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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 The ozone hole that forms in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica each September was slightly above average size in 2018, NOAA and NASA scientists have reported. Colder-than-average temperatures in the Antarctic stratosphere created ideal conditions for destroying ozone this year, but declining levels of ozone-depleting chemicals prevented the hole from as being as large as it would have been 20 years ago. "Chlorine levels in the Antarctic stratosphere have fallen about 11 percent from the p ... read more |
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What's in the air? There's more to it than we thoughtNew Haven CT (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 Yale researchers have found that a type of air pollution is much more complicated than previous studies indicated. Using high-powered equipment to analyze air samples, the researchers were abl ... more  
Plans for world's largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctic blockedSydney (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 A plan to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of scientific foresight. ... more  
Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikersBoston MA (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 Finding lost hikers in forests can be a difficult and lengthy process, as helicopters and drones can't get a glimpse through the thick tree canopy. Recently, it's been proposed that autonomous drone ... more  
Fierce winds raze forests in storm-hit ItalyRome (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 Fierce winds and rains have killed at least 20 people in Italy this week and razed thousands of hectares of forest in the country's devastated north, officials said. ... more |
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France promises money, guns for C.AfricaBangui, Central African Republic (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 France will give the Central African Republic, its restive former colony, aid of 24 million euros ($27.4 million) and weapons, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on Friday. ... more  
Races to watch in US midterm electionsWashington (AFP) Nov 4, 2018 A number of notable races are taking place on Tuesday in the US midterm elections, when Americans go to the polls to elect governors and members of the US House of Representatives and Senate. ... more 
Ahead of vote, Twitter says accounts removed over 'disinformation'Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 Twitter on Saturday said it deleted a "series of accounts" that attempted to share disinformation, ahead of crucial midterm elections, as media reports said thousands of accounts were axed. ... more  
Pussy Riot activists stand up for Hong Kong freedomsHong Kong (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 Members of Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot joined Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners Saturday to defend freedom of expression as Beijing tightens its grip on the semi-autonomous city. ... more 
Hong Kong art show cancelled after 'China threats'Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 A highly anticipated art show in Hong Kong by a Chinese political cartoonist was cancelled Friday due to safety concerns with organisers citing "threats made by Chinese authorities relating to the artist". ... more |
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Trump threatens to shoot migrants who throw stones at US militaryWashington (AFP) Nov 2, 2018 President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that soldiers deployed to the Mexican border could shoot Central American migrants who throw stones at them while attempting to cross illegally. ... more  |
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Asia coal plants worrying for climate targets: IEAParis (AFP) Oct 31, 2018 Coal-fired power plants operating and under construction in Asia pose a threat to achieving the goal of halting global warming, the head of the International Energy Agency told the Financial Times on Wednesday. ... more  
Carbon-busting system to launch at massive Las Vegas auto weekLas Vegas NV (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 A service system for reducing carbon build-up in engines will be released at one of the world's biggest auto industry events in Las Vegas this week. South Australian company Hydroflex will lau ... more  
Perilous times for Australia wildlife amid severe droughtBooligal, Australia (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 From abandoned baby kangaroos to wallabies being blinded by the sun and koalas having to go walkabout to look for eucalyptus leaves, Australia's exotic wild animals are struggling to adapt to a crippling drought. ... more  
Study: Colored bird eggs come from dinosaursWashington (UPI) Nov 1, 2018 The spectrum of colors seen on modern bird eggs likely evolved from dinosaurs, a new study suggests. ... more  
Micro-earthquakes preceding a mild earthquake near Istanbul as early warning signs?Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Nov 02, 2018 One of the high-risk geological structures lies near Istanbul, a megacity of 15 million people. The North Anatolian fault, separating the Eurasian and Anatolian tectonic plates, is a 1.200 kilometer ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 1, 2018 
China has invited the UN Security Council for a visit this month that will showcase its growing support for peacekeeping and include a tour of the modern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the UN ambassador said on Thursday.
The visit will highlight China's role as a global player at a time when the United States is pulling back from multilateral institutions like the United Nations.
