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  Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2018 When the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth 65 million years ago, the event drove an abrupt and long-lasting era of global warming, with a rapid temperature increase of 5 Celsius (C) that endured for roughly 100,000 years, a new study reports. The monumental event is a rare case where Earth's systems were perturbed at a rate greater than what's occurring now from human activity. It therefore provides valuable insights into what may happen from sudden, extreme environmental changes. The af ... read more |
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A simple mechanism could have been decisive for the development of lifeMunich, Germany (SPX) May 27, 2018 The question of the origin of life remains one of the oldest unanswered scientific questions. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown for the first time that phase separatio ... more  
Nanoparticles derived from tea leaves destroy lung cancer cells: Quantum dots have great potentialSwansea UK (SPX) May 27, 2018 Nanoparticles derived from tea leaves inhibit the growth of lung cancer cells, destroying up to 80% of them, new research by a joint Swansea University and Indian team has shown. The team made ... more  
Climate Change May Lead to Bigger Atmospheric RiversPasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2018 A new NASA-led study shows that climate change is likely to intensify extreme weather events known as atmospheric rivers across most of the globe by the end of this century, while slightly reducing ... more 
Sentinels modernise Europe's agricultural policyParis (ESA) May 28, 2018 In a move that could benefit around 22 million farmers, the EU's Common Agricultural Policy has entered the space age. Offering detailed and timely information on crops and farmland, the Copernicus ... more |
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Families from 8 countries sue EU over climate changeParis (AFP) May 24, 2018 Ten families from Europe, Kenya, and Fiji have filed suit against the European Union, seeking to limit global warming's threats to their homes and livelihoods, their lawyers said Thursday. ... more  
Long-term study shows crop rotation decreases greenhouse gas emissionsUrbana IL (SPX) May 25, 2018 Many farmers grow corn and soybean in rotation to avoid the continuous corn yield penalty, but now there's another reason to rotate. Scientists at the University of Illinois have provided further ev ... more  
Cyclone Mekunu intensifies as it advances on OmanMuscat (AFP) May 25, 2018 Oman said Friday that Cyclone Mekunu, which has wreaked havoc in the Yemeni island of Socotra, has intensified into category 2 as it approaches the southern part of the sultanate. ... more  
'Our families would be killed': Rohingya brace for monsoonCox'S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) May 27, 2018 Marooned on a dusty slope in the world's largest refugee camp, Osiur Rahman looked to the hill where a Rohingya girl was buried in a landslide just days earlier and contemplated his chances should the earth give way beneath his feet. ... more 
Gemini Observatory Cloud Camera Captures Volcano's Dramatic GlowHilo HI (SPX) May 25, 2018 A camera used at the Gemini North telescope to monitor sky conditions from Hawaii's Maunakea captured a remarkable time-lapse sequence of the Kilauea volcanic eruption. The sequence shows the glow f ... more |
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Could we predict the next Ebola outbreak by tracking the migratory patterns of bats?Bethlehem PA (SPX) May 25, 2018 Javier Buceta, associate professor of bioengineering, Paolo Bocchini, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and postdoctoral student Graziano Fiorillo of Lehigh University have ... more  |
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New study investigates dolphin liberation in KoreaUlsan, South Korea (SPX) May 28, 2018 "Dolphin liberation in South Korea has raised awareness towards the welfare of marine animals and has resulted in the strengthening of animal protection policies and the level of welfare." An ... more  
China, Burkina Faso establish ties following Taiwan snubBeijing (AFP) May 26, 2018 China and Burkina Faso signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations on Saturday, days after the west African nation cut ties with Taiwan in yet another victory for Beijing in its campaign to isolate the island. ... more  
China jails Tibetan-language advocate for 5 yearsBeijing (AFP) May 22, 2018 A Tibetan who has campaigned to preserve his region's ancestral language was jailed for five years in China on Tuesday for "inciting separatism" in a case Amnesty International denounced as "beyond absurd". ... more
China, Russia rise in C. Africa as Western influence shrinksLibreville (AFP) May 24, 2018 Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to wane, analysts say. ... more 
France to pump 65 million euros into African startupsParis (AFP) May 24, 2018 France will plough 65 million euros ($76 million) into startups in Africa, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday at a technology conference in Paris. ... more |
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 Chicago (AFP) May 24, 2018 
A US oversight agency said Thursday that a flooded Arkema chemical plant in Texas, where organic compounds ignited during last year's Hurricane Harvey, was inadequately prepared for a catastrophic flood.
An investigation by the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) found that the French multinational company's plant outside of Houston relied on the judgment of its employees rather than official fl ... more |
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 Turku, Finland (SPX) May 23, 2018 
UV radiation is known to cause many skin and eye diseases such as cancer. Therefore, it is essential to have a simple method for detecting the quantity and quality of UV radiation from, for example, the Sun.
