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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 12, 2018 The Arctic Ocean's blanket of sea ice has changed since 1958 from predominantly older, thicker ice to mostly younger, thinner ice, according to new research published by NASA scientist Ron Kwok of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. With so little thick, old ice left, the rate of decrease in ice thickness has slowed. New ice grows faster but is more vulnerable to weather and wind, so ice thickness is now more variable, rather than dominated by the effect of global warming. Kwok's ... read more |
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Role of 'natural factors' on recent climate change underestimated, research showsExeter UK (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 Role of "natural factors" on recent climate change underestimated, research shows. Pioneering new research has given a new perspective on the crucial role that 'natural factors' play in global ... more 
With climate change fiction, novelists aim for 'radical empathy'Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 As alarm bells over global warming ring louder, authors are increasingly turning to climate change fiction to dramatise the catastrophic effects of droughts, hurricanes and floods - and inspire action. ... more  
Indonesia calls off grim search for dead in quake-tsunamiPalu, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 Indonesia Thursday called off the grim search for those killed in a quake-tsunami, with no hope of retrieving around 5,000 bodies believed to be still buried under the ruins nearly two weeks after the disaster. ... more  
Smaller, more frequent eruptions affect volcanic flare-upsHoughton MI (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 The road cut seems rather dull and gray at first, but the tuff and pumice rocks hold the secrets of a volcano. Covered in green ferns and brown roots, the rocks lock in the compositional and tempora ... more |
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Cyclone Titli batters eastern India, 300,000 evacuatedNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 A cyclone packing winds of up to 150 kilometres (95 miles) per hour and heavy rains hit eastern India early Thursday, with over 300,000 people evacuated from low-lying areas and two men reported killed. ... more 
Fear, indignation among tourists in Majorca after floodsS'Illot, Espa�a (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 Gordana Rojko was holidaying in Majorca when raging waters swept past her hotel, trapping her and her husband inside for hours, one of scores of tourists left reeling by deadly flash floods in the Spanish island. ... more  
Newly described fossils could help reveal why some dinos got so bigAustin TX (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 By the time non-avian dinosaurs went extinct, plant-eating sauropods like the Brontosaurus had grown to gargantuan proportions. Weighing in as much as 100 tons, the long-neck behemoths are the large ... more 
Polar jet circulation changes bring Sahara dust to Arctic, increasing temperatures, melting iceAbu Dhabi UAE (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 Research scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi, along with other global researchers, have identified a new mechanism by which warm dust travels from the Sahara Desert to the Arctic Circle, which has been prov ... more  
'Ghost imaging' could make greenhouse gas analysis more preciseWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018 According to a new study, a novel imaging technique, called "ghost imaging," could help scientists more precisely measure atmospheric greenhouse gases. ... more |
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Lizards dream too, study suggestsWashington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018 Just like humans, lizards experience two different sleep states, suggesting the cold-blooded creatures dream. ... more  |
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Rift Valley's drying climate inspired early human evolutionWashington (UPI) Oct 9, 2018 Sediment cores collected from Africa's Rift Valley suggest the cradle of humanity's climate was characterized by long droughts punctuated by brief periods of rain. ... more  
Human rights situation 'dire' in China: US CongressWashington (AFP) Oct 10, 2018 China is undertaking unprecedented repression of its ethnic minorities including Muslim Uighurs, with authoritarian tactics potentially constituting "crimes against humanity" as human rights conditions deteriorate, a damning US congressional report released Wednesday concluded. ... more  
Brazil's Bolsonaro can count on conservative grip over CongressRio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 9, 2018 Brazil's far-right frontrunner for the presidency, Jair Bolsonaro, is practically assured of controlling Congress if he wins, thanks to powerful groups of conservative deputies persuaded by his promises to promote families, farms and firearms. ... more 
Affable apes live longer, study showsEdinburgh UK (SPX) Oct 11, 2018 Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests. A study of hundreds of captive chimpanzees showed that males that get along well with ... more 
Schools in southern Oman close ahead of cycloneMuscat (AFP) Oct 10, 2018 Oman announced schools in Dhofar governorate will close Thursday as a cyclone gathers strength in the Arabian Sea, five months after Cyclone Mekunu killed 11 people in the sultanate and Yemen. ... more |
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 Rabat (AFP) Oct 10, 2018 
The Moroccan navy opened fire on a boat transporting migrants from the North African country, wounding one of them, a military source said on Wednesday.
