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  Konnos Bay, Cyprus (AFP) April 11, 2018 Equipped with harpoons and waterproof notebooks, Louis, Carlos and Antonis dive deep into the crystal clear waters of Konnos Bay in Cyprus on a mission to capture predatory lionfish. After colonising parts of the Atlantic on the east coast of the United States and the Caribbean, lionfish are now invading the Mediterranean. After two dives, the marine biologists from the Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre surface with nearly 20 brown-and-white striped specimens. Armed with venomous d ... read more |
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Swamp microbe has pollution-munching powerPrinceton NJ (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 Sewage treatment may be an unglamorous job, but bacteria are happy to do it. Sewage plants rely on bacteria to remove environmental toxins from waste so that the processed water can be safely discha ... more  
Newly discovered salty subglacial lakes could help search for life in solar systemAustin TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 Researchers from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have helped discover the first subglacial lakes ever found in the Canadian High Arctic. The two new lakes are a potenti ... more 
Cactus roots inspire creation of water-retaining materialWashington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 During rare desert rainfalls, cacti waste no time sopping up and storing a storm's precious precipitation. Inspired by this natural phenomenon, scientists report in a study appearing ACS Macro Lette ... more 
Reconstruction of major North Atlantic circulation system shows weakeningBoston MA (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have affected one of the global ocean's major circulation systems, slowing the redistribution of heat in the North Atlantic Ocean. The resulting cha ... more |
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Popularity of tigers, lions, bears could be their downfall: studyTampa (AFP) April 12, 2018 Iconic animals like elephants, tigers, lions and panda bears are everywhere in movies, books and toystores. But their wide pop culture presence skews public perception of how endangered these animals really are, researchers said Thursday. ... more 
French startup Plume out to crowd-source air qualityVancouver (AFP) April 11, 2018 French startup Plume Labs is out to let people breath easier, whether preparing for a marathon or just bicycling to work. ... more  
October trial set for US kids' climate change lawsuitWashington, United States (AFP) April 12, 2018 A trial date has been set for October 29 in the case of nearly two dozen US youths suing the US government for failing to protect public resources by burning fossil fuels. ... more  
Formation of Giant's Causeway, Devils Postpile explained in new studyWashington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 Scientists have identified the temperature at which cooling magma breaks into the geometric columns that form Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and Devils Postpile in California. ... more  
UN Security Council to visit Myanmar, Bangladesh, IraqUnited Nations, United States (AFP) April 12, 2018 The United Nations Security Council will travel to Myanmar and Bangladesh this month to see first-hand the impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis, and to Iraq ahead of elections. ... more |
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One killed as landslide engulfs houses in JapanTokyo (AFP) April 11, 2018 A man has been found dead and several people are missing after a landslide engulfed houses in southern Japan on Wednesday, local officials said. ... more  |
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Bank of America takes a stance on assault weapons Washington, United States (AFP) April 11, 2018 Bank of America will stop providing services to semi-automatic weapon manufacturers, a move that follows similar steps by other companies in recent weeks. ... more  
Top China news app self-criticises after government crackdownShanghai (AFP) April 11, 2018 One of China's most popular news apps issued an abject apology Wednesday and pledged to increase its internal censorship staff to 10,000 after it and three other apps were temporarily banned by the government in a widening content crackdown. ... more 
Former China Politburo member pleads guilty to briberyTianjin, China (AFP) April 12, 2018 A former top Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a leadership post pleaded guilty to accepting millions in bribes at his trial Thursday, the latest senior cadre to fall in President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption crusade. ... more  
Swarm tracks elusive ocean magnetismParis (ESA) Apr 12, 2018 The magnetic field is arguably one of the most mysterious features of our planet. ESA's Swarm mission is continually yielding more insight into how our protective shield is generated, how it behaves ... more  
US approves artificial-intelligence device for diabetic eye problemsWashington, United States (AFP) April 12, 2018 US regulators Wednesday approved the first device that uses artificial intelligence to detect eye damage from diabetes, allowing regular doctors to diagnose the condition without interpreting any data or images. ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 
While coastal development and climate change are increasing the risk of flooding for communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast, restoration of marshes and oyster reefs are among the most cost-effective solutions for reducing those risks, according to a new study.
