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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 Five new NASA Earth science campaigns will take to the field starting in 2020 to investigate a range of pressing research questions, from what drives intense East Coast snowfall events to the impact of small-scale ocean currents on global climate. These studies will explore important, but not-well-understood, aspects of Earth system processes and were competitively selected as part of NASA's Earth Venture-class program. This is NASA's third series of Earth Venture suborbital investigations, which ... read more |
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Bacteria's password for sporulation hasn't changed in over 2 billion yearsPittsburgh PA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 When it comes to changing their passwords, bacteria are just as bad as you and me - maybe even worse. A Carnegie Mellon University research team has found that despite 2.7 billion years of evolution ... more 
Astronomers use Earth's natural history as guide to spot vegetation on new worldsIthaca NY (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 By looking at Earth's full natural history and evolution, astronomers may have found a template for vegetation fingerprints - borrowing from epochs of changing flora - to determine the age of habita ... more  
Judge restores protections for Yellowstone grizzlies, hunts canceledLos Angeles (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 A US federal judge has restored endangered species protections to the Yellowstone grizzly bear a year after it was taken off the list by the Trump administration, preventing the animal from being hunted for the first time in decades. ... more  
Once majestic Atlantic Forest 'empty' after 500 years of over-exploitationNorwich UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 Five centuries of over-exploitation has halved mammal populations in South America's Atlantic Forest - according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new analysis of mammal po ... more |
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Male mosquitoes listen for approaching females using built-in amplifierWashington (UPI) Sep 25, 2018 Play it loud. Male mosquitoes use a built in amplifier to hear the wingbeat of approaching females, according to new research. ... more  
New York seeks to claw back 'Big Oyster' pastNew York (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 One sunny morning in New York, a dozen biologists and volunteers stand in knee-deep water, chucking net sacks of oyster shells down a human chain, before planting them in containers on the riverbed. ... more  
Greenpeace 'occupies' Indonesia palm oil plant with rock bandJakarta (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 Greenpeace activists Tuesday scaled storage tanks at an Indonesian palm oil refinery along with a popular rock band which played pro-environment songs, protesting against a commodity found in everything from soap to biscuits. ... more  
Morocco navy fires on migrant boat, one dead: local officialsRabat (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 Morocco's navy on Tuesday fired on a boat carrying migrants which refused to respond to its orders, leaving a Moroccan woman dead and three other people wounded, local officials said. ... more  
Flood frequency of the world's largest river has increased fivefoldLeeds UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 A recent study of more than 100 years of river level records from the Amazon shows a significant increase in frequency and severity of floods. The scientists' analysis of the potential causes could ... more |
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Geoscientists find unexpected 'deep creep' near San Andreas, San Jacinto faultsAmherst MA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 A new analysis of thousands of very small earthquakes that have occurred in the San Bernardino basin near the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults suggests that the unusual deformation of some - they ... more  |
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Huge blaze forces hundreds from homes in TuscanyCalci, Italy (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 A vast forest fire has forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from their houses in Tuscany, with firefighters Tuesday battling to extinguish flames fanned by fierce winds. ... more  
Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram attack on base: sourcesKano, Nigeria (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram jihadists to overrun a military base in northeast Nigeria, military and civilian sources told AFP on Tuesday. ... more  
China defends ban on Hong Kong pro-independence partyBeijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 China Tuesday defended the Hong Kong government's decision to ban a political party that promotes independence and expressed "strong dissatisfaction" at countries which criticised the move. ... more  
New battery gobbles up carbon dioxideBoston MA (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized chemicals u ... more  
Chinese Cretaceous fossil highlights avian evolutionBeijing, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 A newly identified extinct bird species from a 127 million-year-old fossil deposit in northeastern China provides new information about avian development during the early evolution of flight. ... more |
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 Rabat (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 
Morocco's navy on Tuesday fired on a boat carrying migrants which refused to respond to its orders, leaving a Moroccan woman dead and three other people wounded, local officials said.
The patrol was "forced" to open fire on a speedboat driven by a Spaniard who "refused to obey" orders in waters off the Moroccan locality of M'diq-Fnideq, the authorities said in a statement.
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
Origami and high-performance textiles are transforming architecture plans for smart human habitats and research stations on the Moon and Mars. Initial field tests of the MoonMars project's origami prototype have been presented at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 in Berlin by Dr. Anna Sitnikova.
