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  Harpenden AL5 (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Unique soils data from long-term experiments, stretching back to the middle of the nineteenth century, confirm the practical implausibility of burying carbon in the ground to halt climate change, an option once heralded as a breakthrough. The findings come from an analysis of the rates of change of carbon in soil by scientists at Rothamsted Research where samples have been collected from fields since 1843. They are published in Global Change Biology. The idea of using crops to collect more a ... read more |
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Durable wood carbon sponge could enable wearable sensors, pollutant treatmentCollege Park MD (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 Engineers at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) have for the first time demonstrated that wood can be directly converted into a carbon sponge capable of enduring repeated compression and ... more 
Researchers use recycled carbon fiber to improve permeable pavementPullman WA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018 A Washington State University research team is solving a high-tech waste problem while addressing the environmental challenge of stormwater run-off. The researchers have shown they can greatly stren ... more  
Indonesia scrubbing the 'world's dirtiest river'Majalaya, Indonesia (AFP) March 2, 2018 The scabies on Indonesian rice farmer Yusuf Supriyadi's limbs are a daily reminder of the costs of living next to the "world's dirtiest river". ... more  
Fears of rising PNG death toll after region's 'worst quake in century'Sydney (AFP) March 4, 2018 At least 67 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated Papua New Guinea's remote highlands last week, the Red Cross said Monday, with thousands more homeless and without food and clean water. ... more |
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Beetles face extinction due to loss of old treesParis (AFP) March 5, 2018 Nearly a fifth of Europe's wood beetle species face extinction because the old, decaying trees they depend on have been cleared from forests, scientists warned Monday. ... more  
Trump hopefully will change his mind about climate: BloombergUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 5, 2018 Billionaire Michael Bloomberg said Monday he hopes President Donald Trump will change his mind about climate change, as he took on the role of UN special envoy for climate action. ... more 
Models show global warming could be limited to 1.5 degrees CelsiusWashington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 Scientists have developed new models to better understand how governments can work together to ensure global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. ... more  
Historic meeting lauds lifetime power for XiBeijing (AFP) March 5, 2018 Thousands of Chinese legislators erupted into enthusiastic applause on Monday over plans to give President Xi Jinping a lifetime mandate to mould the Asian giant into a global superpower. ... more 
US journalists fear China detained their familiesBeijing (AFP) March 5, 2018 When American journalist Gulchehra Hoja and her colleagues first began exposing a secretive network of reeducation centres in China's far west, they never imagined that their families might one day end up in one. ... more |
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Berlusconi's right-wing coalition ahead in Italy vote: exit pollsRome (AFP) March 4, 2018 Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing coalition was set to win the most votes but could fall short of a majority in Italy's election Sunday, with far-right and populist parties surging ahead, according to exit polls. ... more  |
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Soldier killed in Senegal's troubled Casamance regionDakar (AFP) March 4, 2018 A Senegalese soldier was killed Sunday and another wounded in a military operation targeting "criminal activities" by rebels in the country's southern Casamance region, the army said. ... more 
IS video of Niger attack highlights US troops' vulnerabilityWashington (AFP) March 5, 2018 A propaganda video released by the Islamic State group that apparently shows the deadly ambush of US troops in Niger raised fresh questions Monday as to the nature of the mission and why the soldiers had been left so vulnerable. ... more  
New Zealand summer heatwave sets all-time recordWellington (AFP) March 5, 2018 New Zealand has sweltered through its hottest summer on record and can expect more of the same if climate change continues unabated, the government's scientific agency said Tuesday. ... more
State of emergency declared in PNG after major quakeSydney (AFP) March 2, 2018 A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea's remote highlands after a major earthquake shook the region in what Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said was an "unprecedented disaster" for local communities. ... more  
At least 5 dead as storm brings wind, floods and snow to US NortheastNew York (AFP) March 3, 2018 At least five people were killed after a major winter storm pounded the US East Coast on Friday, with strong winds, heavy rain and snow disrupting thousands of flights and forcing the closure of federal government offices in Washington. ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 3, 2018 
The issues that come before the UN Security Council are the gravest to face any decision-making body - questions of war and peace, life and death.
But when world diplomats are building towards a weighty decision, almost any diplomatic tactic seems fair game, even sleight of hand.
All the envoys in endless daily meetings in the vast glass-walled tower on Turtle Bay, New York, would say ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2018 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2018
On Feb. 22, 2018, the signal from IMAGE began to break up and has been silent since Feb. 24. The team continues to assess what may be the issue, but it is known that this episode does not mimic the sudden silence that occurred in 2005 when contact was originally lost with the spacecraft. The team continues to make preparations to attempt to bring the attitude dete ... more |
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 Santiago (AFP) Feb 28, 2018 
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has unveiled protections for a huge oceanic area home to incredibly diverse marine life, in a move to boost her legacy two weeks before leaving power.