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 Durham NC (SPX) Nov 02, 2018 
Researchers have peeked behind the curtain of the ultrafast phase transition of vanadium dioxide and found its atomic theatrics are much more complicated than they thought. It's a material that has fascinated scientists for decades for its ability to shift from being an electrical insulator to a conductor.
The study, which appears Nov. 2 in the journal Science, is a collaboration between r ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018 
Some coral reefs have a stronger genetic makeup to fight off bleaching, a recent study said.
Researchers recently discovered that so-called "robust" coral, which includes certain brain corals and mushroom corals, are capable of producing special amino acids that prevent bleaching.
Other coral, like "complex" coral, have a special relationship with microalgae called Symbiodinium, ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 
A plan to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of scientific foresight.
Member states of the organisation tasked with overseeing the sustainable exploitation of the Southern Ocean failed at an annual meeting Friday to agree over the a 1.8 mil ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 
The trick to boosting crops in drought-prone, food-insecure areas of West Africa could be a ubiquitous native shrub that persists in the toughest of growing conditions.
Growing these shrubs side-by-side with the food crop millet increased millet production by more than 900 percent, according to a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science.
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Nov 02, 2018 
One of the high-risk geological structures lies near Istanbul, a megacity of 15 million people. The North Anatolian fault, separating the Eurasian and Anatolian tectonic plates, is a 1.200 kilometer-long fault zone running between eastern Turkey and the northern Aegean Sea.
Since the beginning of the 20th century its seismic activity has caused more than 20.000 deaths. A large (Mw > 7) ear ... more |
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 Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) Nov 2, 2018  France will give the Central African Republic, its restive former colony, aid of 24 million euros ($27.4 million) and weapons, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on Friday.
"France wishes to continue its historical partnership with the Central African Republic," the minister told journalists in Bangui after meeting President Faustin-Archange Touadera.
Le Drian signed aid agre ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
This study is the first to report lead exposure in Neanderthal and is the first to use teeth to reconstruct climate during and timing of key developmental events including weaning and nursing duration - key determinants of population growth.
Results of the study will be published online in Science Advances, a journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
Once again, humanity might be well served to take heed from a history lesson. When the climate changed, when crops failed and famine threatened, the peoples of ancient Asia responded. They moved. They started growing different crops. They created new trade networks and innovated their way to solutions in other ways too.
So suggests new research by Jade d'Alpoim Guedes of the University of ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 05, 2018 
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission has resumed collecting science-quality data and planned in-orbit checks after successfully completing a switchover to a backup system in the microwave instrument (MWI) on one of the mission's twin spacecraft.
The in-orbit checks include calibrations and other system tests, and are expected to continue until January, w ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2018 
The spectrum of colors seen on modern bird eggs likely evolved from dinosaurs, a new study suggests.
According to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, non-bird dinosaurs laid eggs in open or partially open nests. Modern bird eggs, even those that are spotted or speckled, are primarily based on two color pigments: red and blue.
The research suggests with the open ... 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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 Ames IA (SPX) Nov 05, 2018 
Using solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) techniques, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory discovered a new quantum criticality in a superconducting material, leading to a greater understanding of the link between magnetism and unconventional superconductivity.
Most iron-arsenide superconductors display both magnetic and structural (or nematic) transitio ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 31, 2018  More than 70 percent of Earth's last untouched wilderness lies in the territories of just five countries, scientists said Wednesday - mostly nations that alarm environmentalists with their lukewarm response to climate change.
True wild spaces - land and sea areas mostly unaffected by mankind's explosive expansion and insatiable appetite for food and natural resources - now cover just a qu ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2018  Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted his Dominican counterpart Danilo Medina with a raft of economic deals in Beijing on Friday, meeting a Latin American leader who recently diplomatically ditched Taiwan for a second consecutive day.
Xi met Medina at the opulent Great Hall of the People, where they reviewed Chinese troops before holding talks, a day after treating El Salvador's president to ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) Nov 3, 2018 
Fierce winds and rains have killed at least 20 people in Italy this week and razed thousands of hectares of forest in the country's devastated north, officials said.
An 87-year-old woman and a 62-year-old German tourist were killed Friday after being struck by lightning in Sardinia.
It brings to 20 the number of people killed by bad weather in Italy since the start of the week, accordin ... more |
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