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  Ithaca NY (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions probably is not going to be sufficient for the planet to escape catastrophic damage from climate change, scientists say. Additional actions will be required, and one option is solar geoengineering, which could lower temperatures by methods such as reflecting sunlight away from the Earth through the deployment of aerosols in the stratosphere. However, the prospect of experimenting with the Earth's atmosphere has left some people skeptical of the process. ... read more |
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Global natural disasters wreak $160 bn damage in 2018: Munich ReFrankfurt Am Main (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 Natural disasters including wildfires, hurricanes and tsunamis inflicted $160 billion of damage and claimed 10,400 lives in 2018, German reinsurer Munich Re said Tuesday. ... more  
Satellite images reveal global povertyAarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and ... more 
With phone and hashtag, Saudi asylum seeker outflanks Thai authoritiesBangkok (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 When an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker arrived in Bangkok she faced immediate deportation - but instead she is in the hands of the UN refugee agency, her social media savvy galvanising a global campaign that caught the Thai government flat-footed. ... more  
Study shows algae thrive under Greenland sea iceEast Boothbay ME (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Microscopic marine plants flourish beneath the ice that covers the Greenland Sea, according to a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. These phytoplankton create the energy that ... more |
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US startup eyes next generation of burgers with relishLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 Can a "high-tech" burger help save the planet? ... more 
Storm wrecks Syrian refugee camps in LebanonArsal, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 Heavy rains and snow wrecked several informal settlements housing Syrian refugees in Lebanon and left thousands in need of emergency assistance, aid workers said on Tuesday. ... more 
'Come together': US Dems introduce gun background check billWashington (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 Democrats unveiled landmark gun safety legislation Tuesday five days after regaining the US House majority, seeking swift action on a measure to expand background checks on firearm sales. ... more  
Athens blanketed with unaccustomed snowAthens (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 The Greek capital Athens was blanketed Tuesday with a layer of snow, two days after officials said three people had died as stormy weather and freezing temperatures gripped most of the country. ... more 
Brazil reinforces troops trying to stop northeast crime waveRio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 Brazil poured more security forces into the northeastern state of Ceara Tuesday to put down gang violence that has struck buildings, roads and police stations, media reported. ... more |
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 Canada's Trudeau raps Japan PM on whale hunt  
Giant singers from neighboring oceans share song parts over timeWashington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 Singing humpback whales from different ocean basins seem to be picking up musical ideas from afar, and incorporating these new phrases and themes into the latest song, according to a newly published ... more  |
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Malaysia probes claim China offered to bail out 1MDBKuala Lumpur (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 Malaysia said Tuesday it was investigating claims China offered to help bail out scandal-hit state fund 1MDB and get foreign probes into the controversy dropped in return for securing infrastructure deals. ... more 
New nanosatellite system captures better imagery at lower costBeer-Sheva, Israel (SPX) Jan 07, 2019 Ben-Gurion University researchers have developed a new satellite imaging system that could revolutionize the economics and imagery available from space-based cameras and even earth-based telescopes. ... more  
Female penguins are getting stranded along the South American coastWashington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 Every year, thousands of Magellanic penguins are stranded along the South American coast--from northern Argentina to southern Brazil--1,000 kilometers away from their breeding ground in northern Pat ... more 
Iguanas reintroduced to Santiago Island in GalapagosQuito (AFP) Jan 7, 2019 A group of more than 1,400 iguanas have been reintroduced to an Ecuadoran island in the Galapagos archipelago around two centuries after they disappeared from there, authorities said on Monday. ... more  
Warm water is attracting bluefin tuna to BritainWashington (UPI) Jan 7, 2019 Bluefin tuna are showing up in European waters in increasing numbers. ... more |
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 Arsal, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 8, 2019 
Heavy rains and snow wrecked several informal settlements housing Syrian refugees in Lebanon and left thousands in need of emergency assistance, aid workers said on Tuesday.
Some of the worst affected were the refugees living in Arsal, a mountainous border area in northern Lebanon where the roofs of rudimentary shacks caved under the weight of the snow.