Bachelet signed Tuesday a law creating the Rapa Nui marine park around Easter Island and the southern town of Tortel, another around the Juan Fernandez Islands and a third around Chile's southernmost point, ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 2, 2018  A thriving "hotspot" of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, surprised scientists said Friday.
The first bird census of the Danger Islands unearthed over 750,000 Adelie breeding pairs, more than the rest of the area combined, the team reported in the journal Scientific Reports.
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 Longyearbyen (AFP) March 2, 2018 
Designed to withstand a nuclear missile hit, the world's biggest seed vault, nestled deep inside an Arctic mountain, is undergoing a makeover as rising temperatures melt the permafrost meant to protect it.
Dubbed the "Noah's Ark" of food crops, the Global Seed Vault is buried inside a former coal mine on Svalbard, a remote Arctic island in a Norwegian archipelago around 1,000 kilometres (650 ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 2, 2018 
A state of emergency has been declared in Papua New Guinea's remote highlands after a major earthquake shook the region in what Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said was an "unprecedented disaster" for local communities.
O'Neill said his government was working to restore services and provide aid to the affected Hela, Southern Highlands, Western and Enga provinces in the Pacific nation's mountain ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 5, 2018 
A propaganda video released by the Islamic State group that apparently shows the deadly ambush of US troops in Niger raised fresh questions Monday as to the nature of the mission and why the soldiers had been left so vulnerable.
The distressing video, distributed by a pro-IS news agency, includes graphic footage taken by a solder wearing a helmet camera.
It shows the chaos of the attac ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 1, 2018 
Scientists have discovered a pair of ancient tattoos on two 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies. They are the oldest figural tattoos yet found, pushing back the advent of tattooing in Africa some 1,000 years.
The body art was found on a pair of mummies in the collection of the British Museum. The male and female were embalmed and laid to rest sometime between 3351 and 3017 BC.
A depi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 
Scientists have developed new models to better understand how governments can work together to ensure global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100.
The different models consider a variety of political, socioeconomic and technological factors, including the impacts of economic inequality, energy demand and regional cooperation. The models considered five different so-called S ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Mar 05, 2018 
Using new data gathered from sites in southern Africa, University of Rochester researchers have extended their record of Earth's magnetic field back thousands of years to the first millennium.
The record provides historical context to help explain recent, ongoing changes in the magnetic field, most prominently in an area in the Southern Hemisphere known as the South Atlantic Anomaly.
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 Odense, Denmark (SPX) Mar 05, 2018 
Take a good look at these photos: They show you 1.6 billion years old fossilized oxygen bubbles, created by tiny microbes in what was once a shallow sea somewhere on young Earth.
The bubbles were photographed and analyzed by researchers studying early life on Earth.
Microbes are of special interest: They were not only the first life forms on Earth. They also turned our planet into a ... more |
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 San Juan (AFP) March 1, 2018 
Puerto Rico's power grid broke down again on Thursday, leaving some 800,000 customers without power, as the US Caribbean possession struggles to recover five months after Hurricane Maria slammed the island.
Justo Gonzalez, head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), said that one of the island's main transmission lines was out of service. Officials said the line should be fully ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2018 
Scientists have discovered a novel chemical state of the element manganese. This chemical state, first proposed about 90 years ago, enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery that could quickly and efficiently store and distribute energy produced by solar panels and wind turbines across the electrical grid.
This direct proof of a previously unconfirmed charge state in a mangan ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 5, 2018 
Scientists have observed a tropical hummingbird species, the black jacobin hummingbird, making an unusual cricket-like sound. According to new research, the high-frequency pitch is unrecognizable by other birds.
Researchers first heard the chirping will studying hummingbirds in the rainforests of eastern Brazil.
"We heard prominent high-pitch sounds that sounded perhaps like a cr ... more |
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 Rebkong County, China (AFP) March 4, 2018 
Despite a few elbows to the face, Tsering pushed through the broil of Tibetan worshippers and lifted her bawling two-year-old over the mad crush, briefly pressing the girl's forehead to a passing sacred scroll.
Scores of monks and men heaved the enormous thangka - an image of Buddha painted on silk, rolled up in a tight cylinder while in transit - through the packed streets around Rongwo M ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 5, 2018 
Nearly a fifth of Europe's wood beetle species face extinction because the old, decaying trees they depend on have been cleared from forests, scientists warned Monday.
Many saproxylic - literally, "dead wood" - beetles could disappear if remaining old-growth trees are not allowed to decline naturally, according to a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which ... more |
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