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  Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017 Scientists have found a treasure trove of tiny fossils in the rocks of Greenland. The microscopic organisms date to more than half a billion years ago, offering new insights into the Cambrian Explosion, a dramatic increase in the planet's biodiversity that began 541 million years ago. During this period, Earth's shallow seas teemed with life, and the first modern ecosystems formed - animal and plant life as we recognize it today was born. The details of this dramatic evolution ha ... read more |
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Fungi made life on Earth possible, researchers claimWashington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017 Life on Earth wouldn't be possible without fungi, new research suggests. ... more  
Once taboo, China listens to US contingencies on N.KoreaBeijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 It was the kind of sitdown that China had long resisted: Top US officials telling Chinese counterparts how American troops would enter North Korea if the hermit regime collapsed. ... more  
Plants used to variability most likely to adapt to climate changeWashington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017 Studies suggest changes in precipitation patterns and an increase in the prevalence of prolonged droughts, not rising temperatures, are the greatest threats to plant health. ... more 
Chinese firm turns panda poop into toilet paperBeijing (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 When life gave one Chinese company giant panda poop, it decided to make paper - and profits. ... more |
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BHP defends climate positions and Paris supportWashington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017 A day after the U.S president broke away from climate precedent, Australian miner BHP said it may leave industry groups because of its stance on the Paris deal. ... more  
Heat patterns help bees pick which flowers to pollinateWashington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017 Heat plays an important role in flower-pollinator interactions. According to new research, heat patterns serve as signatures for flowers, advertising their availability to passing bees. ... more  
Philippine storm toll rises to 43 as hopes fade for dozens missingManila (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 The death toll from a tropical storm that pummelled the central Philippines rose to 43 with hopes fading for dozens of others still missing after massive landslides, authorities said Tuesday. ... more  
Alaskan snow more than doubles due to global warming: studyParis (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 Snowfall in central Alaska has more than doubled since the mid 1800s, said a study Tuesday which pointed the finger at global warming. ... more  
Hurricanes, heat waves, fires ravaged planet in 2017Miami (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear. ... more  
Returning winds churn up heightened alert in fire-hit CaliforniaLos Angeles (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 After a couple of days of respite heavy winds are expected to return Wednesday to the California area plagued by a massive fire, potentially hindering the efforts of firefighters battling in an already dry climate. ... more |
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 Liberia's wartime ghosts return to haunt election  
Chinese convicts executed after stadium trial; Chinese ink-brush artwork sells for $144MBeijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017 Thousands of spectators filled a stadium in China to watch 10 suspects be sentenced to death for crimes ranging from drug-dealing to homicide before they were taken away to be executed at the weekend. ... more  
Oil-rich Alberta sees momentum for wind energyWashington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017 The provincial government in Alberta said the industry response to a renewable energy program was better than expected, with almost $1 billion committed. ... more  
Defects found at China nuclear reactor projectBeijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2017 Defects were found in equipment for a third-generation nuclear reactor under construction in southern China with the problematic parts being replaced, the state-owned China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) said Wednesday. ... more 
Oh, how cute: Tokyo crowds flock to see baby panda on first dayTokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 Hundreds of fans flocked to a Tokyo zoo Tuesday for the first public viewing of baby panda Xiang Xiang, after winning a lucky lottery ticket that a quarter of a million applied for. ... more |
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  Miami (AFP) Dec 20, 2017  Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear.
It was also the year the world's second largest polluter, the United States, turned its back on the 196-nation Paris climate deal meant to limit global warming to under two degrees Celsius ... more Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2017France takes in first refugees screened in Africa  San Juan (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Puerto Rico governor orders review of hurricane deaths  Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Major economic conference in China to tackle risk, pollution |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Researchers at Duke University have devised a way to see through walls using a narrow band of microwave frequencies without any advance knowledge of what the walls are made out of. Besides having obvious applications in the realm of security, the approach could lead to inexpensive devices to help construction workers easily locate conduits, pipes and wires.
The study was published in the j ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017Boeing tapped to sustain Space-Based Space Surveillance system  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2017NASA laser communication payload undergoing integration and testing  Washington (UPI) Dec 15, 2017Northrop Grumman producing RF threat detection system |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone (WNPAC, or referred to as Philippine Sea anomalous anticyclone) is the most important anomalous circulation pattern connecting El Nin~o and East Asian-western North Pacific monsoon.
WNPAC begins from the El Nin~o mature winter to the following summer and thus is one of the most long-lasting anomalous circulation patterns over the entire tropical ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Southern Ocean drives massive bloom of tiny phytoplankton  Fort Collins CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Sustainable dams - are they possible  Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2017Ouch! Sea lions attack swimmers in San Francisco Bay |
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In temperatures that can drop below -20 degrees Fahrenheit, along a route occasionally blocked by wind-driven ice dunes, a hundred miles from any other people, a team led by two NASA scientists will survey an unexplored stretch of Antarctic ice.
They're packing extreme cold-weather gear and scientific instruments onto sleds pulled by two tank-like snow machines called PistenBullys, and on ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 18, 2017A dynamic East Antarctic ice sheet has repeatedly grown and shrunk  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Tiny ice losses at Antarctica's fringes can accelerate ice loss far away  Hobart, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2017World-first uses satellites and ocean models to explain Antarctic seafloor biodiversity |
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Heat plays an important role in flower-pollinator interactions. According to new research, heat patterns serve as signatures for flowers, advertising their availability to passing bees.
