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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 On Dec. 8, 2017, NASA launches the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, a low-Earth orbiting satellite that will give us new information about how Earth's atmosphere interacts with near-Earth space - a give-and-take that plays a major role in the safety of our satellites and reliability of communications signals. Specifically, ICON investigates the connections between the neutral atmosphere - which extends from here near the surface to far above us, at the edge of space - and the electrically ... read more |
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Study reveals new threat to the ozone layerWashington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 "Ozone depletion is a well-known phenomenon and, thanks to the success of the Montreal Protocol, is widely perceived as a problem solved," says University of East Anglia's David Oram. But an interna ... more 
Sentinel-5P: satellite in excellent healthParis (ESA) Oct 17, 2017 Launched last week, Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite - the first Copernicus mission dedicated to monitoring the air we breathe - is in excellent health. The 820 kg satellite was lofted into orbi ... more  
Drive for giant new marine sanctuary in AntarcticaSydney (AFP) Oct 16, 2017 Australia and France kick off a fresh push Monday to create a vast marine sanctuary in pristine East Antarctica, hoping to build on the success of landmark deal secured last year at a key annual conservation summit. ... more  
Genome of a 40,000-year-old man in China reveals region's complex human historyWashington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017 As genomic analysis technology advances, and as new genetic samples are surveyed, the human story grows ever more complicated. ... 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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ESA takes the reins of the Disasters CharterParis (ESA) Oct 17, 2017 When disaster strikes, a group of international space agencies pools its resources and expertise to support relief efforts on the ground. For the next six months, ESA will be leading the Internation ... more  
NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth's Recent Record Carbon Dioxide SpikePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 16, 2017 A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth's tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. ... more  
Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming earthPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 While strong seasonal hurricanes have devastated many of the Caribbean and Bahamian islands this year, geologic studies on several of these islands illustrate that more extreme conditions existed in ... more  
Is it gonna blow? Measuring volcanic emissions from spaceHoughton MI (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Late last month, a stratovolcano in Bali named Mount Agung began to smoke. Little earthquakes trembled beneath the mountain. Officials have since evacuated thousands of people to prevent what happen ... more  
Portugal interior minister resigns after deadly wildfiresLisbon (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 Portugal's interior minister has been replaced amid criticism over the government's handling of a series of deadly forest fires that have killed more than 100 people in four months. ... more 
WSU researchers document one of planet's largest volcanic eruptionsPullman WA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Washington State University researchers have determined that the Pacific Northwest was home to one of the Earth's largest known volcanic eruptions, a millennia-long spewing of sulfuric gas that bloc ... more |
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 Duplications of noncoding DNA could help explain human-primate split  
Ocean atmosphere rife with microbesThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Microbes in the atmosphere and the role of the oceans in their movement have been largely overlooked by researchers. Now, an international team shows that the oceans contribute to a large fraction o ... more 
Rainfall trends in arid regions buck commonly held climate change theoriesBristol UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 The recent intense hurricanes in the Atlantic have sharply focused attention on how climate change can exacerbate extreme weather events. Scientific research suggests that global warming cause ... more 
Researchers make headway in desalination technologyChampaign IL (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Engineers at the University of Illinois have taken a step forward in developing a saltwater desalination process that is potentially cheaper than reverse osmosis and borrows from battery technology. ... more 
Clear lakes disguise impaired water qualityMinneapolis MN (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Looks can be deceiving. Look at a hundred lakes in the agricultural heartland of the United States and you will likely see green lakes surrounded by green fields. The nitrogen and phosphorus in agri ... more |
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  Mexico City (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 
The earthquake that hit Mexico on September 19 did not discriminate in its destruction, leveling homes in rich and poor neighborhoods alike.
But one month on, the tragedies facing Mexico City's newly homeless depend largely on class.
