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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Last year was a record-breaking one for Operation IceBridge, NASA's aerial survey of the state of polar ice. For the first time in its nine-year history, the mission, which aims to close the gap between two NASA satellite campaigns that study changes in the height of polar ice, carried out seven field campaigns in the Arctic and Antarctic in a single year. In total, the IceBridge scientists and instruments flew over 214,000 miles, the equivalent of orbiting the Earth 8.6 times at the equator. "A b ... read more |
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Farewell to a Pioneering Pollution SensorPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2018 On Jan. 31, NASA ended the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer's (TES) almost 14-year career of discovery. Launched in 2004 on NASA's Aura spacecraft, TES was the first instrument designed to monitor ... more 
Polar vortex defies climate change in the SoutheastHanover NH (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Overwhelming scientific evidence has demonstrated that our planet is getting warmer due to climate change, yet parts of the eastern U.S. are actually getting cooler. According to a Dartmouth-led stu ... more  
Indonesia Sumatran elephant found dead from suspected gunshotsJakarta (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 An elephant from the critically endangered Sumatran species has been found dead inside an Indonesian national park with what appear to be bullet wounds, the environment ministry said Wednesday. ... more  
A theory of physics explains the fragmentation of tropical forestsLeipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Tropical forests around the world play a key role in the global carbon cycle and harbour more than half of the species worldwide. However, increases in land use during the past decades caused unprec ... more |
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Extreme weather to rise even if Paris goals are met: studyMiami (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 The risk of extreme weather such as heat waves, floods and drought will rise significantly even if the commitments in the 2015 Paris climate accord are met, a study warned on Wednesday. ... more  
New model for evaluating rangeland systems launchesFort Collins CO (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Rangelands are the dominant land type across the planet and millions of people rely on the natural goods and services and food security the lands provide. A recently released model, G-Range, allows ... more 
Cover crops in nitrogen's circle of lifeWashington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 A circle of life-and nitrogen-is playing out in farms across the United States. And researchers are trying to get the timing right. Some cover crops, such as hairy vetch or cereal rye, are not ... more 
Intensive agriculture influences US regional summer climate, study findsBoston MA (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Scientists agree that changes in land use such as deforestation, and not just greenhouse gas emissions, can play a significant role altering the world's climate systems. Now, a new study by research ... more 
App delivery boom shakes up China food sectorShanghai (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 Guo Bonan has opened several new branches of his "8Peppers" spicy Sichuan-style restaurants across Shanghai since last year, and not one has a dining room. ... more |
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Why the seafloor starts movingKiel, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 8150 years ago, a 10-20 meter high tsunami overran northern Europe. The Shetland Islands and the coast of Norway were hit particularly hard. The cause ofthe tsunami was the Storegga landslide, 300-2 ... more  |
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Aid reaches cyclone-hit Tonga as storm passes FijiNuku'Alofa, Tonga (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 International aid began trickling in on Wednesday to areas of Tonga devastated by Cyclone Gita, as Fiji escaped the worst of the storm's fury. ... more  
21 dolphins die after washing up on Mexico beachLa Paz, Mexico (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 Twenty-one dolphins that were apparently attacked by another species of dolphin have died after washing up on a beach in northern Mexico, authorities said. ... more  
Lithuanian researchers: Wastewater treatment plants could generate electricityKaunas, Lithuania (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania are working on improving the efficiency of microbial fuel cells (MFC) by using modified graphite felt. Primary results show that the n ... more 
ESA Cluster mission unveils the magnetosphereParis (ESA) Feb 13, 2018 As inhabitants of the third rock from the Sun, we have a vested interest in understanding our home planet and its environment. Among the flotilla of spacecraft that have been sent to investigate Ear ... more 
Landsat 8 marks five years in orbitGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 In its five years in space, the Landsat 8 Earth-observing satellite has racked up some impressive statistics: 26,500 orbits around the planet, 1.1 million "scenes" captured, a motherlode of images t ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 
A Tokyo court has ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay $10 million in fresh damages to residents who fled their homes after the disaster, the plaintiffs' attorney said Thursday.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) was instructed to pay a total of 1.1 billion yen to 318 former residents of the Odaka district in Fukushima, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the pl ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 
An off-the-wall new study by Brown University researchers shows that terahertz frequency data links can bounce around a room without dropping too much data. The results are good news for the feasibility of future terahertz wireless data networks, which have the potential to carry many times more data than current networks.
