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  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 Cobalt deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of Earth's largest cobalt-mining regions, are 150 million years younger than previously thought, according to a new study by University of Alberta geologists. The study provides critical insight into exploration for cobalt, an important component in rechargeable batteries. "Cobalt has become a critically important metal because of its use as a component in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, from phones to hybrid cars," said Robert Creaser, ... read more |
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Climate change also wiped out life on Earth 252 million years agoWashington (UPI) Dec 13, 2018 Some 252 million years ago, nearly all live on Earth vanished. The fossil record suggests some 96 percent of all marine life disappeared, and scientists suspect the magnitude of losses on land was similar. ... more 
Why deep oceans gave life to the first big, complex organismsStanford CA (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 In the beginning, life was small. For billions of years, all life on Earth was microscopic, consisting mostly of single cells. Then suddenly, about 570 million years ago, complex organisms including ... more  
Snow over Antarctica buffered sea level rise during last centuryGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 A new NASA-led study has determined that an increase in snowfall accumulation over Antarctica during the 20th century mitigated sea level rise by 0.4 inches. However, Antarctica's additional ice mas ... more 
NASA finds Asian glaciers slowed by ice lossPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 14, 2018 A NASA-led, international study finds Asia's high mountain glaciers are flowing more slowly in response to widespread ice loss, affecting freshwater availability downstream in India, Pakistan and Ch ... more |
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Maria's far-reaching effects on Puerto Rico's watersheds and forestsWashington DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 Find related stories on NSF's Critical Zone Observatories Sites. Find related stories on NSF's Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. With fierce winds and flooding rains, hurricanes can be disa ... more  
UN climate talks 'deadlocked' on key issues: top China diplomatKatowice, Poland (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 UN negotiations aimed at preventing runaway global warming remain deadlocked less than 24 hours before the 12-day talks are set to end, China's top climate diplomat said Thursday. ... more 
Indian Ocean may be more disruptive to tropical climate than previously believedAustin TX (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 The Indian Ocean played a far greater role in driving climate change during the last ice age than previously believed and may disrupt climate again in the future. That's according to a new study fro ... more 
Record-wet and record-dry months increased in regions worldwidePotsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 More and more rainfall extremes are observed in regions around the globe - triggering both wet and dry records, a new study shows. Yet there are big differences between regions: The central and East ... more 
Fijian PM's swansong as head of troubled UN climate talksKatowice, Poland (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has presided over the UN climate talks since November 2017. ... more |
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Severe tropical cyclone bears down on north Australia coastSydney (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 Australians in the north east of the country are bracing for a severe tropical cyclone, with authorities warning of flash flooding and destructive winds. ... more  |
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US lashes out at 'predatory' China, Russia in AfricaWashington (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 The United States lashed out Thursday at "predatory" Chinese and Russian involvement in Africa as it announced a leaner footprint on the continent that insists on accountability in trade and peacekeeping. ... more  
US moves to ban Chinese officials unless Tibet opensWashington (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 The US Congress has voted to demand access for US diplomats, journalists and tourists to Tibet, threatening to bar the Chinese officials responsible for the policy from the United States if the region remained walled off to foreigners. ... more 
Joint HK-Chinese rail checkpoint legally sound, court rulesHong Kong (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 A Hong Kong court ruled in favour of mainland Chinese law operating in the city's new cross-border rail terminus Thursday, despite critics warning the move threatened the territory's judicial independence. ... more  
Declining snowpack over western US mapped at a finer scaleSeattle WA (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 Researchers have now mapped exactly where in the Western U.S. snow mass has declined since 1982. The research team mapped the changes in snow mass from 1982 to 2016 onto a grid of squares 2.5- ... more 
Life on the shelf: China's bachelors saving face, cash with Mekong bridesHong Kong (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 Divorced, in his 40s and fearing a solitary future, Zhou Xinsen went online like thousands of other Chinese men to find an affordable and fast solution to bachelordom - a Vietnamese bride. ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 
Inspecting a damaged building after an earthquake or during a fire is exactly the kind of job that human rescuers would like drones to do for them. A flying robot could look for people trapped inside and guide the rescue team towards them. But the drone would often have to enter the building through a crack in a wall, a partially open window, or through bars - something the typical size of a dro ... more |
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 Nashville TN (SPX) Dec 13, 2018 
The record-setting SpaceX rocket launch yesterday carried a Vanderbilt space radiation experiment aboard CubeSat Fox-1Cliff. Actually, it's a spare.
The original payload is aboard CubeSat AO-85 , launched in 2015 and still in low-Earth orbit. After deployment, Fox1-Cliff received its official designation, AO-95. A third Vanderbilt payload has been up one year this month on AO-91, and there ... more |
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 East Boothbay ME (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 
New research shows that phytoplankton iron storage strategies may determine which species thrive in changing oceans and impact marine food webs, according to a recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research examined two primary methods of iron storage and found that one makes species more resilient against shortages of the rare and essential element.
