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  Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 The world's nations are nowhere near to meeting the global Paris Agreement's goals on climate change of holding global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius compared to 19th-century averages, much less its more aspirational goal of holding temperatures to a 1.5C rise. The most recent Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Program notes "global greenhouse gas emissions show no signs of peaking." According to another study, the chance that humans can limit warming to no more t ... read more |
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From stone chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made us humanAtlanta GA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates. A new paper, however, argues that it was not tool-making ... more 
Finding the right 'dose' for solar geoengineeringBoston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 One of the key misconceptions about solar geoengineering - putting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and reduce global warming - is that it could be used as a fix-all to reverse globa ... more  
Scientists go to extremes to reveal make-up of Earth's coreEdinburgh UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Experiments conducted at extreme conditions are giving scientists new insights into the chemical make-up of the Earth's core. Advanced laboratory techniques reveal that our planet's metal cent ... more  
Common foundations of biological and artificial visionTrieste, Italy (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 "It is known that there are important similarities between the visual system of primates and the artificial neural networks of the latest generation. Our study shows how these similarities exist als ... more |
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Fast and furious: Vietnam's elephant race draws cheers, and criticsBuon Don, Vietnam (AFP) March 12, 2019 Mahout Y Hoi Bya sits atop his elephant, whacking him with a large stick to urge him toward the finish line at the Buon Don race in Vietnam's central highlands. ... more 
Fossil teeth in Kenya help fill monkey evolution record gapWashington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 Ancient fossilized teeth discovered in Kenya have helped paleontologists fill a gap in the record of Old World monkey evolution. ... more  
Southern Ocean acidification puts marine organisms at riskFairbanks AK (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 New research indicates that acidification of the Southern Ocean will cause a layer of water to form below the surface that corrodes the shells of some sea snails, an outcome that could disrupt marin ... more 
Marine heat wave inspired record northern migration of warm-water speciesWashington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 According to a new study, an unprecedented number of warm-water species were observed in the coastal waters of Northern California and the Pacific Northwest during the marine heatwave that stretched from 2014 to 2016. ... more 
Trump cites controversial activist to dismiss climate changeWashington (AFP) March 12, 2019 President Donald Trump on Tuesday applauded a controversial environmental activist dismissing the threat from climate change as a hoax. ... more |
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Hot or cold, rural residents more vulnerable to extreme temperaturesVienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Extreme temperatures, both cold and hot, bring greater mortality risk to people living in China's rural communities than in urban areas, according to a recent study published in the journal Environm ... more  |
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Two killed in avalanche in Scotland: policeLondon (AFP) March 12, 2019 Two people were killed and two more injured in an avalanche on Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, Scottish police said on Tuesday. ... more  
Sudan, Ethiopia to deploy joint forces to secure borderKhartoum (AFP) March 12, 2019 Sudan and Ethiopia on Tuesday signed an agreement to deploy joint forces along their border to prevent weapons smuggling and sporadic skirmishes between armed groups from both sides, state media said. ... more 
At least six Mali troops killed by landmines: armyBamako (AFP) March 12, 2019 Six Malian troops were killed on Tuesday when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the centre of the West African country, the army said. ... more  
West using Christianity to subvert Chinese state: officialBeijing (AFP) March 12, 2019 A Chinese official accused "anti-China forces" in the West of using Christianity to subvert the country's political power and said worshippers must follow a Chinese form of religion. ... more 
Taiwan leader to visit Pacific allies to firm up tiesTaipei (AFP) March 12, 2019 Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen will visit three Pacific nations this month to shore up ties, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to lure away Taipei's dwindling number of allies. ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Extreme temperatures, both cold and hot, bring greater mortality risk to people living in China's rural communities than in urban areas, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The disparity between urban and rural mortality risk was found across the entire population, but was greater for women than men, and for people over 65.
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 08, 2019 
Future technologies based on the principles of quantum mechanics could revolutionize information technology. But to realize the devices of tomorrow, today's physicists must develop precise and reliable platforms to trap and manipulate quantum-mechanical particles.
