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  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 Ground penetrating radar isn't something from the latest sci-fi movie. It's actually a tool used by soil scientists to measure the amount of moisture in soil quickly and easily. As with most technologies, it is getting better and new ways to use it are being tested. Jonathan Algeo, a graduate student at Rutgers University, has spent his studies making ground penetrating radar better for different uses, such as measuring soil moisture. "It's a very common tool in research, agriculture, engi ... read more |
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Arctic greening thaws permafrost, boosts runoffLos Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to obtain a better understanding of the far north's tundra and vast permafrost system. Incorporating extensive in situ obser ... more 
Life on the floor of the Arctic Ocean, with rigor and in detailWashington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 In an extensive and rigorous study of animal life on the Central Arctic Ocean floor, researchers have shown that water depth and food availability influence the species composition, density, and bio ... more 
Arctic ice sets speed limit for major ocean currentBoston MA (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 The Beaufort Gyre is an enormous, 600-mile-wide pool of swirling cold, fresh water in the Arctic Ocean, just north of Alaska and Canada. In the winter, this current is covered by a thick cap of ice. ... more  
Blooming early! Japan's famed cherry blossoms make unexpected appearanceTokyo (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 The delicate blossoms of the cherry tree might be synonymous with the onset of spring in Japan - except this year they're also blooming in autumn, a weather forecasting company said Wednesday. ... more |
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Flexible fertilizer regulations could reduce pollution, save billionsPrinceton NK (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 As the global population continues to increase, so will food production. This means increased use of fertilizers, and many on today's market are not environmentally friendly. To reduce polluti ... more 
Big Agriculture eyeing genetic tool for pest controlParis (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 A controversial and unproven gene-editing technology touted as a silver bullet against malaria-bearing mosquitos could wind up being deployed first in commercial agriculture, according to experts and an NGO report published Tuesday. ... more 
Study finds potential benefits of wildlife-livestock coexistence in East AfricaChampaign IL (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 A study of 3,588 square kilometers of privately owned land in central Kenya offers evidence that humans and their livestock can, in the right circumstances, share territory with zebras, giraffes, el ... more 
Diversity is key to sustainability for local chicken farming in AfricaLiverpool UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 Adopting a more local and flexible approach to sustainable development could be key to boosting the productivity of small-scale chicken farms in Africa, a new study reports. Research led by th ... more  
Six Tanzanian schoolchildren killed in lightning strikeNairobi (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 At least six children were killed and 25 injured Wednesday when lightning struck a primary school in northern Tanzania, a local government official said. ... more |
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China fines pharma firm $1.3 billion in vaccine scandalBeijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 Chinese authorities have slapped penalties totalling a whopping $1.3 billion on a pharmaceutical company over a vaccine scandal that fuelled public fears of domestically-made medicine, drug regulators said Tuesday. ... more  |
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Two dead including child in Tunisia floodsTunis (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 Flash flooding in central Tunisia killed at least two people including a six-year-old child on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. ... more  
Indigenous fire practice protecting the Gibson Desert's biodiversityBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 Traditional Indigenous burning practices are protecting plant biodiversity in Australia's Gibson Desert, according to University of Queensland research. The study analysed how environments dom ... more  
Ex-chief of China asset management firm prosecuted for graftBeijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 The former chairman of a Chinese state-controlled asset management firm will be prosecuted for corruption, authorities said Monday, the latest senior figure to be felled in the government's anti-corruption dragnet. ... more 
Virtual reality can boost empathyWashington (UPI) Oct 17, 2018 Virtual reality could be used to boost empathy, new research suggests. The tool could be used to encourage tolerance and acceptance of marginalized groups. ... more  
Dandelion seeds reveal newly discovered form of natural flightEdinburgh UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 The extraordinary flying ability of dandelion seeds is possible thanks to a form of flight that has not been seen before in nature, research has revealed. The discovery, which confirms the com ... more |
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 Valletta (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
Migrants rescued at sea by a merchant vessel are being taken to Malta after two days in limbo following Italy's refusal to accept them, the Maltese armed forces said Wednesday.
The Just Fitz III plucked 44 migrants from a rickety wooden boat late Monday after they ran into difficulty during the perilous crossing from North Africa.
The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, which had been heade ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
Luxembourg-based Kleos Space S.A. has signed a second Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus Defence and Space, as both companies investigate opportunities to collaborate for the manufacture In-Space of structural elements.