Residents of upscale neighborhoods like Roma and Condesa face a frenzied rush to rent or buy new homes in other neighborhoods nearby, creating a real estate ... moreParis (ESA) Oct 17, 2017ESA takes the reins of the Disasters Charter  Dublin (AFP) Oct 17, 2017Thousands still without power in Ireland after freak storm  Mexico City (AFP) Oct 17, 2017Risking lives, Mexicans try to salvage belongings after quake |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 
Despite their name, rare earth elements actually aren't that rare. Abundant in mines around the world, rare earths are used in many high-tech products, including visual displays, batteries, super conductors, and computer hard drives. But while they aren't necessarily tricky to find, the elements often occur together and are extremely difficult to separate and extract.
"Having the ability t ... more Los Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Chemical treatment improves quantum dot lasers  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Missing link between new topological phases of matter discovered  Houston TX (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Space radiation won't stop NASA's human exploration |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
The Colorado River tumbles through varied landscapes, draining watersheds from seven western states. This 1,450-mile-long system is a critical water supply for agriculture, industry and municipalities from Denver to Tijuana.
In the drylands of the Colorado's lower basin, formed by Nevada, Arizona and California, thunderstorms - known in meteorological parlance as convective precipitation - ... more Boston MA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Toward efficient high-pressure desalination  Miami (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Huge spike in global carbon emissions linked to El Nino  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Active sieving could improve dialysis and water purification filters |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 13, 2017 
New data suggests the water around Greenland is becoming less salty as the island's ice sheet melts.
Researchers with Denmark's Aarhus University detailed the impact of melting ice on Greenland's coastal waters in a new paper published this week in the journal Scientific Reports.
The loss of ice in Greenland is relatively well documented. Over the last two decades, the island's i ... moreSydney (AFP) Oct 16, 2017Drive for giant new marine sanctuary in Antarctica  Sydney (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Thousands of penguin chicks starve in Antarctica  Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Oct 16, 2017The melting ice makes the sea around Greenland less saline |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas and concentrations are rising in the atmosphere. Because of its potency and quick decay in the atmosphere, countries have recognised that reduction of methane emissions are a means toward mitigating global warming.
In light of the new international climate agreement, the Paris Agreement, there is increasing need for countries to accurately ... more Allahabad, India (AFP) Oct 15, 2017India to close colonial-era military farms  Medio Purus Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 15, 2017Smallscale farmers try to solve Amazon's big problems  Brunswick NJ (SPX) Oct 10, 2017Genetically boosting the nutritional value of corn could benefit millions |
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 Pullman WA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
Washington State University researchers have determined that the Pacific Northwest was home to one of the Earth's largest known volcanic eruptions, a millennia-long spewing of sulfuric gas that blocked out the sun and cooled the planet.
Only two other eruptions - the basalt floods of the Siberian Traps and the Deccan Traps - were larger, and they led to two of the Earth's great extinctions ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017Lake waves penetrate, disturb the surrounding earth Houghton MI (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Is it gonna blow? Measuring volcanic emissions from space  Hanoi (AFP) Oct 16, 2017Vietnam braces for more downpours as flood toll hits 72 |
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 N'Djamena (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
Chad is to boost protection for a key haven for endangered wildlife in the south of the country under an agreement with a conservation group.
African Parks is to take over management and protection of a territory of high ecological value that lies around the vast Zakouma National Park in southern Chad.
The programme will help beef up security at the Siniaka Minia and Bahr-Salamat reserv ... more Kigali (AFP) Oct 10, 2017Rwanda military uses torture to force confessions: HRW  Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2017New witness emerges over Rwandan genocide: French legal source  Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Nigeria: Cooperation 'key' to defeating jihadists |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017 
As genomic analysis technology advances, and as new genetic samples are surveyed, the human story grows ever more complicated.
Now, yet another complex human history has been revealed by the genetic remains of a 40,000-year-old man from China. The man's DNA - recovered from remains in Tianyuan Cave near Beijing - was so well-preserved that it allowed scientists to sequence the full hu ... more New York NY (SPX) Oct 16, 2017New study suggests that last common ancestor of humans and apes was smaller than thought  Washington (AFP) Oct 13, 2017World Bank: 1.1 bn people 'invisible', lacking official identity  Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2017Duplications of noncoding DNA could help explain human-primate split |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 
While strong seasonal hurricanes have devastated many of the Caribbean and Bahamian islands this year, geologic studies on several of these islands illustrate that more extreme conditions existed in the past.
