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  Austin TX (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 The University of Texas at Austin team that led a twin satellite system launched in 2002 to take detailed measurements of the Earth, called the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), reports in the most recent issue of the journal Nature Climate Change on the contributions that their nearly two decades of data have made to our understanding of global climate patterns. Intended to last just five years in orbit for a limited, experimental mission to measure small changes in the Earth's gra ... read more |
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As oceans warm, microbes could pump more CO2 back into airNew York NY (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 The world's oceans soak up about a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans pump into the air each year - a powerful brake on the greenhouse effect. In addition to purely physical and chemical proc ... more  
How to purify water with grapheneMoscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" together with their colleagues from Derzhavin Tambov State University and Saratov Chernyshevsky State University have figure ... more 
Researchers detail marine viruses from poleColumbus OH (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 New research provides the most complete account to date of the viruses that impact the world's oceans, increasing the number of known virus populations tenfold. "This new understanding of viru ... more 
Rapid melting of the world's largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the oceanCambridge UK (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 An international team of scientists has found part of the world's largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the overall ice shelf average, due to solar heating of the surrounding ocean surfa ... more |
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French aquarium sued over hammerhead shark deathsLille, France (AFP) April 29, 2019 An ocean conservation group said Monday it had filed suit against a French aquarium over the premature deaths of 30 endangered hammerhead sharks. ... more  
Carbios plastic bottle recycling picks up backersLyon (AFP) April 29, 2019 French green chemistry firm Carbios said Monday it had picked up the backing of three major drinks firms to build a facility to test on an industrial scale its technology to break down and recycle PET plastic bottles with enzymes. ... more  
Pentagon to send 320 more troops to US-Mexico borderWashington (AFP) April 30, 2019 The US Defense Department announced Monday it would deploy around 320 additional troops to the southern border with Mexico to support immigration officials. ... more  
38 killed as floods worsen in Mozambique after second cyclonePemba, Mozambique (AFP) April 29, 2019 Heavy rain battered northern Mozambique on Monday as residents and relief workers confronted devastation wrought by Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone to ever hit Africa, which killed 38 people and destroyed thousands of homes. ... more 
10,000 evacuated in Canada floods as rescuers search for petsMontreal (AFP) April 29, 2019 More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in eastern Canada in recent days as spring floods broke record levels set in 2017, officials said Monday, warning that it could take weeks for the waters to recede. ... more |
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Geomagnetic jerks finally reproduced and explainedParis, France (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Initially described in 1978, geomagnetic jerks are unpredictable events that abruptly accelerate the evolution of the Earth's magnetic field, and skew predictions of its behaviour on a multi-year sc ... more  |
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Arianespace to launch "SAR" satellite StriX-a aboard Vega for Japanese startup company SynspectiveParis (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Synspective and Arianespace have signed a contract to launch the satellite StriX-a, Synspective's first SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) demonstrator satellite. On April 18, 2019, Arianespace an ... more 
How NASA Earth Data Aids America, State by StateWashington DC (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 For six decades, NASA has used the vantage point of space to better understand our home planet and improve lives. A new interactive website called Space for U.S. highlights some of the many ways tha ... more 
Greek researchers enlist EU satellite against Aegean sea litterLesbos Island, Greece (AFP) April 22, 2019 Knee-deep in water on a picture-postcard Lesbos island beach, a team of Greek university students gently deposits a wall-sized PVC frame on the surface before divers moor it at sea. ... more  
An army of micro-robots can wipe out dental plaquePhiladelphia PA (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 A visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping with mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. What if, instead, a dentist could deploy a small army of ... more 
Egypt's rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea coralsHurghada, Egypt (AFP) April 30, 2019 In serene turquoise waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast, scuba divers ease among delicate pink jellyfish and admire coral - yet a rebounding tourism sector threatens the fragile marine ecosystem. ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 
As the impacts of climate change escalate, ecosystems will likely undergo events that will disrupt entire populations. In marine ecosystems, anthropogenic warming has subjected organisms to elevated temperatures, oxygen loss, and acidification. The increased frequency and severity of catastrophic events may inhibit a population's ability to recover and, in turn, may spur collapse.
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 29, 2019 
Scientists have been floating designs for solar sails to propel spacecraft for decades, but a new approach being developed by a Rochester Institute of Technology professor could be the key to helping spacecraft photograph the poles of the Sun for the first time.
NASA announced it is providing RIT Professor Grover Swartzlander a Phase II award through its NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts ( ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2019 
Hydroid was awarded a $23.1 million contract for production support of the MK 18 family of unmanned submersibles for the U.S. Navy.
