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  London (AFP) April 30, 2018 Britain and the United States on Monday launched a research programme billed "the most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken" to gauge how quickly it could collapse. Teams from Britain's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) will visit the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica to assess if its cave-in could begin in the next few decades or centuries. "The collapse of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarct ... read more |
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South Atlantic Anomaly not evidence of a reversing Earth's magnetic fieldPotsdam, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2018 Earth's magnetic field serves as a shield against hazardous radiation from space, especially the Sun's charged particle flux. Since 1840, the year systematic measurements began, the global strength ... more  
World's oldest known spider dies in Australia -- of wasp stingSydney (AFP) April 30, 2018 The world's oldest known spider has died at the ripe old age of 43 after being monitored for years during a long-term population study in Australia, researchers said Monday. ... more 
Damselflies are rapidly evolving in response to global warmingWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 Damselflies are rapidly evolving in response to climate change, new research shows, experimenting with genetic adaptations as temperatures continue to rise. ... more 
Climate change, wildfires transforming biodiversity hotspot in Northern CaliforniaWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 A region of forest in northern California and southwestern Oregon known as the Klamath is being transformed by droughts and frequent wildfires, new research confirms. ... more |
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After the gold rush: Mining boom in Cameroon leaves 'open tombs'Betare Oya, Cameroon (AFP) April 30, 2018 For a time, the land around the village of Longa Mali in eastern Cameroon was one of the most prized in Africa, and powerful machines gnawed greedily into its soil to extract precious gold. ... more 
Slowdown in US air quality gains: studyTampa (AFP) April 30, 2018 Air quality has largely improved over the past several decades in the United States, but those gains have slowed substantially since 2011, an international study said Monday. ... more  
Fish farming can help relieve pressures on land resources, study showsWashington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 As population growth accelerates in much of the world, demands for meat are putting added pressure on natural resources. New research suggests some of the pressure can be relieved by fish farming. ... more  
Mount Fuji eruption could paralyse Tokyo: reportTokyo (AFP) May 1, 2018 Japan's iconic Mount Fuji could paralyse Tokyo with ash if it erupted, choking roads and halting water supplies, according to a government disaster planning study, a news report said Tuesday. ... more 
Study suggests ample warning of supervolcano eruptionsChampaign IL (SPX) May 01, 2018 Concern over the potential imminent eruptions of Earth's supervolcanoes, like Taupo in New Zealand or Yellowstone in the United States, may be quelled by the results of a new study suggesting that g ... more |
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Lake Victoria biodiversity being 'decimated': conservationistsGeneva (AFP) April 30, 2018 Three quarters of freshwater species endemic to East Africa's Lake Victoria basin face the threat of extinction, conservationists said Monday, warning the biodiversity there was being "decimated". ... more  |
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Mongolians sip 'oxygen cocktails' to cope with smogUlaanbaatar (AFP) May 1, 2018 Fed up with the smog in Mongolia's capital, residents have resorted to sipping "lung" tea and "oxygen cocktails" in a desperate bid to protect themselves from pollution, despite health officials saying there is no evidence they work. ... more  
Dominican Republic breaks with Taiwan to establish ties with ChinaBeijing (AFP) May 1, 2018 The Dominican Republic and China announced they were establishing diplomatic relations Tuesday, as the Caribbean country became the latest nation to dump Taiwan, leaving the island with just 19 diplomatic allies around the globe. ... more  
Whale shark logs longest-recorded trans-Pacific migrationPanama City, Panama (SPX) Apr 30, 2018 Little is known about the world's largest living fish, gentle giants reaching 12 meters (40 feet) in length. Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues tracke ... more  
Snow in the Andes as clean as Canadian Arctic: studySantiago (AFP) April 27, 2018 Snow covering the Andes mountains is as clean as the Canadian Arctic, scientists said Friday after hundreds of tests to determine the presence of black carbon deposits or other pollutants. ... more 
Newborn jaguar cubs draw fans at Mexico wildlife parkSan Juan Teotihuac�n, Mexico (AFP) April 28, 2018 Two jaguar cubs born five weeks ago are the new stars at a wildlife park in Mexico, teaching a valuable lesson about conservation with their cuddly cuteness, according to park officials. ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 30, 2018 
River floods are one of the most common and devastating of Earth's natural disasters. In the past decade, deluges from rivers have killed thousands of people every year around the world and caused losses on the order of tens of billions of U.S. dollars annually. Climate change, which is projected to increase precipitation in certain areas of the planet, might make river floods in these places mo ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2018  Imagine a home appliance that, at the push of a button, turns powdered ingredients into food that meets the individual nutrition requirements of each household member. Although it may seem like something from science fiction, new research aimed at using 3-D printing to create customized food could one day make this a reality.
