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  New York NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 What does it take for palm trees, the unofficial trademark of tropical landscapes, to expand into northern parts of the world that have long been too cold for palm trees to survive? A new study, led by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory researcher Tammo Reichgelt, attempts to answer this question. He and his colleagues analyzed a broad dataset to determine global palm tree distribution in relation to temperature. "In our paper, we draw a fully quantitative line in the sand and ask, 'How cold is too ... read more |
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Smithsonian researchers name new ocean zone: The rariphoticWashington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 Based on the unique fish fauna observed from a manned submersible on a southern Caribbean reef system in Curacao, Smithsonian explorers defined a new ocean-life zone, the rariphotic, between 130 and ... more  
Silk Road nomads were the original foodiesWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 New research suggests nomadic populations in Medieval Central Asia, between the 2nd and 16th centuries AD, ate more dynamic diets than sedentary Silk Road populations. ... more  
Taking the Pulse of Greenhouse GasesHampton VA (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 It can happen in a flash - airborne science, that is. Two hundred microseconds, to be exact. With lasers shot from the belly of a King Air B200 aircraft. That's right, scientists are sho ... more 
Sentinel-3B launch preparations in full swingPlesetsk, Russia (ESA) Mar 26, 2018 With the Sentinel-3B satellite now at the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and liftoff set for 25 April, engineers are steaming ahead with the task of getting Europe's next Copernicus satellite ready ... more |
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UK plans plastic bottle charge to tackle pollutionLondon (AFP) March 27, 2018 Britain on Wednesday announced plans for consumers to pay a deposit on plastic bottles as part of a broader push to tackle pollution. ... more  
Canada to miss 2020 climate target: auditOttawa (AFP) March 27, 2018 Canada will likely miss a 2020 interim carbon emissions reduction target and will need to take strong measures if it further hopes to meet its Paris agreement commitment, said an audit released Tuesday. ... more 
Agriculture initiated by indigenous peoples, not Fertile Crescent migrationLiverpool UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 Small scale agricultural farming was first initiated by indigenous communities living on Turkey's Anatolian plateau, and not introduced by migrant farmers as previously thought, according to new res ... more 
Breakthrough in battle against rice blastExeter UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of the world's rice crop each year. An international team led by the University of Exeter showed ... more  
Haiti installs leaders of reborn armyPort-Au-Prince (AFP) March 28, 2018 Haitian President Jovenel Moise on Tuesday installed the leaders of his country's army, a symbolic step in the impoverished Caribbean country's reformation of a military demobilized 23 years ago after decades of coups and political interference. ... more |
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Former Supreme Court justice backs repealing Second AmendmentWashington (AFP) March 27, 2018 A former justice of the US Supreme Court - guardian of the country's Constitution - appealed on Tuesday for the repeal of the Second Amendment right to bear arms. ... more  |
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UN strengthens role of DR Congo mission in electionsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 27, 2018 The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously backed a resolution that tasks the peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo with helping to prepare elections and avoid deadly violence. ... more 
Mali's PM tackles terrorism, farmer-herder clashesBandiagara, Mali (AFP) March 26, 2018 Mali's prime minister promised the creation of specialist anti-terrorism prosecutors on Monday on a visit to the country's restive centre, along with a disarmament campaign for militias operating in the area. ... more  
Vatican-affiliated Chinese bishop arrested: reportVatican City (AFP) March 27, 2018 A Chinese bishop recognised by the Vatican has been arrested in his diocese just as Beijing and the Holy See are set to confirm a historic agreement on the appointment of bishops, a Vatican-linked website reported. ... more  
Arctic Wintertime Sea Ice Extent Is Among Lowest On RecordGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Sea ice in the Arctic grew to its annual maximum extent last week, and joined 2015, 2016 and 2017 as the four lowest maximum extents on record, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National ... more 
Team discovers a significant role for nitrate in the Arctic landscapeWoods Hole MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Nitrogen, an essential plant nutrient, is most readily absorbed by plants in its ammonium and nitrate forms. Because of the very low nitrate levels found in arctic tundra soil, scientists had assume ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A former justice of the US Supreme Court - guardian of the country's Constitution - appealed on Tuesday for the repeal of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
John Paul Stevens made the call in an op-ed in The New York Times three days after the "March for Our Lives," nationwide protests that were the largest in support of gun control for nearly two decades.
