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  Lawrence KS (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 In the Mackenzie Mountains of Canada, University of Kansas researcher Julien Kimmig has uncovered details of the Cambrian food web on an ocean floor that once played home to a scattering of bivalved arthropods, hyoliths and trilobites. The 500-million-year-old poop of a primordial, predatory sea worm tells their story. A new paper appearing in the journal Palaios results from fieldwork Kimmig and co-author Brian Pratt of the University of Saskatchewan performed in a mountain layer of "greeni ... read more |
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Chile raises alert over eruption threat at the Chillan volcanoChillan, Chile (AFP) April 7, 2018 A column of white smoke and a string of tremors at the Nevados de Chillan have prompted officials to raise the level of alert ahead of a possible eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in Chile. ... more  
Philippine tourist island in chaos as shutdown loomsManila (AFP) April 6, 2018 The Philippine tourism industry scrambled Friday to manage the fallout from the temporary shutdown of its world-famous Boracay island, which threw into chaos trips planned by hundreds of thousands of tourists. ... more 
Hundreds take shelter as Fiji braces for another cycloneWellington (AFP) April 7, 2018 Hundreds of people were sheltering in evacuation centres as another tropical storm took aim at Fiji, officials said Saturday, as the South Pacific island nation went on high alert. ... more 
Five injured after quake hits JapanTokyo (AFP) April 9, 2018 A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early Monday, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. ... more |
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Bolivia's jaguars facing threat from Chinese fang crazeLa Paz (AFP) April 6, 2018 Bolivia's once-thriving jaguar population is loping into the cross-hairs of a growing threat from poachers responding to growing Chinese demand for the animal's teeth and skull. ... more  
Bonobos share and share alikeWashington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behaviour was observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is documented in a new study in Springer's jou ... more  
New study shows vegetation controls the future of the water cycleNew York NY (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 Predicting how increasing atmospheric CO2 will affect the hydrologic cycle, from extreme weather forecasts to long-term projections on agriculture and water resources, is critical both to daily life ... more 
Prince Charles backs 'blue economy' to save Barrier ReefSydney (AFP) April 6, 2018 Prince Charles has called for a "blue economy" to promote the sustainable use of ocean resources and save Australia's Great Barrier Reef, as he visits the World Heritage-listed ecosystem Friday. ... more 
India's eco warriors who sent Bollywood's Khan to jailNew Delhi (AFP) April 8, 2018 In the movies Salman Khan always wins. But offscreen, the Bollywood tough guy hero may have met his match in a 530-year-old Hindu sect that puts animals above humans - especially superstars. ... more |
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BlackRock to exclude Walmart from some new funds over gunsNew York (AFP) April 5, 2018 BlackRock will block Walmart and other large retailers that sell guns from some investment vehicles in response to rising demand from socially minded clients, the giant asset manager announced Thursday. ... more  |
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Mali prisoner killings decried as 'summary executions'Bamako (AFP) April 8, 2018 Fourteen suspected jihadists killed during an alleged escape attempt by Mali troops were "summarily executed," community leaders told AFP Sunday. ... more 
Benin, Niger back Chinese involvement in mega rail projectNiamey (AFP) April 7, 2018 The leaders of Benin and Niger have given their backing to Chinese involvement in a controversial major rail infrastructure project set to span several countries. ... more  
Algae, impurities darken Greenland ice sheet and intensify meltingWashington DC (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 The Dark Zone of Greenland ice sheet is a large continuous region on the western flank of the ice sheet; it is some 400 kilometers wide stretching about 100 kilometres up from the margin of the ice. ... more  
Draining peatlands gives global rise to laughing-gas emissionsBirmingham UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 Drained fertile peatlands around the globe are hotspots for the atmospheric emission of laughing-gas - a powerful greenhouse gas called nitrous oxide, which is partly responsible for global warming ... more 
Inner ear provides clues to human dispersalZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 The early migration of humans out of Africa and across the world can be proven using genetic and morphological analyses. However, morphological data from the skull and skeleton often only allow limi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2018  US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would send thousands of National Guard troops to the southern border, amid a widening spat with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto.
The anti-immigration president said the National Guard deployment would range from 2,000 to 4,000 troops, and he would "probably" keep many personnel on the border until his wall is built - spelling out a le ... more |
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 Cincinnati OH (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 
As humans continue to explore space, their spacecraft require newer technologies. Often, these new technologies generate more heat, which can be a problem if the structures can't withstand it. Mohammed Ababneh, PhD, thinks he has found the solution for managing these higher temperatures.
