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  Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 When a Cornell-led team of scientists analyzed two dozen environmental factors to understand bumblebee population declines and range contractions, they expected to find stressors like changes in land use, geography or insecticides. Instead, they found a shocker: fungicides, commonly thought to have no impact. "Insecticides work; they kill insects. Fungicides have been largely overlooked because they are not targeted for insects, but fungicides may not be quite as benign - toward bumblebees - ... read more |
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Researchers run longest multiphysics earthquake simulation to dateLeibniz, Germany (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Just before 8:00 a.m. local time on December 26, 2004, people in southeast Asia were starting their days when the third strongest recorded earthquake in history ripped a 1,500-kilometer tear in the ... more  
When water met iron deep inside the Earth, did it create conditions for lifeWashington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Reservoirs of oxygen-rich iron between the Earth's core and mantle could have played a major role in Earth's history, including the breakup of supercontinents, drastic changes in Earth's atmospheric ... more  
High cognitive ability not a safeguard from conspiracies, paranormal beliefsChicago IL (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 The moon landing and global warming are hoaxes. The U.S. government had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. A UFO crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. Is skepticism toward these kinds of unfound ... more  
Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensingZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Ecological studies have demonstrated positive relationships between plant diversity and ecosystem functioning. Forests with higher functional diversity are generally more productive and stable over ... more |
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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 Indonesia floods kill 15 Afghan govt says quake death toll rises to 27 Fierce mountain storms kill nine in Nepal |
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Dimming Sun's rays to cool planet will affect storms too: studyBonn (AFP) Nov 14, 2017 Injecting billions of reflective particles into the stratosphere could help cool an overheating planet, but would also alter the intensity of tropical storms, researchers said Tuesday. ... more  
Small cities choke as India remains callous to rising bad airMoradabad, India (AFP) Nov 15, 2017 In the northern Indian city of Moradabad fumes from burning electronic waste blend with seasonal smog to create an even deadlier mix of pollutants than in Delhi, where filthy air has caused public outcry and made global headlines. ... more 
State of mourning in Greece after deadly flood: PMAthens (AFP) Nov 15, 2017 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday declared a state of mourning after a freak overnight downpour with the force of a "waterfall" flooded three towns near Athens, killing at least 15 people. ... more 
Aid slow to reach quake-hit Iranian villages; Israel offers helpKouik, Iran (AFP) Nov 15, 2017 Iranian survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed more than 400 people pleaded Wednesday for water, tents and other emergency supplies as aid trickled into remote villages near the Iraqi border. ... more  
Amnesty warns companies on child labour in DRCongo cobalt miningKinshasa (AFP) Nov 15, 2017 Leading technology and electric car companies have been accused of failing to ensure minerals used in their products are not mined using child labour, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. ... more 
US chemical plants must prepare for more Harveys: officialNew York (AFP) Nov 15, 2017 A Texas chemical plant explosion during Hurricane Harvey underscores the need for industrial plants to rethink emergency preparedness for more serious storms, US investigators said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Army takes over Zimbabwe: What we know 
Satellite spots springtime phytoplankton bloom off New Zealand coastWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2017 Phytoplankton are proliferating along the coast of New Zealand's South Island. The bloom was photographed this week by the camera on NASA's Aqua satellite. The space agency shared the image on Wednesday. ... more 
Virginia Tech explore causes of land cover change in African savannasBlacksburg VA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 A new study by Virginia Tech researchers tracks land cover changes in the Chobe district of Northern Botswana and provides information that will allow governments and nonprofit organizations to impr ... more 
US court convicts Irish man of rhino horn traffickingWashington (AFP) Nov 15, 2017 A US court has sentenced an Irish national to 18 months in prison for trafficking a cup made from the horn of an endangered rhinoceros, in the latest case linked to an illicit global trade. ... more  
World leaders plead for climate action at UN forumBonn (AFP) Nov 15, 2017 World leaders shared the spotlight with a 12-year-old Pacific islander on Wednesday to drive home a plea for urgent climate action despite the Trump administration's rejection of a planet rescue plan. ... more |
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  Bonn (AFP) Nov 14, 2017 
Injecting billions of reflective particles into the stratosphere could help cool an overheating planet, but would also alter the intensity of tropical storms, researchers said Tuesday.