Published April 11 in PLOS ONE, the study compares the cost effectiveness of nature-based and artificial solutions for flood reducti ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
IMAGE's signal remains too weak to achieve frame lock, which is necessary to retrieve data from the spacecraft. But important steps have been taken this week to be prepared in case of re-established contact.
Last week, the engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, successfully established network connections with both the antennas at NASA's Wallops Flight Faci ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 12, 2018 
Ocean heatwaves which can have "devastating and long-term impacts" on ecosystems have become longer and more frequent over the past century, according to an international study published Tuesday.
From 1925 to 2016, the number of annual marine heatwave days globally jumped by 54 percent, with a noticeable acceleration over the last three decades, a paper in the journal Nature Communications s ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Glaciers in Alaska's Denali National Park are melting faster than at any time in the past four centuries because of rising summer temperatures, a new study finds.
New ice cores taken from the summit of Mt. Hunter in Denali National Park show summers there are least 1.2-2 degrees Celsius (2.2-3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than summers were during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. T ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 
Organic fertilizers from biowaste fermentation act as a vehicle for microplastic particles to enter the terrestrial environment, with the amount of microplastic particles differing based on pre-treatment methods and plant type, a new study shows.
Recycling of organic waste through composting or fermentation, followed by application of the resulting fertilizer products to agricultural land, ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018  Scientists have identified the temperature at which cooling magma breaks into the geometric columns that form Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and Devils Postpile in California.
At the Giant's Causeway, thousands of basaltic columns form a platform along the coast. The geologic phenomenon has inspired a number of mythologies through history.
The columned deposit was precipita ... more |
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 Accra, Ghana (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 
Ghana is ready to host the Africa Space Agency, an African Union initiative that will allow Africa to launch and explore the Space for improved technological advancement, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has announced.
He said out of the five countries including; Ghana, Namibia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Egypt that are bidding to ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2018 
In the first six months of life, babies can draw correlations between visual and vocal cues.
Before infants can talk, they use posture, voice and facial expressions to communicate their emotions. New research suggests babies can also interpret emotional cues.
Previous studies have found babies show a preference for happy faces and voices during their first six months of life, and ... more |
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 Washington, United States (AFP) April 12, 2018 
A trial date has been set for October 29 in the case of nearly two dozen US youths suing the US government for failing to protect public resources by burning fossil fuels.
The case, Juliana v. United States, will be heard before US District Court Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene, Oregon, said a statement on Thursday from Our Children's Trust, the non-profit group supporting the plaintiffs who range ... more |
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 Washington 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 the University of California (UC), Davis, shows that more than a quarter of that nitrogen is derived from the weathering of Earth's bedrock.
The results, published this week in the journal Scien ... more |
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
The 205 million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to 'one of the largest animals ever' say a group of international palaeontologists.
The new discovery has also solved a 150 year old mystery of supposed 'dinosaur bones' from the UK.
The bone belongs to a giant ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric aquatic reptile, and experts estimate the length of this specimen's body ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 11, 2018 
Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning the generated revenue to the public in one form or another, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. That's one of the conclusions of an extensive analysis of several versions of such proposals, carried out by researchers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laborat ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2018 
Mimicking photosynthesis in plants, using light to convert stable and abundant molecules like water and CO2 into a high energy fuel (hydrogen) or into chemicals of industrial interest, is a major research challenge today. However, achieving artificial photosynthesis in solution remains limited by the use of costly and toxic metal-based compounds to harvest light.
Researchers at CNRS, CEA a ... more |
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 Singapore (AFP) April 12, 2018 
An elderly polar bear at Singapore zoo, one of the site's most beloved animals, may be put down after its health deteriorated markedly, the zoo operator said Thursday.
Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, has reached the grand old age of 27 - well into his 70s in human years and two years older than the average lifespan of the creatures in captivity.
Zoo operator Wildlife Re ... more |
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 Tianjin, China (AFP) April 12, 2018 
A former top Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a leadership post pleaded guilty at his bribery trial on Thursday, the latest target of President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption crusade.
Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, was accused by the prosecutor of taking advantage of his position to seek profi ... 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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