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  Bardia National Park, Nepal (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 Chayan Kumar Chaudhary flicked through photographs captured on a hidden camera in the jungle, hoping his favourite big cat - dubbed "selfie tiger" for its love of the limelight - had made another appearance. Thousands of camera traps have helped conservationists track Nepal's wild tiger population, which has nearly doubled in recent years as the big cats claw their way back from the verge of extinction. After a nine-year push to protect tigers, an exhaustive census across 2,700 kilometres (1,7 ... read more |
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Nature pushed to the brink by 'runaway consumption'Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned Tuesday. ... more  
Report: European air pollution remains at deadly levelsWashington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 While air pollution continues to fall, its levels throughout Europe sit high enough to jeopardize to human health, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency. ... more 
Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year: WHOGeneva (AFP) Oct 29, 2018 Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organization warned Monday. ... more 
Sierra Leone's chimpanzees pay price of human expansionFreetown (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 They have their hands full at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where record numbers of orphaned chimps are being delivered to their care, victims of the relentless expansion of human activity. ... more |
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China permits limited trade of rhino, tiger goodsBeijing (AFP) Oct 29, 2018 China on Monday announced it was authorising the trade of rhinoceros and tiger parts for scientific, medical and cultural purposes, a move wildlife conservationists fear could have "devastating consequences" globally. ... more 
A 'deal for nature' to rescue wildlife: WWF chiefParis (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 The global population of fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals has declined 60 percent since 1970, according to the WWF's "Living Planet" report released Tuesday. ... more  
Free satellite data to help tackle public sector challengesLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 Government departments, emergency services and local authorities will receive free access to thousands of high-resolution satellite images of Britain, under plans announced by Science Minister Sam G ... more 
Study reveals how soil bacteria are primed to consume greenhouse gasNorwich UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 New research has revealed that some soil bacteria are primed ready to consume the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide when they experience life without oxygen in the environment. Previously it ... more  
Alterations to seabed raise fears for futureMontreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity. Normally the deep sea bottom is a chalky white. It's composed, to a large extent, of the mineral calcite (CaC ... more |
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 China, France launch satellite to study climate change  
Scientist explores a better way to predict space weatherSan Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 24, 2018 Findings recently published by a Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) space scientist shed new light on predicting the thermodynamics of solar flares and other "space weather" events involving hot, f ... more  |
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Earliest hominin migrations into the Arabian Peninsula required no novel adaptationsJena, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 A new study, led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, suggests that early hominin dispersals beyond Africa did ... more 
Japan launches environment monitoring satelliteTokyo (AFP) Oct 29, 2018 Japan's space agency on Monday launched a rocket carrying a satellite that will monitor greenhouse gases, as well as the first satellite built entirely in the United Arab Emirates. ... more  
Synthetic microorganisms allow scientists to study ancient evolutionary mysteriesLa Jolla CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 Scientists at Scripps Research and their collaborators have created microorganisms that may recapitulate key features of organisms thought to have lived billions of years ago, allowing them to explo ... more  
Study sheds light on why a warmer world may equal a wetter ArcticBuffalo NY (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the globe, and as it does, it's predicted to get wetter. But why? What mechanisms might drive these changes? A new study looks to history for answ ... more 
Getting the most out of atmospheric data analysisKanazawa, Japan (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 New-particle formation in the atmosphere provides the nucleation centres required for the formation of clouds, making it an important process for understanding climate. Efforts to investigate the co ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 29, 2018 
Some 75,000 youths under the age of 18 were sent to US emergency rooms due to gun violence from 2006 to 2014, at a cost of some $2.5 billion, researchers said Monday.
That's the equivalent of around 8,300 cases per year, according to the study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics.
The number of youths wounded by gunfire declined in the first years of the s ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 
A cutting-edge material, inspired by nature, that can regulate its own temperature and could equally be used to treat burns and help space capsules withstand atmospheric forces is under development at the University of Nottingham.
The research paper, Temperature - dependent polymer absorber as a switchable state NIR reactor, is published in the journal Scientific Reports Friday 26 October. ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 
Among chefs and researchers in gastronomy there is a growing interest in exploring local waters in order to use resources in a more diverse and sustainable manner, including using the cephalopod population as a counterweight to the dwindling fishing of bonefish, as well as an interest in finding new sources of protein that can replace meat from land animals.
