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  Burlington VT (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 As the U.S. Department of Agriculture prepares guidelines for labeling products that contain genetically modified ingredients, a new study from the University of Vermont reveals that a simple disclosure can improve consumer attitudes toward GMO food. Led by Jane Kolodinsky, an applied economist in UVM's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the study compared levels of consumer opposition to GMO foods in Vermont - the only U.S. state to have implemented a mandatory labeling policy - with consu ... read more |
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Newly discovered Xenomorph wasp has alien-like lifecycleAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 A University of Adelaide PhD student has discovered a new species of wasp, named Xenomorph because of its gruesome parasitic lifecycle that echoes the predatory behaviour of the Alien movie franchis ... more  
Rethinking the orangutanCardiff UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 The evolution of the orangutan has been more heavily influenced by humans than was previously thought, new research reveals. Professor Mike Bruford, of Cardiff University, was part of the team ... more  
What caused the mass extinction of Earth's first animals?Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Fossil records tell us that the first macroscopic animals appeared on Earth about 575 million years ago. Twenty-four million years later, the diversity of animals began to mysteriously decline, lead ... more  
Illegal logging threatens DR Congo forest, say investigatorsKinshasa (AFP) June 26, 2018 Illegal logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is threatening one of the world's biggest forests, the investigative group Global Witness said Tuesday. ... more |
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Tropical fish playground in Belize bounces back from threatsSan Pedro , Belice (AFP) June 26, 2018 Beneath the crystalline waters off the coast of Belize, colorful fish weave through the arms of the world's second largest barrier reef, an environmental treasure that UNESCO removed from its list of endangered World Heritage Sites on Tuesday. ... more 
Scientists use hydrophone to listen in on methane seeps in oceanNewport OR (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 A research team has successfully recorded the sound of methane bubbles from the seafloor off the Oregon coast using a hydrophone, opening the door to using acoustics to identify - and perhaps quanti ... more  
Understanding the formation of chemical byproducts during water treatmentHoughton MI (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 Synthetical chemicals are ever-present in modern life - in our medications, cosmetics and clothing - but what happens to them when they enter our municipal water supplies? Because these chemic ... more 
Environment the loser in Gabon capital's rush for growthLibreville (AFP) June 22, 2018 "It's an environmental disaster," said Magloir-Desire Mounganga as he strode across the soggy, spongy soil where mangroves have been ripped up for development near the Gabonese capital Libreville, threatening its fragile ecosystem. ... more 
Palm oil 'decimating' wildlife, solutions elusive: reportParis (AFP) June 26, 2018 Palm oil production has "decimated" animal and plant life in Malaysia and Indonesia and threatens pristine forests in central Africa and South America, a leading international conservation group warned Tuesday. ... more |
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Nearly 1,000 migrants rescued off Libya coast: navyTripoli (AFP) June 25, 2018 Libya's coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the navy said on Monday. ... more  |
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UMass Amherst geoscientists offer new evidence for how the Adirondack Mountains formedAmherst MA (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 The formation mechanism of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York has long posed a geologic mystery, say seismology researchers at the nearby University of Massachusetts Amherst. A few have be ... more  
In Togo, hi-tech orthopaedic care goes through crucial testLome (AFP) June 23, 2018 In a consulting room in Togo's capital, Lome, Geraldo Emmanuel - handicapped since birth six years ago - waits patiently on a bed while a digital scan is taken of his right leg. ... more  
Japan to seek partial resumption of commercial whalingTokyo (AFP) June 27, 2018 Japan will seek a partial resumption of commercial whaling at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission later this year, officials said Wednesday. ... more  
Copernicus 20 years onParis (ESA) Jun 25, 2018 This week marks 20 years since the manifesto was signed that gave rise to Europe's Copernicus environmental programme. With seven Sentinel satellites already in orbit delivering terabytes of data ev ... more 
Cranium of a four-million-year-old hominin shows similarities to that of modern humansJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 A cranium of a four-million-year-old fossil, that, in 1995 was described as the oldest evidence of human evolution in South Africa, has shown similarities to that of our own, when scanned through hi ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) June 24, 2018  NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday the alliance was prepared to help out in troubled Libya as it grapples with a migrant crisis but warned there were no military solutions.
Speaking to Italian daily La Repubblica, Stoltenberg said: "NATO is ready to help Libya construct its security institutions".
