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  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has approved the Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) as OGC Abstract Specification - Topic 21 [OGC 15-104r5]. The goal of DGGS is to enable rapid assembly of spatial data without the difficulties of working with projected coordinate reference systems. The OGC DGGS Abstract Specification standard defines the conceptual model and a set of rules for building highly efficient architectures for spatial data storage, integration and analytics. ... read more |
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Sentinel-1 sees through hurricanesParis (ESA) Oct 26, 2017 This year's Atlantic hurricane season has been a harsh reminder of the grief and devastation brought by these vast storms. Imaging the top of hurricanes from space is nothing new, but the Sentinel-1 ... more 
First SAGE III Atmospheric Data Released for Public UseHampton VA (SPX) Oct 27, 2017 The first wave of atmospheric data from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III), a NASA instrument that launched to the International Space Station earlier this year, is now avai ... more  
Canada caribou herds, habitat continue to decline: reportOttawa (AFP) Oct 31, 2017 Canada has failed boreal caribou herds that are at risk of disappearing, a government report concluded Tuesday. ... more  
New study finds nature is vital to beating climate changeWashington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 emissions can be reduced and stored in forests, farmland, grasslands and wetlands using natural climate solutions. The peer-reviewed study, led by scientists from The Nature Conservancy and 15 ... more |
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Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plasticsDurham NC (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of floating plastic might look like prey. But a new Duke University study of plastic ingestio ... more 
Devices assembled from 2D materials separate different salts in seawaterManchester UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 2-dimensional materials have been successfully assembled into devices with the smallest possible man made holes for water desalination. Researchers at the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at ... more  
Researchers demonstrate 'mind-reading' brain-decoding techWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Researchers have demonstrated how to decode what the human brain is seeing by using artificial intelligence to interpret fMRI scans from people watching videos, representing a sort of mind-reading t ... more  
Japanese earthquake zone strongly influenced by the effects of frictionFukuoka, Japan (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 The islands of the Japanese archipelago are affected both by frequent, low-magnitude earthquakes and tremors and by larger, highly destructive events. One of the largest quakes to strike Japan occur ... more  
Cowpea protected from a devastating pest, free for smallholder African farmersUrbana IL (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 Across Africa, armies of hungry caterpillars destroy the flowers and pods of cowpeas; casualties can reach 80 percent of this staple food crop if no measures are taken. But the real victims are smal ... more 
Anticipating aftershocksAustin TX (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 Southern California has the highest earthquake risk of any region in the U.S., but exactly how risky and where the greatest risks lie remains an open question. Earthquakes occur infrequently a ... more |
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 Bandit-masked feathered dinosaur hid from predators using multiple types of camouflage 
Scavenging to survive below the seafloorMunich, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 Microorganisms living in the sediments buried below the seafloor obtain their nutrients by using secreted enzymes to degrade adsorbed detritus. A new study shows that in order to survive for long ti ... more  
Croatian village gives shelter to abandoned bearsKuterevo, Croatia (AFP) Oct 31, 2017 Orphaned, abandoned or abused: Croatia's brown bears that are unable to survive in the wild are finding a new home in the country's only sanctuary for the furry natives. ... more 
Study reveals how the social lives of orphaned elephants are impacted by poachingWashington (UPI) Oct 31, 2017 New research suggests the social lives of orphaned elephants are significantly altered by the loss of their mothers to poaching. ... more 
Mass seal deaths in Russia's Lake BaikalMoscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2017 Around 130 dead seals have washed up on the shores of Russia's Lake Baikal, authorities said Tuesday, as they launched a probe into the latest problem to hit the world's deepest lake. ... more |
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  McLean VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 
The recent barrage of hurricanes in the southern United States is a reminder of the need for all companies that operate critical services to have a solid disaster recovery (DR) plan. At Intelsat General Corporation (IGC), the unpredictability of hurricane Irma gave us an opportunity to execute our own DR plan and to provide uninterrupted service for our customers.