Jin-Kyu Rhee, associate professor at Ewha Womans University in S ... more |
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 Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) April 26, 2018 
Earlier this year, Cape Town grabbed the world's headlines as it careened towards a water armageddon.
Crippled by a three-year-long drought, the South African city braced for a complete shutdown of domestic water supplies.
In the event, Cape Town dodged the immediate bullet. But thousands of kilometres (miles) away, another African city has had far less luck - and much less attention fo ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 30, 2018 
Britain and the United States on Monday launched a research programme billed "the most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken" to gauge how quickly it could collapse.
Teams from Britain's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) will visit the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica to assess if its cave- ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 
As population growth accelerates in much of the world, demands for meat are putting added pressure on natural resources. New research suggests some of the pressure can be relieved by fish farming.
Scientists with the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization estimate an additional 10 billion people will be hungry for protein by 2050 and that a 52 percent increase in animal produ ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  Hawaii's volcanos stand as silent sentinels. They guard the secret of how they formed, thousands of miles away from where the edges of tectonic plates clash and generate magma for most volcanos. A 2017 Nature study by Jones et al. found the best clues yet of the origin of Hawaii's volcanos through simulation of a shift in the Pacific plate three million years ago. What remains elusive is conclus ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 30, 2018 
Three quarters of freshwater species endemic to East Africa's Lake Victoria basin face the threat of extinction, conservationists said Monday, warning the biodiversity there was being "decimated".
A fresh report backed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed the extinction risk of 651 freshwater species like fish, molluscs, dragonflies, crabs and aquatic plants ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 
Evidence that humans can genetically adapt to diving has been identified for the first time in a new study. The evidence suggests that the Bajau, a people group indigenous to parts of Indonesia, have genetically enlarged spleens which enable them to free dive to depths of up to 70m.
It has previously been hypothesised that the spleen plays an important role in enabling humans to free dive ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 30, 2018 
The world must redouble efforts to halt global warming before it is too late, the UN's climate chief said Monday as nearly 200 nations kicked off talks in Bonn.
"Our window of time for addressing climate change is closing very quickly," Patricia Espinosa told journalists. "We need to dramatically increase our ambition."
The 12-day technical talks are focused on hammering out an "operatin ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 01, 2018  Many Earth observation satellites make use of an added ingredient to ensure reliable, good quality environmental data: the Moon.
While the surface of the Earth is ever changing, the face of the Moon has stayed the same for millions of years, apart from occasional meteoroid impacts. This makes the light reflecting from the lunar surface an ideal calibration source for optical Earth-observin ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2018 
Ancient footprints have offered researchers the rare opportunity to study an early North American hunting expedition. The footprints, discovered in the compacted sands of a dry lakebed in New Mexico's White Sands National Monument, tell the story of a group of hunters and a startled giant sloth.
At the end of the last ice age, as early humans spread across North America, they set their ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 
From cell phones and laptops to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries are the power source that fuels everyday life. But in recent years, they have also drawn attention for catching fire. In an effort to develop a safer battery, scientists report in the ACS journal Nano Letters that the addition of nanowires can not only enhance the battery's fire-resistant capabilities, but also its other pr ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 30, 2018 
A region of forest in northern California and southwestern Oregon known as the Klamath is being transformed by droughts and frequent wildfires, new research confirms.
The region is historically well-adapted to wildfire, but rising temperatures and a changing climate are taking their toll on the ecosystem.
New analysis of the species found in the Klamath suggests the forest's icon ... more |
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 Moyu County, China (AFP) April 26, 2018  The civilian group descended on the village under government instructions to "win the people's hearts", but it also had a darker mission: identifying and punishing threats to the Chinese state.
Four months after the Communist Party sent the "work team" to Akeqie Kanle, a fifth of its adult population - over 100 people - had disappeared into detention and re-education centres.
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 Brasilia (AFP) April 26, 2018 
About 2,000 members of Brazil's indigenous tribes, decked out in traditional feathers and body paint, marched Thursday on Congress to demand protection for ancestral lands from ever expanding farm businesses.
The activists were part of a week-long, annual indigenous protest camp that drew around 3,500 representatives from around 100 tribes, organizers said.
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