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  Nijmegen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Since 1989, in 63 nature reserves in Germany the total biomass of flying insects has decreased by more than 75 percent. This decrease has long been suspected but has turned out to be more severe than previously thought. Ecologists from Radboud University together with German and English colleagues published these findings in the scientific journal PLoS ONE on October 18th. In recent years, it became clear that the numbers of many types of insects such as butterflies and bees were declining in West ... read more |
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Primate study offers insights into relationship between of jealousy and monogamyWashington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017 The origins of jealousy and the evolutionary significance of the emotion are difficult to parse, especially in humans. But new analysis of jealousy among primates has offered scientists fresh insights into the neurobiology behind the powerful emotion. ... more  
Puerto Rico mostly in the dark one month after hurricaneUtuado, Puerto Rico (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 It's been a month since Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico and Samuel de Jesus still can't drive out of his isolated, blacked-out town. ... more 
Mexicans pick up the pieces one month after quakeMexico City (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 One month after the earthquake that jolted Mexico on September 19, flattening dozens of buildings across Mexico City and leaving 369 dead, many people are only just starting to pick up the pieces. ... more  
US lawmakers move to regulate online political adsWashington (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 US lawmakers Thursday unveiled legislation to require disclosure of the source of many online political ads, a move aimed at preventing a recurrence of Russian social media manipulation in the 2016 election. ... more |
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Texas flood missing toll revised sharply down to three
Tsunami alert lifted after powerful quakes off Russian coast Hong Kong hit by strong winds, heavy rain as Typhoon Wipha skirts past Tsunami alert after powerful quakes strike off coast of Russia Tsunami alert after powerful quakes strike off coast of Russia: USGS Hong Kong axes flights, classes as Typhoon Wipha approaches Hong Kong axes flights, classes as Typhoon Wipha nears Three dead, three missing after South Korea landslide One dead, three missing after South Korea landslide Contaminated Fukushima soil delivered to Japan PM office |
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Pentagon opens Niger ambush probe as new details emergeWashington (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis revealed new details of a Niger ambush that left four US servicemen dead, including that the body of one slain soldier was not immediately evacuated. ... more  
Coral study: Previous warming period inspired sea level rise in fits and startsWashington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017 According to evidence revealed by a coral reef in the Gulf of Mexico, the planet's oceans didn't rise steadily during previous periods of global warming, but in fits and starts. ... more  
Delhi braces for pollution 'airpocalypse' as smog loomsSonipat, India (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 As Hindus across India celebrate Diwali this week, scientists fear a ban on firecrackers and other emergency anti-pollution measures deployed by authorities may not be enough to prevent a repeat of last year's "airpocalypse" in Delhi. ... more 
Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: reportParis (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published on Friday. ... more  
Across Asia, liver cancer is linked to herbal remedies: studyMiami (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 Researchers have uncovered widespread evidence of a link between traditional Chinese herbal remedies and liver cancer across Asia, a study said Wednesday. ... more 
Zurich Insurance sees $700 mln in hurricane claims in Q3Zurich (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 Swiss group Zurich Insurance said Thursday it expects to receive around $700 million (595 million euros) in insurance claims related to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in the third quarter. ... more |
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Los Angeles prepares for 'The Big One' with quake drillLos Angeles (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 Authorities in Los Angeles carried out an annual earthquake drill Thursday, as the threat of a future major quake known as "The Big One" looms. ... more  
Portugal forest fires death toll rises to 43Lisbon (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 The death toll from forest fires, which ravaged swathes of land in central Portugal in recent days, has risen to 43 after the discovery of another corpse, authorities said Thursday. ... more  
Red handed: Xi's anti-graft campaign set to roll onBeijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 In the past five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has steamrolled over 1.5 million crooked Communist Party officials. And it may just be getting started. ... more 
Beijing says US should 'abandon biased views' of ChinaBeijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 China said Thursday the United States should "abandon its biased views" towards the country, as it hit back at cutting remarks made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. ... more |
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  Zurich (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 
Swiss group Zurich Insurance said Thursday it expects to receive around $700 million (595 million euros) in insurance claims related to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in the third quarter.
