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  Washington (UPI) Apr 9, 2018 Over the last two centuries, Antarctica has experienced a 10 percent increase in snowfall, according to new analysis of Antarctic ice cores. Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey determined the southern continent accumulated 272 gigatons of water - in the form of snow - over the last 200 years. Ice core scientist Liz Thomas is set to present the findings of the recent ice core survey at this week's European Geosciences Union in Vienna, Austria. The findings could alter sea level ... read more |
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KAIST discloses the formation of burning ice in oceanic clay rich sedimentSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 A KAIST research team has identified the formation of natural gas hydrates, so-called flammable ice, formed in oceans. Professor Tae-Hyuk Kwon from the Department of Civil and Environmental En ... more  
New source of global nitrogen discovered: Earth's bedrockWashington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 For centuries, the thinking has been that all the nitrogen available for plant growth worldwide comes from the atmosphere. But a new study by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers at ... more  
First human migration out of Africa much more geographically widespreadMunich, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 A project led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has discovered a fossilized finger bone of an early modern human in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia, dating to approximate ... more  
Brewing up Earth's earliest lifeBoston MA (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 Around 4 billion years ago, Earth was an inhospitable place, devoid of oxygen, bursting with volcanic eruptions, and bombarded by asteroids, with no signs of life in even the simplest forms. But som ... more |
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New technique more accurately reflects ponds on Arctic sea iceChicago IL (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 This one simple mathematical trick can accurately predict the shape and melting effects of ponds on Arctic sea ice, according to new research by UChicago scientists. The study, published April ... more  
New pair of elephant twins welcomed to Tanzania parkWashington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 A rare pair of twin calves recently joined their mother's herd in Tanzania's Tarangire National Park. ... more 
'Wiggling and jiggling': Study explains how organisms evolve to live at different temperaturesBristol UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 The brilliant physicist Richard Feynman famously said that, in principle, biology can be explained by understanding the wiggling and jiggling of atoms. For the first time, new research from the Univ ... more 
Bacteria eats greenhouse gas with a side of proteinEvanston IL (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 With the ability to leech heavy metals from the environment and digest a potent greenhouse gas, methanotrophic bacteria pull double duty when it comes to cleaning up the environment. But befor ... more 
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to 'electric bacteria'Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2018 Could a unique bacterium be nature's microscopic power plant? Scientist Moh El-Naggar and his team think it's possible. They work with the Shewanella oneidensis species of bacteria, one of a group o ... more |
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UN troops attacked in C.African capital after security sweepBangui, Central African Republic (AFP) April 9, 2018 United Nations troops came under attack overnight in the heart of the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), a UN spokesman said Monday. ... more  |
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Five park rangers, driver killed in DR Congo's Virunga wildlife sanctuaryGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 9, 2018 Five rangers and a driver were killed on Monday in an ambush in the Virunga National Park, the Democratic Republic of Congo's famed haven for gorillas and other endangered species, the park said. ... more  
Wind topples giant statue of China's first emperorBeijing (AFP) April 9, 2018 A strong gale-force wind has toppled a giant statue of China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang and flattened its face at a popular tourist site in eastern Shandong province. ... more 
As eSports grow, China teams make themselves at homeHangzhou, China (AFP) April 5, 2018 Tucked away in a nondescript furniture mall, LGD Gaming's multimillion-dollar eSports home venue may not bring to mind Old Trafford or Yankee Stadium, but it could represent the future of sport. ... more  
Ancient sea worm eats, poops and leaves behind evidence of Cambrian biodiversityLawrence 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 ... more  
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 |
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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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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 
Humanity has grown accustomed to autonomous cleaning robots since the Roomba's debut in 2002. Now, we might have an upgrade: scientists have sent a prototype satellite equipped with a net and harpoon to the International Space Station to be tested. If successful, RemoveDEBRIS will lead to technology that will clean up Earth's space junk for us.
It's been 61 years since the first launch of ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
Marine animals such as mantis shrimp and squid have inspired a new mode of underwater navigation that allows for greater accuracy.
University of Queensland Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists are part of a group of researchers who have developed the technique using imaging equipment that was sensitive to polarising light.
The researchers built polarisation sensors that were a ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
On rare calm days, the most striking thing you notice at an altitude of more than 8,000 feet on an Antarctic glacier is the silence. "There was just no sound; no air handling equipment, no leaves rustling, no bugs, no planes or cars. So quiet you just heard your heartbeat," said Barbara Cohen, planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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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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 Niamey (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.
"We have taken stock of the railway issue (and) we tried to see which measures could be taken to move forward," the Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou told reporters in Niamey alongside his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon.
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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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 East Boothbay ME (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences researchers have developed a statistical method to quantify important ocean measurements from satellite data, publishing their findings in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles. The study was made available online in December 2017, ahead of publication in January 2018.
Their research remedies a problem that has plagued scientists for decades: ocean- ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
By studying liverworts - which diverged from other land plants early in the history of plant evolution - researchers from the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge have found that the relationship between plants and filamentous microbes not only dates back millions of years, but that modern plants have maintained this ancient mechanism to accommodate and respond to microbial invade ... 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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 Golden CO (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 
Scientists at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered a new approach for developing a rechargeable non-aqueous magnesium-metal battery.
A proof-of-concept paper published in Nature Chemistry detailed how the scientists pioneered a method to enable the reversible chemistry of magnesium metal in the noncorrosive carbonate-based electrolytes and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 
A rare pair of twin calves recently joined their mother's herd in Tanzania's Tarangire National Park.
Conservationists and researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society documented the twins as they joined Eloise, their mom, and her friends and relatives.
Researchers believe fewer than 1 percent of elephant births yield twins. What's more, Eloise is estimated to be 57 years o ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 9, 2018 
A strong gale-force wind has toppled a giant statue of China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang and flattened its face at a popular tourist site in eastern Shandong province.
The 19-meter (62-foot) bronze replica of the monarch - who was the first to unify warring factions in China and established the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) - was blown out of its pedestal on Friday.
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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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