With four option years, the cumulative contract could be worth up to $47.9 million, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Work will be performed at Hydroid's plant in Pocasset, Mass., with an expected completion date by April 2020 and with opti ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
Emperor penguins at the Halley Bay colony in the Weddell Sea have failed to raise chicks for the last three years, scientists have discovered.
Researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) studied very high resolution satellite imagery to reveal the unusual findings, published in the journal Antarctic Science.
Until recently, the Halley Bay colony was the second largest in the worl ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2019 
The study of an ancient microbrewery in Peru and its supply of a sour beer has provided scientists new insights into the stability of the Wari empire.
For several years, researchers have been studying the remains of a brewing site at Cerro Baúl, an ancient city in southern Peru and the political center of the Wari empire, which lasted from 600 to 1100 AD - a long time for an ancient d ... more |
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 Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) April 29, 2019 
Heavy rain battered northern Mozambique on Monday as residents and relief workers confronted devastation wrought by Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone to ever hit Africa, which killed 38 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Roads have been washed away, fields submerged and many buildings wrecked by the storm, which came weeks after Cyclone Idai struck the Mozambican city of Beira, 1, ... more |
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 28, 2019 
Luc Henkinbrant fought against the impunity of war criminals in the conflict-ridden east of the Democratic Republic of Congo for a decade.
Now the Belgian former UN human rights official dreams of turning the Lake Kivu island of Idjwi into a magnet for ecotourists.
He and his Congolese wife Esperance Mawanzo divide their time between the Belgian town of Liege and their little island para ... more |
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 Altamira, Brazil (AFP) April 25, 2019  As the diesel generator rumbles to life in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, teenagers scramble to charge their phones and watch music videos - an ordinary pastime in an extraordinary setting.
The teens are members of the Arara indigenous group - and they had to travel eight hours round-trip by boat to the nearest city, Altamira, to download those video clips.
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 London (AFP) April 28, 2019 
Britain's opposition Labour Party is expected to force a vote this week to declare a national climate change emergency following the 11-day protests that gridlocked parts of central London.
"On Wednesday, the UK Parliament will have the chance to be the first in the world to declare an environment and climate emergency, which we hope will trigger a wave of action from parliaments and governm ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Whether they're idyllic floating cotton balls on an otherwise blue sky or ominous grey swirls that block the sun, clouds all begin as an invisible dot of water vapor. This elusive gas has been tricky to measure and track - until now.
Research scientists at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have created a new airborne instrument that can directly measure water vapor and f ... more |
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 Knoxville TN (SPX) Apr 29, 2019 
By acting as gatekeepers, microbes can affect geological processes that move carbon from the earth's surface into its deep interior, according to a study published in Nature and coauthored by microbiologists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The research is part of the Deep Carbon Observatory's Biology Meets Subduction project.
"We usually think of geology as something that happen ... more |
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 New York (AFP) April 22, 2019 
Mayor Bill de Blasio marked Earth Day by outlining measures to make New York greener Monday, including dramatically cutting the carbon footprint of the city's signature building, the skyscraper.
"We're going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers, which are incredibly inefficient," he told MSNBC television.
The New York version of the "Green New Deal" currently being pushed by fr ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science that is transforming scientific inquiry and industry, could now speed the development of safe, clean and virtually limitless fusion energy for generating electricity.
A major step in this direction is under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University, where a team ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 25, 2019  From the food we eat to the air that we breathe, Nature not only provides mankind with the means to live but also the services to thrive.
Ahead of a major biodiversity summit in Paris expected to outline in the starkest terms yet the threat humans pose to Earth's natural habitats and species, here is a look at what Nature does for us.
- On our plate -
One of the main unseen roles pl ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 30, 2019 
President Xi Jinping urged China's youth on Tuesday to be loyal to the Communist Party as he sought to whip up patriotic sentiment in a nationalist speech marking the centennial of a student protest.
Xi delivered his hour-long plea at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the May Fourth Movement, a landmark protest against colonialism and imperialism that rocked China in 1919.
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 Altamira, Brazil (AFP) April 24, 2019 
A rifle resting on his shoulder, Tatji Arara looks despondent as he steps over the trunks of huge trees felled by timber traffickers in the heart of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, now the scene of numerous land conflicts.
"Every day, we find new trees cut down. I've never seen anything like this," laments the 41-year-old, a leader of the Arara indigenous people in the northern state of Para. ... more |
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