A new analysis published in Marine Geology shows that the limestone islands of the Bahamas and Bermuda experienced climate changes that were even more extreme than historical events. ... more Berlin (AFP) Oct 11, 2017'Plan B': Seven ways to engineer the climate  Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2017British government unveils green spending plans  Berlin (AFP) Oct 11, 2017As Paris climate goals recede, geoengineering looms larger |
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 Saint Louis MO (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
As devastating wildfires continue to rage in the western U.S. and Canada, a team of environmental engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered that light-absorbing organic particulate matter, also known as brown carbon aerosol, in wildfire smoke loses its ability to absorb sunlight the longer it remains in the atmosphere.
Rajan Chakrabarty, assistant professor, and Brent ... more Plesetsk, Russia (ESA) Oct 16, 2017Air quality-monitoring satellite in orbit  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Watching plant photosynthesis from space  Moscow (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Russia launches European satellite to monitor Earth's atmosphere |
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 Lawrence KS (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 
To the untrained eye, it looks like a flower crudely etched into rock - as if a child had scratched a picture of a bloom. But to the late fossil hunter Lloyd Gunther, the tulip shape he unearthed at Antimony Canyon in northern Utah looked like the remnant of an ancient marine animal.
Years ago, Gunther collected the rock and later gave it to researchers at the University of Kansas' Biodive ... more Raleigh NC (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Mass extinctions led to low species diversity, dinosaur rule  Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017Long-ignored ichthyosaur determined to be new species New York NY (SPX) Oct 06, 2017New evidence that Siberian volcanic eruptions caused extinction 250 million years ago |
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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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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 
A key hurdle for fusion researchers is understanding turbulence, the ripples and eddies that can cause the superhot plasma that fuels fusion reactions to leak heat and particles and keep fusion from taking place. Comprehending and reducing turbulence will facilitate the development of fusion as a safe, clean and abundant source of energy for generating electricity from power plants around the wo ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017A new miniature solution for storing renewable energy  Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Metal supplies unlikely to seriously hamper battery use  University Park PA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Sulfur may be key for safe rechargeable lithium batteries |
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 La Higuera, Chile (AFP) Oct 13, 2017 
They may be less than a meter tall but they have conquered a Goliath: Chile's vulnerable Humboldt penguins have thwarted - for now at least - a billion dollar mining project in one of the country's most depressed regions.
The rare species is only found on the coasts of Peru and Chile, which has created the National Humboldt Penguin Reserve - but it's also an area rich in natural resources ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 13, 2017Study reveals secrets of planet formation  Moscow (AFP) Oct 16, 2017'Hungry bear' crisis grips far east Russian region  Oxford UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2017Scientists complete conservation puzzle, shaping understanding of life on earth |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2017 
Businesses ranging from cookware to karaoke in China's teeming capital have temporarily shut down as the ruling Communist Party prepares to hold its most important political event of the last five years.
Fitness centres, short-term rental websites and even online retailers told AFP on Monday that they would not be operating in Beijing during the 19th National Congress.
The meeting, at wh ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Xi tells Communist Party to combat any actions to 'undermine' it Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017'My god, 3.5 hours': Xi gives marathon speech, China listens  Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Xi declares 'new era' for China as party congress opens |
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 Miami (AFP) Oct 16, 2017 
Planting more trees, farming more sustainably and conserving wetlands could significantly slash the amount of carbon emissions that humanity spews into the atmosphere through fossil fuel use, researchers said Monday.
Better land use could reduce carbon dioxide 37 percent, enough to hold global warming below two degrees Celsius by 2030, as called for by the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to ... more Panama City, Panama (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Tropical tree roots represent an underappreciated carbon pool  Medio Purus Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Conservation cutbacks put Brazil's Amazon animals at risk  Woods Hole MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Carbon feedback from forest soils will accelerate global warming |
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