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  Buffalo NY (SPX) Aug 06, 2018 Any quick internet search for recordings of humpback whale song returns audio compilations that can receive tens of thousands, if not millions, of visits. With such quantifiable popularity, you might ask, "Who doesn't love listening to whale song?" One surprising answer might be, "whales," according to an intriguing model developed by a University at Buffalo researcher. It's not that listening whales ignore the singers of their species. The question for Eduardo Mercado III, a professor in UB ... read more |
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The end-Cretaceous extinction unleashed modern shark diversityUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Aug 06, 2018 A study that examined the shape of hundreds of fossilized shark teeth suggests that modern shark biodiversity was triggered by the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event, about 66 million years ago. ... more  
Indonesia evacuates tourists after Lombok quake kills 91Mataram, Indonesia (AFP) Aug 6, 2018 Indonesia evacuated hundreds of tourists from popular resorts and sent rescuers fanning across the holiday island of Lombok Monday after a powerful quake killed at least 91 people and reduced thousands of buildings to rubble. ... more  
China launches high-resolution Earth observation satelliteTaiyuan, China (SPX) Aug 03, 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 Mar ... more  
Mapping blue carbon in mangroves worldwideBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Aug 06, 2018 Mangroves are tropical forests that thrive in salt water and are found in a variety of coastal settings from deltas to estuaries to weathered reefs and limestone rocks worldwide. Mangroves can store ... more |
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California's raging wildfires cause another deathClearlake Oaks, United States (AFP) Aug 6, 2018 California's deadly Carr wildfire - now the state's sixth most destructive - has claimed another life with a power linesman killed on the job its seventh fatality, officials said Sunday. ... more  
Europe sizzles in heatwave as wildfire hits PortugalMadrid (AFP) Aug 5, 2018 Europe sweltered through an intense heatwave on Sunday, with soaring temperatures contributing to forest fires, the closure of nuclear plants and even a threat to the Netherlands' supply of potato fries, although some countries experienced a slight respite. ... more 
Japan officials push parasols for men as heatwave hitsTokyo (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 Officials in Japan have urged men to buck local gender stereotypes and carry parasols to protect themselves from the sun in the midst of a deadly national heatwave. ... more 
Nearly 250 people drown in Poland since AprilWarsaw (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 Nearly 250 people have drowned in Poland since April, police said Friday, as scorching weather grips the country. ... more 
In southern Mexico, dancing to forget the earthquakesOaxaca, Mexico (AFP) Aug 4, 2018 After the earthquake that devastated Juchitan in southern Mexico in September last year, Jorge Jimenez and his dance troupe sprang into action. ... more |
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Made in Fukushima: Japan farmers struggle to win trustKoriyama, Japan (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 The pumpkin is diced, the chicken carved and the eggs beaten into an omelette, but the people preparing the food are not chefs - they are scientists testing produce from Japan's Fukushima region. ... more  |
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Melted asphalt, shoes for dogs: Europe wilts in heatMadrid (AFP) Aug 4, 2018 Europe sweltered Saturday in intense heat with temperatures hitting near-record highs of 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) in Portugal, while elsewhere the high temperatures, exacerbated fires and melted the asphalt on highways. ... more 
Saudi hackathon seeks high-tech fixes to hajj calamitiesJeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Aug 5, 2018 Fuelled by caffeine, pizza and adrenaline, sleep-deprived programmers in a marathon Saudi contest this week explored high-tech solutions to prevent a repeat of past calamities in the annual hajj pilgrimage. ... more 
Residents cleared from Portugal village near forest fireLisbon (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 A village in a tourist area in southern Portugal was evacuated Friday as more than 400 firefighters tackled a forest fire, emergency services said. ... more  
Russia says its military in C.Africa only to train local troopsMoscow (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 Moscow on Friday said its military members are in the Central African Republic only to train local forces after three Russian journalists were killed in the strife-torn country. ... more 
China urges Zimbabweans to 'respect' vote resultBeijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 China on Friday urged all sides in Zimbabwe to respect the result of the presidential election which was won by a long-time Beijing ally but contested as "fake" by the opposition. ... more |
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 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Aug 5, 2018 
Fuelled by caffeine, pizza and adrenaline, sleep-deprived programmers in a marathon Saudi contest this week explored high-tech solutions to prevent a repeat of past calamities in the annual hajj pilgrimage.
