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  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have used new space technology to predict droughts and increased bushfire risk up to five months in advance. ANU researcher Siyuan Tian said the team knew they needed to move into space to get closer to understanding the complex nature of drought. They used data from multiple satellites to measure water below the Earth's surface with unprecedented precision, and were able to relate this to drought impacts on the vegetation several mont ... read more |
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Search resumes at Brazil mine disaster siteBrumadinho, Brazil (AFP) Jan 27, 2019 Fears of a second dam breach at a Brazilian mining complex receded Sunday, enabling a search to resume for the more than 300 people still missing two days after a dam collapse that has killed at least 58 people. ... more  
Brazil mining dam collapse hits indigenous water supplySao Paulo (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 Muddy waste from a ruptured dam at a mine in Brazil's southeast is reaching an indigenous community in the region, contaminating its water supply, a chief told AFP. ... more 
Sea of white: 'Hundreds of thousands' of fish dead in AustraliaSydney (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 "Hundreds of thousands" of fish have died in drought-stricken Australia in the last few days and more mass deaths are likely to occur, the authorities warned Tuesday. ... more  
Four dead, 195 injured in Havana tornadoHavana (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 A rare and powerful tornado has devastated sections of Havana, killing four people and injuring 195, as it overturned cars, uprooted trees and destroyed dozens of homes. ... more |
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Man versus condor: the king of the Andes under threatCerrito, Colombie (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 By all accounts, Dasan and Illika should have died of poisoning. ... more 
Envisioned 'octopus farms' would have far-reaching and detrimental environmental impactNew York NY (SPX) Jan 25, 2019 Commercial octopus farming, currently in developmental stages on multiple continents, would have a negative ripple effect on sustainability and animal welfare, concludes a team of researchers in a n ... more 
Tens of thousands protest in France, Belgium over climate crisisParis (AFP) Jan 27, 2019 Tens of thousands of people marched across France and in Belgium on Sunday to protest the lack of state action to halt climate change. ... more 
Tiny killer threatens giant clam, aquatic emblem of the MedVillefranche-Sur-Mer, France (AFP) Jan 25, 2019 With wing-shaped shells lined with iridescent mother-of-pearl and producing the fibres of rare and delicate sea silk, the noble pen shell clam is one of the most emblematic species in the Mediterranean and a bellwether for marine environmental health. ... more  
'Radical rethink' needed to tackle obesity, hunger, climate: reportParis (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 To defeat the intertwined pandemics of obesity, hunger and climate change, governments must curb the political influence of major corporations, said a major report Monday calling for a 'global treaty' similar to one for tobacco control. ... more |
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Boko Haram attacks military bases in northeast NigeriaKano, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 27, 2019 Boko Haram jihadists attacked two military bases in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, near the border with Cameroon, injuring six soldiers, two military sources told AFP on Sunday. ... more  |
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China executes man who killed 15 people in car attackBeijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 Chinese authorities on Tuesday executed a man who killed 15 people after ramming a car into a crowded square in central Hunan province last year. ... more 
Cambodia's bid to be 'New Macau' stirs old wounds as Chinese cash inSihanoukville, Cambodia (AFP) Jan 27, 2019 A businessman leaves a smoky room $1,500 poorer from a game of Baccarat at a casino in Sihanoukville - an increasingly common scene in the Cambodian beachtown as it becomes a honeypot for Chinese gamblers and investors at a pace worrying marginalised locals. ... more 
Canadian drug trafficker has likely appealed China death sentence: lawyerBeijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 A Canadian sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking likely appealed the ruling Monday, his lawyer said, in a case that has further strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing. ... more  
Manipulating cell networks with lightKobe, Japan (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 A new optical microscope system called SIFOM (Stimulation and Imaging-based Functional Optical Microscopy) can stimulate multiple cells simultaneously by a holographic method and monitor cell activi ... more  
Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the PleistoceneJena, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of 'art', 'language', or technological 'complexity'. More recently, however, scho ... more |
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 Brumadinho, Brazil (AFP) Jan 27, 2019  Fears of a second dam breach at a Brazilian mining complex receded Sunday, enabling a search to resume for the more than 300 people still missing two days after a dam collapse that has killed at least 58 people.
