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  Tuguegarao, Philippines (AFP) Sept 14, 2018 Preparations were in high gear in the Philippines on Friday with Super Typhoon Mangkhut set to make a direct hit in less than 24 hours, packing winds up to 255 kilometres per hour and drenching rains. Thousands fled their homes on the Philippines' northern coastal tip ahead of the early Saturday landfall of what is expected to be the disaster-prone nation's fiercest storm yet this year. Businesses and residents on Luzon island, which is home to millions, were boarding up windows and tying down r ... read more |
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'Once in a lifetime' hurricane weakens, begins lashing eastern USWilmington, United States (AFP) Sept 14, 2018 The US east coast girded for a battering from Hurricane Florence late Thursday as the monster storm's outer edge began lashing the Carolinas with heavy wind and rain, which forecasters warned could trigger life-threatening floods even as it further weakened. ... more  
Perfect storms: hurricanes and typhoonsParis (AFP) Sept 13, 2018 As Hurricane Florence looms off the eastern United States and Typhoon Mangkhut threatens the Philippines, here are some facts about monster storms and what to expect as climate change supercharges our weather. ... more 
Americans in hurricane's path plan to party like there's no tomorrowWilmington, United States (AFP) Sept 13, 2018 As Hurricane Florence barrels towards the US East Coast, millions are evacuating, boarding up windows and stockpiling water. But others are ordering pizza, beer and vodka for "hurricane parties," a tradition in storm-prone areas to ride out the tempest in style ... more 
U.S. military prepares for post-Florence responseWashington (UPI) Sep 13, 2018 U.S. Northern Command is readying forces to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency in preparation for the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. ... more |
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Self-deploying drone pilots may hinder hurricane response effortsMiami FL (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Last year's hurricane season was a benchmark year for the role of drones in emergency management. Harvey, Irma, and Maria all had varying characteristics that served well to showcase the benefits th ... more  
Improving soil quality can slow global warmingBerkeley CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Low-tech ways of improving soil quality on farms and rangelands worldwide could pull significant amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere and slow the pace of climate change, according to a new Unive ... more  
Natural mechanism could lower emissions from tropical peatlandsDurham NC (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Scientists have long feared that as Earth warms, tropical peatlands - which store up to 10 percent of the planet's soil carbon - could dry out, decay and release vast pools of carbon dioxide and met ... more  
Peatland carbon sinks at riskBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Peatlands are extremely effective at storing carbon, but an international study featuring a University of Queensland researcher has found climate change could stop that. The group investigated ... more  
UNM, USF scientists find stable sea levels during last interglacialTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Visualize the following: The Earth's climate swings between cold glacial and warm interglacial periods; the last glacial interval was about 20,000 years ago; sea level was about 126 meters (413 feet ... more |
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Evaluating the contribution of black carbon to climate changeNagoya, Japan (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Black carbon refers to tiny carbon particles that form during incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels. Black carbon particles absorb sunlight, so they are considered to contribute to global warm ... more  |
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Global warming: Worrying lessons from the pastGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 56 million years ago, the Earth experienced an exceptional episode of global warming. In a very short time on a geological scale, within 10 to 20'000 years, the average temperature increased by 5 to ... more 
New research unravels the mysteries of deep soil carbonHanover NH (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Energy-starved microbes may be the force that causes huge amounts of carbon to be stored in deep soils, according to a Dartmouth College study. The research finds that less food energy at depth make ... more 
Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warmsExeter UK (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon - but the effect will weaken as warming increases, new research suggests. This effect - a so-called "negative feedback" where climate ... more 
Farmers on the front lines of marine aquacultureSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 Many of the world's future farmers will likely be farming oceans, as aquaculture - the cultivation of fish and other aquatic species - continues its expansion as the fastest growing food sector. New ... more 
Drought, conflict and migration in KenyaSalt Lake City UT (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 As droughts worsen across the globe, more people who earn their living through farming and owning livestock are forced to leave their homes. Many academics and policymakers predict that the rise in ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 
Flooded runways, thousands of passengers stranded and a tanker smashing into an access bridge: last week's typhoon in Japan highlighted the vulnerability of Kansai Airport which serves a region with an economy bigger than Belgium's.
Because of concerns about engine noise, Kansai - located in the bay of Osaka - is the world's first airport entirely situated on a huge man-made island, puttin ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 
Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961), one of the giants of contemporary science, considered "entanglement" the most interesting property in quantum mechanics. In his view, it was this phenomenon that truly distinguished the quantum world from the classical world.
