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  New Delhi (AFP) March 21, 2019 Walls draped in lush vertical gardens and air filtered through purifiers insulate diners at a swanky New Delhi food court from the choking haze outside in one of the most polluted places on earth. But these eco-eateries, offering cleaner air as well as modern menus to the well heeled are beyond reach for the poor, who have little means of escaping the deadly smog which coats the city for much of the year. Air pollution kills more than one million Indians every year, according to a study by Lance ... read more |
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Anger, grief sweep Iraq's Mosul as ferry disaster toll hits 100Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 22, 2019 The capsizing of a Tigris river ferry packed with Iraqi families celebrating Kurdish New Year in Mosul left at least 100 people dead, mostly women and children, the interior ministry said Friday, as grief and anger swept the Iraqi city. ... more  
Aid workers scramble to get relief supplies to Mozambique cyclone victimsBeira, Mozambique (AFP) March 22, 2019 Aid workers faced disarray and a clamour for help Friday as they headed out across central Mozambique, battling to help tens of thousands of people battered by one of southern Africa's most powerful storms. ... more 
China probes factory blast as death toll rises to 47Yancheng, China (AFP) March 22, 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered local governments Friday to prevent any more industrial disasters after a chemical plant blast left 47 people dead, injured hundreds and flattened an industrial park in the latest such catastrophe to hit the country. ... more  
UN hosts new round of Western Sahara talksGeneva (AFP) March 21, 2019 A second round of talks on ending the Western Sahara conflict began behind closed doors in Switzerland Thursday, with the UN voicing hope the sides would discuss "how to build trust". ... more |
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Canned air and water-spraying drones: Smog remediesHong Kong (AFP) March 21, 2019 As millions of people in Asia choke under polluted skies, authorities have turned to water-dispersing drones and outdoor air purifiers to improve air quality, while companies have tried to cash in by selling everything from canned air to lung-purifying teas. ... more  
From tree killing beetles to crop disease: Central America's struggles with droughtValle De Angeles, Honduras (AFP) March 21, 2019 Honduran conservationists are worried. A deadly insect that wiped out more than a quarter of the Central American country's conifers between 2013 and 2017 is back. ... more 
Toll from cyclone-hit southern Africa surges as UN launches health aidBeira, Mozambique (AFP) March 21, 2019 The death toll from a cyclone that ravaged three southern African countries last week headed Thursday towards 400, as officials estimated that more than 1.7 million people had been affected by the storm and 15,000 people were still stranded in floodwater. ... more  
Robots help bees and fish communicateWashington (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 Bees and fish can now converse with each other thanks to new robotics technology designed by researchers in Europe. ... more  
Ecuador's indigenous fear for wetlands as glacier recedesVolcan Chimborazo, Ecuador (AFP) March 21, 2019 When the springs dried up the local indigenous leaders raised their eyes to the heavens. They knew what they would find. Up above, the glacier that capped Chimborazo volcano was receding. ... more |
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Floods threaten Malawi dam: ministryBlantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 21, 2019 Heavy rains could cause a dam in southern Malawi to give way if there is no let-up, authorities said Thursday, urging local residents to take shelter. ... more  |
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Aid agencies struggle to rescue Mozambique cyclone victims Beira, Mozambique (AFP) March 21, 2019 Aid workers raced on Wednesday to help survivors and meet spiralling humanitarian needs in three southern African countries battered by the region's worst storm in years. ... more 
Cyclone Trevor prompts mass evacuation in AustraliaCairns, Australia (AFP) March 21, 2019 Authorities in northern Australia have declared a state of emergency and have asked for military help to evacuate communities in the path of a destructive cyclone that is set to further strengthen. ... more  
Death toll in China landslide rises to 20Beijing (AFP) March 21, 2019 Rescuers have retrieved the body of a final missing person in a northern China landslide, bringing the death toll to 20, local officials said Thursday. ... more  
Sun bears mimic each other's facial expressionsWashington (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 Sun bears mimic each other's facial expressions, according to a new study. The subtle form of communication was previously thought to be only practiced by primates. ... more  
Scientists tag sharks in Galapagos Islands to monitor their migrationQuito (AFP) March 21, 2019 Scientists in the Galapagos Islands have attached tracers to five blue sharks for the first time as part of a project to study their migratory patterns, Ecuador's government said. ... more |
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 Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 22, 2019 
The capsizing of a Tigris river ferry packed with Iraqi families celebrating Kurdish New Year in Mosul left at least 100 people dead, mostly women and children, the interior ministry said Friday, as grief and anger swept the Iraqi city.
