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  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 Amidst worldwide publicity and talks about 'Insectageddon': the extinction of 40% of the world's insects, as estimated in a recent scientific review, a critical response was published in the open-access journal Rethinking Ecology. Query- and geographically-biased summaries; mismatch between objectives and cited literature; and misuse of existing conservation data have all been identified in the alarming study, according to Drs Atte Komonen, Panu Halme and Janne Kotiaho of the University of Jyvasky ... read more |
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Evolution of the mammalian arm predates the dinosaursWashington (UPI) Mar 19, 2019 Mammals boast an unprecedented diversity of forelimbs, allowing mammalian species to adopt a variety of lifestyles and adapt to a wide range of habitats. ... more  
New material will allow abandoning bone marrow transplantationMoscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" developed nanomaterial, which will be able to rstore the internal structure of bones damaged due to osteoporosis and osteomy ... more  
Discovery of parasitic arsenic cycle may offer glimpse of life in future, warmer oceansCorvallis OR (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 A newly discovered parasitic cycle, in which ocean bacteria keep phytoplankton on an energy-sapping treadmill of nutrient detoxification, may offer a preview of what further ocean warming will bring ... more  
Iraqi museum unveils 'looted' artefacts as UK return ancient tabletBasra, Iraq (AFP) March 19, 2019 Over 2,000 artefacts, including about 100 that were looted and found abroad, were unveiled Tuesday in a museum in Basra province on the southern tip of Iraq, authorities said. ... more |
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Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller contributed to US man's cancer: jurySan Francisco (AFP) March 19, 2019 The weedkiller Roundup was a "substantial factor" in the cancer of a US man who developed a lump in his throat after decades of spraying his garden - the second major legal defeat to agrochemical giant Monsanto in a year. ... more  
Indonesia flood death toll rises to 89, dozens missingSentani, Indonesia (AFP) March 19, 2019 At least 89 people are known to have died after flash floods and landslides tore through Indonesia's Papua region, with the toll expected to rise further as rescuers hunt for dozens still missing, the national disaster agency said Tuesday. ... more 
Death toll from Mozambique, Zimbabwe floods exceeds 300 as UN boosts aidBeira, Mozambique (AFP) March 19, 2019 The death toll from a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique and Zimbabwe rose to more than 300 on Tuesday as rescuers raced against the clock to help survivors and the UN led the charge to provide aid. ... more 
Losses from US Midwest flooding seen above $1 bnChicago (AFP) March 19, 2019 Waters began to recede Tuesday in the US Midwest after historic flooding that claimed at least three lives and caused losses estimated at more than $1 billion. ... more  
Chasing celluloid dreams at China's TinseltownHengdian, China (AFP) March 19, 2019 Fed up with the drudgery of his sales job in southern China, Lu Qi quit and travelled a thousand kilometres north to one of the country's biggest film studios with hopes of making it in movies. ... more |
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Caputova: environmental lawyer running for Slovak presidentBratislava (AFP) March 17, 2019 Zuzana Caputova, a Slovak government critic who will face off against the ruling party's candidate in the presidential run-off later this month, is a liberal lawyer hoping to become the EU member's first female head of state. ... more  |
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Chinese metro apologises after goth makeup removal demandBeijing (AFP) March 19, 2019 China's goth community posted selfies wearing black lipstick and sombre white makeup in an online protest over a peer who was forced to remove her makeup before boarding a subway car. ... more  
Uncertain projections help to reveal the truth about future climate changeExeter UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 A team of four scientists from the US and the UK explain how differing climate model projections can be used collectively to reduce uncertainties in future climate change, in a paper published in th ... more  
New perspective on changing travel conditions in Arctic communitiesLeeds UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 Inuit communities' travel skills and regional knowledge have helped mitigate the effects of Arctic climate change on travel conditions, according to a new study. The Arctic is warming nearly t ... more  
Remote Cape with 'world's cleanest air' offers smog respiteCape Grim, Australia (AFP) March 18, 2019 As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated and windswept corner of Australia is serving as the global standard for clean air. ... more  
Space weather mission will venture deep into spaceLondon, UK (The Conversation) Mar 15, 2019 You may have noticed that some weather forecasts have started mentioning the chances of seeing an aurora, also known as northern lights. Just as the atmosphere of the Earth gives us terrestrial weat ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 17, 2019 
A landslide in northern China has killed at least 10 people and left 10 missing, state media reported on Sunday, after several buildings were demolished in the disaster.
Seven people were found dead at the scene and another three died in hospital, according to official news agency Xinhua.
