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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 Earth's water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important insights about the development of other planets and their potential to support life. In a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, researchers propose a new theory to address the long-standing mystery of where Earth's water came from and how it got he ... read more |
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Mangroves can help countries mitigate their carbon emissionsSingapore (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 Geographers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found that coastal vegetation such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes may be the most effective habitats to mitigate carbon e ... more  
NASA's ICON to explore boundary between Earth and SpaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2018 Early in the morning of Nov. 7, 2018, NASA launches the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, a spacecraft that will explore the dynamic region where Earth meets space: the ionosphere. Ove ... more  
ESA's gravity-mapper reveals relics of ancient continents under Antarctic iceParis (ESA) Nov 08, 2018 It was five years ago this month that ESA's GOCE gravity-mapping satellite finally gave way to gravity, but its results are still yielding buried treasure - giving a new view of the remnants of lost ... more 
How much debris is lying on glaciersPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 A warming Earth causes the volume of mountain glaciers and their extent to decline globally for decades. At the same time, the cover of many glaciers with debris changes. However, this debris covera ... more |
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Ten ways climate change can make wildfires worseParis (AFP) Nov 11, 2018 Deadly wildfires such as those raging in northern and southern California have become more common across the state and elsewhere in the world in recent years. AFP talked to scientists about the ways in which climate change can make them worse. ... more 
Hell in Paradise: fire crews in grim search for California's deadParadise, United States (AFP) Nov 11, 2018 Search teams scoured the carnage of California's most destructive ever wildfire for victims on Sunday, as the state-wide death toll rose to 26 with high winds hampering the effort to rescue property and save lives. ... more  
Qatar again hit by heavy rainfallDoha (AFP) Nov 11, 2018 Thunderstorms brought heavy rains, strong winds and fresh flooding to the desert state of Qatar on Sunday for the second time in less than a month, as bad weather battered the region claiming lives. ... more  
Rio de Janeiro landslide kills 14Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 11, 2018 At least 14 people have died in Brazil after a landslide struck their homes in the southeastern city of Niteroi in Rio de Janeiro state, officials said Sunday. ... more 
One million years of precipitation history of the monsoon reconstructedKiel, Germany (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 Months of heavy rainfall followed by half a year of drought - the South Asian Monsoon with its seasonally changing rainfall and wind directions has always strongly influenced the lives of people aro ... more |
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Tiny footprints, big discovery: Reptile tracks oldest ever found in grand canyonLas Vegas NV (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 A geology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has discovered that a set of 28 footprints left behind by a reptile-like creature 310 million years ago, are the oldest ever to be found i ... more  |
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The secret behind coral reef diversity? Time, lots of timeTucson AZ (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 Strap on a diving mask and fins and slip under the crystal-clear water near a coral reef in Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea or the Philippines, and you'll immediately see why divers and snorkelers from ... more  
Newly-elected Native American vows climate change fightWashington (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 New Mexico Democrat Deb Haaland, who became one of the first Native American women elected to the US Congress this week, says she plans to make the fight for renewable energy a top priority. ... more 
Chemical spill leaves 52 ill in east ChinaBeijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 A chemical spill that dumped nearly seven tonnes of toxic waste in the seas off Fujian province in east China has left 52 people ill, local authorities said Thursday. ... more 
Today's budding yeasts shed traits from their 400-million-year-old ancestorNashville TN (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 On their way to decoding the genome of every organism in a major branch of the tree of life - that of the humble budding yeasts - a team of evolutionary biologists successfully reconstructed the gen ... more 
Fossilized dinosaur proteins and burnt toast feature similar chemical compoundsWashington (UPI) Nov 9, 2018 Under the right conditions, a dinosaur's soft tissue can be transformed and preserved, enabling fossilization. The process features chemical transformations similar to those that characterize browned or burnt toast. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
A chemical spill that dumped nearly seven tonnes of toxic waste in the seas off Fujian province in east China has left 52 people ill, local authorities said Thursday.
The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday when a tube connecting a transport vessel to the wharf broke, spilling 6.9 tonnes of C9 aromatics into the sea.
A product of refining crude oil, C9 is typically used to p ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 12, 2018 
During August, the JUICE Test Campaign switched to thermal tests of a Structural and Thermal Model (STM) of a segment of the magnetometer (MAG) boom, equipped with five STMs of the scientific sensors.