Entanglement occurs when groups of particles or waves are created or interact in such a way that the quantum state o ... more |
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 Astoria OR (SPX) Sep 11, 2018 
A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton, holding Associate Professorships at both the University of Southampton and the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, demonstrated how the use of autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence at sea can dramatically accelerate the exploration and study of hard to reach deep sea ecosystems, like intermittently active methane seep ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 
Visualize the following: The Earth's climate swings between cold glacial and warm interglacial periods; the last glacial interval was about 20,000 years ago; sea level was about 126 meters (413 feet) below modern sea level at that time; and the Holocene, which represents the last 12,000 years of climatic change, is an interglacial period.
The last interglacial period about 127,000 to 116,0 ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2018 
Researchers have discovered evidence of beer brewing dating to 13,000 years ago, several thousand years before the cultivation of grains in the Near East.
The discovery lends credence to those who argue beer, not bread, inspired the earliest grain growers.
Scientists didn't find beer steins or stout recipes. Instead, they found telling plant residues on stone mortars inside a cav ... more |
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 Myrtle Beach, United States (AFP) Sept 14, 2018 
With Hurricane Florence downgraded on Thursday from a Category Four to a Category Two storm, and then once again, around fifty people left the evacuation shelter in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
That was a bad idea, said Avair Vereen, a local nurse who had sought safety in the shelter with her seven children.
"They say if you stay (home), it's at your own risk," she said, noting that em ... more |
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 Doumassi, Gabon (AFP) Sept 12, 2018 
Just back from the hunt with a choice selection of plants, Ebona feels at home in the endless forest where many Gabonese fear to tread.
"Townsfolk paid me to find these leaves," the Pygmy says, setting the heap down outside his wooden hut, 500 metres (yards) from the rest of Doumassi village in north Gabon.
Ebona's people, the Baka, are held in folklore to be Africa's oldest inhabitants, ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 
"Chimpanzee hunting success increased when more chimpanzees participated in the hunt or in joint prey searches prior to the start of a hunt", says Liran Samuni of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and first author of the study.
"The sharing of meat following successful hunts encouraged hunt participation, as prey catchers shared more frequently with hunters than non-hu ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 11, 2018  Extreme weather events were a leading cause of global hunger rising last year, with women, babies, and old people particularly vulnerable to the worsening trend, a UN report said Tuesday.
Increasingly frequent shocks such as extreme rainfall or temperatures, as well as droughts, storms, and floods, helped push the number of undernourished people to 821 million in 2017, it said.
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences have managed to make a breakthrough when it comes to dealing with the extremely ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon Freon 11. Their findings could make a major contribution to protecting the endangered ozone layer.
Freon 11 is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC). These substances were previously ... more |
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 Leicester UK (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 
Scientists from the University of Leicester have shed new light on why mass extinctions have occurred through history - and how this knowledge could help in predicting upcoming ecological catastrophes.
The international team has investigated sudden ecological transitions throughout history, from mass mortality events in the far past to more recent extinctions which have occurred over the l ... 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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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Sep 13, 2018 
University of Birmingham scientists are paving the way to swap the lithium in lithium-ion batteries with sodium, according to research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Lithium-ion batteries (LIB) are rechargeable and are widely used in laptops, mobile phones and in hybrid and fully electric vehicles. The electric vehicle is a crucial technology for fighting pollut ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2018 
Blister beetles are chemical con artists, and according to new research, they can adapt their trickery to dupe a variety of bee species.
During one of several larval stages, Meloe franciscanus beetles infiltrate bee nests by mimicking the chemicals emitted by female bees - perfume-like compounds called pheromones. The perfume attracts males, which the larvae attach themselves to, hitch ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 10, 2018  Beijing officials have shut down one of China's largest "underground" Protestant churches for operating without a licence, the Communist government's latest move to ramp up control over religious worship.
Around 70 officials stormed into the Zion Church - housed on the third floor of a nondescript office building in the north of the capital - after its Sunday afternoon service, said church ... more |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Sep 14, 2018 
Scientists have long feared that as Earth warms, tropical peatlands - which store up to 10 percent of the planet's soil carbon - could dry out, decay and release vast pools of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere, rapidly accelerating climate change.
A new international study headed by researchers at Florida State University and Duke University, reveals the outlook may not be as ... more |
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