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  Tampa (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Planet-warming greenhouse gases surged to new highs as abnormally hot temperatures swept the globe and ice melted at record levels in the Arctic last year due to climate change, a major US report said Wednesday. The annual State of the Climate Report, compiled by more than 450 scientists from over 60 countries, describes worsening climate conditions worldwide in 2017, the same year that US President Donald Trump pulled out of the landmark Paris climate deal. The United States is the world's seco ... read more |
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Degrading plastics emit greenhouse gases: studyTampa (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Need another reason to hate plastics piling up in the environment? ... more  
UH researchers report new understanding of deep earthquakesHouston TX (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 Researchers have known for decades that deep earthquakes - those deeper than 60 kilometers, or about 37 miles below the Earth's surface - radiate seismic energy differently than those that originate ... more  
An increase in Southern Ocean upwelling may explain the Holocene CO2 riseMainz, Germany (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 Human populations and civilization expanded rapidly over the last 10 000 years, known as the Holocene epoch. The Holocene was an "interglacial period," one of the rare intervals of warm climate that ... more  
Greece to speed up destruction of illegal property after firesAthens (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Greece vowed Wednesday to bring in a raft of measures following the deadly fires near Athens as the family of an elderly victim filed a complaint of "negligent homicide" against the authorities. ... more |
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Animal and fungi diversity boosts forest healthWashington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 Forest health depends on more than just a healthy variety of tree species. New research suggests animal and fungi diversity also plays an important role in forest health. ... more 
Ever-increasing CO2 levels could take us back to the tropical climate of Paleogene periodBristol UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 A new study led by scientists at the University of Bristol has warned that unless we mitigate current levels of carbon dioxide emissions, Western Europe and New Zealand could revert to the hot tropi ... more 
Iraqi farmers fight to save cattle from droughtAl-Attassiya, Iraq (AFP) July 30, 2018 Iraqi farmer Sayyed Sattar knows he'll soon have to let some of his buffalo go as he surveys the herd bathing in a dwindling pond close to the holy city of Najaf. ... more 
Canada gives big polluters a break on carbon leviesOttawa (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 Canada is scaling back its planned carbon pricing scheme to curb greenhouse gas emissions after industry executives warned it would hurt their international competitiveness, the office of the environment minister said Wednesday. ... more  
New model reveals rips in Earth's mantle layer below southern TibetChampaign IL (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 Seismic waves are helping researchers uncover the mysterious subsurface history of the Tibetan Plateau, possibly lending insight to future earthquake activity in the region. The specifics of t ... more |
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 India recalls vaccines made by tainted China firm 
Fears grow as flooding displaces 150,000 in MyanmarBago, Myanmar (AFP) Aug 2, 2018 Fears that embankments could burst under fresh rains mounted in flooded southeastern Myanmar, where some 150,000 people have been forced from their homes and a dozen people killed. ... more  |
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C.Africa rebels rearm after military gets Russia weapons:UN panelUnited Nations, United States (AFP) July 31, 2018 Russia's supply of weapons to the Central African Republic's military has sparked an arms race, with rebels turning to traffickers in Sudan for fresh gun shipments, according to a UN panel of experts. ... more 
What we know about Russia's 'Wagner Group'Moscow (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 The Russian "Wagner Group" has once again been forced into the spotlight after the deaths in central Africa of three Russian journalists who were apparently investigating the activities of the private army there. ... more  
UK foreign secretary met human rights figures on China visitBeijing (AFP) July 31, 2018 Britain's new foreign minister Jeremy Hunt met Chinese human rights figures while in Beijing on his first major international trip, the wife of a detained lawyer said Tuesday. ... 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 |
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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.
The computer can ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 
Testing tools and technologies for refueling and repairing satellites in orbit won't be the only demonstration taking place aboard the International Space Station during NASA's next Robotic Refueling Mission 3, or RRM3.
Like its QWIP predecessor, SLS is a large-format detector. The arrays are fabricated on a semiconductor wafer. The wafer's surface consists of hundreds of alternating, very ... 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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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 02, 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 stabi ... 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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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 
Researchers have known for decades that deep earthquakes - those deeper than 60 kilometers, or about 37 miles below the Earth's surface - radiate seismic energy differently than those that originate closer to the surface. But a systematic approach to understanding why has been lacking.
Now a team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a way to analyze seismic wave radia ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 1, 2018  The Russian "Wagner Group" has once again been forced into the spotlight after the deaths in central Africa of three Russian journalists who were apparently investigating the activities of the private army there.
Wagner has been active in conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, and has sent mercenaries to the Central African Republic and Sudan, according to Western and independent Russian media repo ... 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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 Al-Attassiya, Iraq (AFP) July 30, 2018 
Iraqi farmer Sayyed Sattar knows he'll soon have to let some of his buffalo go as he surveys the herd bathing in a dwindling pond close to the holy city of Najaf.
As southern Iraq suffers through a punishing drought, desperate cattle breeders are having to sell off animals to keep others alive.
Sattar, 52, has already seen some of his buffalo die of thirst.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 
Using an array of coffee-can sized geophones deployed for about a month in backyards, golf courses and public parks, researchers collected enough data to allow them to map the depth and shape of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino sedimentary basins of Los Angeles, California.
Seismologists think these sedimentary basins may act a "waveguide" to focus and trap energy from an earthquake on t ... more |
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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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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
As the stultifying summer heat sends Iraqis in search of cool spots, restaurateur Ali Hussein provides sanctuary - even though it means hooking up to an expensive generator.
"The clients must be comfortable when they eat," said Hussein, who stakes his reputation on ensuring customers are constantly blasted by air conditioning.
Outside, temperatures at this time of year can reach 50 degr ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 02, 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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 Paris (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.
Illegal hunters are decimating endangered wildlife to gather rhino horns and big cat body parts to sell in East Asia, as well as bush meat - including gorillas, monkeys, lions and pangolins - to eat.
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 Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2018 
Britain's new foreign minister Jeremy Hunt met Chinese human rights figures while in Beijing on his first major international trip, the wife of a detained lawyer said Tuesday.
Visiting leaders often shun meetings with activists or their relatives during trips to China - a decision which critics say is motivated by fear that scolding Beijing could harm trade prospects.
Li Wenzu wrote on ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 
Forest health depends on more than just a healthy variety of tree species. New research suggests animal and fungi diversity also plays an important role in forest health.
The revelation is the result of a decade-long survey of several subtropical forests, all of them rich in biodiversity. Scientists conducted the survey in order to detail the importance of understanding forest health mo ... more |
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