Kleos Space and parent Magna Parva (UK) have developed an In-Space manufacturing system that will provide a method of producing huge carbon composite 3D structures in ... more |
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 Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 
Changes in Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperatures can be used to predict extreme climatic variations known as El Nino and La Nina more than a year in advance, according to research conducted at Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology and published in the journal Scientific Reports.
The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular, periodic variation in trade winds and s ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
In an extensive and rigorous study of animal life on the Central Arctic Ocean floor, researchers have shown that water depth and food availability influence the species composition, density, and biomass of benthic communities, according to a study published October 17, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.
The study, led by a team including Antje Boetius of the Max Planck Institute for ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
Adopting a more local and flexible approach to sustainable development could be key to boosting the productivity of small-scale chicken farms in Africa, a new study reports.
Research led by the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with UK and African partners, reveals village chicken populations in Ethiopia to be genetically diverse and highly adapted to their local physical, cultural ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
A company supplying equipment to protect major buildings in Japan from earthquakes has admitted falsifying data, authorities said Wednesday, stressing there was no immediate safety risk.
Tokyo-based parts maker KYB and its unit Kayaba System Machinery falsified data linked to so-called "oil dampers", which are used in nearly 1,000 buildings across Japan, the land ministry said.
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 Niamey (AFP) Oct 16, 2018 
At least 30 "bandits" have been killed during a crackdown by the armies of Niger and Nigeria in their troubled frontier where kidnappings and cattle rustling are rife, Niger's interior minister said Tuesday.
Criminal gangs had been operating in a "sanctuary" of dense forest between the Maradi area of southern Niger and the Nigerian border, Bazoum Mohamed said.
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
Life expectancy in 2040 is set to rise at least a little in all nations but the rankings will change dramatically, with Spain taking the top spot while China and the United States trade places, researchers said Wednesday.
With a projected average lifespan of nearly 85.8 years, Spain - formerly in 4th place - will dethrone Japan, which sits atop the rankings today with a lifespan of 83.7 ye ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
Flash drought is a rapidly intensifying water deficit process accompanied by high temperatures in a short period of time. Recently, heat extremes have become more frequent in a warming climate, and substantially increased the occurrence of flash drought, which has severely threatened crop yields and water supply.
Dr. Linying WANG and Professor Xing YUAN, from the Institute of Atmospheric P ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 
Over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, a 2,000-mile-long plume of smoke from African agricultural fires meets a near-permanent cloud bank offshore. Their meeting makes a natural laboratory for studying the interactions between cloud droplets and the tiny airborne smoke particles. This month, NASA's P-3 research aircraft and a team of scientists return on their third deployment to this region as part ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have found the oldest clue yet of animal life, dating back at least 100 million years before the famous Cambrian explosion of animal fossils.
The study, led by Gordon Love, a professor in UCR's Department of Earth Sciences, was published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. The first author is Alex Zumberge, a doctoral student working in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2018 
Spain's Iberdola, an electricity generation company that also operates in the U.K., U.S., Brazil and Mexico, said Tuesday that it was selling to the U.K.-based Drax group $929 million worth of hydro- and gas-powered assets.
Iberdrola's President Ignacio Galan said the company's energy production in the U.K. - where it owns the unit Scottish Power-- is now completely emission free.
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 Aliso Viejo CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2018 
esVolta, a developer and owner of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America, has been selected by Southern California Edison Company (SCE) to deliver a series of lithium-ion battery energy storage systems in Riverside and Ventura Counties.
Under the contracts, which are pending approval by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), esVolta will develop, build, and ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
We humans are exterminating animal and plant species so quickly that nature's built-in defence mechanism, evolution, cannot keep up. An Aarhus-led research team calculated that if current conservation efforts are not improved, so many mammal species will become extinct during the next five decades that nature will need 3-5 million years to recover.
There have been five upheavals over the p ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 17, 2018 
China's propaganda chief has reportedly warned Hong Kong's senior media executives not to allow the city's newsrooms to "become a base for interfering with mainland politics" as Beijing ramps up pressure on challenges to its authority.
Concerns about press freedom in Hong Kong have intensified after the government denied a visa to a British journalist, who had chaired a talk by an independen ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
It may be a small correction, but it is far from negligible as far as forest ecologists and carbon cycle specialists are concerned. The error lay in a formula established almost 50 years ago (in 1971) for calculating basic wood density. Given that basic density is used to assess the amount of carbon stored in a tree, the fact that the formula had to be corrected meant that forest carbon stocks m ... more |
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