MoonMars is a collaboration between the International Lunar Exploration Worki ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Sept 25, 2018  One sunny morning in New York, a dozen biologists and volunteers stand in knee-deep water, chucking net sacks of oyster shells down a human chain, before planting them in containers on the riverbed.
Why? To build an oyster reef.
The goal? To restore a billion oysters by 2035 to America's largest city - not as a delicacy for the dinner table but in an environmental bid to clean up its n ... more |
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 Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 
More than 26,000 years ago, sea level was much lower than it is today partly because the ice sheets that jut out from the continent of Antarctica were enormous and covered by grounded ice - ice that was fully attached to the seafloor. The ice sheets were as large as they could get and at the time, sea level was much lower because a lot of ice was sequestered on the continent.
As the planet ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 
Greenpeace activists Tuesday scaled storage tanks at an Indonesian palm oil refinery along with a popular rock band which played pro-environment songs, protesting against a commodity found in everything from soap to biscuits.
The green group said 30 activists - including several foreigners - and Indonesian metal group Boomerang had been "occupying" the site on Sulawesi island to draw atte ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2018 
A new experimental weather satellite no bigger than a cereal box got an inside look at Hurricane Florence in a test of technology that could influence the future of storm monitoring from space. The satellite took its first images of Hurricane Florence on Tuesday, Sept. 11, just hours after its instrument was turned on.
TEMPEST-D, which deployed into low-Earth orbit from the International S ... more |
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 
Nigerian troops repelled another attempt by Boko Haram jihadists to overrun a military base in northeast Nigeria, military and civilian sources told AFP on Tuesday.
Dozens of jihadist fighters from an Islamic State-backed Boko Haram faction attacked the base on Sunday in the village of Kekeno, near the garrison town of Monguno, in Borno state.
Recent months have seen repeated attacks on ... more |
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 London UK (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 
Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought - according to a study published, 12 September 2018, in the journal Science Advances.
A team of scientists led by international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) discovered that anci ... more |
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 Bloomington IN (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 
Scientists have observed for years that the Earth's tropics are widening in connection with complex changes in climate and weather patterns. But in recent years, it appeared the widening was outpacing what models predicted, suggesting other factors were at work.
A new paper co-authored by Indiana University Bloomington researcher Paul Staten, however, finds that the most up-to-date models ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 24, 2018 
As part of ESA's continuing commitment to realise cutting-edge satellite missions to advance scientific understanding of our planet and to show how new technologies can be used in space, three new ideas have been chosen to compete as the tenth Earth Explorer mission.
The decision follows the release of a call for ideas in September 2017. Out of the 21 proposals submitted, ESA's Advisory Co ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2018 
A new study published in Nature shows that getting smaller was a key factor contributing to the exceptional evolution of mammals over the last 200 million years.
The origin of modern mammals can be traced back more than 200 million years to the age of dinosaurs. But while dinosaurs evolved to become some of the largest land animals, for the following 150 million years, the ancestors of all ... 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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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 
When Khooshboo Dani grew up dreaming of traveling through space and building something among the cosmos, she never considered what would power her voyage.
Inspired by Neil Armstrong's biography and trips to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Boeing's Factory in Seattle, she decided to pursue a graduate education in astronautical engineering after completing a bachelor's degree in ... more |
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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 24, 2018 
A Rutgers-led team has discovered how plants harness microbes in soil to get nutrients, a process that could be exploited to boost crop growth, fight weeds and slash the use of polluting fertilizers and herbicides.
In a process the team has named the "rhizophagy cycle" (rhizophagy means root eating), bacteria and fungi cycle between a free-living phase in the soil and a plant-dependent pha ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 24, 2018 
Hong Kong on Monday banned a political party which promotes independence, calling it a threat to national security, as Beijing clamps down on challenges to its sovereignty.
It was the first ban on a political party since the city was handed back to China by Britain 21 years ago. The foreign ministry in London expressed concern at the move.
Semi-autonomous Hong Kong enjoys freedoms unse ... more |
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 Gloucester Point VA (SPX) Sep 24, 2018 
When Florence slogged ashore in North Carolina last week, coastal wetlands offered one of the best lines of defense against the hurricane's waves and surge.
A new study predicts such wetlands will survive rising seas to buffer the world's coastlines against future storms and provide their many other ecological and economic benefits, but only if humans preserve the room needed for the wetla ... more |
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