In a cavernous hall in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, thousands of software professionals and students competed in the kingdom's first-ever hackathon, a coding festival ahead of the world's ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 03, 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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 Santiago (AFP) Aug 2, 2018  Tourists wishing to travel to Easter Island can now only stay a maximum of 30 days, after local authorities implemented Wednesday a measure to regulate population growth threatening the remote Chilean territory's environmental sustainability.
Despite its isolated location some 3,500 kilometers (2,000 miles) from the coast of mainland Chile the island is a popular tourist destination, not lea ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2018 
When people think of the Arctic, snow, ice and polar bears come to mind. Trees? Not so much. At least not yet.
A new NASA-led study using data from the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) shows that carbon in Alaska's North Slope tundra ecosystems spends about 13 percent less time locked in frozen soil than it did 40 years ago. In other words, the carbon cycle there is speeding ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
The North China Plain, home to nearly 400 million people, could become a life-threatening inferno during future heat waves if climate change continues apace, researchers have warned.
Soaring temperatures combined with high humidity - made worse by the region's dense irrigation network - means the China's breadbasket faces "the greatest risk to human life from rising temperatures of any loc ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 
Nearly 250 people have drowned in Poland since April, police said Friday, as scorching weather grips the country.
"For years now the main cause of drownings has remained the same: people go for a swim after consuming alcohol," national police spokeswoman Marzena Orzynska told AFP.
In July alone, 75 people drowned across the country, while for this month the figure so far is 10, accordi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 
China on Friday urged all sides in Zimbabwe to respect the result of the presidential election which was won by a long-time Beijing ally but contested as "fake" by the opposition.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took power after veteran leader Robert Mugabe was ousted late last year, was declared the winner on Friday with 50.8 percent of the vote.
The narrow margin is just enough to av ... 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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 Bristol UK (SPX) Aug 06, 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 tropical climate of the early Paleogene period - 56-48 million years ago.
As seen from the ongoing heat wave, the knock-on effects of such extreme warmth include arid land and fires as well as impact ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (SPX) Aug 03, 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.
The satellite can be used ... more |
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 Cincinnati 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 events might alter our lives, scientists at the University of Cincinnati dug deep into the past to find new evidence for volcanic related climate change.
The results of the study are published in th ... 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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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 06, 2018 
The sixth Annual Theory and Simulation of Disruptions Workshop at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) made substantial progress toward planning a system for mitigating disruptions on ITER, the international experiment under construction in France to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power.
Disruptions, the sudden loss of heat in plasma that ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 1, 2018 
New research suggests Madagascar's red-fronted lemurs chew on and rub toxic millipedes on their anus and buttocks to both treat and prevent parasite infections.
When an ape or monkey rubs objects or substances on their bodies, it's referred to as self-anointing. Scientists believe some species self-anoint to communicate and to remove toxins from a piece of food before digestion.
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 3, 2018 
An excavator shattered the windows of Ai Weiwei's largest studio while workers hustled away his art on Friday, preparing to demolish the old Beijing factory three years after the artist and government critic left China.
As dusk descended on the old car parts factory on the outskirts of the capital, shirtless, sweating labourers packed large wooden crates filled with artworks onto a truck be ... more |
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 Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Aug 06, 2018 
Mangroves are tropical forests that thrive in salt water and are found in a variety of coastal settings from deltas to estuaries to weathered reefs and limestone rocks worldwide. Mangroves can store greater amounts of carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem, which helps reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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