Ababneh, a research development engineer at Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) and a graduate of ... more |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
The underwater environment may appear to the human eye as a dull-blue, featureless space. However, a vast landscape of polarization patterns appear when viewed through a camera that is designed to see the world through the eyes of many of the animals that inhabit the water.
University of Illinois researchers have developed an underwater GPS method by using polarization information collecte ... more |
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 Boulder BO (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 
A range of less than one degree Fahrenheit (or half a degree Celsius) of climate warming over the next century could make all the difference when it comes to the probability of future ice-free summers in the Arctic, new University of Colorado Boulder research shows.
The findings, which were published in the journal Nature Climate Change, show that limiting warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit ... more |
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 Skun, Cambodia (AFP) April 6, 2018 
While a plate piled high with hairy, palm-sized tarantulas is the stuff of nightmares for some, these garlic fried spiders are a coveted treat in Cambodia, where the only fear is that they may soon vanish due to deforestation and unchecked hunting.
Taking a bite out of the plump arachnids has become a popular photo-op for squealing tourists who pass through Skun, the central Cambodian town n ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) April 7, 2018 
Hundreds of people were sheltering in evacuation centres as another tropical storm took aim at Fiji, officials said Saturday, as the South Pacific island nation went on high alert.
The storm was brewing east of Vanuatu and was expected to strengthen as it neared Fiji early next week.
"The concern for the weekend is strong winds, heavy rain, flooding of low lying areas and rivers," the Fi ... more |
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 Accra (AFP) April 5, 2018 
Ghana will not sign an agreement with Washington to set up a military base, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Thursday.
The president confirmed in a television address that the two countries would ink a defence cooperation agreement, but was emphatic that "Ghana has not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America".
His comments come after h ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 
Bonobos are willing to share meat with animals outside their own family groups. This behaviour was observed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is documented in a new study in Springer's journal Human Nature. Even though bonobo apes have been studied for years, animal behaviourists have only realised in the past 25 years that these primates do not only eat plants, but similar to the comm ... more |
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 Berkeley UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 
Scientists have directly measured the increasing greenhouse effect of methane at the Earth's surface for the first time. A research team from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) tracked a rise in the warming effect of methane - one of the most important greenhouse gases for the Earth's atmosphere - over a 10-year period at a DOE field observation ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 
A 314-kilogram heavy observatory launched to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center is a culmination of almost 20 years of work by a Danish research team that cost close to $50 million. The project is expected to shed light on climate change and propel Denmark to a top slot in space exploration.
The Asim Space Observatory has been successfully launched into space and ... more |
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 Lawrence KS (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 
In the Mackenzie Mountains of Canada, University of Kansas researcher Julien Kimmig has uncovered details of the Cambrian food web on an ocean floor that once played home to a scattering of bivalved arthropods, hyoliths and trilobites.
The 500-million-year-old poop of a primordial, predatory sea worm tells their story.
A new paper appearing in the journal Palaios results from fieldwo ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 2, 2018  The Trump administration rolled back Obama-era pollution and fuel efficiency rules for cars and light trucks on Monday, saying they were too stringent.
The decision by President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency means the emission standards for vehicles in the 2022-2025 model years will be revised, as sought by automakers.
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 Logan UT (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
Utah State University chemists' efforts to develop alternative battery technology solutions are advancing and recent findings are highlighted in a renowned, international chemistry journal.
Tianbiao Liu, assistant professor in USU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and his team reported a new molecular design for aqueous organic redox flow batteries, known as AORFBs, in the Jan. 2 ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
Species that live in symbiosis with others, which often occur in the most delicately balanced and threatened marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, are the slowest to recover their diversity if damaged, according to a team of UK scientists.
The researchers, from the University of York, the University of Bath and Oxford University Museum of Natural History have published a study in Communic ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2018 
The wife of a detained Chinese human rights lawyer who has embarked on a 100-kilometre (60-mile) march to highlight his plight said Thursday she did not even know if he was still alive.
Attorney Wang Quanzhang, who defended political activists and victims of land seizures, has had no contact with the outside world since he disappeared in a 2015 police sweep aimed at courtroom critics of Comm ... more |
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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 ... more |
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