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  Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018 New research suggests the role of indigenous people in land management and conservation is under appreciated. According to the new survey, indigenous groups own, use or have management rights over more than a quarter of Earth's land surface. Indigenous groups control approximately 14.6 million square miles. Roughly 40 percent of Earth's protected terrestrial land consists of acreage controlled by indigenous groups. The new research, published this week in the journal Wildlife Conservatio ... read more |
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New venomous snake species found in AustraliaWashington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018 Already home to some of the most venomous creatures in the world, northern Australia's wilderness just got a little bit more dangerous. ... more 
Nepal embarks on "rhino diplomacy" with rare gift to ChinaKathmandu (AFP) July 12, 2018 Nepal on Thursday gifted China a pair of endangered one-horned rhinos in a diplomatic gesture to its powerful neighbour and major investor. ... more  
Tainted water exhibition roves around Beijing after initial shutdownBeijing (AFP) July 14, 2018 At first glance, it may seem like just a black truck filled with bottles of water, but a closer look reveals a darker - or rather murkier - side to what's sloshing around inside. ... more 
Expanding 'dead zone' in Arabian Sea raises climate change fearsAbu Dhabi (AFP) July 17, 2018 In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast "dead zone" the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame. ... more |
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Muslims in China's 'Little Mecca' fear eradication of IslamLinxia, China (AFP) July 16, 2018 Green-domed mosques still dominate the skyline of China's "Little Mecca", but they have undergone a profound change - no longer do boys flit through their stone courtyards en route to classes and prayers. ... more  
China detains suspects after blast at chemical plantBeijing (AFP) July 14, 2018 Authorities have detained "several" suspects in wake of an explosion at a chemical plant in southwest China that left 19 dead and injured 12 others, state media said. ... more  
Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontierLagos (AFP) July 15, 2018 With its colourful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn't look out of place among the start-ups on the other side of the world in Silicon Valley. ... more 
Hundreds of Nigerian troops missing after Boko Haram overruns baseKano, Nigeria (AFP) July 15, 2018 Hundreds of Nigerian troops are missing after Boko Haram jihadists overran a military base in the remote northeast, security sources said Sunday, in the second major assault on the armed forces in two days. ... more 
Foiled peace bids and greedy gangs dog C. AfricaBerberati, Central African Republic (AFP) July 17, 2018 "This road isn't safe," warns a UN soldier at the edge of a jungle where the latest militia to darken hopes for peace in the Central African Republic has surfaced. ... more |
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Mali town learns to live without a stateKonna, Mali (AFP) July 17, 2018 A herd of goats browse on grass in the stony front yard of Konna's local government offices - a town abandoned by the state and its security forces, like many others in central Mali. ... more  |
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Pollution makes trees more vulnerable to droughtWashington (UPI) Jul 16, 2018 Pollution is bad for trees, too. According to a new study, particulate matter in the air can make trees more vulnerable to drought. ... more  
Hong Kong activists mark one year since Liu Xiaobo deathHong Kong (AFP) July 13, 2018 Hong Kong activists tied black ribbons to security fences outside the Chinese government's office in the city Friday to mark one year since the death in custody of Nobel dissident Liu Xiaobo. ... more 
Hong Kong police seek landmark ban on pro-independence partyHong Kong (AFP) July 17, 2018 Police in Hong Kong sought to ban a political party which promotes independence for the city Tuesday citing it as a potential national security threat as Beijing ups pressure on challenges to its territorial sovereignty. ... more  
Copernicus Sentinel-5P releases first dataParis (ESA) Jul 12, 2018 Following months of tests and careful evaluation, the first data on air pollutants from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite have been released. These first maps show a range of trace gases that aff ... more  
Stronger west winds blow ill wind for climate changeSydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 Stronger westerly winds in the Southern Ocean could be the cause of a sudden rise in atmospheric CO2 and temperatures in a period of less than 100 years about 16,000 years ago, according to a study ... more |
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 Codrington, Antigua And Barbuda (AFP) July 15, 2018 
Steel drums carry a jubilant rendition of "Guantanamera" over the ruins of Barbuda's capital Codrington, as dignitaries and residents mark the latest bit of progress in the island's grueling struggle to recover from Hurricane Irma.
The event celebrated a Chinese-funded program to replace roofs ripped from more than 300 homes by the powerful storm that damaged or destroyed nearly every buildi ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has embraced a 3-D printed titanium dome for satellite fuel tanks so big you can't even put your arms around it. The 46-inch- (1.16-meter-) diameter vessel completed final rounds of quality testing this month, ending a multi-year development program to create giant, high-pressure tanks that carry fuel on board satellites.