"Look at this weather, we are cut ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 4, 2019 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract to Elbit Systems of America for the Two Color Laser System, a surveillance system element onboard military aircraft.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in a news release on Elbit Systems' website, but the U.S. subsidiary of the Israeli company said the contract would be carried out in 2019. The Two Color Laser System serves the Multi-Spec ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 04, 2019 
Chilly reminders of a centuries-long cold snap can be found deep within the Pacific, a new study finds.
According to the results, ongoing cooling observed in Pacific deep-ocean temperatures indicates that the deep Pacific is still adjusting to the surface cooling that occurred during the Little Ice Age, which began nearly 1,000 years ago.
The common-era climate anomaly known as the L ... more |
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 East Boothbay ME (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
Microscopic marine plants flourish beneath the ice that covers the Greenland Sea, according to a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. These phytoplankton create the energy that fuels ocean ecosystems, and the study found that half of this energy is produced under the sea ice in late winter and early spring, and the other half at the edge of the ice in spring.
The resea ... more |
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 Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2019 
Can a "high-tech" burger help save the planet?
In one sense, it's just a patty made from plant protein. But the founders of California-based Impossible Foods argue the product can have a big impact by reducing the amount of land needed for beef and other livestock production.
Impossible Foods, which began in 2011, chose the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to launch its "next gener ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Jan 6, 2019 
A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian coast early Monday, sending residents running out of their homes, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The quake hit at a depth of 60 kilometres (40 miles) under the Molucca Sea, some 175 kilometres north northwest of the city of Ternate, according to the USGS.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and Indonesia' ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) Jan 7, 2019  Gabon foiled an attempted coup on Monday, capturing the rebel chief and killing two of his men after a group of soldiers stormed a radio station to call for an uprising while the country's ailing president was abroad.
Renegade soldiers burst into RTG state radio broadcasting offices in the capital Libreville at dawn and urged the public to "rise up", in an appeal made as President Ali Bongo ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 
Zinc is one of the essential components in the diet of all living organisms. It is the second most abundant biological trace element after iron. Zinc is of great importance in various metabolic functions and its deficiency can cause many problems.
It is involved in cellular metabolism, growth, development, cellular physiology, and immune function. Approximately 300 enzymes and 100 transcri ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
Simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions probably is not going to be sufficient for the planet to escape catastrophic damage from climate change, scientists say.
Additional actions will be required, and one option is solar geoengineering, which could lower temperatures by methods such as reflecting sunlight away from the Earth through the deployment of aerosols in the stratosphere. However ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and poor economic conditions, but with an eye in the sky, researchers are able to give us a very good hint of the living conditions of populations in the world's poor countries.
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2019 
New analysis of ancient fossils suggests complex, multicellular life emerged on land much earlier than previously thought.
The fossil imprints are sandwiched between thin layers of ancient sediment, South Australian sandstone deposits dating to between 542 million to 635 million years ago - the geologic period known as the Ediacaran.
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 
The US Justice Department announced Friday the arrest of a Chinese national who allegedly stole trade secrets from a US oil company he worked for.
Tan Hongjin, 35, was arrested on Thursday in Oklahoma where he lived as a permanent resident.
The Justice Department said he stole trade secrets "related to a product worth more than $1 billion."
Tan, who lived in the United States for 12 ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 09, 2019 
Scientists seeking to bring the fusion reaction that powers the sun and stars to Earth must keep the superhot plasma free from disruptions. Now researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have discovered a process that can help to control the disruptions thought to be most dangerous.
Replicating fusion, which releases boundless energy by ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2019 
Scientists have discovered for the first time a Portuguese beetle that spends its entire life in groundwater.
Researchers found a single female specimen of the new species living in a cave in Portugal. The beetle's unique classification was made apparent by its "unambiguous morphology in combination with molecular data."
Researchers Ignacio Ribera of the Institute of Evolutionary ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) Jan 4, 2019  Thirteen Canadians have been detained in China following the arrest on December 1 of a senior executive from Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei, Ottawa said Thursday, with eight subsequently released.
Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Guillaume Berube confirmed the detentions to AFP, adding the figures excluded Hong Kong.
The thirteen include former diplomat Michael Kovrig and cons ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jan 07, 2019 
Up to 15 million hectares of tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon could lose protection and be clear-cut because of an article in the country's new Forest Code.
The warning comes from Brazilian researchers at the University of Sao Paulo's Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ-USP) and Swedish researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and Chalmers Universi ... more |
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