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  Columbia MO (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 Meteorologists have known for some time that rainfall forecasts have flaws, as failure to take into account factors such as evaporation can affect their accuracy. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri have developed a system that improves the precision of forecasts by accounting for evaporation in rainfall estimates, particularly for locations 30 miles or more from the nearest National Weather Service radar. "Right now, forecasts are generally not accounting for what happens to a raindr ... read more |
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New technology has bright prospects for understanding plant biodiversityEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 Biologists get a new look at plant biodiversity and function with new imaging technology developed at the University of Alberta. "Biodiversity and ecosystem function are both changing with human dis ... more  
Australia vows to compete with China funding in PacificSydney (AFP) June 19, 2018 Australia pledged Tuesday to provide Pacific nations with better funding to counter Chinese development money which it fears will leave some countries with massive debt burdens and undermine their sovereignty. ... more 
Large-scale study indicates novel, abundant nitrogen-fixing microbes in surface oceanWoods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 Move over, cyanobacteria! A large-scale study of the Earth's surface ocean indicates the microbes responsible for fixing nitrogen there - previously thought to be almost exclusively photosynthetic c ... more 
US property crisis looms as sea level rises, experts warnSarasota, United States (AFP) June 18, 2018 Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are "not in a flood zone," meaning no flood insurance is required. ... more |
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Ancient panda skull reveals new giant panda lineageWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 Analysis of genetic remains extracted from an ancient panda skull has revealed new giant panda lineage from Southern China. ... more  
Japan, SKorea ban Canadian wheat imports over bioengineered plantsOttawa (AFP) June 18, 2018 The world's sixth largest wheat producer sought to reassure trading partners on Monday that genetically modified wheat plants discovered on an Alberta farm were few and posed no food safety risks, after Japan and South Korea halted Canadian wheat imports. ... more 
Warmer climate will dramatically increase the volatility of global corn cropsSeattle WA (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 Corn, or maize, is the most widely grown crop in the world. Used in food, cooking oil, industrialized foods, livestock feed and even automobile fuel, the crop is one that both rich and poor people r ... more 
Fashion retailer ASOS bans silk, cashmere, mohairLondon (AFP) June 18, 2018 ASOS, the British online fashion retailer, announced Monday it was banning the sale of silk, cashmere and mohair products, joining a wave of clothing firms to ditch the products. ... more 
RNA changes aided sunflower's rapid evolutionary transformation, domesticationBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 A new University of Colorado Boulder-led study sheds light on the genetic mechanisms that allowed sunflowers to undergo a relatively rapid evolutionary transition from wild to domesticated in just o ... more |
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Landslides, flash floods as monsoon batters southern MyanmarMawlamyine, Myanmar (AFP) June 18, 2018 Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains batter the country. ... more  |
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Toll rises to four after quake in Japan's OsakaTokyo (AFP) June 19, 2018 The death toll in a powerful earthquake that rocked Japan's Osaka on Monday has risen to four, with over 380 injured, officials said Tuesday, urging vigilance against landslides ahead of heavy rains. ... more 
Guatemala volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted forGuatemala City (AFP) June 18, 2018 Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. ... more  
Economic optimization risks tipping of Earth system elementsPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 Optimizing economic welfare without constraints might put human well-being at risk, a new climate study argues. While being successful in bringing down costs of greenhouse gas reductions for instanc ... more 
MOF material offers selective, reversible and repeatable capture of toxic atmospheric gasOak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 Led by the University of Manchester, an international team of scientists has developed a metal-organic framework material (MOF) that exhibits a selective, fully reversible and repeatable capability ... more 
Better late than never: Mexico turtle declared new speciesPuerto Vallarta, Mexico (AFP) June 13, 2018 Slow and steady wins the race, the saying goes - and it seems to have worked for a small type of turtle native to western Mexico that has been declared a new species. ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2018 
Optimizing economic welfare without constraints might put human well-being at risk, a new climate study argues. While being successful in bringing down costs of greenhouse gas reductions for instance, the concept of profit maximization alone does not suffice to avoid the tipping of critical elements in the Earth system which could lead to dramatic changes of our lifelihood.
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 Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering have developed a novel approach to optimizing soft material 3-D printing. The researchers' Expert-Guided Optimization (EGO) method combines expert judgment with an optimization algorithm that efficiently searches combinations of parameters relevant for 3-D printing, enabling high-fidelity soft material products to be printed.
