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  Bochum, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2018 A catalyst for carbon dioxide recycling, Mineral pentlandite may also be a conceivable alternative to expensive precious metal catalysts. This is the result of a study conducted by researchers from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB), Fritz-Haber Institute Berlin and Fraunhofer Umsicht in Oberhausen. Pentlandite had previously been known as a catalyst for hydrogen production. By adding a suitable solvent, the researchers successfully utilised it to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide. The latter ... read more |
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Earth's magnetic field measured using artificial stars at 90 kilometers altitudeMainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 16, 2018 The mesosphere, at heights between 85 and 100 kilometers above the Earth's surface, contains a layer of atomic sodium. Astronomers use laser beams to create artificial stars, or laser guide stars (L ... more 
Satellites encounter magnetic reconnection in Earth's magnetotailUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Nov 16, 2018 Research published in the respected journal Science presents observations made by NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) satellites in the Earth's magnetotail. Two scientists from the Swedish I ... more  
Greenhouse gasses triggering more changes than we can handleManoa HI (SPX) Nov 21, 2018 A new study published in Nature Climate Change provides one of the most comprehensive assessments yet of how humanity is being impacted by the simultaneous occurrence of multiple climate hazards str ... more  
Major natural carbon sink may soon become carbon sourceWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 21, 2018 Until humans can find a way to geoengineer ourselves out of the climate disaster we've created, we must rely on natural carbon sinks, such as oceans and forests, to suck carbon dioxide out of the at ... more |
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Thai prosecutor among trio jailed for $1.4m rhino horn haulBangkok (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 A public prosecutor and two Thais were sentenced for four years Tuesday after they were caught attempting to smuggle more than a dozen rhino horns worth $1.4 million through Bangkok's main airport last year. ... more  
Filipinos 'Pooh-Pooh' Xi's Manila visitManila (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Philippine Twitter and Facebook feeds were flooded Tuesday with Winnie the Pooh memes in a winking expression of anti-China sentiment stirred by President Xi Jinping's state visit to Manila. ... more 
Humanity faces simultaneous climate disasters: studyParis (AFP) Nov 19, 2018 By century's end, many parts of the world may have to cope with up to six climate catastrophes at once, ranging from heat waves and wildfires to diluvian rains and deadly storm surges, researchers warned Monday. ... more  
Monsanto appeals Roundup cancer verdictSan Francisco (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 Monsanto on Tuesday said it was asking a US appeals court to toss out a damning verdict in a landmark Roundup weed-killer cancer trial and grant it another hearing. ... more  
Humpback whales travel to the Mediterranean to feedWashington (UPI) Nov 15, 2018 Humpback whales are visiting the Mediterranean to feed, according to a new study. ... more |
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Eel trafficking in the EU, the world's 'biggest wildlife crime'Paris (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Billions of euros worth of critically endangered eels are being trafficked each year from Europe, ending up on tables in China and Japan in what campaigners say is "the largest wildlife crime on Earth." ... more  |
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Antarctic melting slows atmospheric warming and speeds sea level riseTucson AZ (SPX) Nov 21, 2018 As the Antarctic ice sheet melts, warming of the atmosphere will be delayed by about a decade but sea level rise will accelerate, according to new research scheduled for advance online publication i ... more 
Powerful new map depicts environmental degradation across EarthCincinnati OH (SPX) Nov 21, 2018 A powerful new map by the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving Guatemala and Honduras to reach the United States. UC geography professor To ... more 
Bio jet fuels good for the climate, but technologies need tweakingOslo, Norway (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 Norwegian aviation executives like to joke among themselves that when God created aviation, he was thinking of Norway. The country's long coastline and mountainous interior make conventional r ... more  
Researchers a step closer to understanding how deadly bird flu virus takes hold in humansNathan, Australia (SPX) Nov 21, 2018 New research has taken a step towards understanding how highly pathogenic influenza viruses such as deadly bird flu infect humans. Researchers at Griffith's Institute for Glycomics and the Uni ... more  
Thousands evacuated as Guatemala volcano erupts, then stopsGuatemala City (AFP) Nov 20, 2018 Guatemalan authorities declared a red alert and evacuated around 4,000 people Monday after the Fuego volcano erupted for the fifth time this year, sending bursts of ash and lava down the mountain before its activity decreased and then stopped. ... more |
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 Laredo, United States (AFP) Nov 19, 2018 
They started work in the cool of the morning and moved quickly, uncoiling reel after reel of vicious-looking fencing and tying it with barbed wire to green poles hammered into the ground.
