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  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 New research confirms that leaves are nature's most sophisticated environment sensors. We can therefore use leaves to tell us about the management of the land they are growing in. Professor of Zoology, Yvonne Buckley at Trinity College Dublin is part of a global network of grassland ecologists who have found that critical plant nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in leaves respond to fertilisation treatments as well as the climate and soils they are growing in. The discovery has j ... read more |
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Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers? A new subterranean species discovered in CanadaWashington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 The discovery of a new to science species of rare and primitive arthropod from the depths of a cave that was covered by a thick ice sheet until recently is certain to raise questions. In their study ... more 
Invasive species with charisma are harder to eradicateWashington (UPI) Feb 4, 2019 Charismatic invaders are harder to expel, according to a new study of animal experts. ... more  
The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and culturesJena, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2019 An international research team, coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) and the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin, ... more 
A taste for fat may have made us humanNew Haven CT (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop bigger brains, posits a new paper in Current Anthropology. The paper ... more |
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Porcine pickle: Hong Kongers divided over city's emboldened wild boarsHong Kong (AFP) Feb 4, 2019 As Hong Kong prepares to celebrate the Year of the Pig, the city is facing its own peculiar porcine pickle - a furious debate about what to do with its growing and emboldened wild boar population. ... more  
Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st centuryBoston MA (SPX) Feb 05, 2019 Climate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton in the world's oceans, and a new MIT study finds that over the coming decades these changes will affect the ocean's color, intensifying ... more 
MERMAIDs reveal secrets from below the ocean floorPrinceton NJ (SPX) Feb 05, 2019 Seismologists use waves generated by earthquakes to scan the interior of our planet, much like doctors image their patients using medical tomography. Earth imaging has helped us track down the deep ... more 
Ramped up efforts needed to protect the world's inland watersMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 At least 15% of the world's inland surface water areas are covered by protected areas, according to a new study from the JRC. This is close to the global target of 17% set out in Aichi Target ... more  
Insecticides blamed for honeybee deaths in California almond grovesWashington (UPI) Feb 5, 2019 Researchers have identified a culprit for the dramatic honey bee die offs among the almond groves of California's Central Valley. ... more |
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Volcanic growth 'critical' to the formation of PanamaCardiff UK (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 It is a thin strip of land whose creation kick-started one of the most significant geological events in the past 60 million years. Yet for scientists the exact process by which the Isthmus of Panama ... more  |
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Two dead in Australia floods as fresh warning issuedTownsville, Australia (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 Two bodies were discovered in Australia's flood-ravaged northeast on Tuesday as continuing heavy rain prompted authorities to warn of further flash flooding in the hours ahead. ... more 
Dark fiber lays groundwork for long-distance earthquake detection and groundwater mappingBerkeley CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 In traditional seismology, researchers studying how the earth moves in the moments before, during, and after an earthquake rely on sensors that cost tens of thousands of dollars to make and install ... more  
C.Africa government inks peace deal with militiasKhartoum (AFP) Feb 5, 2019 The government of the Central African Republic and 14 armed groups inked a new peace accord on Tuesday seeking to end years of fighting that have left thousands of people dead. ... more 
New DR Congo seeks to reassure security forcesKinshasa (AFP) Feb 4, 2019 DR Congo's new president, Felix Tshisekedi, sought on Monday to reassure the country's security forces that he would be as "benevolent" as his predecessor, after taking power in the country's first-ever peaceful change of leadership. ... more  
Carbon-capture scrubs CO2 from power plants like scuba-diving gearOak Ridge TN (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a process that removes CO2 from coal-burning power plant emissions in a way that is similar to how soda l ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2019  The United States will send an additional 3,750 troops to its frontier with Mexico, the Pentagon said Sunday, as President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for a wall to boost border security.
Soldiers were originally deployed to the border under an order President Donald Trump gave before midterm elections in November as "caravans" of migrants made their way to the border to seek asylu ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
A strategy inspired by the process responsible for muscle growth could lead to the development of stronger, longer-lasting materials.
