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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 26, 2018 Although drought and overgrown forests are often blamed for major fires in the western United States, new research using unique NASA before-and-after data from a megafire site indicates that highly localized winds sometimes play a much larger role - creating large, destructive fires even when regional winds are weak. The study was led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. It focused on the 2014 King Fire, using data from airborne instruments managed by NASA's ... read more |
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Preparing to fly the wind mission AeolusKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 25, 2018 The launch of Aeolus - ESA's mission to map Earth's wind in real-time - is getting tantalisingly close, with the satellite due for lift-off on 21 August from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Gui ... more  
Bolivian water frog in lovelorn race against clockLa Paz (AFP) July 25, 2018 Romeo the water frog, a social media star whose desperate need to mate has not been met, is now staring down extinction as stoically as an amphibian can. ... more 
Endangered pygmy elephant shot dead on BorneoKuala Lumpur (AFP) July 26, 2018 A pygmy elephant was shot dead on Borneo island after it destroyed villagers' crops, a Malaysian wildlife official said Thursday, the latest of the endangered creatures to be killed. ... more  
Two baby mountain gorillas born in DR Congo's Virunga parkKinshasa (AFP) July 25, 2018 Virunga Park, the nature preserve in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo famous for its endangered mountain gorillas, said Wednesday that a mother had given birth to two babies, bringing to nine the number of infants born so far this year. ... more |
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China launches nationwide vaccine sector inspection after scandalBeijing (AFP) July 26, 2018 China's drug regulator said it has launched a nationwide inspection of vaccine production as authorities step up the response to a fraud case that has re-ignited public fears over the safety of the country's medicines. ... more 
Greece counts cost of deadliest wildfires in memoryAthens (AFP) July 26, 2018 Family members were helping Thursday to identify the bodies of the 82 people killed in Greece's worst ever wildfires as anger mounted over how authorities could have let the disaster happen. ... more  
Historic Chinese town resists eviction for theme parkChikan, China (AFP) July 25, 2018 A year ago, customers queued round the block for Wu Ying's red bean and coconut ice puddings, but now the 60-year-old has to vault a barricade to reach her dessert shop. ... more  
'Unprecedented' Japan heatwave kills 65 in one weekTokyo (AFP) July 24, 2018 An "unprecedented" heatwave in Japan has killed at least 65 people in one week, government officials said Tuesday, with the weather agency now classifying the record-breaking weather as a "natural disaster." ... more  
Empathetic, calm dogs try to rescue owners in distress, study findsWashington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018 Behavioral experiments suggest dogs are prosocial and empathetic, and some dogs will help owners in distress. ... more |
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 US park Yosemite partially closed as deadly fire rages 
Fires sweep much of Europe as countries swelter in the heatParis (AFP) July 24, 2018 Dozens of wildfires have hit countries across northern Europe and Greece as a heatwave continues to hold across much of the continent. ... more  |
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China to invest $14 bn in S.AfricaPretoria (AFP) July 24, 2018 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced that China would invest $14 billion in the country after he held talks with President Xi Jinping in Pretoria on the eve of a multilateral summit. ... more  
Microbots capable of sensing environs could explore intestines, pipelinesWashington (UPI) Jul 23, 2018 Engineers at MIT have designed tiny, new robots capable of sensing their surroundings. The microbots, roughly the size of a human egg cell, could be used to explore hard-to-reach passageways, like the human intestines or a gas pipeline. ... more 
2,700 scientists warn US-Mexico wall endangers wildlifeTampa (AFP) July 24, 2018 More than 1,000 species of animals would face serious threats to their survival if US President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico is built, scientists warned on Tuesday. ... more  
Urbanisation of Spain's coast doubled in 30 years: GreenpeaceBarcelona (AFP) July 24, 2018 The amount of coastal land that has been built on in Spain has more than doubled since the introduction of a law in 1988 designed to limit development along its shores, Greenpeace said Tuesday. ... more 
Brazil environmental claims hit Norsk Hydro earningsOslo (AFP) July 24, 2018 Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro on Tuesday posted results below expectations as the group has been forced to halve its production in Brazil following environmental damage allegations. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2018 
Behavioral experiments suggest dogs are prosocial and empathetic, and some dogs will help owners in distress.
To better understand how dogs relate and react to humans in distress, scientists observed the responses of dogs to different stimuli and scenarios. In one scenario, researchers had dog owners either make cries of distress or hum while sitting in a chair behind a transparent door ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
Metallic hydrogen is one of the rarest materials on Earth, yet more than 80 percent of planets - including Jupiter, Saturn, and hundreds of extrasolar planets - are composed of this exotic form of matter.