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 Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
Miles beneath the ocean's surface in the dark abyss, vast communities of subseafloor microbes at deep-sea hot springs are converting chemicals into energy that allows deep-sea life to survive - and even thrive - in a world without sunlight. Until now, however, measuring the productivity of subseafloor microbe communities - or how fast they oxidize chemicals and the amount of carbon they produce ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 14, 2018 
The retreat of the West Antarctic ice masses after the last Ice Age was reversed surprisingly about 10,000 years ago, scientists found. This is in stark contrast to previous assumptions. In fact it was the shrinking itself that stopped the shrinking: relieved from the weight of the ice, the Earth crust lifted and triggered the re-advance of the ice sheet.
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 18, 2018 
The world's sixth largest wheat producer sought to reassure trading partners on Monday that genetically modified wheat plants discovered on an Alberta farm were few and posed no food safety risks, after Japan and South Korea halted Canadian wheat imports.
Wheat sales contribute about Can$11 billion (US$8 billion) to the Canadian economy each year.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
A volcano in Ecuador with a deep cylindrical crater might be the largest musical instrument on Earth, producing unique sounds scientists could use to monitor its activity.
New infrasound recordings of Cotopaxi volcano in central Ecuador show that after a sequence of eruptions in 2015, the volcano's crater changed shape. The deep narrow crater forced air to reverberate against the crater wa ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) June 15, 2018  France, Britain and the United States on Thursday put a hold on a request from the Central African Republic for UN Security Council approval of Chinese weapons deliveries for its national forces.
CAR's defense minister asked a UN sanctions committee on June 5 to grant an exemption to an arms embargo and allow the shipments of Chinese-made armored vehicles, machine guns, tear gas grenades an ... more |
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 Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
While humans and other species share some of the same genetic information, new research found that humans are unique among mammals when it comes to the types and diversity of microorganisms on our skin. This difference could have implications for our health and immune systems.
"We were quite surprised when we saw just how distinct we humans are from almost all other mammals, at least in te ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 18, 2018 
An unusually bad drought has forced Iraq to suspend the cultivation of rice, corn and other cereals that demand large amounts of water, the agriculture ministry said Monday.
"The agricultural plan for the summer" was modified "because the quantities of water needed for these cereals are not available", spokesman Hamid al-Nayef said.
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 Irvine CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
El Nino was long considered a reliable tool for predicting future precipitation in the southwestern United States, but its forecasting power has diminished in recent cycles, possibly due to global climate change. In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists and engineers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrate a new method for projecting wet or dry weather in the winter ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 18, 2018 
Analysis of genetic remains extracted from an ancient panda skull has revealed new giant panda lineage from Southern China.
Scientists were able to recover mitochondrial DNA from 22,000-year-old panda remains. The fossil was found in Cizhutuo Cave in China's Guangxi Province. Researchers sequenced the panda's genome, and found the specimen belonged to a unique, ancient lineage that sepa ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 13, 2018 
A consortium led by Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure Holdings made an unsolicited Aus$13 billion (US$9.8 billion) bid for gas pipeline company APA Wednesday, with the Australian firm agreeing to open its books.
APA's assets include gas transmission pipelines and storage, along with wind and solar farms across Australia. The firm's website said its 15,000 kilometres (9,300 miles) of gas pipeline ... more |
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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 
A Rutgers-led team of physicists has demonstrated a way to conduct electricity between transistors without energy loss, opening the door to low-power electronics and, potentially, quantum computing that would be far faster than today's computers.
Their findings, which involved using a special mix of materials with magnetic and insulator properties, are published online in Nature Physics. ... more |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 
Arguably, the greatest fueler of life on our planet is photosynthesis, but understanding its labyrinthine chemistry, powered by sunlight, is challenging. Researchers recently illuminated some new steps inside the molecular factory that makes the oxygen we breathe.
Though chlorophyll is the best-known part, for the vivid green it colors nature, many compounds work together in photosynthesis ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 17, 2018 
Malaysia was once a loyal partner in China's globe-spanning infrastructure drive but a new government is now pledging to review Beijing-backed projects, threatening key links in the much-vaunted initiative.
Kuala Lumpur's previous regime, led by scandal-mired Najib Razak, had warm ties with China and signed a string of deals for Beijing-funded projects, including a major rail link and a deep ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 11, 2018 
Some of Africa's oldest and biggest baobab trees - a few dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks - have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, researchers said Monday.
The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and some as wide as a bus is long, may have fallen victim to climate change, the team speculated.
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