Hokkaido University researchers have developed a strategy to fabricate materials that become stronger in response to mechanical stress - mimicking skeletal muscle growth. Their findings, published in the journal Science, could pave the way for long-lasting m ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
At least 15% of the world's inland surface water areas are covered by protected areas, according to a new study from the JRC.
This is close to the global target of 17% set out in Aichi Target 11 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
However, surface water protection is very unevenly distributed globally, still falling well b ... more |
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 Morgantown WV (SPX) Feb 05, 2019 
A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown.
While exploring the desert country in southern Africa, they stumbled upon a peculiar land formation - flat desert scattered with hundreds of long, steep hills. They quickly realized the bumpy landscape was shaped by drumlins, a type of hill o ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 5, 2019 
Researchers have identified a culprit for the dramatic honey bee die offs among the almond groves of California's Central Valley.
Experiments showed a mixture of insecticide and fungicides, harmless in isolation, combined to form a deadly chemical cocktail.
"Fungicides, often needed for crop protection, are routinely used during almond bloom, but in many cases growers were also a ... more |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
For all their destructive power, most volcanic eruptions are local events. Lava flows tend to reach only a few miles at most, while airborne ash and soot travel a little farther. But occasionally, larger eruptions can launch particles into the stratosphere, more than 6 miles above Earth's surface. The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines - the world's largest eruption in the past 1 ... more |
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 Khartoum (AFP) Feb 5, 2019  The government of the Central African Republic and 14 armed groups inked a new peace accord on Tuesday seeking to end years of fighting that have left thousands of people dead.
The accord was initialled by President Faustin-Archange Touadera for the CAR government and by representatives of militias that control most of the chronically-troubled country.
It will be formally signed on Wedne ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop bigger brains, posits a new paper in Current Anthropology.
The paper argues that our early ancestors acquired a taste for fat by eating marrow scavenged from the skeletal remains of large animals that had been killed and eaten by other predators. The argument challenge ... more |
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 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?
Experts say it could be, but whether global warming plays a role in this particular extreme weather phenomenon is still up for debate. Here's why:
- What is a polar vortex? -
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 Athens, Greece (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
Plexscape, developers of Plex.Earth, one of the most popular tools for AutoCAD for the acceleration of architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) projects, and Bird.i, a start-up that combines the latest satellite imagery and artificial intelligence technology to provide valuable business insights, are on a mission to change the way engineering projects are being designed by opening up ac ... more |
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 Lincoln NE (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered its wrath long before many animal counterparts, says new research led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
About 252 million years ago, with the planet's continental crust mashed into the supercontinent called Pangaea, volcanoes in modern-day Siberia began erupting. Spewing carbon ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
Polar vortexes. Hurricanes. Wildfires. With climate change making extreme weather events more frequent and intense, it is getting harder to keep the lights on and HVAC systems running.
As a power system researcher, I believe utilities need to get better at withstanding disasters and the disruption they cause. Investing more heavily is key, especially in infrastructure upgrades, renewable e ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2019 
Researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) in Japan have demonstrated that a specific material can act as an efficient battery component for sodium-ion batteries that will compete with lithium-ion batteries for several battery characteristics, especially speed of charge.
The findings were published in Scientific Reports in November of 2018 and was headed by Naoto Tanibata, ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2019 
The discovery of a new to science species of rare and primitive arthropod from the depths of a cave that was covered by a thick ice sheet until recently is certain to raise questions. In their study, published in the open-access journal Subterranean Biology, entomologist Alberto Sendra and local caver Craig Wagnell describe a new species of cave-dwelling, insect-like campodeid dipluran from the ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2019 
A bishop from China's "underground" Catholic church is slated to step up as the official state-backed clergyman for a diocese in central China, state-run media reported, amid a thaw in relations between Beijing and the Holy See.
China's estimated 10 million Catholics are legally supposed to attend only churches governed by a state-controlled body with clergy appointed by the Communist Party. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 04, 2019 
NASA instrument scientist Bryan Blair had just finished writing the flight software for the agency's Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, or MOLA, when he was invited in 1991 to fly a lidar instrument aboard a P-3 research aircraft to test new lidar techniques over the ice sheets in Greenland. En route, he gathered measurements of forested areas in New York state. What he discovered in the data stunned ... more |
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