Despite warning shots, "the motorboat that was carrying 58 migrants hidden under tarpaulin made a hostile move which forced the coastguard to fire at the captain," said the source in Rabat, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 11, 2018 
NUST MISIS scientists have proposed a technology that can double the strength of composites obtained by 3D printing from aluminum powder, and advance the characteristics of these products to the quality of titanium alloys: titanium's strength is about six times higher than that of aluminum, but the density of titanium is 1.7 times higher.
The developed modifiers for 3D printing can be used ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
Global sustainability is important now more than ever due to increasing urban populations and the resulting stress it can have on natural resources. But increased populations in cities may lead to greater efficiency, as a team of Penn State researchers discovered when they analyzed the water footprint of 65 mid- to large-sized U.S. cities.
"Human life on the planet has never been more comp ... more |
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 Portland OR (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 
Antarctica's sandy polar desert, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, has undergone changes over the past decade and the recent discovery of thawing permafrost, thinning glaciers and melting ground ice by a Portland State University-led research team are signs that rapid and widespread change could be on the horizon.
Led by Andrew Fountain, a geology professor in PSU's College of Liberal Arts and Scie ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 
A judge on Wednesday was mulling whether to gut a jury order that Monsanto pay $290 million in damages for not warning a groundskeeper that its weed killer product Roundup might cause cancer.
In motions filed after the historic August verdict, Monsanto urged the judge to strip away the $250 million punitive portion of the damages, arguing that a new trial was justified.
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 Houghton MI (SPX) Oct 12, 2018 
The road cut seems rather dull and gray at first, but the tuff and pumice rocks hold the secrets of a volcano. Covered in green ferns and brown roots, the rocks lock in the compositional and temporal signatures from past eruptions of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand.
Taupo is an active system, where some of the world's largest eruptions have occurred over the past two million years. In ... more |
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 Beni, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 10, 2018  "I am always anticipating an attack," says South African soldier Maijeke of how it feels to be in DR Congo's "triangle of death", where he is part of a UN peacekeeping force helping the Congolese army hunt down a militia group that is slaughtering civilians.
There has been a recent spike in violence in this volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo blamed on the Allied Demo ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Oct 11, 2018 
Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests.
A study of hundreds of captive chimpanzees showed that males that get along well with others - by being sensitive, protective and cooperative - outlived their less amiable peers.
The team, led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, found that, contrary to studies of human ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Oct 10, 2018  The economic cost of climate-related disasters hit $2.25 trillion over the last two decades, an increase of more than 150 percent compared to the previous 20 years, the UN said Wednesday.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) noted that "climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events" such as floods and storms.
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 Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
Researchers in Canada, the United States and Europe have developed a new way to remotely measure Earth's magnetic field - by zapping a layer of sodium atoms floating 100 kilometres above the planet with lasers on the ground.
The technique, documented this week in Nature Communications, fills a gap between measurements made at the Earth's surface and at much higher altitude by orbiting sate ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 
The oldest skeleton remains known to fossil chronicle of the Earth belonged to the microorganisms that lived 700-650 million years ago. International research team proved that a larger organisms of the same period, such as Palaeopascichnus linearis up to 20 centimeters long, also had a skeleton. The research is published in Precambrian Research.
Palaeopascichnus resembles a series of spher ... 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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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 
International team of physicists explained anomalous low temperature behavior of 'dirty' superconductors. These materials possess various non-trivial properties which make them necessary for quantum computers with superconductive qubits. In a paper published in Nature Physics, scientists report how 'dirty' superconductors can violate the conventional theory of superconductivity. These results ma ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2018  Just like humans, lizards experience two different sleep states, suggesting the cold-blooded creatures dream.
The brains of all animals perform important functions during sleep - memories get processed and organized, the metabolic trash gets taken out, neuronal energy reserves get replenished. But until now, scientists thought only land mammals and some birds experienced two different ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2018 
China is undertaking unprecedented repression of its ethnic minorities including Muslim Uighurs, with authoritarian tactics potentially constituting "crimes against humanity" as human rights conditions deteriorate, a damning US congressional report released Wednesday concluded.
The bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China said in its annual report repression has worsened in rec ... more |
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 St Louis MO (SPX) Oct 08, 2018 
Secondary forests, or forests that have regrown after agriculture use, only last an average of 20 years, according to a recently released scientific paper.
The finding presents a major problem for large-scale restoration policy, which often focuses on commitments to restore a certain number of hectares by a given year. But the benefits of restoration depend on those forests persisting. It ... more |
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