Residents of the northern city, scarred by years of jihadist rule, demanded justice as Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi decreed three days of national mournin ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 20, 2019 
Once a traditional satellite is launched into space, its physical hardware and computer software stay mostly immutable for the rest of its existence as it orbits the Earth, even as the technology it serves on the ground continues to change.
Just as some aerospace start-ups are developing technologies to repair, modify or refuel satellites to prolong their lives, some satellite manufacturers ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019  An array of underwater listening lines that detect passing giant Atlantic bluefin tuna previously caught and tagged by scientists has created a new system to monitor these enormous, fast, powerful and lucrative fish in the open ocean.
A 10-year research project using the technology sheds light on the species' natural mortality as well as migration, important information for sustainable man ... more |
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 Volcan Chimborazo, Ecuador (AFP) March 21, 2019 
When the springs dried up the local indigenous leaders raised their eyes to the heavens. They knew what they would find. Up above, the glacier that capped Chimborazo volcano was receding.
But something equally dramatic was happening further down the slopes of Ecuador's highest mountain. And the consequences for the indigenous population living there are far- reaching.
The paramo - the ... more |
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 Valle De Angeles, Honduras (AFP) March 21, 2019 
Honduran conservationists are worried. A deadly insect that wiped out more than a quarter of the Central American country's conifers between 2013 and 2017 is back.
The southern pine beetle - or gorgojo, as it is known locally - appears in large numbers during droughts brought on by El Nino, a climatic phenomenon that occurs every few years and can be a threat to agriculture and even drinki ... more |
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 Beira, Mozambique (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Aid workers faced disarray and a clamour for help Friday as they headed out across central Mozambique, battling to help tens of thousands of people battered by one of southern Africa's most powerful storms.
A week after Tropical Cyclone Idai lashed Mozambique with winds of nearly 200 kilometres (120 miles) per hour, the rescue effort rose up a gear but the situation was often chaotic.
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 Geneva (AFP) March 21, 2019 
A second round of talks on ending the Western Sahara conflict began behind closed doors in Switzerland Thursday, with the UN voicing hope the sides would discuss "how to build trust".
Foreign ministers from Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania along with the chief negotiator from the Polisario Front liberation movement joined United Nations envoy to the disputed region, former German president H ... 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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 Swindon, UK (SPX) Mar 22, 2019 
Anyone working in the UK public sector can now receive free access to more than a thousand high-resolution satellite images of Britain, the UK Space Agency announced 21 March 2019.
The archive of images and radar data for research and development projects is available to Government departments, emergency services and local authorities as well as industry and academia if their work meets a ... 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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 Glen Allen, VA (SPX) Mar 22, 2019 
Coal will never again be king, but electric co-ops actually could help revitalize struggling rural communities by rolling out high-speed Internet access, writes LeClairRyan attorney Roy M. Palk in a column for elp.com, the website of Electric Light and Power and POWERGRID International.
In the March 12 piece, Palk, who is Senior Energy Industry Advisor for the national law firm and former ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 
Can tokamak fusion facilities, the most widely used devices for harvesting on Earth the fusion reactions that power the sun and stars, be developed more quickly to produce safe, clean, and virtually limitless energy for generating electricity? Physicist Jon Menard of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has examined that question in a detailed look at ... 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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 Beijing (AFP) March 21, 2019 
A labour activist has been detained by police in southern China, his wife said Thursday, amid a crackdown on students and activists advocating for worker rights.
Wei Zhili, 30, an editor at a Chinese labour rights media site, was apprehended Wednesday by police in Guangzhou, southern Guangdong province, for "disturbing public order", his wife and prominent feminist Zheng Churan told AFP.
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 
A team from the Institute of Forest Sciences at the University of Freiburg shows that the extraction of ground water for industry and households is increasingly damaging floodplain forests in Europe given the increasing intensity and length of drought periods in the summer. The scientists have published their results in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
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