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  Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 The oceans are the planet's most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide on time scales of decades to millenia. But the process of locking away greenhouse gas is weakened by activity of the Southern Ocean, so an increase in its activity could explain the mysterious warmth of the past 11,000 years, an international team of researchers reports. The warmth of that period was stabilized by a gradual rise in global carbon dioxide levels, so understanding the reason for that rise is of great ... read more |
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Researchers reveal hidden rules of genetics for how life on Earth beganChapel Hill NC (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 All living things use the genetic code to "translate" DNA-based genetic information into proteins, which are the main working molecules in cells. Precisely how the complex process of translation aro ... more  
What is causing more extreme precipitation in the northeast?Hanover NH (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 From Maine to West Virginia, the Northeast has seen a larger increase in extreme precipitation than anywhere else in the U.S. Prior research found that these heavy rain and snow events, defined as a ... more  
Over 100 wildlife rangers died on duty in past year: WWFParis (AFP) July 31, 2018 More than 100 wildlife rangers died on the job in Asia and central Africa over the last year, nearly half killed by poachers, the WWF reported Tuesday. ... more 
Platinum is key in ancient volcanic related climate changeCincinnati OH (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 Supervolcanoes are one of Mother Nature's deadliest phenomena, and when they erupt, they can change the climate of the entire planet. To get a glimpse for how future catastrophic volcanic even ... more |
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Sweden's wildfires abating, foreign firefighters leaveStockholm (AFP) July 31, 2018 Wildfires that have been raging across Sweden are abating, Swedish authorities said Tuesday, as French, Italian and German firefighters who came to assist gradually leave the country. ... more 
Two more bodies found at sea after Greek wildfiresAthens (AFP) July 31, 2018 The bodies of two people thought to have fled into the sea to escape the wildfires that ravaged coastal towns near Athens last week have been recovered, port police said Tuesday. ... more  
Watchdog urges China to clamp down on imports of illegal timberSydney (AFP) July 30, 2018 Beijing must better scrutinise imports of illegally logged timber from countries such as Papua New Guinea where deforestation is devastating ecosystems and livelihoods, Global Witness said Monday. ... more  
China could face deadly heat waves due to climate changeBoston MA (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 A region that holds one of the biggest concentrations of people on Earth could be pushing against the boundaries of habitability by the latter part of this century, a new study shows. Research ... more  
Volcano hikers tell of terror after Indonesia quakeMataram, Indonesia (AFP) July 31, 2018 More than 500 hikers and guides stranded by landslides on an Indonesian mountain after an earthquake have returned to safety, with some recalling their terror when tonnes of rock cascaded down. ... more |
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Great Barrier Reef reveals rapid changes of ancient glaciersTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2018 Graphs of global sea levels around the time of the poorly understood Last Glacial Maximum (27,000 to 20,000 years ago) previously showed stable ice sheets for about 10,000 years before the ice slowl ... more  |
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To keep more carbon on the ground, halting farmland expansion is keyWashington DC (SPX) Jul 30, 2018 The conversion of forests to farmland is recognized as a major contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gases. And yet it hasn't been clear how to best minimize the loss of sequestered carbon into ... more 
Creating 'synthetic' fossils in the lab sheds light on fossilization processesBristol UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2018 A newly published experimental protocol, involving University of Bristol scientists, could change the way fossilisation is studied. In addition to directly studying fossils themselves, experim ... more  
Chile to restrict tourists and non-locals on Easter IslandSantiago (AFP) July 30, 2018 Easter Island is known for its unique Moai monumental statues carved by the Rapa Nui people, believed to have arrived on the remote landmass in the southeastern Pacific Ocean in around the 12th century. ... more 
Ocean acidification is disrupting marine ecosystems, study showsWashington (UPI) Jul 27, 2018 Ocean acidification is already significantly altering marine ecosystems, and if CO2 concentrations continue to rise, the effects of ocean acidity could be even more profound. ... more 
Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot to dateWashington DC (SPX) Jul 30, 2018 As it turns out, "Bigfoot" was a dinosaur - a giant, plant-eating one. A new study based on fossils excavated in Wyoming reveals the largest dinosaur foot ever found and identifies it as a brachiosa ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 26, 2018 
Japanese office workers hoping to nod off on the job may need to sleep with one eye open thanks to a new system that can detect snoozers and blast them with cold air.
Air conditioning manufacturer Daikin and electronics giant NEC said Thursday they have begun trialling the system, which monitors the movement of the employee's eyelids with a camera attached to a computer.
