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  Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 05, 2019 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), celebrating 100 cumulative years of on-orbit nano- and microsatellite operations, will highlight present and future microspace remote sensing missions at the 12th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation. SFL is a specialty lab building satellites professionally at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). On Monday, May 6, at 13:30, SFL's Laura M. Bradbury will present, "On-Orbit Greenhouse Gas Emissions Monitoring with the GH ... read more |
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GSA launches testing campaign for agriculture receiversParis (SPX) May 06, 2019 The GSA is launching a new testing campaign for receiver manufacturers: The machine guidance testing campaign for agriculture receivers. Within this testing campaign, receivers usually used fo ... more 
Scientists track giant ocean vortex from spaceWashington DC (SPX) May 02, 2019 Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, they report in a new study. ... more  
Fluctuating oxygen caused evolutionary surges during Cambrian periodWashington (UPI) May 6, 2019 During the Cambrian explosion, thousands of new species appeared during a relatively short amount of time. The earliest forms of many modern species first emerged during the Cambrian explosion. ... more  
Scientists call for better research on planetary internal dynamicsWashington (UPI) May 6, 2019 In the search for potentially habitable worlds and alien life, scientists often focus on a planet's surface or atmosphere, but new research suggests it's what's inside that counts. ... more |
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Here we go again: Earth's major 'mass extinctions'Paris (AFP) May 6, 2019 Whether humanity has pushed the planet into a "mass extinction" event may be a matter of definition, but by any measure the rate at which life-forms are disappearing is deeply alarming, scientists say. ... more 
A million species risk extinction, are we one of them?Paris (AFP) May 6, 2019 Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity - and ultimately our survival - depends, according to a landmark UN assessment of the state of Nature released Monday. ... more  
Five Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack: armyLagos (AFP) May 5, 2019 Five Nigerian soldiers were killed when Boko Haram overran a military base in the restive northeast two days ago, the army said on Sunday. ... more  
G7 environment ministers meet to discuss climate crisisMetz, France (AFP) May 5, 2019 Environment ministers of the G7 nations met in France Sunday, a day ahead of the release of what is expected to be another alarming report on the state of the planet. ... more  
Smart tech the new tool for African farmersDakar (AFP) May 5, 2019 How do you manage the trick of feeding school children better and at a lower cost? ... more |
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 Alaska's thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in time
How to fix Nature and avoid human misery: UN reportParis (AFP) May 3, 2019 Revamping global food production, retooling the financial sector, moving beyond GDP as a measure of progress and other "transformative changes" are needed to save Nature and ourselves, a major UN biodiversity report is set to conclude. ... more  |
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Overfishing risks ocean deserts as stocks plummetThe Hague (AFP) May 3, 2019 With bigger boats, deeper nets and better sonar than ever before, the fishing industry's response to our insatiable appetite for fish risks transforming much of the world's oceans into aquatic desert. ... more 
Indigenous peoples, 'guardians of Nature', under siegeParis (AFP) May 6, 2019 From Amazon rainforests to the Arctic Circle, indigenous peoples are leveraging ancestral knowhow to protect habitats that have sustained them for hundreds and even thousands of years, according to a landmark UN assessment of biodiversity released Monday. ... more 
Malaysia minister accuses EU of palm oil 'trade war'Brussels (AFP) May 6, 2019 Malaysia on Monday accused the EU of launching a "trade war" over a plan to curb the use of palm oil in biofuels and threatened retaliatory action at the WTO. ... more  
Strong 7.2 quake rocks Papua New GuineaPort Moresby (AFP) May 6, 2019 A powerful but deep 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, officials said, cutting power and knocking items off shelves though there were no immediate reports of serious damage. ... more  
Ravers get hypothermia at snow-hit French techno festivalGu�ret, France (AFP) May 6, 2019 Around 30 people were treated for hypothermia at an outdoor techno music festival in France after unexpected snowfall left many ravers sheltering under survival blankets distributed by the Red Cross. ... more |
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 Pemba, Mozambique (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Mozambique is reeling after an unprecedented two cyclones swept ashore within six weeks, wreaking havoc and leaving hundreds dead and tens of thousands displaced.
As relief efforts continue, Birgit Holm, director of the Mozambican non-governmental development organisation ADPP, discusses the impoverished southern African country's next steps on the road to recovery following Cyclones Idai an ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 07, 2019 
Solving the growing problem of space debris will require everyone who flies rockets and satellites to adhere to sustainable practices, which doesn't always happen. Now there will be a way to recognise those who do.