This is currently achieved by using mainly organic molecules that change colour under UV radiation. The downside of using these molecules, however, is their poor durability which is du ... more |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) May 24, 2018 
A joint U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth's mass on and beneath the planet's surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday from the California coast.
The twin spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO), a joint NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) mission, lifted off on a ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) May 23, 2018  Canada and Denmark announced Wednesday the creation of a task force to try to solve a longstanding territorial dispute over a tiny Arctic island that once provoked a diplomatic feud.
The row over Hans Island, a barren 1.3 square kilometer (0.5 square mile) rock that sits between Ellesmere and Greenland, dates back to 1973 when the border was drawn between Canada and Greenland, part of the Da ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) May 25, 2018 
The soil supporting a field of crops teems with life. Untold numbers of bacteria and fungi strive for space and food. Most are harmless. Many are vital to creating healthy soil. But farmers worry about a handful of species that cause devastating crop diseases, and they often turn to chemical pesticides to keep those pathogens in check.
New research shows how some of these harmful microbes ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) May 25, 2018 
Scientists have published a detailed analysis of how 22 recent hurricanes would change if they instead formed near the end of this century. While each storm's transformation would be unique, on balance, the hurricanes would become a little stronger, a little slower moving, and a lot wetter.
In one example, Hurricane Ike - which killed more than 100 people and devastated parts of the U.S. G ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) May 24, 2018 
Russia and China are muscling their way into the Central African Republic as Western clout in the mineral-rich, strategically important nation seems to wane, analysts say.
Ranked at the very bottom of the UN's 188-nation Human Development Index, CAR is mired in poverty and strife. Most of the country is in the hands of militia groups, and violence has prompted a quarter of its 4.5 million pe ... more |
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 Nashville TN (SPX) May 25, 2018 
Prehistoric people of the Mississippi Delta may have abandoned a large ceremonial site due to environmental stress, according to a new paper authored by Elizabeth Chamberlain, a postdoctoral researcher in Earth and environmental sciences, and University of Illinois anthropologist Jayur Mehta.
The study, published online May 18 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 23, 2018 
NASA's new administrator, a former lawmaker nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the US space agency, admitted Wednesday he has changed his mind about climate change and now believes that humans are the main driver of greenhouse gas emissions.
"The National Climate Assessment that includes NASA and it includes the Department of Energy, and it includes NOAA (the National Oceanic and At ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 24, 2018 
Despite reports that improperly recycled refrigerators in China could explain a recent uptick in chlorofluorocarbon emissions, NOAA scientist Steve Montzka suggests the new mystery source of CFC-11 remains unaccounted for.
Earlier this month, Montzka and his colleagues identified rising levels of CFC-11, a common chlorofluorocarbon, in air samples collected in Hawaii. Emissions had been ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) May 24, 2018 
All the major groups of animals appear in the fossil record for the first time around 540-500 million years ago - an event known as the Cambrian Explosion - but new research from the University of Oxford in collaboration with the University of Lausanne suggests that for most animals this 'explosion' was in fact a more gradual process.
The Cambrian Explosion produced the largest and most di ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 21, 2018 
The US Supreme Court said Monday it will examine a complaint by Indian villagers who say they are suffering from pollution caused by a coal power plant funded by a US-based institution.
The plant, owned by the Tata Group in the Indian state of Gujarat, was built with funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a sister organization of the World Bank that specializes in developm ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) May 25, 2018 
Scientists from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge have found a way to create polymeric semiconductor nanostructures that absorb light and transport its energy further than previously observed.
This could pave the way for more flexible and more efficient solar cells and photodetectors.
The researchers, whose work appears in the journal Science, say their findings could be a "g ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) May 27, 2018 
Coyotes now live across North America, from Alaska to Panama, California to Maine. But where they came from, and when, has been debated for decades. Using museum specimens and fossil records, researchers from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University have produced a comprehensive (and unprecedented) range history of the expanding species that can help reve ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2018  A Tibetan who has campaigned to preserve his region's ancestral language was jailed for five years in China on Tuesday for "inciting separatism" in a case Amnesty International denounced as "beyond absurd".
Tashi Wangchuk was featured in a New York Times documentary that followed him on a trip to Beijing, where he attempted to get Chinese state media and courts to address what he describes a ... more |
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 Grand-Popo, Benin (AFP) May 27, 2018  In a wooden canoe on the waters of the Mono River in southwest Benin, a strange cone-shaped effigy in purple raffia and topped with horns sails back and forth through the mangroves.
The Zangbeto - the traditional voodoo guardian of the night - once policed the streets to maintain law and order and scare away its enemies.
But the revered deity, which is still feared and rules on village ... more |
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