As a satellite communicat ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2017$129 bn in extreme weather losses last year: climate report  New York (AFP) Oct 31, 2017Displaced Puerto Ricans find refuge in New York  New York (AFP) Oct 27, 2017Puerto Rico 'heartbreaking' five weeks post-storm |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 01, 2017 
In order to fully understand the dynamics during a chemical reaction, scientists must be able to study all movements of atoms and molecules on their basic time scale.
Molecules rotate in the range of picoseconds (10-12 s), their atoms vibrate in the range of femtoseconds (10?15 s), and the electrons move in the range of attoseconds (10-18 s). ETH professor Hans Jakob Worner and his group h ... more Boston MA (SPX) Nov 01, 2017'Tensor algebra' software speeds big-data analysis 100-fold  Boston MA (SPX) Oct 26, 2017New property found in unusual crystalline materials  Trieste, Italy (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Laser beams for superconductivity |
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 Palm Beach FL (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 
Lockheed Martin will support the growth of the U.S. Navy's family of unmanned undersea systems under a design phase contract valued at $43.2 million for Orca, the U.S. Navy's Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV).
XLUUV Orca is a two phase competition, including the currently awarded design phase and a competitive production phase for up to nine vehicles to meet increasing demands ... moreMoscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2017Mass seal deaths in Russia's Lake Baikal  Houston TX (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming Manchester UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Devices assembled from 2D materials separate different salts in seawater |
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 28, 2017 
Hopes for a vast new marine sanctuary in pristine East Antarctica were dashed Saturday after a key conservation summit failed to reach agreement, with advocates urging "greater vision and ambition".
Expectations were high ahead of the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) - a treaty tasked with overseeing protection and sustainab ... moreOttawa (AFP) Oct 31, 2017Canada caribou herds, habitat continue to decline: report  Cambridge UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2017'Scars' left by icebergs record West Antarctic ice retreat  Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Groundwater and tundra fires may work together to thaw permafrost |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 
Ancient hunter-gatherers began to systemically affect the evolution of crops up to thirty thousand years ago - around ten millennia before experts previously thought - according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Professor Robin Allaby, in Warwick's School of Life Sciences, has discovered that human crop gathering was so extensive, as long ago as the last Ice Age, that it starte ... more Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Oct 30, 2017Rainy summer puts Germans off their beer  Brussels (AFP) Oct 27, 2017EU member states to vote on five-year weedkiller renewal next month Urbana IL (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Cowpea protected from a devastating pest, free for smallholder African farmers |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 
Southern California has the highest earthquake risk of any region in the U.S., but exactly how risky and where the greatest risks lie remains an open question.
Earthquakes occur infrequently and depend on complex geological factors deep underground, making them hard to reliably predict in advance. For that reason, forecasting earthquakes means relying on massive computer models and multifa ... moreFukuoka, Japan (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Japanese earthquake zone strongly influenced by the effects of friction  Havana (AFP) Oct 29, 2017Tropical Storm Philippe crosses Cuba towards Florida  Denpasar, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 29, 2017Authorities lower Bali volcano alert status |
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 Abidjan (AFP) Oct 27, 2017 
The killing of four US soldiers in Niger has highlighted the geo-strategic role the mainly desert west African nation plays in the American fight against Islamist groups in Africa.
In the aftermath of the soldiers' deaths, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, revealed that about 800 US troops are now based in Niger - more than in any other African country. ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Pentagon looks at stepped-up Africa role to counter IS Washington (AFP) Oct 23, 2017US military to pursue Niger operations after deadly attack Washington (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Niger raid highlights US forces' growing Africa role |
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 St Louis MO (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 
An older Neandertal from about 50,000 years ago, who had suffered multiple injuries and other degenerations, became deaf and must have relied on the help of others to avoid prey and survive well into his 40s, indicates a new analysis published Oct. 20 in the online journal PLoS ONE.
"More than his loss of a forearm, bad limp and other injuries, his deafness would have made him easy prey fo ... moreWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Researchers demonstrate 'mind-reading' brain-decoding tech  Waiapi, Brazil (AFP) Oct 27, 2017Remote Amazon tribe tries to straddle two worlds  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Determining when humans started impacting the planet on a large scale |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2017  Facing 195 other countries who have chosen a different path, the task of US negotiators at upcoming climate talks in Bonn is unenviable.
