence for glyphosate, one of the world's most widely used weedkillers that some fear causes cancer. ... more 
First global pact backing indigenous land rights launchedStockholm (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 Indigenous peoples could soon regain some control of their native forests with the creation of a new global institution dedicated to securing their land rights. ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017 
Scientists have discovered a surprising new source of radioactive cesium some 60 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant that was damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
A team of researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and Japan's Kanazawa University found unusually high levels of radioactive cesium-137 in the groundwater beneath several beaches. / ... more Mexico City (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Signs of corruption emerge from rubble of Mexico quake  Cox'S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps  Comerio , Puerto Rico (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Water from a rock: Puerto Ricans cope with hurricane aftermath |
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 Korolyov, Russia (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 
When the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite 60 years ago, it marked both the beginning of space exploration and the start of a race between Moscow and Washington.
Sputnik, the tiny silver sphere with four spider leg-like antennae, showed off Soviet technological prowess.
But German scientists - who had worked on Adolf Hitler's rocket projects and brought to the USSR af ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017New laser sensor could detect explosives, dangerous gases more quickly  Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017Germany-based Hensoldt acquires Kelvin Hughes  Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Oct 02, 2017UV-irradiated amorphous ice behaves like liquid at low temperatures |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017  Lockheed Martin is investing in Ocean Aero alongside Teledyne Technologies for the development of the Submaran unmanned maritime vehicle.
The Submaran S10 is an autonomous unmanned submarine that is powered by solar and wind energy, giving it virtually unlimited endurance and letting it operate for months at a time. It can raise a small sail that can propel it at over 5 knots to conserv ... moreWashington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017El Nino events can be triggered by major volcanic eruptions in the tropics Guatemala City (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Big rainy season leaves dozens dead in Central America  Onna, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2017A sustainable future powered by sea |
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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
Currently, winter has still a firm grip on Antarctica. At this time of the year, the Weddell Sea usually is covered with a thick layer of sea ice. In spite of the icy temperatures in the region, satellite images depict a large ice-free area in the middle of the ice cover. The area of the hole in the ice is larger than The Netherlands and it fascinates climate and polar researchers worldwide.
... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Winter cold extremes linked to high-altitude polar vortex weakening  Sydney (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Shipping risks rise as Antarctic ice hits record low  Fairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Researchers take on atmospheric effects of Arctic snowmelt |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
Global methane emissions from agriculture are larger than estimated due to the previous use of out-of-date data on carbon emissions generated by livestock, according to a study published in the open access journal Carbon Balance and Management.
In a project sponsored by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Carbon Monitoring System research initiative, researchers ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017Artificial light device boosts cows' milk yields by 9 percent Brussels (AFP) Oct 1, 2017EU battle heats up over controversial weedkiller Stockholm (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Land grabs cause lingering SE Asia conflicts: report |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017 
In the last month, two earthquakes have rocked Mexico. On Sept. 7, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck the coast of Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state. The quake killed 98 people. Two weeks later, an unrelated earthquake rattled Mexico City. The magnitude 7.2 quake killed at least 230 people in Mexico's sprawling capital.
In the wake of the two disasters, some have wondered whether the ... more Karangasem, Indonesia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017More than 120,000 flee rumbling Bali volcano Jakarta (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Bali volcano evacuees outside red zone fearful to return home  Miami (AFP) Sept 28, 2017After tsunami, ocean plastic acted as rafts for small sea life |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
The scientific community has been working on the possibility of a relationship between periods of drought and rioting for several years. The University of Geneva (UNIGE), operating in partnership with the universities of Heidelberg (Germany) and Lucerne (Switzerland), has formally verified this hypothesis by studying almost 1,800 riots that occurred over a 20-year period in sub-Saharan Africa. ... more Tafi Atome, Ghana (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Ghanaian villagers profit from monkey business  Bamako (AFP) Sept 21, 2017New ceasefire signed by armed groups  United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2017C. Africa asks UN to send more peacekeepers, ease arms embargo |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
New observations have lead researchers to believe that chimpanzees can use tools spontaneously to solve a task, without needing to watch others first. The evidence of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) spontaneously using sticks to scoop food from water surfaces is published in the open-access journal PeerJ.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, and University of Tubingen, Germany, ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017Researchers explore why humans don't purge lethal genetic disorders from the population Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Stone Age child reveals that modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years ago Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017Sleep helps the brain reorganize, new study shows |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Oct 4, 2017 
Canada's rhetoric on climate change must be translated into action, the environment commissioner said Tuesday in a scathing report blaming years of inertia for leaving the nation vulnerable to climate damage.