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 Chicago (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
A US judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the online publication of blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, in a last-ditch effort to stop a settlement President Donald Trump's administration had reached with the company releasing the digital documents.
Eight states and the District of Columbia, which houses the capital Washington, had filed a lawsuit against the federal government, calling its ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 
Seagrass meadows could play a limited, localized role in alleviating ocean acidification in coastal ecosystems, according to new work led by Carnegie's David Koweek and including Carnegie's Ken Caldeira and published in Ecological Applications.
When coal, oil, or gas is burned, the resulting carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere where it is the driving force behind global climate ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2018  A new study carried out by an international team of researchers, using the chemistry of ocean sediments has highlighted a widespread picture of Atlantic circulation changes associated with rapid climate change in the past.
The new integrated dataset, published today in the journal Nature Communications, provides new insights into the interactions of melting ice, ocean circulation and clima ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 30, 2018  The conversion of forests to farmland is recognized as a major contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gases. And yet it hasn't been clear how to best minimize the loss of sequestered carbon into the atmosphere. Is it better to maximize farm yields so as to use less land area over all? Or should farms be operated so as to retain more carbon on site, even at the expense of crop yields?
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 29, 2018 
A powerful storm slammed into Japan on Sunday, churning across western areas already hard hit by floods and landslides earlier this month and injuring some 20 people.
Typhoon Jongdari, with winds of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, made landfall at Ise in Mie prefecture at around 1 am (1600 GMT Saturday), according to the meteorological agency.
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 Kampala (AFP) July 28, 2018 
Uganda said Saturday it had sentenced 35 people from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo for up to three years for illegal fishing.
"We got 35 Congolese nationals. Thirty-one of them pleaded guilty and were convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for illegal fishing and entry into Uganda in June," said Deogratius Kato, a fisheries protection officer on Lake Albert, which is ... more |
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 Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 
Critical review of growing archaeological and palaeoenvironmental datasets relating to the Middle and Late Pleistocene (300-12 thousand years ago) hominin dispersals within and beyond Africa, published in Nature Human Behaviour, demonstrates unique environmental settings and adaptations for Homo sapiens relative to previous and coexisting hominins such as Homo neanderthalensis and Homo erectus. ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) July 25, 2018 
Sri Lanka announced Wednesday it would waive debts for 200,000 women unable to repay microfinance loans and cap lending rates after a number of borrowers in drought-hit areas killed themselves.
Government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said women in a dozen districts who had taken small loans from microfinance institutions would have their debts forgiven and interest paid off with immediate eff ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 
China on Tuesday launched Gaofen-11, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of the country's high-resolution Earth observation project.
The Gaofen-11 satellite was launched on a Long March 4B rocket at 11 am Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. It was the 282nd flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket.
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2018 
New X-ray images of ancient fish fossils have helped scientists solve a 160-year-old mastery about the origins of the vertebrate skeleton.
Heterostracans are a group of fossil fishes that lived 400 million years ago. The heterostracan fossil record has offered the oldest evidence of mineralized skeletons among vertebrates. But scientists have struggled to determine what type of tissue h ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) July 27, 2018 
The German government said Friday it took a minority stake in electricity transmission firm 50Hertz for "national security" reasons, thwarting Chinese investors from buying into the strategic company.
"On national security grounds, the federal government has a major interest in protecting critical energy infrastructure," the finance and economy ministries said in a joint statement.
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 01, 2018 
Additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3-D printing, can be used to manufacture porous electrodes for lithium-ion batteries - but because of the nature of the manufacturing process, the design of these 3-D printed electrodes is limited to just a few possible architectures.
Until now, the internal geometry that produced the best porous electrodes through additive manufacturing was what' ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 30, 2018 
Until now, many scientists thought microbes rarely go extinct. But new research suggests bacteria species disappear at surprisingly high rates.
According to the latest analysis, when bacteria do go extinct, they fade away. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, showed bacteria are rarely snuffed out by mass extinction events.
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 Chikan, 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.
Wu is one of several dozen inhabitants of a historic section of the town of Chikan in southern China who are stubbornly holding out against government pressure to sell their properties to make way for a "heritage" theme park ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) July 30, 2018 
Beijing must better scrutinise imports of illegally logged timber from countries such as Papua New Guinea where deforestation is devastating ecosystems and livelihoods, Global Witness said Monday.
The watchdog said in a new report that a large number of logging operations in the Pacific nation violated local laws despite holding government-issued permits.
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