We increasingly rely on satellites for every-day activities like navigation, weather forecasting and telecommunications, and any loss of these space-based services could have a ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2019 
Scientist Lia Siegelman is using a surprising data source to study the ocean around Antarctica - one that has flippers and bears a passing resemblance to Jabba the Hut.
Siegelman is using data from a single tagged southern elephant seal to study small-scale ocean features in a little-known part of the ocean around Antarctica. She is a visiting research student from the University of Wester ... more |
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 Rovaniemi, Finland (AFP) May 6, 2019 
The US on Monday said it planned to beef up its Arctic presence to keep Russia's and China's "aggressive behaviour" in check in the resource-rich region.
"The region has become an arena of global power and competition" owing to vast reserves of oil, gas, minerals and fish stocks, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned in a speech in Rovaniemi, northern Finland.
"Just because the Arcti ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 06, 2019 
Researchers from Australia, Germany and the US have quantified the effect of climate extremes, such as droughts or heatwaves, on the yield variability of staple crops around the world.
Overall, year-to-year changes in climate factors during the growing season of maize, rice, soy and spring wheat accounted for 20%-49% of yield fluctuations, according to research published in Environmental R ... more |
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 Khulna, Bangladesh (AFP) May 4, 2019 
Cyclone Fani weakened to a depression as it barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday after leaving a trail of deadly destruction in India, although a major human disaster looked to have been averted.
Press reports said 12 people had died in India and police in Bangladesh put the death toll there at the same number - a fraction of the casualty numbers seen in past cyclones, earning authorities ... more |
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 Lagos (AFP) May 5, 2019 
Five Nigerian soldiers were killed when Boko Haram overran a military base in the restive northeast two days ago, the army said on Sunday.
A column of fighters from the IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in trucks and on motorcycles stormed into the base in the town of Magumeri, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Borno state capital Maiduguri late Friday.
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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 05, 2019 
The first global document that proposes a definition for Astronomy Literacy is published in open-access, and Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA) is one of the authoring institutions.
Throughout history, Astronomy has revolutionised the way humankind sees its place in the Universe, from knowing only a handful of planets in the Solar System, to the billions of galaxies current ... more |
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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.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2019 
In the late 1950s, a scientist named Lewis Kaplan divined a new and groundbreaking way to calculate temperature in the atmosphere for weather forecasting: by measuring the vibration of molecules at different altitudes. The hope was to do this using a brand-new technology, an Earth-observing satellite.
At the time, the only way to get a reading on atmospheric temperature was to dispatch hig ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 6, 2019 
During the Cambrian explosion, thousands of new species appeared during a relatively short amount of time. The earliest forms of many modern species first emerged during the Cambrian explosion.
But according to a new study, the evolutionary gas pedal wasn't on the floor during the entirety of the period. There were periods of accelerated speciation, as well as brief slowdowns. Authors o ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 07, 2019 
An ESA-backed project is harnessing satnav to insert an intelligent sense of place and time to power grids, to provide early warning of potentially dangerous electricity network failures.
Four years ago an apparent fire from nowhere forced the evacuation of 5 000 people from central London. Thick black smoke and choking fumes emerged from manhole covers as power was cut off to the Holborn ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Researchers at the University of Bristol have successfully demonstrated the high thermal conductivity of a new material, paving the way for safer and more efficient electronic devices - including mobile phones, radars and even electric cars.
The team, led by Professor Martin Kuball at the Center for Device Thermography and Reliability (CDTR), found that by making an ultra-pure version of B ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 3, 2019 
Today, pandas largely feast on a vegetarian diet dominated by bamboo, but they descended from carnivores and their bodies still operate that way, a new study says.
While the panda's diet is plant-based, it's protein and carbohydrate intake looks more like a hypercarnivore, which gets more than 70 percent of its those nutrients from eating other animals.
The findings were publishe ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2019 
The wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang Friday pleaded to be allowed to see him just once nearly four years after he disappeared during a crackdown on lawyers and activists.
Wang, 42, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in January following a December trial that took place behind closed doors.
A prominent lawyer who defended political activists and victims o ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 2, 2019 
Brazil is home to more than half of the world's plant and animal species, but its ecological paradises are facing growing threats from agriculture and mining lobbies who have found a champion in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, experts say.
Brazil's rich biodiversity is under attack from multiple fronts, including landowners who cut down multi-storied trees to make way for soya bean crops ... more |
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