Over the course of three days, a gleaming, shoulders-high barrier of concertina-wire emerged like a silver snake along a lush riverbank, stretching as far as the eye could see.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have recently demonstrated a new nonmechanical chip-based beam steering technology that offers an alternative to costly, cumbersome and often unreliable and inefficient mechanical gimbal-style laser scanners.
The chip, known as a steerable electro-evanescent optical refractor, or SEEOR, takes laser light in the mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 19, 2018 
Providing hotel guests real-time feedback on the power they use in the shower sharply curbs the amount of energy consumed even though they do not pay for it, according to new research released Monday.
The team behind the study, based on the installation of smart meters in showers at six hotels in Switzerland, said it showed that financial incentives alone don't dictate how much energy we use ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 
Antarctica's mountainous landscape was shaped by rivers rather than carved by glaciers as previously thought, a study has revealed.
The continent's mountains and valleys, mostly covered by ice up to 4 kilometres thick, were formed millions of years ago, after Antarctica's landmass separated from that of Australia, India and Africa, but before it was inundated by an ice sheet, research sugg ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Nov 21, 2018 
Monsanto on Tuesday said it was asking a US appeals court to toss out a damning verdict in a landmark Roundup weed-killer cancer trial and grant it another hearing.
"By its appeal from the judgment and amended judgment, Monsanto also seeks appellate review of the trial court's order denying Monsanto's motion for new trial," an attorney for the agrochemical giant said in a filed notice-of-app ... more |
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 Guatemala City (AFP) Nov 19, 2018 
Guatemalan authorities on Monday declared a red alert after the Fuego volcano erupted again, forcing about 200 residents to flee.
A fiery glow rose from the crater of Fuego which is erupting for the fifth time this year, one month after the last one and following a June 3 rain of rocks, ash and toxic gases that left almost 200 people dead and 235 missing.
A spokesman for Guatemala's disa ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 15, 2018  The Department of Defense announced Thursday the withdrawal and realignment of some U.S. Africa Command Counter Violent Extremist Organization, in accordance with priorities outlined in this years National Defense Strategy.
The realignment projects a reduction of under 10 percent of the 7,200 troops assigned to Africa Command over the next several years.
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 
New analysis of artifacts found at a South China archaeological site shows that sophisticated tool technology emerged in East Asia earlier than previously thought.
A study by an international team of researchers, including from the University of Washington, determines that carved stone tools, also known as Levallois cores, were used in Asia 80,000 to 170,000 years ago. Developed in Africa ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 19, 2018 
By century's end, many parts of the world may have to cope with up to six climate catastrophes at once, ranging from heat waves and wildfires to diluvian rains and deadly storm surges, researchers warned Monday.
"Human society will be faced with the devastating combined impacts of multiple interacting climate hazards," said co-author Erik Franklin, a researcher at the University of Hawaii' ... more |
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 Halle, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 
Which plant species grow where, alongside which others - and why? The diversity of global vegetation can be described based on only a few traits from each species. This has been revealed by a research team led by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 16, 2018 
Scientist's have traced a trail of tiny dinosaur footprints to a diminutive raptor. Researchers found the tracks of the sparrow-sized dinosaur inside a dried lakebed in South Korea.
"They are the world's smallest dinosaur tracks," Anthony Romilio, researcher at the University of Queensland, said in a news release.
The 110-million-year-old tracks date to the Cretaceous period, a t ... 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.
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 
A RUDN chemist developed a new method of obtaining a porous carbon material on the basis of Chinese flour and water. The samples of the material exhibited high electrocatalytic activity in the course of production of hydrogen - an eco-friendly energy source. The results of the work were published in Electrochimica Acta.
Electrocatalytic production of hydrogen is a promising method of eco-f ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2018 
Characterizing the diversity of microbial cells in a handful of soil is so complex it was considered impossible. To date, only a small fraction of the microbes residing in, on and around soils have been identified as part of efforts to understand their contributions to the global carbon cycle, and to other nutrient cycles. Soils are also home to countless viruses that can infect microbes, impact ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2018  In China, where children are often saddled with a packed schedule of extracurricular activities before they even enter grade school, some parents are making room for a surprising pursuit: hip-hop dance classes.
Inside a dance studio in central Beijing, a group of kids bopped up and down to an American hip-hop beat as they mimicked their teacher, a young woman in a dark blue beret and loose c ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Nov 16, 2018 
Up to 15 million hectares of the Brazilian Amazon is at risk of losing its legal protection, according to a new study from researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is equivalent to more than 4 times the entire forest area of the UK.
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