Zurich Insurance Group said in a statement it "currently estimates aggregate claims in the third quarter of 2017 related to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria ... to be approximately $700 million net of ... moreMexico City (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Mexicans pick up the pieces one month after quake Utuado, Puerto Rico (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Puerto Rico mostly in the dark one month after hurricane  Mexico City (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Mexico quake hit rich and poor alike, but tragedies differ |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 
When NASA scientists want to follow the path of the Curiosity rover on Mars, they can don a mixed-reality headset and virtually explore the Martian landscape.
Starting today, everyone can get a taste of what that feels like. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, collaborated with Google to produce Access Mars, a free immersive experience. It's available for use on all d ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Understanding rare earth emulsions  The Hague (AFP) Oct 17, 2017Dutch open 'world's first 3D-printed bridge'  Los Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Chemical treatment improves quantum dot lasers |
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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  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Active sieving could improve dialysis and water purification filters  Minneapolis MN (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Clear lakes disguise impaired water quality |
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 Sydney (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.
The fate of the plan to shield critical areas of ocean around the frozen continent rests with the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), w ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 13, 2017As ice sheet melts, Greenland's fjords become less salty  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  Paris (AFP) Oct 17, 2017Climate-disrupting volcanoes helped topple ancient Egypt: study |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis revealed new details of a Niger ambush that left four US servicemen dead, including that the body of one slain soldier was not immediately evacuated.
Mattis's comments come as questions mount in the US media about what happened on October 4, and criticism over President Donald Trump's handling of the aftermath.
The Pentagon boss said the body of Sergeant L ... more N'Djamena (AFP) Oct 11, 2017Chad extends key conservation area in national park  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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017 
The origins of jealousy and the evolutionary significance of the emotion are difficult to parse, especially in humans. But new analysis of jealousy among primates has offered scientists fresh insights into the neurobiology behind the powerful emotion.
The latest research suggests the emotion triggers an increase in neural activity among parts of the primate brain associated with social ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2017Genome of a 40,000-year-old man in China reveals region's complex human history  New York NY (SPX) Oct 16, 2017New study suggests that last common ancestor of humans and apes was smaller than thought  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  Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2017Sentinel-5P: satellite in excellent health  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Watching plant photosynthesis from space |
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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 19, 2017 
The investments necessary to provide electricity for the entire world population is less than 2 percent of total energy investments, the IEA said Thursday.
A report from the International Energy Agency, published Thursday, finds that providing universal access to electricity within 13 years would require an investment of $31 billion per year, which the report said was less than 2 percen ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says  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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 
The dramatic rise in production of electric vehicles, coupled with expected growth in the use of grid-connected battery systems for storing electricity from renewable sources, raises a crucial question: Are there enough raw materials to enable significantly increased production of lithium-ion batteries, which are the dominant type of rechargeable batteries on the market?
A new analysis by ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 20, 2017The blob that ate the tokamak  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2017PPPL takes detailed look at 2-D structure of turbulence in tokamaks  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2017A new miniature solution for storing renewable energy |
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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 Moscow (AFP) Oct 16, 2017'Hungry bear' crisis grips far east Russian region  Nijmegen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Three-quarters of the total insect population lost in protected nature reserves  Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Navigational view of the brain thanks to powerful X-rays |
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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 19, 2017Red handed: Xi's anti-graft campaign set to roll on Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Beijing says US should 'abandon biased views' of China |
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 Panama City, Panama (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
Ask someone to draw a tree and s/he will invariably draw a trunk and branches - leaving the roots out of the picture. In a unique study of tropical tree roots at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute published in PLOS ONE, roots accounted for almost 30 percent of the total biomass of young trees. The authors hope that future estimates of carbon storage and water-use by tropical forests wil ... more Medio Purus Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Conservation cutbacks put Brazil's Amazon animals at risk  Miami (AFP) Oct 16, 2017More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study  Woods Hole MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Carbon feedback from forest soils will accelerate global warming |
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