NATO experts were already "in contact with Libya authorities to see how to assist them ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Thanks to the research of magnetic levitation in the conditions of microgravity, a new technology for 3D printing of biological tissues was developed. In the future, this technology will help to create radiation-sensitive biological constructs and repair damaged tissues and human organs. The results are published in Biofabrication. The technology is based on the results of the experimental studi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 25, 2018 
An international oceanography satellite that is tracking the ongoing rise in global sea level marks its 10th year in orbit today.
Designed for a three-to-five-year mission, the joint U.S./European Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on the Jason-2 satellite has now made more than 47,000 trips around our home planet, measuring sea level change across the globe, observing ocean currents, ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 
A new NASA study explains why the Tracy and Heilprin glaciers, which flow side by side into Inglefield Gulf in northwest Greenland, are melting at radically different rates.
Using ocean data from NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) campaign, the study documents a plume of warm water flowing up Tracy's underwater face, and a much colder plume in front of Heilprin. Scientists have assumed ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2018 
China signed a deal Monday to lift a ban on French beef and said discussions to buy Airbus planes remained open as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe ended a four-day visit.
The beef ban was imposed over a decade ago as Beijing started closing off its markets to all European imports, and later to US beef imports, in the wake of the "mad cow" disease scare.
Philippe and Premier Li Keq ... more |
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 Guatemala City (AFP) June 26, 2018 
Guatemala Monday asked the US government to give its migrants Temporary Protected Status after the devastating Fuego volcano eruption.
Officials have confirmed the deaths of 112 people as a result of the eruption on June 3, but scores more people remain unaccounted for.
"I have instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs to request immediately from the government of the United States of A ... more |
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 Banjul, Gambia (AFP) June 22, 2018 
Gambian president Adama Barrow paid tribute on Friday to three young protesters killed by police in an anti-pollution rally, urging witnesses to come forward to a commission of inquiry set up by his government.
"You are the people that witnessed what happened here that day," Barrow told his audience in the village of Faraba Banta, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital, Banjul.
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 Cardiff UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2018 
The evolution of the orangutan has been more heavily influenced by humans than was previously thought, new research reveals.
Professor Mike Bruford, of Cardiff University, was part of the team of scientists shedding light on the development of the critically endangered species. Their findings offer new possibilities for orangutan conservation.
One of humans' closet living relatives, ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2018 
Guidelines published by the leading party in China during the weekend outline efforts to cut emissions by at least 15 percent by the end of the decade.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China outlined goals for air quality and the broader environment from 2020, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has put health at the forefront of ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 25, 2018 
This week marks 20 years since the manifesto was signed that gave rise to Europe's Copernicus environmental programme. With seven Sentinel satellites already in orbit delivering terabytes of data every day, Copernicus is the biggest provider of Earth observation data in the world.
To mark this 20-year milestone, reflect on the programme's achievements and to look to the future, EU commissi ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Some of the earliest complex organisms on Earth - possibly some of the earliest animals to exist - got big not to compete for food, but to spread their offspring as far as possible.
The research, led by the University of Cambridge, found that the most successful organisms living in the oceans more than half a billion years ago were the ones that were able to 'throw' their offspring the far ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2018 
The adoption of clean energies to power electric grids won't be sufficient to meet the Paris climate targets established by the United Nations.
According to new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change, the continued use of fossil fuels for a variety of industrial processes, to power vehicles and heat buildings, is likely to push CO2 emissions beyond manageable levels. ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jun 25, 2018 
Fuel cells and batteries provide electricity by generating and coaxing positively charged ions from a positive to a negative terminal which frees negatively charged electrons to power cellphones, cars, satellites, or whatever else they are connected to. A critical part of these devices is the barrier between these terminals, which must be separated for electricity to flow.
Improvements to ... more |
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 Luxembourg (AFP) June 21, 2018 
Malta has broken European Union law with an exemption for hunters to capture seven species of finches on the Mediterranean island, the EU's top court ruled Thursday.
Environmentalists have called the trapping a cruel practice in which the birds are killed before they can breed but supporters defend it as a longstanding custom.
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 Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2018 
Police have dispersed military veterans who had demonstrated in an eastern Chinese city to protest the alleged beating of elderly ex-soldiers demanding better pensions, witnesses told AFP on Monday.
The demonstrations highlighted the years-long struggle among former soldiers of the world's biggest standing army to get better benefits, posing a headache for the country's Communist leadership. ... more |
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 Oslo, Norway (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Vegetation plays an important role in shaping local climate: just think of the cool shade provided by a forest or the grinding heat of the open desert. But what happens when widespread changes, caused by or in response to global warming, take place across larger areas? Global climate models allow researchers to play out these kinds of thought experiments. The answers that result can serve as a w ... more |
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