When scientists at the University of Bristol analyzed the dispersion of heat across the petals of common garden flowers, like poppies and daisies, they found heat patterns reflect the visual patterns pro ... more Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 18, 2017How much soil goes get washed down the drain  Cincinnati OH (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Archaeologist says fire, not corn, key to prehistoric survival in arid Southwest  Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Meadows beat out shrubs when it comes to storing carbon |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Dec 16, 2017 
At least three people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday.
The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island late Friday, the US Geological Survey said.
The tremor was felt across the island including in the capital Jakarta, some 300 kilom ... more Jakarta (AFP) Dec 18, 2017At least eight killed in Indonesia landslide  Matnog, Philippines (AFP) Dec 17, 2017Thousands stranded after storm lashes Philippines  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2017NASA shows new Tongan Island made of tuff stuff, likely to persist years |
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 Gbarnga, Liberia (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 
Dekergar Duko, a lean father-of-two who crushes rocks for a living, often reminisces during his days of backbreaking labour about his life under Liberia's warlord-turned-president, Charles Taylor.
Living in a hovel metres (yards) away from the so-called "College of Knowledge" where the dreaded strongman trained child soldiers to kill, Duko recalls when times were so much more comfortable. ... more Harare (AFP) Dec 18, 2017Zimbabwe army chief retires for possible vice-presidency  United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 16, 2017UN gives green light on Russia arms to C. Africa United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 13, 2017US, Britain, France seek details on Russian arms to C. Africa |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
A neutral genetic mutation - a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose - that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the origin of complex organs and structures in human beings and other vertebrates, according to an article published in Nature Communications by a team led by CRG group leader Manuel Irimia, university profe ... more London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2017Scientists show how Himalayan rivers influenced ancient Indus civilization settlements  Washington (UPI) Dec 8, 2017Scientists revamp 'Out of Africa' model of early human migration  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East |
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 New Orleans LA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Just in time for the holidays, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions are rolling out a new satellite-based drought severity index for climate watchers worldwide.
Relying on data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission, the index adds terrestrial water storage (groundwater) to drought assessments, augmenting commonly used tools most o ... more London, UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Space Climate Observatory agreed ahead of One Planet Summit in Paris Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017BHP defends climate positions and Paris support  Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017'We're losing the battle', Macron tells Paris climate talks |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
Each year, ozone-depleting compounds in the upper atmosphere destroy the protective ozone layer, and in particular above Antarctica. The ozone layer acts as Earth's sunscreen by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation from incoming sunlight that can cause skin cancer and damage plants, among other harmful effects to life on Earth.
While these different compounds each release either reactiv ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Space Mystery Solved by Student Satellite  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2017APL Monitoring Instrument Rides into Space  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 12, 2017NASA's CATS concludes successful mission on Space Station |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Geologists use zircon mineral grains to reconstruct what the Earth and its landscapes looked like in ancient times. These microscopic grains, commonly the width of a human hair, record detailed information on when and where they formed, making them a standard tool for studying how our planet has changed through the ages.
A new study led by The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School o ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017Half-billion-year-old microscopic animal fossils found in Greenland  Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 14, 2017How much can 252-million-year-old ecosystems tell us about modern Earth? A lot  Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2017Nuclear technology helps scientists study Australia's prehistoric ecosystems |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 19, 2017 
China, the world's biggest polluter, unveiled plans on Tuesday for a national carbon market likely to become the world's largest exchange for emissions credits.
Environmentalists praised the move as an important step in the battle against climate change as China burns more coal than any other country, giving it the ignominious title of top greenhouse gas emitter.
Although the long-delaye ... more Baoding, China (AFP) Dec 17, 2017China shivers as shift from coal to gas sputters  Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2017US void hard to miss at Paris climate summit  Paris (AFP) Dec 7, 2017To save climate, stop investing in fossil fuels: economists |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 
Before scientists can effectively capture and deploy fusion energy, they must learn to predict major disruptions that can halt fusion reactions and damage the walls of doughnut-shaped fusion devices called tokamaks. Timely prediction of disruptions, the sudden loss of control of the hot, charged plasma that fuels the reactions, will be vital to triggering steps to avoid or mitigate such large-sc ... more Houston TX (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Rules for superconductivity mirrored in 'excitonic insulator'  Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017New test procedure for developing quick-charging lithium-ion batteries  Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Lasers could soon trigger fusion energy, researchers predict |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 20, 2017 
When life gave one Chinese company giant panda poop, it decided to make paper - and profits.
The Qianwei Fengsheng Paper Company in southwest Sichuan province has teamed up with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda to recycle the animal's faeces and food debris into toilet paper, napkins and other household products, state media reported Wednesday.
The goods, s ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Scientists reveal rules for making ribs  Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017When physics gives evolution a leg up by breaking one  Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017Fossil shows ancient bear had a sweet tooth |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017  Thousands of spectators filled a stadium in China to watch 10 suspects be sentenced to death for crimes ranging from drug-dealing to homicide before they were taken away to be executed at the weekend.
An online video of the rare public trial, held in southern Guangdong province on Saturday, showed the handcuffed suspects paraded around a track by uniformed police officers as onlookers watche ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Three men jailed over Hong Kong explosives plot  Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Bustling Beijing migrant area turns into ghost town  Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Chinese dissident's widow sends desperate letter |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Another ten years - that is approximately how long sustainable forestry will be able to satisfy the continuously growing demand for wood. In Germany and Europe, new concepts are therefore being discussed for more responsible and efficient industrial use of the renewable, but still limited wood resources. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are using data from a European resea ... more New York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2017New maps show shrinking wilderness being ignored at our peril  New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 14, 2017African deforestation not as great as feared  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Forests are the key to fresh water |
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