The tests were run as part of the MAG boom development programme in order to validate current engineering assumptions and guarantee the overall thermal performance of the boom and of the sens ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
Earth's water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important insights about the development of other planets and their potential to support life.
In a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, researcher ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 7, 2018 
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet has far fewer lakes beneath it than scientists once assumed.
During an Antarctic expedition, a team of researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, or AWI, observed that areas underneath Recovery Glacier contained only few large bodies of water.
This new findings were published Wednesday in the Journal ... more |
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 Burlington VT (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 
Around the world, over 13,000 plant species have embedded themselves in new environments - some of them integrate with the native plants, but others spread aggressively. Understanding why some plants become invasive, while others do not is critical to preserving the world's biodiversity.
New research from the University of Vermont provides insight to help predict which plants are likely to ... more |
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 Amman (AFP) Nov 10, 2018  Flash floods killed 12 people in Jordan and forced nearly 4,000 tourists to flee the famed ancient desert city of Petra, emergency services said on Saturday.
Search teams were scouring valleys near the historic hill town of Madaba for a young girl who was still missing after Friday's floods, civil defence spokesman Iyad Amru told state television.
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 Lusaka (AFP) Nov 9, 2018  Zambia's government accused the opposition on Friday of fuelling "xenophobic" attacks on Chinese nationals after a spate of violent incidents targeting the community and its businesses.
Anti-Chinese sentiment in Zambia has grown as the government increasingly hands lucrative contracts to the country while borrowing huge sums from Beijing.
Vice President Inonge Wina told parliament that " ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 
A theory called the cultural brain hypothesis could explain extraordinary increases in brain size in humans and other animals over the last few million years, according to a study published in PLOS Computational Biology by Michael Muthukrishna of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Harvard University, and colleagues at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Universit ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
New Mexico Democrat Deb Haaland, who became one of the first Native American women elected to the US Congress this week, says she plans to make the fight for renewable energy a top priority.
A 57-year-old member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, Haaland insists that indigenous rights are inextricably linked to climate change - and vows to fight for "tribal nations ... battling the fossil fuel ind ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 5, 2018 
Scientists expect the Northern hemisphere and mid-latitude ozone holes to be completely repaired some time in the 2030s, according to the first assessment of the ozone hole since 2014.
The study, "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018," published Monday by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization, highlighted the decrease of ozone-depleting substances as the ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2018 
Under the right conditions, a dinosaur's soft tissue can be transformed and preserved, enabling fossilization. The process features chemical transformations similar to those that characterize browned or burnt toast.
Scientists have long debated whether soft tissue can be preserved within dinosaur bones. While hard tissue - bones, eggs, teeth, scales - can survive for more than 100 mil ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
An EU court ruled Thursday that Brussels regulators are wrong to test the energy efficiency of vacuum cleaners using empty dust bags, in a victory for British manufacturer Dyson.
Household vacuums sold in Europe must carry energy labelling to allow consumers to judge which models are more efficient and thus cheaper to run and less damaging to the environment.
But Dyson, which makes clean ... more |
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 Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018 
Fusion offers the potential of near limitless energy by heating a gas trapped in a magnetic field to incredibly high temperatures where atoms are so energetic that they fuse together when they collide. But if that hot gas, called a plasma, breaks free from the magnetic field, it must be safely put back in place to avoid damaging the fusion device - this problem has been one of the great challeng ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 8, 2018 
Utah is home to 660 bee species, according to a new study. One out of every four bee species endemic to the United States can be found in the aptly named Beehive State.
Thanks to a four-year survey conducted by entomologists at Utah State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, scientists have an improved understanding of Utah's remarkable apian diversity.
Utah hosts a ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 10, 2018  Ma Jian walks into his interview at a Hong Kong hotel carrying a local newspaper under his arm after finding himself at the centre of a media storm in recent days.
Two venues refused to host talks the exiled Chinese author was due to give at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, before the original space changed its mind and invited him back.
The row made local and international ... more |
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 Winston-Salem NC (SPX) Nov 09, 2018 
Small-scale gold mining has destroyed more than 170,000 acres of primary rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon in the past five years, according to a new analysis by scientists at Wake Forest University's Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA).
That's an area larger than San Francisco and 30 percent more than previously reported.
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