The government must move "from a seemingly endless planning mode into an action mode," said Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Julie Gelfand in the report.
... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Drought not dingos behind mainland Australia tiger extinction: study  Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Cost of climate disasters to reach half of US growth in a decade: report  Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Science denial not limited to political right |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
Atmospheric researchers depart this month on NASA's DC-8 research aircraft on their third survey of the global atmosphere. Taking place for the first time in Northern Hemisphere fall, the season gives them the unique opportunity to make a detour from their previous flight paths to fly underneath the Antarctic ozone hole.
The flight is part of NASA's Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission, a ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017New Radar Sensor Provides Clear Vision in Any Weather  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Public Invited to Analyze Photos Taken by International Space Station Astronauts  Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Scientists monitor Silicon Valley's underground water reserves - from space |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
Oxford University scientists have shed new light on how the Earth was first formed. Based on observations of newly-forming stars, scientists know that the solar system began as a disc of dust and gas surrounding the centrally-growing sun. The gas condensed to solids which accumulated into larger rocky bodies like asteroids and mini-planets. Over a period of 100 million years these mini-planets c ... moreWashington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Crocodile fossils suggest giant reptiles emerged earlier than previously thought  Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2017Study: 3.95 billion-year-old rocks contain earliest traces of life  New York NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Early trilobites had stomachs, new fossil study finds |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017 
A proposal to address what the Trump administration outlined as threats to traditional energy sources is counterintuitive, sustainable energy supporters said.
The U.S. Department of Energy said last week it was calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to change how the wholesale electricity sector works by offering compensation for "traditional" power generators.
In a ... more Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017SLAC-led project will use AI to prevent or minimize electric grid failures  Beojing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Scientists propose method to improve microgrid stability and reliability  Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017ADB: New finance model needed for low-carbon shift in Asia |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017 
Sad about the battery drain on your new smartphone? A good cry might help. Scientists have found a way to harvest electricity from tears.
In recent lab experiments, researcher at the University of Limerick's Bernal Institute, in Ireland, found lysozyme crystals yield an electric current when pressurized. Lysozyme is found in tears and saliva, as well as the whites of bird eggs and the m ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017Small scale energy harvesters show large scale impact  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Research led by PPPL provides reassurance that heat flux will be manageable in ITER  New York NY (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Energy harvested from evaporation could power much of US, says study |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 
Two giant pandas from China arrived in Indonesia on Thursday in an act of "panda diplomacy" aimed at celebrating 60 years of bilateral ties.
Cai Tao and Hu Chun, both aged seven, arrived from Sichuan province and will be housed at a safari zoo in Bogor, a city near the capital Jakarta.
The pandas were lent by Beijing to mark the diplomatic anniversary despite recent tensions between the ... more Mexico City (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Inside the dark, dangerous world of Mexico's 'moles'  Nairobi (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Chinese buyers fuelling ivory surge in Laos, report says  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017The drying of peatlands is reducing bird diversity |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 
A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist who threw a "smelly fish sandwich" at a police officer as voters went to the polls last year pleaded not guilty to assault Tuesday.
The sandwich had been aimed at the city's then leader, Leung Chun-ying, who was on his way to vote in the September 2016 legislative election, but it missed and hit the officer.
Defendant Avery Ng of the League of Social D ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 1, 2017Hong Kong migrant mothers sing for their distant children  Beijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2017China's Communist Party expels top member ahead of congress  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 4, 2017The making of Hong Kong's famous 'fire dragon' |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 
Poland on Friday rejected evidence put before the European Court of Justice to prove illegal logging in the Bialowieza forest, a protected UNESCO site that includes Europe's last primeval woodland.
During a court hearing in Luxembourg on September 11, the European Commission's representative showed satellite images of Bialowieza to show that Warsaw is defying the court's temporary injunctio ... more Miami (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Forest loss means tropics emit more carbon than they trap: study  Brasilia (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Brazil scraps bid to mine Amazon natural reserve  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2017American oaks share a common northern ancestor |
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