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 Everest, Nepal (AFP) Dec 11, 2018 
Formed in the shadow of Mount Everest, the turquoise depths of Nepal's Imja glacial lake would be a breathtaking miracle of nature to behold - were they not a portent of catastrophic floods.
Scientists warn that as climate change causes Himalayan glaciers to melt at an alarming rate, lakes like Imja could swell further and eventually collapse, triggering a terrifying deluge in Nepal, an imp ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 
The Islamic State group's "deliberate, wanton annihilation" of agricultural lands in Iraq's northern Sinjar amounts to war crimes, haunting farmers a year after the jihadists' defeat, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Based on interviews with dozens of farmers, Amnesty's new report found the jihadists' "scorched-earth tactics" meant Sinjar's farmers, particularly those from the minority Y ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 
The 2016 Iniskin earthquake (magnitude 7.1) that shook Anchorage, Alaska, was captured by the seismometers of the EarthScope Transportable Array. This data is helping Geoff Abers, a professor at Cornell University's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Michael Mann, a graduate student in his group, explore answers to fill crucial gaps in understanding intra-slab earthquakes. Their w ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 
The United States lashed out Thursday at "predatory" Chinese and Russian involvement in Africa as it announced a leaner footprint on the continent that insists on accountability in trade and peacekeeping.
In a speech billed as unveiling a new US strategy on Africa, national security advisor John Bolton echoed Trump's "America First" philosophy, showing a distrust of international institution ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 11, 2018 
From ankle-deep mud in Central Asia to the scorching heat of Australia, Mina Guli is running 100 marathons in 100 days to highlight a looming global water shortage.
The 48-year-old Australian is galloping across the planet, 42 kilometres (26 miles) at a time, with barely a moment to adjust her watch before it's on to the next stop.
Her unorthodox world tour began in New York on November ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 
More and more rainfall extremes are observed in regions around the globe - triggering both wet and dry records, a new study shows. Yet there are big differences between regions: The central and Eastern US, northern Europe and northern Asia have experienced heavy rainfall events that have led to severe floods in recent past. In contrast, most African regions have seen an increased frequency of mo ... more |
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 Kazan, Russia (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 
There are only a few so-called "heaters" in the world - special facilities which create artificial plasma processes in the upper atmosphere by heating them.
Senior Research Associate of the Near Space Research Lab Vladimir Frolov explains, "There are currently three heating stands in the world. One is in Russia, it's called SURA; another, EISCAT-Heater, is near Tromso in Norway; and the th ... more |
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 Lawrence KS (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 
About 2.6 million years ago, an oddly bright light arrived in the prehistoric sky and lingered there for weeks or months. It was a supernova some 150 light years away from Earth.
ithin a few hundred years, long after the strange light in the sky had dwindled, a tsunami of cosmic energy from that same shattering star explosion could have reached our planet and pummeled the atmosphere, touch ... more |
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 Behror, India (AFP) Dec 4, 2018 
Ratan Kumar once battled India's brutal summers with damp bedsheets and midnight baths. Now he is among millions upon millions of Indians using air conditioning - helping make the world hotter still.
With India's AC market expected to explode from 30 million to a billion units by 2050, the world's second-most populous country could become the planet's top user of electricity for cooling. ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Dec 12, 2018 
For scientists wrestling with problems as diverse as containing superhot plasma in a fusion reactor, improving the accuracy of weather forecasts, or probing the unexplained dynamics of a distant galaxy, turbulence-spawning shear flow is a serious complicating factor.
Put simply, shear flow occurs when two fluids - where fluids are a liquid, a gas or a plasma (the amorphous superhot gas tha ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2018 
New research suggests migratory birds in North America will be more likely to encounter headwinds as they fly southward each fall. However, changing wind patterns will make their springtime return less strenuous.
Scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology used radar observations collected at 143 weather stations to measure the altitude, density and direction of birds migrating during ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 14, 2018 
Divorced, in his 40s and fearing a solitary future, Zhou Xinsen went online like thousands of other Chinese men to find an affordable and fast solution to bachelordom - a Vietnamese bride.
He was among millions of his gender struggling on the sidelines of China's ultra competitive marriage market, where a decades-long one-child policy and sex-selective abortions of daughters has resulted in ... more |
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 Jessore, Bangladesh (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 
Ohid Sarder prises a rusted nail from a tree and drops it into his bucket, another eyesore scrubbed from the countryside as he embarks on a one-man mission to clean up Bangladesh.
The 53-year-old self-professed tree hugger has been riding his bicycle across the country, in a grassroots effort to free trees of the billboards and clutter nailed to their trunks.
Trees in Bangladesh are ofte ... more |
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