Depending on the hemisphere in which such aerosols are released, hurricanes in the North Atlantic would become weaker or stronger, they reported in Nature Communications.
Moreover, efforts to engineer lo ... more Miami (AFP) Nov 13, 201715,000 scientists say threats to planet now 'far worse'  Sar-E Pol-E Zahab, Iran (AFP) Nov 14, 2017Iran scrambles to aid victims of killer quake  New York (AFP) Nov 14, 2017Sandy Hook families renew legal push against gun maker |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 12, 2017 
Leonardo over the weekend announced a contract with the British Ministry of Defense for equipment that will simulate radar threats to the Royal Air Force's Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft.
The deal, announced Saturday, calls for the company to simulate radar threats to the A400M prior to take off.
The Royal Air Force plans to use the system to test radar the defens ... more Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2017China maintains reign over world supercomputer rankings  Exeter UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Research highlights ethical sourcing of materials for modern technology  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017A new way to mix oil and water |
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 Kathmandu Nov 14, 2017 
Nepal has cancelled an agreement with a Chinese company to build the largest hydroelectric plant in the impoverished landlocked country, which suffers from chronic energy shortages.
The project, agreed in June, would have nearly have doubled Nepal's current hydropower production and cost an estimated $2.5 billion.
But the finance ministry recommended it be scrapped, saying it had been aw ... more Dhaka (AFP) Nov 14, 2017New islands could solve Bangladesh land crisis: experts  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 14, 2017How a 'shadow zone' traps the world's oldest ocean water  Washington (UPI) Nov 6, 2017Researchers use forensic science to track turtles |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 
Much of western Canada was ice-free as early as 14,000 years ago, a new study reports.
The results suggest that the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS) retreated more than a millennium sooner than previous estimates and hold important implications for understanding climate patterns and human migration.
Previous estimates suggested that the CIS covered large portions of westernmost Canada as ... more West Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Research shows ice sheets as large as Greenland's melted fast in a warming climate  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2017Hot News from the Antarctic Underground  Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2017Chinese icebreaker steams for Antarctica in polar power play |
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 Hamm, Germany (AFP) Nov 13, 2017 
A Peruvian farmer won a small but significant legal victory Monday when a German court said his appeal against energy giant RWE, which he accuses of contributing to climate change that is threatening his Andean home, had merit.
After hearing oral arguments from both sides, the higher regional court in the western city of Hamm said Saul Luciano Lliuya's demand for damages from RWE was "admiss ... more Little Rock, United States (AFP) Nov 13, 2017Weed-killer prompts angry divide among US farmers  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Cover crops shield soil from extreme temps  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Sensors applied to plant leaves warn of water shortage |
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 Leibniz, Germany (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
Just before 8:00 a.m. local time on December 26, 2004, people in southeast Asia were starting their days when the third strongest recorded earthquake in history ripped a 1,500-kilometer tear in the ocean floor off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
The earthquake lasted between 8 and 10 minutes (one of the longest ever recorded), and lifted the ocean floor several meters, creat ... more Sar-E Pol-E Zahab, Iran (AFP) Nov 14, 2017Quake-stricken Iranians vent anger at former president Kouik, Iran (AFP) Nov 15, 2017Aid slow to reach quake-hit Iranian villages; Israel offers help  Tehran (AFP) Nov 13, 2017Iran hunts for survivors as quake kills 400 near Iraq border |
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 Dakar (AFP) Nov 13, 2017 
African leaders on Monday used a regional forum to underline the need for the continent to assure its own security after years of Western interventions, while also calling for international funding to support the anti-terror fight..
The annual Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security this year brings together the presidents of Mali, Rwanda and host Senegal along with military official ... more Dakar (AFP) Nov 15, 2017UN peacekeeping missions under pressure to reform in Africa Blacksburg VA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Virginia Tech explore causes of land cover change in African savannas  Harare (AFP) Nov 15, 2017Army takes over Zimbabwe: What we know |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
The moon landing and global warming are hoaxes. The U.S. government had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. A UFO crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.
Is skepticism toward these kinds of unfounded beliefs just a matter of cognitive ability? Not according to new research by a University of Illinois at Chicago social psychologist.