Its abundance in our solar system - despite its rarity on Earth - makes metallic hydrogen an intriguing focus for researchers at the University of Rochester's Laboratory of Laser Energeti ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
Major abrupt shifts occurred in the climate of ancient northern Europe, according to a new study from University of Helsinki, Finland. The research reports that sudden cold spells, lasting hundreds of years, took place in the middle of the warm Eemian climate period, about 120 thousand years ago.
These cold intervals saw a fall in temperature of a few degrees, and replacement of forests by ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018 
Scientists have calculated the rise in seas that would result from the collapse of two of Antarctica's most vulnerable ice shelves.
Much attention has been paid to the Larsen C ice shelf, as its breakdown has been most visible - and well documented. But the latest research, published this week in the journal The Cryosphere, suggests the collapse of Larsen C would contribute just a few ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2018  Chinese authorities are scrambling to defuse public outrage over a safety scandal involving rabies vaccines, just one of a string of food and drug scares to hit the country in recent years.
Despite the country's stunning growth over the past four decades, many consumers in the world's second-largest economy still live in fear of consuming toxic food or dangerous or ineffective medicines. ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) July 19, 2018 
An Indonesian volcano known as the "child" of the legendary Krakatoa erupted on Thursday, spewing a plume of ash high into the sky as molten lava streamed down from its summit.
Anak Krakatau - a small volcanic island that emerged from the ocean a half century after Krakatoa's deadly 1883 eruption - has rumbled back to life in recent weeks, spitting flaming rocks and ash from its crater. ... more |
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 Pretoria (AFP) July 24, 2018 
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced that China would invest $14 billion in the country after he held talks with President Xi Jinping in Pretoria on the eve of a multilateral summit.
Ramaphosa came to power in February pledging to revive the economy and attract investors after Jacob Zuma was ousted from office at the end of a nine-year reign dominated by graft scandal ... more |
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 Kinshasa (AFP) July 25, 2018 
Virunga Park, the nature preserve in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo famous for its endangered mountain gorillas, said Wednesday that a mother had given birth to two babies, bringing to nine the number of infants born so far this year.
"The mountain gorillas were a most welcome source of good news in 2018 and it's only getting better!" the park said in a statement, adding that i ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
The concrete and asphalt that make city summers brutally hot might not be a bad thing during winter's deep freeze.
Researchers from Princeton University have found that the urban heat island effect - cities are hotter in the summer than their surrounding areas - also helps keep cities warmer during extreme cold. The findings have implications for urban planners in areas such as New York Ci ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 25, 2018 
The launch of Aeolus - ESA's mission to map Earth's wind in real-time - is getting tantalisingly close, with the satellite due for lift-off on 21 August from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. With the wind in their sails, mission teams are busily preparing this unique satellite for its upcoming journey.
Aeolus will carry a sophisticated atmospheric laser Doppler instrument, dubb ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2018 
Scientists have long thought oxygen appeared in Earth's lower atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago, making life as we know it possible. A Rice University researcher has added evidence to support that number.
The sulfur record held by ancient rock marks the dramatic change in the planet's atmosphere that gave rise to complex life, but rocks are local indicators. For the big picture, Rice bioge ... 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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 Ames IA (SPX) Jul 25, 2018 
For a long time, physicists have tried to understand the relationship between a periodic pattern of conduction electrons called a charge density wave (CDW), and another quantum order, superconductivity, or zero electrical resistance, in the same material. Do they compete? Co-exist? Co-operate? Do they go their separate ways?
For the first time, physicists at Ames Laboratory and their inter ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) July 24, 2018 
More than 1,000 species of animals would face serious threats to their survival if US President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico is built, scientists warned on Tuesday.
Iconic creatures such as the Peninsular Bighorn sheep, Mexican gray wolf and the Sonoran pronghorn antelope - all of which are already endangered - would see their populations dangerously fragmented by a wall ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2018 
Students in Tibet have been banned from taking part in religious activities over the summer holidays, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
The ban will fall hard on Tibet's large Buddhist community, already under pressure as Chinese President Xi Jinping tightens controls over religious observance.
The school regulations apply to all "underage students" in Tibet, the state-run Global Tim ... more |
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 Gile, Mozambique (AFP) July 23, 2018  From a distance, the Gile National Reserve in northern Mozambique is a vast, dense ocean of green that reaches as far as the horizon.
Bigger than Luxembourg, the 2,800-square-kilometre (1,080-square-mile) forest seems to be reassuringly preserved, its hardwood treasure placed by Mozambique under legal protection.
Close up though, the forest bears deep scars from bouts of rampant logging ... more |
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