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  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 Water levels in the Mekong basin, which extends through six countries in South-East Asia, are subject to considerable seasonal fluctuations. A new model now makes it possible to compute how water levels are impacted on various sections of the river by extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall or drought over extended periods. To model the flow patterns of the river, with its complex network of distributaries, Claudia Kluppelberg, a professor of Mathematical Statistics at TUM, used statistical ... read more |
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Hospitals filling up in Europe's most polluted capitalSkopje (AFP) Jan 31, 2019 Children are missing school and hospitals are running out of beds as a noxious smog smothers Skopje, earning the small Macedonian city the grim distinction of being Europe's most polluted capital. ... more  
US shivers as extreme cold invades, but is this climate change?Tampa (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 An Arctic-like deep freeze gripping much of the United States with double-digit subzero temperatures is the coldest of its kind in two decades, but is it linked to climate change? ... more  
Australia river agency pilloried amid mass fish deathsSydney (AFP) Jan 31, 2019 The authority that oversees Australia's largest river system was accused of "maladministration", "gross negligence" and ignoring climate science Thursday, as its waterways were carpeted with hundreds of thousands of dead fish. ... more  
Arctic air sends temperatures well below zero in midwest USChicago (AFP) Jan 31, 2019 A brutal cold wave hit the American Midwest on Wednesday, bringing temperatures lower than those in Antarctica, grounding flights, closing schools and businesses - and raising fears of hypothermia. ... more |
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Probe over Brazil dam disaster puts heat on mining company ValeBrumadinho, Brazil (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 Brazilian authorities stepped up their probe Tuesday into mining giant Vale over last week's dam disaster that killed at least 65 people and left 288 others missing and presumed dead. ... more  
Ultra-slow earthquake indicates deep crustal movement near IstanbulPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 A big earthquake occurred south of Istanbul in the summer of 2016, but it was so slow that nobody noticed. The earthquake, which took place at mid-crustal depth, lasted more than fifty days. Only a ... more  
Thai court dismisses case against suspected wildlife trafficking kingpinBangkok (AFP) Jan 30, 2019 A suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin accused of smuggling $1 million worth of rhino horns to Thailand has had the case against him dismissed, in a surprise Thai court verdict slammed by conservationists. ... more  
Ancient skull provides earliest evidence of modern humans in MongoliaWashington (UPI) Jan 30, 2019 An ancient Mongolian skull thought to belong to the a unique species of Pleistocene hominin, dubbed Mongolanthropus, is actually the earliest evidence of modern humans in the region. ... more  
YouTube demotes flat-earthers, conspiracy theoristsSan Francisco (AFP) Jan 25, 2019 YouTube said Friday it will stop recommending specious videos such as those claiming the earth is flat or promoting bogus theories about the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... more |
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Extratropical volcanoes influence climate more than assumedKiel, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 In recent decades, extratropical eruptions including Kasatochi (Alaska, USA, 2008) and Sarychev Peak (Russia, 2009) have injected sulfur into the lower stratosphere. The climatic forcing of these er ... more  |
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Followed, harassed: foreign reporters say China work conditions worsenBeijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 Detentions, visa delays, and suspected phone bugging are among the challenges faced by foreign journalists in China, who say working conditions are getting worse with many reporting being watched and harassed. ... more 
US urges release of Chinese lawyer jailed for subversionWashington (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 The United States urged China to free prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang on Tuesday after he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on charges of state subversion. ... more 
How bacteria build hyper-efficient photosynthesis machinesWashington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2019 Researchers facing a future with a larger population and more uncertain climate are looking for ways to improve crop yields, and they're looking to photosynthetic bacteria for engineering solutions. ... 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  
Abandoned fields turn into forests five times faster than thoughtWashington 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 ... 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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 29, 2019 
A new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century.
The study team, led by Hartmut Aumann of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, combed through 15 years of data acquired by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument over the t ... 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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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 
In recent decades, extratropical eruptions including Kasatochi (Alaska, USA, 2008) and Sarychev Peak (Russia, 2009) have injected sulfur into the lower stratosphere. The climatic forcing of these eruptions has however been weak and short-lived. So far, scientists have largely assumed this to be a reflection of a general rule; that extratropical eruptions lead to weaker forcing than their tropica ... 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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 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 surfac ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 
Water levels in the Mekong basin, which extends through six countries in South-East Asia, are subject to considerable seasonal fluctuations. A new model now makes it possible to compute how water levels are impacted on various sections of the river by extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall or drought over extended periods.
To model the flow patterns of the river, with its complex ne ... more |
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 Davis CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2019 
No animal alive today looks quite like a duckbilled platypus, but about 250 million years ago something very similar swam the shallow seas in what is now China, finding prey by touch with a cartilaginous bill. The newly discovered marine reptile Eretmorhipis carrolldongi from the lower Triassic period is described in the journal Scientific Reports Jan. 24.
Apart from its platypus-like bill ... 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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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 
Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a chemical mechanism first described more than two centuries ago holds the potential to revolutionize energy storage for high-power applications like vehicles or electrical grids.
The research team led by Xiulei (David) Ji of OSU's College of Science, along with collaborators at the Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Califo ... more |
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 Cerrito, Colombie (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 
By all accounts, Dasan and Illika should have died of poisoning.
But they are back on their feet, poking their beaks through the bars of their cages, impatient to return to the skies over Colombia, which have been transformed into hostile territory for the so-called king of the Andes - the condor.
Dasan, a five-year-old male, fell victim first. Locals found him in November - weak and s ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2019  Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced on Monday to four and a half years in prison for state subversion, sealing the fate of another attorney swept up in a 2015 crackdown.
Wang, 42, who defended political activists and victims of land seizures, disappeared in a sweep aimed at courtroom critics of Communist authorities known as the "709" clampdown because the arre ... 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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