Today's cellular networks and Wi-Fi systems rely on microwave radia ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
Mozambique authorities on Wednesday introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought.
The city is cutting the water supply to consumers to just 40 percent of normal levels, Casimiro Abreu, deputy director of the National Emergency Centre said in a statement.
About 1.3 million people in Maputo and its surroundings are affected by th ... more |
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 Hanover NH (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Overwhelming scientific evidence has demonstrated that our planet is getting warmer due to climate change, yet parts of the eastern U.S. are actually getting cooler. According to a Dartmouth-led study in Geophysical Research Letters, the location of this anomaly, known as the "U.S. warming hole," is a moving target.
During the winter and spring, the U.S. warming hole sits over the Southeast, ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Scientists agree that changes in land use such as deforestation, and not just greenhouse gas emissions, can play a significant role altering the world's climate systems. Now, a new study by researchers at MIT and Dartmouth College reveals how another type of land use, intensive agriculture, can impact regional climate.
The researchers show that in the last half of the 20th century, the mid ... more |
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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
8150 years ago, a 10-20 meter high tsunami overran northern Europe. The Shetland Islands and the coast of Norway were hit particularly hard. The cause ofthe tsunami was the Storegga landslide, 300-2000 meters below sea level. Submarine landslides are often much larger than landslides onshore. The Storegga landslide affected an area larger than Scotland and the material today covers hundreds of k ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) Feb 9, 2018  The Cameroonian army on Friday denied its troops were responsible for alleged atrocities against separatists in English-speaking regions after unverified footage apparently involving soldiers was posted online.
"These accusations of atrocities are dreamt up. We are victims of disinformation and fake news," army spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck told AFP, just days after the appearance of the ... more |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 
As is true in humans, chimpanzees' general intelligence is correlated to their ability to exert self-control and delay gratification, according to new research at Georgia State University.
The research finding relates back to the famous "marshmallow test," an experiment originally performed at Stanford University in the 1960s. In the test, children are given the choice of taking a small, i ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2018  The top US intelligence official issued a warning on Tuesday about the dangers of climate change in testimony that was seemingly at odds with the skepticism of President Donald Trump and other members of his administration.
"The impacts of the long-term trends toward a warming climate, more air pollution, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity are likely to fuel economic and social discontent ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 13, 2018 
As inhabitants of the third rock from the Sun, we have a vested interest in understanding our home planet and its environment. Among the flotilla of spacecraft that have been sent to investigate Earth from space are the four spacecraft of the Cluster mission. Since 2000, they have been tirelessly gathering vital data about the magnetic environment around our planet and, in the process, about one ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
The discovery of penicillin about 90 years ago and the widespread introduction of antibiotics to combat infectious diseases have revolutionized human medicine. However, in recent decades, the increase in multidrug-resistant pathogens has confronted modern medicine with massive problems. Insects have their own antibiotics, which provide natural protection against germs.
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 
Putting the Paris climate agreement into practice will trigger opposed reactions by investors on the one hand and fossil fuel owners on the other hand. It has been feared that the anticipation of strong CO2 reduction policies might - a 'green paradox' - drive up these emissions: before the regulations kick in, fossil fuel owners might accelerate their resource extraction to maximize profits.
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Feb 12, 2018  Researchers from Clemson's Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) are one step closer to wirelessly powering the world using triboelectricity - a green energy source.
In March 2017, a group of physicists at CNI invented the ultra-simple triboelectric nanogenerator, or U-TENG - a small device made simply of plastic and tape that generates electricity from motion and vibrations. When the two material ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
An elephant from the critically endangered Sumatran species has been found dead inside an Indonesian national park with what appear to be bullet wounds, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
The female elephant was discovered in Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park on Monday.
Her trunk was broken off and she had five holes resembling gunshot wounds on the right side of her body, it sai ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 
China's former internet czar, who oversaw a tightening of online censorship during his tenure, has been expelled from the Communist Party for taking bribes, the top graft watchdog said Tuesday.
More than 20 allegations against Lu Wei, ranging from serious crimes to criticisms of his character, were listed on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which announced the ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Tropical forests around the world play a key role in the global carbon cycle and harbour more than half of the species worldwide. However, increases in land use during the past decades caused unprecedented losses of tropical forest. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have adapted a method from physics to mathematically describe the fragmentation of tropical fores ... more |
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