In a paper published Feb. 25 in the journal Nature, a team of physicists from the University of Washington, the University of H ... more |
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 Quito (AFP) March 8, 2019 
A new breeding ground for endangered hammerhead sharks has been found in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's government said.
This natural refuge off the island of Santa Cruz is home to about 20 of the sharks, the environment ministry said.
It is the second such refuge detected in the archipelago. The first, found in 2017, was shown to host around 30 hammerheads.
At the new one, researc ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
A slowing of ocean circulation in the waters surrounding Antarctica drastically altered the strength and more than doubled the length of global ice ages following the mid-Pleistocene transition, a new study finds. For the last several million years, the natural cycle of Earth's climate has been dominated by the regular ebb and flow of glacial and interglacial periods.
These cycles are gene ... more |
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 New York (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Starting in September, New York city's 1.1 million school students will eat vegetarian meals on "Meatless Mondays," Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
"Cutting back on meat a little will improve New Yorkers' health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Democrat de Blasio said.
The program, which began in 15 Brooklyn schools almost a year ago with vegetarian breakfasts and lunches on ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 11, 2019 
Scientists in Japan have developed a new method for sensing earthquakes. Their analysis suggests subtle gravitational signatures precede an earthquake's earliest tremors.
The new detection strategy could help earthquake warning systems sound an alarm before a quake begins, providing people more time to evacuate buildings and seek safe ground.
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 Bamako (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Six Malian troops were killed on Tuesday when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the centre of the West African country, the army said.
Two army escort vehicles hit improvised explosive devices (IEDs) "leaving two dead in Dialloube and four dead in the Hombori area," in the central Mopti region, the army said in comments online.
The government condemned the "cowardly and ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 
Ancient fossilized teeth discovered in Kenya have helped paleontologists fill a gap in the record of Old World monkey evolution.
The 22-million-year-old teeth belonged to a newly named monkey species, Alophia metios. The discovery bridged the gap between a 19-million-year-old fossil tooth found in Uganda and a 25-million-year-old fossil tooth recovered in Tanzania.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
One of the key misconceptions about solar geoengineering - putting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and reduce global warming - is that it could be used as a fix-all to reverse global warming trends and bring temperature back to pre-industrial levels.
It can't. Applying huge doses of solar geoengineering to offset all warming from rising atmospheric C02 levels could worsen ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2019 
New maps that use information from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal nitrogen dioxide emission being released into the atmosphere in cities and towns across the globe.
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem that is responsible for millions of people dying prematurely every year. With air quality a serious concern, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite was launched ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike.
Scientists largely agree that an asteroid impact, possibly coupled with intense volcanic activity, wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago.
However, there is debate about whether dinosaurs were flourishing before this, or whethe ... more |
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 Norwich UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 
Efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and tackle climate change in developed economies are beginning to pay off according to research led by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The study suggests that policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency are helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies. The group of countries represents 28 pe ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
A research team of experts in atomic physics, nuclear fusion science, and astronomy succeeded in computing millions of highly accurate atomic data of neodymium ions in the Japan-Lithuania international collaboration. This research accelerates studies of a long-standing mystery regarding the origin of precious metals such as gold and platinum in our universe.
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 Buon Don, Vietnam (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Mahout Y Hoi Bya sits atop his elephant, whacking him with a large stick to urge him toward the finish line at the Buon Don race in Vietnam's central highlands.
Locals say the race is a celebration of the much-revered animals - traditionally thought of as family members in this part of Vietnam - but conservation groups are calling for an end to the festival, which they say is cruel and ou ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) March 11, 2019 
US envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback defended his remark that China is "at war with faith" after the Chinese foreign ministry issued an angry statement condemning the envoy's words as a "malicious attack and slander on China's religious policies".
Brownback criticised the Chinese government in a speech on Friday in Hong Kong, saying the Chinese government is engaged in the persecutio ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) March 6, 2019 
Customs officers have seized a major haul of kevazingo, a precious wood whose exploitation is banned in Gabon where it is considered sacred, a report said Wednesday.
About 1,000 cubic metres of the rare hardwood - or 30 large container-loads - were confiscated along with other wood in a warehouse at the Owendo timber port on the Libreville peninsula last week, campaigning group Conservatio ... more |
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