"We know that wild fish stocks ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the globe, and as it does, it's predicted to get wetter. But why? What mechanisms might drive these changes?
A new study looks to history for answers, examining what happened in the region during a period of warming some 8,000 years ago. The research finds evidence that in this ancient time, western Greenland became more humid, a trend that's o ... more |
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 Avd�mou, Cyprus (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 
Olive farmer Andreas Fotiou steered carefully along a dusty lane in southwest Cyprus, en route from his village to nearby groves - locations that could have clashing trade regimes, post-Brexit.
He fears he could lose out on vital EU subsidies, and even be forced to pay crippling tariffs, if London and Brussels fail to finalise a withdrawal agreement or trade deal.
Fotiou is one of thous ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2018 
The United States has 18 volcanoes listed as a "very high threat" to their surrounding communities, according to recent list compiled by the United States Geological Survey.
Those volcanoes sit in five states, with Hawaii's Kilauea at the top of the list.
Kilauea last erupted in May 2018 for several hours following a magnitude-5.0 earthquake on Hawaii. The eruption filled nearby ... more |
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 Lagos (AFP) Oct 30, 2018 
The soldier's father remembers the exact day when he spoke to his son for the last time. It was August 26. He hasn't heard from him since.
He's not alone: dozens of other soldiers stationed in northeast Nigeria, in the heart of Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency, have also disappeared - but the army is saying nothing.
"After two weeks, I had not heard from him on the phone. I was so, so w ... more |
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 Jena, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 
A new study, led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, suggests that early hominin dispersals beyond Africa did not involve adaptations to environmental extremes, such as to arid and harsh deserts.
The discovery of stone tools and cut-marks on fossil animal remains at the site of Ti's al Ghadah provides d ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 
Australia is setting up a billion-dollar fund to "future proof" the country against droughts, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday, as farmers struggle with a "big dry" forecast to continue for months.
Eastern Australia has been hit by a crippling drought - in some areas for several years - that has forced graziers to hand-feed their stock, sell them or even shoot them dead to stay af ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 
The compound, carbon tetrachloride, contributes to the destruction of the Earth's ozone layer, which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
As a result, the production of carbon tetrachloride has been banned throughout the world since 2010 for uses that will result in its release to the atmosphere. However, recent studies have shown that global emissions have not declined as expec ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Oct 26, 2018 
The first vertebrates on Earth were fish, and scientists believe they first appeared around 480 million years ago. But fossil records from this time are spotty, with only small fragments identified. By 420 million years ago, however, the fossil record blossoms, with a huge variety of fish species present en masse.
"It's been this ongoing question of, well, where were they?" says Lauren Sal ... 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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 Santiago (AFP) Oct 25, 2018 
Chile's constitutional court gave the green light on Thursday to Chinese group Tianqi's proposed acquisition of a 24 percent stake in Chile's lithium producer SQM for $4.1 billion.
The court rejected an appeal to halt the sale by SQM's controlling shareholder, the Pampa Group, which argued that such a deal would break competition rules as Tianqi also owns a stake in Albermarle, a direct comp ... more |
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 Tampa (AFP) Oct 25, 2018 
Six different sub-species of tigers exist today, scientists confirmed Thursday, amid hopes the findings will boost efforts to save the fewer than 4,000 free-range big cats that remain in the world.
The six include the Bengal tiger, Amur tiger, South China tiger, Sumatran tiger, Indochinese tiger and Malayan tiger, said the report in the journal Current Biology.
Three other tiger subspeci ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2018 
Chinese executive Miao Qing spits into a specially designed container, destined for a lab where her saliva will be analysed and sequenced, offering an insight into her genetic make-up and - more importantly - her ancestry.
A combination of factors - a lack of formal records or destruction during China's wars and the Cultural Revolution - have meant there are few ways for Chinese to trace ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 29, 2018 
Environmentalists and rights groups reacted with dismay Monday to the victory in Brazil of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right champion of agribusiness who has threatened to pull his country from the Paris climate accord.
Bolsonaro, who won 55 percent of the vote in a run-off on Sunday, issued a series of campaign pledges that left many fearing for the future of the Amazon, known as ... more |
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