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  Washington (UPI) Mar 29, 2018 Based on an extensive collection of lunar and terrestrial samples, researchers have determined that most of the water on Earth was already present at the time of the impact that created the moon. Scientists from the United States, Britain and France studied moon rocks brought back to Earth by astronauts on the six Apollo missions and volcanic rocks retrieved from the ocean floor by Earth-bound scientists. They published their findings Thursday in the journal Science Advances. "The resear ... read more |
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Scientists find 13,000-year-old footprints in CanadaWashington (UPI) Mar 29, 2018 Researchers have uncovered 29 human footprints from around 13,000 years ago off Canada's Pacific coast. ... more 
Parts of the Amazon thought uninhabited were home to a million peopleExeter UK (SPX) Mar 30, 2018 Parts of the Amazon previously thought to have been almost uninhabited were really home to thriving populations of up to a million people, new research shows. Archaeologists have uncovered evi ... more  
Powerful X-rays key to confirming water source deep below Earth's surfaceLemont, IL (SPX) Mar 30, 2018 A study published in Science last week relies on extremely bright X-ray beams from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory to confirm the pr ... more  
New interactive map shows climate change everywhere in worldCincinnati OH (SPX) Mar 30, 2018 What does Salt Lake City have in common with Tehran? More than you might think, if you're a climate scientist. University of Cincinnati geography professor Tomasz Stepinski created a new ... more |
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Sahara has grown 10% in 100 years, research findsWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2018 Africa's Sahara Desert has grown 10 percent in nearly 100 years, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Maryland. ... more 
New research shows how submarine groundwater affects coral reef growthHonolulu, Hawaii (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Groundwater that seeps into the coastal zone beneath the ocean's surface - termed submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) - is an important source of fresh water and nutrients to nearshore coral reefs ... more  
Palm trees are spreading northward - how far will they go?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 ... more 
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 |
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Research shows fertilization drives global lake emissions of greenhouse gasesDuluth MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 A paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first to show that lake size and nutrients drive how much greenhouse gases are emitted globally from lakes into t ... more  |
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Proba-1 spots Giza pyramids from spaceWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2018 As Proba-1 passed over Egypt earlier this year, its camera caught a glimpse of the Giza pyramids. The European Space Agency shared the bird's-eye view of the Giza pyramid complex on Wednesday. ... more  
Structure is decisive to algaeNuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Blue-green algae are one of the oldest organisms in the world and have an important role to play in many ecosystems on Earth. However, it has always been difficult to identify fossils as blue-green ... more 
Spiders, scorpions use leg genes to grow their headsWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 Arachnids don't need specialized genes to develop a head. According to a new study published this week in the journal PNAS, they simply use their leg genes. ... more 
Take a walk on New York's wild sideNew York (AFP) March 27, 2018 From coyotes in the Bronx to red foxes in Queens, raccoons in Manhattan, owls in Brooklyn and deer in Staten Island, wildlife roams the urban jungle of New York. ... more 
How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzeesDurham NC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Power. Ambition. Jealousy. According to a new study, the same things that fuel deadly clashes in humans can also tear apart chimpanzees, our closest animal relatives. In the early 1970s, prima ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 23, 2018 
When the end comes, ex-army signaller Daniel will calmly fire up the generator, flip on the water purifier, gather eggs from his chickens and watch in serene self-sufficiency as society tears itself apart.
"I'm preparing myself for risks, floods, earthquakes, avalanches or social breakdown," says the sixty-something father, hunter and self-styled survivor from the French Alps.
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 Paris (AFP) March 30, 2018  One place China's Earth-bound and out-of-control spacelab, Tiangong-1, will probably not hit on Sunday is the forlorn spot in the southern Pacific Ocean where it was supposed to crash.
Officially called an "ocean point of inaccessibility," this watery graveyard for titanium fuel tanks and other high-tech space debris is better known to space junkies as Point Nemo, in honour of Jules Verne's ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 28, 2018 
A new company from ESA's UK business incubator has developed an autonomous boat that is propelled by the waves and carries ocean sensors powered by solar energy.
Advances in ocean monitoring are improving our understanding of the seas and environment, including marine life, sea temperatures, pollution and weather. However, fuel, maintenance and manpower for research ships are costly, and s ... more |
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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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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
According to researchers at Aalto University, Finland, large-scale weather cycles, such as the one related to the El Nino phenomenon, affect two-thirds of the world's cropland. In these so called climate oscillations, air pressure, sea level temperature or other similar factors fluctuate regularly in areas far apart in a way that causes rain and temperature patterns to shift significantly.
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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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 Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2018 
Africa's Sahara Desert has grown 10 percent in nearly 100 years, according to a new study by scientists at the University of Maryland.
The Sahara, which is the world's largest warm-weather desert and roughly equal in size to the contiguous United States with 3.6 million square miles, has expanded by 11 percent to 18 percent depending on the season.
The study was published Thursda ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 30, 2018 
Parts of the Amazon previously thought to have been almost uninhabited were really home to thriving populations of up to a million people, new research shows.
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that there were hundreds of villages in the rainforest away from major rivers, and they were home to different communities speaking varied languages who had an impact on the environment around t ... more |
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 Kazan, Russia (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
Professor Aleksey Eliseev, Chief Research Associate at Kazan University's Near Space Research Lab, comments, "To find solutions for some tasks in climate research, we need calculations for hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years. Such tasks are, for example, ice age periodization. Another group of tasks that requires huge longitudinal calculations is climate forecasting, a type of researc ... 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 29, 2018 
Based on an extensive collection of lunar and terrestrial samples, researchers have determined that most of the water on Earth was already present at the time of the impact that created the moon.
Scientists from the United States, Britain and France studied moon rocks brought back to Earth by astronauts on the six Apollo missions and volcanic rocks retrieved from the ocean floor by Eart ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 30, 2018 
A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors - a key component of rechargeable batteries - could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, researchers say.
The new approach relies on understanding the way vibrations move through the crystal lattice of lithium ion conductors and cor ... more |
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 Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 
Mass extinctions throughout the history of the Earth have been well documented. Scientists believe that they occurred during a short period of time in geological terms. In a new study, palaeobiologists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) and their research partners have now shown that signs that the largest mass extinction event in the Earth's history was approaching becam ... 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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