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  Paris (ESA) Sep 26, 2018 The drought that swept through Europe this year has hit European farmers hard. Sustained high temperatures and the lack of rain have badly affected the agrofood industry, including the important potato sector. Europe has the highest level of potato consumption in the world at almost 90 kg per capita per year, and is the second largest potato producer globally with some 53 million tonnes harvested annually. The price of potatoes varies from year to year, but this important crop has now reache ... read more |
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Soil holds the secret to mitigating climate changeEast Lansing MI (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 Food production doesn't have to be a victim of climate change. New research from Michigan State University suggests that crop yields and the global food supply chain can be preserved by harnessing t ... more 
Sunflower pollen protects bees from disease, study findsWashington (UPI) Sep 26, 2018 Great access to sunflowers and their pollen could help keep vulnerable bee populations pathogen-free. ... more  
Four dead after typhoon batters JapanTokyo (AFP) Oct 1, 2018 Four people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that battered Japan over the weekend, local media reported Monday, as the storm's aftermath brought travel chaos to Tokyo. ... more  
Quake-hit Indonesia buries dead in mass gravePalu, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 1, 2018 Indonesian volunteers began burying bodies in a vast mass grave on Monday, victims of a quake-tsunami that devastated swathes of Sulawesi, as the UN warned that some 191,000 people were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. ... more |
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National parks bear the brunt of climate changeBerkeley CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 Human-caused climate change has exposed U.S. national parks to conditions hotter and drier than the rest of the nation, says a new UC Berkeley and University of Wisconsin-Madison study that quantifi ... more  
Gangsters, militants exploit environment for cashParis (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 Reckless exploitation of the environment has taken over from drug trafficking as the top source of income for organised crime syndicates and armed groups, the international police agency Interpol said in a report Wednesday. ... more  
UN report on global warming target puts governments on the spotParis (AFP) Oct 1, 2018 Diplomats gathering in South Korea Monday find themselves in the awkward position of vetting and validating a major UN scientific report that underscores the failure of their governments to take stronger action on climate. ... more 
Ancient African herders had lasting ecological impact on grazed landsChampaign IL (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 Ancient animal herders added to the ecological richness and diversity of the African savanna thousands of years ago - an effect that persists to the present day, a new study finds. The herders' prac ... more 
Soil health on the menu with retrieved coffee beansWashington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 Coffee is one of Brazil's biggest crops. Brazil's favorable climate helps coffee beans ripen and be ready for picking during a concentrated period of weeks. This makes mechanical harvesting an econo ... more |
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Austrian fruit grower jailed over bee deathsVienna (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 An Austria fruit grower was handed a rare prison sentence Wednesday for having illegally spread an insecticide which led to the deaths of dozens of neighbouring bee colonies. ... more  |
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Sierra Leone expels 38 Chinese for 'child labour' in miningFreetown (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 Sierra Leone is to deport 38 Chinese for alleged involvement in illicit gold mining and child labour, officials said Wednesday. ... more 
Humans delayed the formation of the Sahara desert by half a millenniumWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 According to a new climate model, the Sahara desert should have formed 500 years earlier than it did. The influence of hunter-gatherers and pastoralists may explain the delay in desertification. ... more  
Hong Kong marks fourth anniversary of Umbrella MovementHong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2018 Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong Friday to mark the fourth anniversary of the mass pro-democracy Umbrella Movement rallies as concerns grow that freedoms are disappearing under an assertive Beijing. ... more  
The Ocean Cleanup chooses IridiumMcLean VA (SPX) Sep 26, 2018 Iridium Communications Inc. has been selected as the preferred provider of satellite communications services for The Ocean Cleanup , the non-profit organization deploying advanced technologies to ri ... more  
NASA tests tiny satellites to track global stormsPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 26, 2018 How many times have you stepped outside into a surprise rainstorm without an umbrella and wished that weather forecasts were more accurate? A satellite no bigger than a shoebox may one day hel ... 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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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 
The Earth is currently surrounded by debris launched into space over several decades. This space junk can collide with satellites and not only cause damage to spacecraft but also result in further debris being created.
To preserve a secure space environment, the active removal or de-orbiting of space debris is an emergent technological challenge. If remedial action is not taken in the near ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 26, 2018 
Scientists are gathering in the Azores this week to share findings on how satellite has revealed changes in the height of the sea, ice, inland bodies of water and more. Of concern to all is the fact that global sea level has not only been rising steadily over the last 25 years, but recently it is rising at a much faster rate.
The 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry Symposium gives part ... 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.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 
Farmers have always looked to the weather and the progress of their crops to try to predict how the harvest will go, but a new tool uses NASA satellite imagery to take the predictions to a whole new level - to near-perfect, in fact.
"What distinguishes us is, we're taking the meteorological data and building models that are in some senses similar to more traditional crop forecasting models ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 1, 2018 
Four people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that battered Japan over the weekend, local media reported Monday, as the storm's aftermath brought travel chaos to Tokyo.
By Monday morning, Typhoon Trami had cleared Japan, but its powerful winds and heavy rainfall caused damage that blocked roads and train lines.
Four people were killed in the storm and another was reported missing, K ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 
According to a new climate model, the Sahara desert should have formed 500 years earlier than it did. The influence of hunter-gatherers and pastoralists may explain the delay in desertification.
The Sahara only became the desert it's known as today some 5,500 years ago. Some 8,000 years ago, the band stretching across North Africa was green, home to diverse vegetation and populations of ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 
How is it possible that so many different and highly specific neurons arise in the brain? A mathematic model developed by researchers from the University of Basel's Biozentrum demonstrates that different variants of genes enable such a random diversity. The scientists describe in Cell Reports that despite countless numbers of newly formed neurons, the genetic variants equip neurons individually ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2018 
Heads of state and government on Monday kicked off "Climate Week," held every year on the margins of the UN General Assembly, by urging world leaders to act urgently to reduce global warming.
With Poland hosting the COP 24 climate summit in December, UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa called on nations to unite behind limiting global warming to the less than two degrees Celsius enshrined in ... 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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 Beijing, 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.
Drs. WANG Min, Thomas Stidham, and ZHOU Zhonghe from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported their study of the well-preserved ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 
A new study suggests the power industry is underestimating how climate change could affect the long-term demand for electricity in the United States.
The research, published in the journal Risk Analysis, was led by the University at Buffalo and Purdue University.
It describes the limitations of prediction models used by electricity providers and regulators for medium- and long-term e ... 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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 Tampa (AFP) Sept 19, 2018 
DNA tests on smuggled elephant tusks have identified three major ivory cartels in Africa and are helping investigators bolster the criminal cases against some of the most dangerous traffickers, researchers said Wednesday.
Around 40,000 African elephants are killed every year for their tusks, which are illegally traded as part of a multi-billion dollar industry that extends from Africa to Asi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 
Illuminated under a spotlight at London's British Museum, hand-drawn sketches of Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement are part of a new exhibition on dissent that offers a rare glimpse of the artworks produced during the pro-democracy rallies.
The months-long demonstrations, which kicked off on September 28 four years ago, brought parts of the city to a standstill as protest camps took over ar ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 
Gabon will pull forestry permits from firms that have not embraced an international standard on responsible logging by 2022, President Ali Bongo Ondimba said Wednesday.
Ondimba made the statement in support of a certification process run by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an international NGO devoted to better forestry management.
By 2022, all loggers have to be "committed" to FSC ... more |
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