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
Researchers have now demonstrated the ability to create amorphous metal, or metallic glass, alloys using three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology, opening the door to a variety of applications - such as more efficient electric motors, better wear-resistant materials, higher strength materials, and lighter weight structures.
"Metallic glasses lack the crystalline structures of most metal ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An ultra-fine biodegradable film some 50,000 times thinner than a human hair could be enlisted to protect the Great Barrier Reef from environmental degradation, researchers said Tuesday.
The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists each year, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
An unusual hole in the sea ice cover over the Arctic Ocean and unexplored areas of the bedrock beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet are among the targets for this year's mapping of Arctic ice conditions by NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne mission.
On March 22, NASA completed the first IceBridge flight of its spring Arctic campaign with a survey of sea ice north of Greenland. This year marks ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of the world's rice crop each year.
An international team led by the University of Exeter showed that chemical genetic inhibition of a single protein in the fungus stops it spreading inside a rice leaf - leaving it trapped within a single plant cell.
The finding is a breakthrough in terms o ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) March 25, 2018  A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, according to seismic monitoring organisations.
The quake struck deep at some 171 kilometres (106 miles) below the earth's surface in the Banda Sea, the US Geological Survey said.
A tsunami alert was initially triggered by the Indian Ocean Tsunami ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) March 25, 2018  Canada aims to deploy peacekeepers backed by helicopters to join UN Blue Helmets in Mali in August, the country's defense minister said on Sunday.
A date had not previously been set by Ottawa, which announced last week that it would send an infantry unit and military trainers along with helicopters to the west African country for 12 months to support an ongoing UN peacekeeping mission (MINUS ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Mar 26, 2018 
Around 7,600 years ago, the emergence of agricultural settlements in Southeastern Europe and subsequent progress of civilization suddenly came to a standstill. This was most likely caused by an abrupt sea level rise in the northern Aegean Sea.
Researchers of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, the Goethe University in Frankfurt and the University of Toronto have now d ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) March 27, 2018 
Canada will likely miss a 2020 interim carbon emissions reduction target and will need to take strong measures if it further hopes to meet its Paris agreement commitment, said an audit released Tuesday.
Canada had set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming by 17 percent by 2020, from 2005 levels, and by 30 percent by 2030.
But Environment Commissioner Juli ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2018 
Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth's atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare observation by an ESA astronaut gave a boost to the science community. A European detector will take on the challenge of hunting for thunderstorms from space next week.
As he flew over India at 28 800 km/h on the Int ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018  Some 200 million years ago, what's now Connecticut was home to a massive-mouthed reptile. According to new research published in the journal Nature Communications, the jaws of Colobops noviportensis were much larger than those of other reptiles from the Triassic.
Even compared to today's diversity of reptiles, the ancient lizard-like species boasted an impressively large bite - especia ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 22, 2018 
World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend to support the fight against climate change and highlight the dangers mankind poses to nature.
The 11th edition of Earth Hour, an annual bid to raise awareness about climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, will see iconic structures cut the lights at a time when global temperatures are the hig ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Extraordinary things happen at low temperatures. One of the best examples is surely superconductivity. This phenomenon, wherein the electrical resistance of a solid drops to zero below a critical temperature, has been known for a century, and now has applications in science and industry. Physics and chemistry students can even make their own levitating magnets from superconducting alloys.
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 
Scientists at Rice University are trying to measure the impact of Hurricane Harvey on fire ant populations, an invasive species common throughout the South.
Previous studies suggest invasive species take over and thrive in damaged ecosystems. Hurricane Harvey offered ecologists another chance to test the theory.
"Hurricane Harvey was, among other things, a grand ecological experi ... more |
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 Vatican City (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A Chinese bishop recognised by the Vatican has been arrested in his diocese just as Beijing and the Holy See are set to confirm a historic agreement on the appointment of bishops, a Vatican-linked website reported.
AsiaNews, run by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions - a missionary society recognised by the Vatican - wrote on Tuesday that Vincent Guo Xijin, bishop of the diocese ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Nature is rife with symbiotic relationships, some of which take place out of sight, like the rich underground exchange of nutrients that occurs between trees and soil fungi.
But what happens in the dark may have profound implications above ground, too: A major new study reveals that soil fungi could play a significant role in the ability of forests to adapt to environmental change.
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