The landslide occurred Friday in northern Shanxi province, Xinhua said.
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
Physicists from the University of Basel have demonstrated spin alignment of free electrons within a two-dimensional material. Writing in the latest edition of Nature Nanotechnology, they described their observation of spontaneous spin polarization, which cannot occur in ideal two-dimensional materials according to a well-known theorem from the 1960s.
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 Caracas (AFP) March 15, 2019 
Plastic bottles and containers at the ready, Keisy Perez ignores the stench from the brown river as it slips slowly through the grimy San Agustin district of Venezuela's capital.
The quest for drinkable water has rapidly become an obsession for millions like her in Caracas days after a crippling power blackout stalled the city's pumps.
In this part of Caracas, the Guaire river is effec ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 19, 2019 
Only seven months after NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission wrapped its last field campaign on the world's largest island, an OMG crew is back in Greenland to collect more data.
With two or three field projects a year since 2016, no wonder OMG has made the most comprehensive measurements yet of how ocean water lapping at the undersides of Greenland's melting glaciers affects them ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 19, 2019 
The weedkiller Roundup was a "substantial factor" in the cancer of a US man who developed a lump in his throat after decades of spraying his garden - the second major legal defeat to agrochemical giant Monsanto in a year.
Edwin Hardeman, 70, treated his property in Sonoma County, California, regularly with the herbicide from 1980 to 2012 and was eventually diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymph ... more |
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 Beira, Mozambique (AFP) March 19, 2019  The death toll from a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique and Zimbabwe rose to more than 300 on Tuesday as rescuers raced against the clock to help survivors and the UN led the charge to provide aid.
"We already have more than 200 dead, and nearly 350,000 people are at risk," Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced, while the government in Zimbabwe said around 100 people had died but th ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) March 17, 2019 
Suspected jihadists killed 21 Malian soldiers in a raid on an army camp in central Mali on Sunday, military sources said, after a dawn attack that the armed forces believe was led by a deserter.
Driving cars and motorbikes, the attackers stormed Dioura army camp in the Mopti region, in the latest assault on the military as the country grapples with the spread of extremist groups and instabil ... more |
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 Atlanta 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 that set hominins apart - it was the miniaturization of tools.
Just as tiny transistors transformed telecommunications a few decades ago, and scientists are now challenged to make them even smal ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
A team of four scientists from the US and the UK explain how differing climate model projections can be used collectively to reduce uncertainties in future climate change, in a paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Despite major advances in climate modelling over the last 30 years, there are still a wide range of projections for global warming by 2100, even when the same sc ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
Maps that show where sharks and tunas roam in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and where fishing vessels travel in this vast expanse, could help ocean managers to identify regions of the high seas where vulnerable species may be at risk.
Researchers at Stanford University have created such a map by analyzing the habitats occupied by more than 800 sharks and tunas and 900 industrial fishing vesse ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 19, 2019 
Mammals boast an unprecedented diversity of forelimbs, allowing mammalian species to adopt a variety of lifestyles and adapt to a wide range of habitats.
According to a new study, the earliest mammalian predecessors began evolving unique forelimbs 270 million years ago, 30 million years before the first dinosaurs arrived.
"Aside from fur, diverse forelimb shape is one of the most ... 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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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
People don't ask too much from batteries: Deliver energy when it's needed and for as long as it is wanted, recharge quickly and don't burst into flames. A rash of cell phone fires in 2016 jolted consumer confidence in lithium-ion batteries, a technology that helped usher in modern portable electronics but has been plagued by safety concerns since it was introduced in the 1980s.
As interest ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 
Amidst worldwide publicity and talks about 'Insectageddon': the extinction of 40% of the world's insects, as estimated in a recent scientific review, a critical response was published in the open-access journal Rethinking Ecology.
Query- and geographically-biased summaries; mismatch between objectives and cited literature; and misuse of existing conservation data have all been identified i ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 19, 2019 
Hong Kong plans to build one of the world's largest artificial islands with an eye-watering $79 billion price tag, city officials announced Tuesday.
The government's HK$624 billion proposal to reclaim 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) of land around the territory's largest island, Lantau, has been touted as a solution to the pressing housing shortage in the city, which is notorious as one of the ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with support from NASA have initiated activities for SERVIR-Amazonia, a five-year effort that will use NASA's unique observations of Earth to address environmental and development challenges in the Amazon Basin.
Operating as a regional hub, SERVIR-Amazonia will help people and institutions use satellite observations and geospatial tools ... more |
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