In an article published online and in the February 2018 i ... more Dekalb IL (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Finger and toe fossils belonged to tiny primates 45 million years ago  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Japanese scientists estimate the mutation rate from chimpanzee parents to their offspring  Durham NC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Bonobos help strangers without being asked |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 
Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous storms or prolonged drought, new research has shown.
Geoengineering - the intentional manipulation of the climate to counter the effect of global warming by injecting aerosols artificially into the atmosphere - has been mooted as a p ... moreBonn (AFP) Nov 15, 2017Merkel, Macron to front diplomatic push at UN climate talks  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Cooling in high and mid-latitudes led to aridification in Northern Africa Bonn (AFP) Nov 15, 2017World leaders plead for climate action at UN forum |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2017 
Climate scientists studying three decades of ozone measurements from seven satellites see a positive trend in global recovery thanks to international efforts to curb ozone-depleting substances.
The part of Earth's atmosphere with high concentrations of ozone gas protects life on Earth from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. However, pollutants can break down ozone, thinning this ozone layer ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017NASA readies for another JPSS-1 launch attempt  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Nov 14, 2017How ice in clouds is born |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
Reservoirs of oxygen-rich iron between the Earth's core and mantle could have played a major role in Earth's history, including the breakup of supercontinents, drastic changes in Earth's atmospheric makeup, and the creation of life, according to recent work from an international research team published in National Science Review.
The team - which includes scientists from Carnegie, Stanford ... more Fort Collins CO (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Human cells, hardy microbes share common ancestor  London, UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Mammals switched to daytime activity after dinosaur extinction Portsmouth UK (SPX) Nov 09, 2017Man's earliest ancestors discovered in southern England |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 
Electrical physicists from Czech Technical University have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron conductors. It's crucial to correct this flaw in the new sensors so that operators of the electrical grid can correctly respond to threats to the system.
The researchers show how a difference in a conductor's magnetic permeabi ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Japan faces challenges in cutting CO2, Moody's finds  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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
Today, more than 1.3 billion people are living without regular access to power, including more than 300 million in India and 600 million in sub-Saharan Africa. In these and other developing countries, access to a main power grid, particularly in rural regions, is remote and often unreliable.
Increasingly, many rural and some urban communities are turning to microgrids as an alternative sou ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 10, 2017A novel layered superconductor based on tin and arsenic  Ames IA (SPX) Nov 13, 2017'Perfectly frustrated' metal provides possible path to superconductivity  Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2017Scientists design smart paper capable of detecting water, conducting electricity |
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 Changa Manga, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 14, 2017  Once a common sight in the skies of Pakistan, today the white-backed vulture is facing extinction - its population devastated by the use of industrial drugs to breed the cattle whose carcasses they traditionally feed on.
Bird numbers have plummeted by more than 99 percent since the 1990s, according to the local branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which is desperately attempting to ens ... more Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Nov 14, 2017Sad farewell as Malaysia-born panda heads to China Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2017US court convicts Irish man of rhino horn trafficking  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2017New type of cell has been found in the eye of a deep-sea fish |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 14, 2017 
Hong Kong independence activists stepped up their campaign at schools Tuesday, with the semi-autonomous city increasingly divided over signs of Beijing's growing influence.
Demonstrators handed out thousands of leaflets bearing the message "only independence can defend Hong Kong and protect its people" at about a dozen campuses.
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on a visit in July any ... more Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2017China tells 'aunties' to dance away from cemeteries  Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2017Trump praises China's 'highly respected' Xi  Phuket, Thailand (AFP) Nov 10, 2017Gay Chinese tourists flock to Thailand for fun, acceptance |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 12, 2017 
Trees in cities around the globe are growing faster than rural trees, according to a new study by researchers at the Technical University of Munich.
The study - published this week in the journal Nature - is the first to measure the impact of the heat island effect on urban tree growth.
"While the effects of climate change on tree growth in forests have been extensively studied ... more Storrs CT (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Ecological restoration success higher with natural measures  Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2017US imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese hardwood plywood  London (AFP) Nov 10, 2017Peace brings hope for Colombia's biodiversity: Santos |
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