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  Blacksburg VA (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 What can a billion years of coexistence tell us about the evolution of plants and fungi? Neither plants nor fungi existed on land prior to 800 million years ago, an astonishing phenomenon considering their current immense biodiversity, ecosystem dominance, and impact on the environment. Virginia Tech professor emeritus Khidir Hilu, along with a team of 13 researchers with complementary expertise in botany, mycology, paleontology, and bioinformatics, joined forces to address this question in a larg ... read more |
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Study shows that Vikings enjoyed a warmer GreenlandEvanston IL (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 A new study may resolve an old debate about how tough the Vikings actually were. Although TV and movies paint Vikings as robust souls, braving subzero temperatures in fur pelts and iron helmet ... more 
Diffusing the methane bomb: We can still make a differenceVienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 Permafrost is soil that remains frozen for two or more consecutive years. It is usually composed of rock, soil, sediments, and varying amounts of ice that bind the elements together. The permafrost ... more 
Melting ice sheets may cause 'climate chaos' according to new modellingMontreal, Canada (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 The weather these days is wild and will be wilder still within a century. In part, because the water from melting ice sheets off Greenland and in the Antarctic will cause extreme weather and unpredi ... more  
Green alternative to PET could be even greenerGroningen, The Netherlands (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 One of the most successful plastics is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the material we use to make bottles and fibers for clothing. However, PET is made from petroleum-based building blocks. ... more |
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Dutch probe mass seabird death mysteryThe Hague (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 Dutch scientists said Wednesday they are baffled after 20,000 dead or dying guillemots washed up on North Sea beaches in a phenomenon not seen for decades. ... more  
Chimpanzees become expert nut-crackers faster than humansLeipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 Humans consider themselves as the tool user per excellence, and all known populations use them on a daily basis, although to different degrees. Previous work comparing human tool use skills to those ... more 
Venom potency varies from snake to snake, even in same populationWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2019 Venom potency varies from snake to snake, even among individuals from the same local population. ... more 
Island formation promotes penguin diversityWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2019 Want more penguin species? Build an island. ... more  
How does the Amazon rain forest cope with drought?East Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 The Amazon rain forest isn't necessarily a place that many would associate with a drought, yet prolonged dry spells are projected to become more prevalent and severe because of climate change. The q ... more |
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'Twilight Zone' could help preserve shallow water reefsBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 Corals lurking in deeper, darker waters could one day help to replenish shallow water reefs under threat from ocean warming and bleaching events, according to researchers. The University of Qu ... more  |
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Forecast suggests Earth's warmest period on recordNorwich UK (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five-year period to 2023 is predicted to be near or above 1.0C above pre-industrial levels, says the Met Office. If the observations f ... more 
Last 4 years hottest on record, UN confirmsParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the UN confirmed Wednesday in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of continuing long-term climate change." ... more  
Chinese hunger for 'world's smelliest fruit' threatens Malaysian forestsRaub, Malaysia (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 Soaring demand for durians in China is being blamed for a new wave of deforestation in Malaysia with environmentalists warning vast amounts of jungle is being cleared to make way for massive plantations of the spiky, pungent fruit. ... more 
Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyToronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 A new U of T study suggests that globally we're growing more of the same kinds of crops, and this presents major challenges for agricultural sustainability on a global scale. The study, done b ... more 
Campaigners to Pope: $1m to charity if you go vegan for LentParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 A 12-year-old animal rights and climate campaigner made an offer Wednesday Pope Francis may find hard to refuse: eat vegan during Lent and a million dollars will go to a charity of the Pontiff's choice. ... more |
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 Aiken SC (SPX) Feb 01, 2019 
A scavenger study that used fish carcasses as bait provides additional evidence that wildlife is abundant in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, University of Georgia researchers said.
A one-month camera study prompted the sighting of 10 mammal and five bird species, according to James Beasley, associate professor at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the Warnell School of Forestry and Na ... more |
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 Santa Clara CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 
Momentus, provider of in-space transportation services, has announced that they are taking orders for their Vigoride and Vigoride Extended services (orbital repositioning for satellites with masses up to 250kg) and have signed their first customer: EXOLAUNCH, in a contract worth more than $6M. EXOLAUNCH (formerly ECM Launch Services), is a leading European launch services provider and cluster in ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 
Left to their own devices and given enough time, rivers wander, eroding their banks and leaving their old channels behind. It's a behavior that engineers have to keep in mind when managing rivers or planning projects near them. But new research from The University of Texas at Austin has revealed that old methods for estimating migration rates may be overthinking it.
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 University Park PA (SPX) Feb 04, 2019 
The Greenland ice sheet melted a little more easily in the past than it does today because of geological changes, and most of Greenland's ice can be saved from melting if warming is controlled, says a team of Penn State researchers.
"There is geologic data that suggests the ice sheet was more sensitive to warming and temperature variations in the past million years, and not so much in the ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 
Warren Dick has worked with gypsum for more than two decades. You'd think he'd be an expert on drywall and plastering because both are made from gypsum. But the use of gypsum that Dick studies might be unfamiliar to you: on farmland.
"Gypsum is a good source of both calcium and sulfur, which crops need for good yields," says Dick. "We also found that it improves many other soil characteris ... 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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 Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) Feb 6, 2019  The government of Central African Republic on Wednesday signed a deal with armed groups in control of most of the country, aimed at ending a bloody, years-long conflict.
"The first effect of this agreement is the cessation of all violence against civilians," President Faustin-Archange Touadera said at the signing ceremony, although he gave no details about the pact.
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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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 Norwich UK (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 
The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five-year period to 2023 is predicted to be near or above 1.0C above pre-industrial levels, says the Met Office. If the observations for the next five years track the forecast that would make the decade from 2014 to 2023 the warmest run of years since records began.
The figures released by the Met Office include data from a nu ... more |
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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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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 
What can a billion years of coexistence tell us about the evolution of plants and fungi? Neither plants nor fungi existed on land prior to 800 million years ago, an astonishing phenomenon considering their current immense biodiversity, ecosystem dominance, and impact on the environment.
Virginia Tech professor emeritus Khidir Hilu, along with a team of 13 researchers with complementary exp ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 
If the forecast calls for rain, you'll probably pack an umbrella. If it calls for cold, you may bring your mittens. That same kind of preparation happens in buildings, where sophisticated heating and cooling systems adjust themselves based on the predicted weather.
But when the forecast is imperfect - as it often is - buildings can end up wasting energy, just as we may find ourselves wet, ... 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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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 6, 2019 
A prominent Chinese billionaire political donor has been stripped of his Australian residency and barred from returning to the country after scrutiny of his Communist Party ties, media reported Wednesday.
Huang Xiangmo was reportedly left stranded outside of Australia after Home Affairs cancelled his permanent residency and rejected his application for citizenship.
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 East Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 07, 2019 
The Amazon rain forest isn't necessarily a place that many would associate with a drought, yet prolonged dry spells are projected to become more prevalent and severe because of climate change. The question at hand is how these droughts are going to affect the rain forest, as it has a large influence on global climate and future warming.
A study led by Marielle Smith, a research associate i ... more |
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