Loudspeakers rang out at 5:30 am (0730 GMT) among homes surrounding the Corrego do Feijao mining complex in southeastern Brazil, warning of dangerously high water levels, according ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 28, 2019  Meet Helga and Zohar, the dummies destined for a pioneering lunar flyby to help protect space travelers from cosmic rays and energetic solar storms.
These two female phantoms will occupy the passenger seats during Orion's first mission around the Moon, going further than any human has flown before.
Fitted with more than 5600 sensors, the pair will measure the amount of radiation astr ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 
"Hundreds of thousands" of fish have died in drought-stricken Australia in the last few days and more mass deaths are likely to occur, the authorities warned Tuesday.
Locals around the Darling River were confronted with a sea of white, as dead fish carpeted the waters near the southeastern Outback town of Menindee.
Just weeks after up to a million were killed - with scientists pointing ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 
Glacial retreat in the Canadian Arctic has uncovered landscapes that haven't been ice-free in more than 40,000 years and the region may be experiencing its warmest century in 115,000 years, new University of Colorado Boulder research finds.
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, uses radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of plants collected at the edges of 30 ice cap ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 
To defeat the intertwined pandemics of obesity, hunger and climate change, governments must curb the political influence of major corporations, said a major report Monday calling for a 'global treaty' similar to one for tobacco control.
But this will not happen unless ordinary citizens demand a "radical rethink" of the relationship between policymakers and business, nearly four dozen experts ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Jan 26, 2019 
At least 68 people have been killed and thousands were forced to flee their homes after floods and landslides hit the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, an official said Saturday.
Some 6,700 people in 14 districts have been evacuated and are now living in shelters, schools, tents or mosques.
The number of the evacuees has doubled from Friday after the disaster mitigation officials managed to ... more |
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 Abidjan (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 
Africa's arms market is likely to grow by 50 percent over the next five years, analyst Stephane Konan said at a four-day trade show in Ivory Coast.
"The African market in defence represents only a drop of water in relation to the world market: 42.6 billion dollars out of 1,731 billion in 2017," Konan told AFP, citing figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). ... more |
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 Jena, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 
Investigations into what it means to be human have often focused on attempts to uncover the earliest material traces of 'art', 'language', or technological 'complexity'. More recently, however, scholars have begun to argue that more attention should be paid to the ecological uniqueness of our species.
A new study, published in Archaeological Research in Asia, reviews the palaeoecological i ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 
The Earth's atmosphere and oceans play important roles in moving heat from one part of the world to another, and new research is illuminating how those patterns are changing in the face of climate change.
"The greenhouse effect and carbon dioxide aren't the only issues to consider as the planet grows warmer - they are just one part of the equation. The way that the atmosphere and oceans mo ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2019 
The first Russian satellite for weather forecasting and monitoring climate and environment in the Arctic region, Arktika-M, is planned to be sent to near-earth orbit in June 2019, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik on Sunday.
"The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome with Fregat booster and the first hydrometeorological satellite Arktika-M i ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 
One of the major issues when studying ore deposits formed in surficial or near-surface environments is the relationship between ore-forming processes and bacteria. At a first glance, these environments appear to be a preferred place for the growth of microbial ecosystems because they potentially have large amounts of nutrients.
However, studies have been restricted because of the low likel ... more |
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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 25, 2019 
Scientists seeking to capture and control on Earth fusion energy, the process that powers the sun and stars, face the risk of disruptions - sudden events that can halt fusion reactions and damage facilities called tokamaks that house them.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), and the University of Washington have developed a novel ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2019 
Invasive species have been around for centuries, since the beginning of international trade.
But a major new trade route organized by China and spanning 123 countries could accelerate the spread of invasive species like never before, researchers warned Thursday.
Officially called China's Belt and Road Initiative, the project was launched five years ago and aims to include about half the ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 
Chinese authorities on Tuesday executed a man who killed 15 people after ramming a car into a crowded square in central Hunan province last year.
Last September, Yang Zanyun ploughed a Land Rover into pedestrians at a public square in Hengdong city before slashing at people with a shovel and dagger.
Fifteen people were killed and 43 others were injured.
The Hengyang Intermediate Peop ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 
Russian scientists studied abandoned arable land in the European part of Russia where temperate forests grow. The study showed that trees start to grow on the abandoned fields immediately after the land has been withdrawn from agricultural use.
This finding contradicts the belief that trees appear on the fields only after grass that was approved earlier. As it turned out, the presence or a ... more |
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