Donald Trump has vowed to exit the Paris Climate accord, just not yet, leaving US policy in limbo for the next three years until Washington can officially leave.
So, it falls to Thomas Shannon - a respected career diplomat - to this week lead a delega ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 31, 2017Shortfall in climate action is 'catastrophic': UN  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Tiny chip-based methane spectrometer could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2017New study finds nature is vital to beating climate change |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2017 
A recent study by NASA and several partners has estimated, for the first time, the global impact of atmospheric rivers on floods and droughts, as well as the number of people affected by these atmospheric phenomena.
Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow, short-lived jets of air that transport water vapor across significant portions of Earth's mid-latitude oceans, onto the continen ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 01, 2017Vega to launch an Earth observation satellite for the Kingdom of Morocco  Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2017When surrounding farms get hot and dry, cities cool off  Paris (SPX) Oct 27, 2017Earth Observation market worth $8-15B by 2026 |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 
Researchers from the University of Bristol have revealed how a small feathered dinosaur used its colour patterning, including a bandit mask-like stripe across its eyes, to avoid being detected by its predators and prey.
By reconstructing the likely colour patterning of the Chinese dinosaur Sinosauropteryx, researchers have shown that it had multiple types of camouflage which likely helped ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Mongolian microfossils point to the rise of animals on Earth  Manchester UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2017'Mega-carnivore' dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Zircon as Earth's timekeeper: Are we reading the clock right? |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017 
Utility companies in the Japanese market face an uphill battle in meeting targets for the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, Moody's reported Monday.
Moody's Investors Service reported that Japan faces challenges in meeting its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Based on March levels, the report found emissions from the utility sector will need to be cut by as much as 50 p ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve  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 |
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 Tarragona, Spain (SPX) Nov 01, 2017 
Electrolysis, splitting the water molecule with electricity, is the cleanest way to obtain hydrogen, a clean and renewable fuel. Now, researchers at ICIQ and URV, led by Prof. Jose Ramon Galan-Mascaros, designed a new catalyst that reduces the cost of electrolytic hydrogen production. Catalysts reduce the amount of electricity needed to break the chemical bonds, speed up the reaction and minimis ... more Houston TX (SPX) Nov 01, 2017Microscopic defects make batteries better  Richmond VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2017New research findings could lead to safer and more powerful lithium-ion batteries  Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Oct 26, 2017UNIST researchers introduce novel catalyst for rechargeable metal-air batteries |
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 Kuterevo, Croatia (AFP) Oct 31, 2017  Orphaned, abandoned or abused: Croatia's brown bears that are unable to survive in the wild are finding a new home in the country's only sanctuary for the furry natives.
Up to 1,000 bears are estimated to live in the southeastern European country, particularly in the central forested areas of Gorski Kotar and Lika.
Although they are a protected species, Croatian authorities allow the hun ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 29, 2017Fields of cover crops serve as stopover grounds for migrating birds Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2017Study reveals how the social lives of orphaned elephants are impacted by poaching  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 30, 2017How much does life weigh? |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2017 
China's ruling Communist Party says three of its top former officials rigged votes during earlier party congresses, in a move that sheds light on the fall of members of Xi Jinping's rival factions.
The senior figures were removed from office over the last few years as part of Xi's sweeping corruption crackdown, which some analysts have called a political purge.
An article published by Xi ... more Shanghai (AFP) Oct 26, 2017Xi takes short cut to China's Communist pantheon  Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2017Activists fear more crackdowns in Xi's 'new era'  Beijing (AFP) Oct 30, 2017Chinese universities start 'Xi Thought' institutes |
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 Southampton UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 
They account for just three per cent of the Earth's surface but play a major role in offsetting carbon dioxide emissions - and now a team of scientists led by the universities of Southampton and Utrecht has discovered that the plants that make up peat bogs adapt exceptionally well to climate change.
In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, experts show that, even though c ... more Exeter UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 30, 2017Peat bogs defy the laws of biodiversity  Norwich UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2017Amazonian hunters deplete wildlife but don't empty forests |
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