The titanium tank consists of three parts welded tog ... more |
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 Abu Dhabi (AFP) July 17, 2018 
In the waters of the Arabian Sea, a vast "dead zone" the size of Scotland is expanding and scientists say climate change may be to blame.
In his lab in Abu Dhabi, Zouhair Lachkar is labouring over a colourful computer model of the Gulf of Oman, showing changing temperatures, sea levels and oxygen concentrations.
His models and new research unveiled earlier this year show a worrying trend ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) July 10, 2018 
Five major krill fishing firms Tuesday agreed to halt operations across huge swathes of the Antarctic to help protect wildlife in a move hailed as "bold and progressive" by conservationists.
The vast frozen continent is home to penguins, seals, whales and other marine life with krill a staple food for many species.
But a combination of climate change and industrial-scale fishing has been ... more |
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 Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 
Climate change is heavily related to the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. During photosynthesis, plants absorb some of the industrial CO2 emissions from the atmosphere, making them contribute significantly to climate protection.
"The CO2 increase in the atmosphere is currently lower than to be expected from anthropogenic emissions," says Professor Almut Arneth from the Institute of Meteo ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) July 17, 2018 
A projectile from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii struck a boat carrying people watching lava from the two-month-old eruption, injuring 23, the fire department said.
Thirteen of them required hospitalization and the rest were treated at a harbor when the boat engaged in a "lava tour" returned to the Big Island, also known as Hawaii.
Lava flowing into the Pacific is a spectacular sight, pro ... more |
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 Berberati, Central African Republic (AFP) July 17, 2018 
"This road isn't safe," warns a UN soldier at the edge of a jungle where the latest militia to darken hopes for peace in the Central African Republic has surfaced.
Huddled with assault rifles in a pickup truck that slides across the thick red mud, the Tanzanian peacekeepers keep watch on the Mambere-Kadei forest, home to a small but violent group that came to the fore last September.
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 Kent UK (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 
The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a key role in the evolution of the human hand and explain why primates hands are not like ours, research at the University of Kent has found.
In an article in The Journal of Human Evolution, a team lead by Professor Tracy Kivell of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation concludes that although s ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2018 
A record number of Americans believe there is solid evidence that proves climate change exists and it is at least partly human-caused, a new survey Wednesday shows.
The 7-page report by the National Surveys on Energy and the Environment says 60 percent of Americans "now think that global warming is happening and that humans are at least partially responsible for the rising temperatures. ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 
For the last several decades, Geoscientists have been intrigued by a potential link between erosion rates at the Earth's surface and changes in global climate. What was the cause and what the effect remained unclear. However, a new study now calls into question the link itself.
A team of researchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, the University Potsdam, Uni ... more |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jul 13, 2018  The banded iron formation, located in western China, has been conclusively dated as Cambrian in age. Approximately 527 million years old, this formation is young by comparison to the majority of discoveries to date. The deposition of banded iron formations, which began approximately 3.8 billion years ago, had long been thought to terminate before the beginning of the Cambrian Period at 540 milli ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 
Soaring global need for cooling by 2050 could see world energy consumption for cooling increase five times as the number of cooling appliances quadruples to 14 billion - according to a new report by the University of Birmingham, UK.
This new report sets out to provide, for the first time, an indication of the scale of the energy implications of 'Cooling for All'.
Effective cooling is ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 
Researchers from Aalto University are designing nano-sized quantum heat engines to explore whether they may be able to outperform classical heat engines in terms of power and efficiency.
In their paper, published in Nature Physics, the group led by Professor Jukka Pekola presents a way to solve a problem in how quantum systems interact and exchange energy with their macroscopic surrounding ... more |
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 Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Jul 13, 2018  For every two species of mammal there is one species of cichlid fish, which goes to show that biodiversity is distributed rather unevenly among animals. But why? And to what extent can evolution be predicted? A variety of "internal" as well as ecological factors play a role. One decisive factor could be ecological conditions, i.e. the number of different habitats and the similarity of ecological ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 17, 2018  Police in Hong Kong sought to ban a political party which promotes independence for the city Tuesday citing it as a potential national security threat as Beijing ups pressure on challenges to its territorial sovereignty.
Semi-autonomous Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unseen on the mainland including freedom of expression but concern is growing those rights are under serious threat from an asserti ... more |
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 Bras�lia (AFP) July 10, 2018 
Amidst corruption scandals, economic problems and the political instability surrounding the imprisonment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, environmentalist presidential candidate Mariana Silva is vowing to restore credibility in Brazil.
"One crucial thing is to drag the country out of the crisis due to the lack of investments," Silva told AFP in an interview in Brasilia.
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