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  Paris (ESA) May 16, 2019 As far as we know, Earth's magnetic north has always wandered, but it has recently gained new momentum and is making a dash towards Siberia at a pace not seen before. While this has some practical implications, scientists believe that this sprint is being caused by tussling magnetic blobs deep below our feet. Unlike our geographic North Pole, which is in a fixed location, magnetic north wanders. This has been known since it was first measured in 1831, and subsequently mapped drifting slowly from t ... read more |
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3D Earth in the makingParis (ESA) May 20, 2019 A thorough understanding of the 'solid Earth' system is essential for deciphering the links between processes occurring deep inside Earth and those occurring nearer the surface that lead to seismic ... more 
New research finds unprecedented weakening of Asian summer monsoonWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019 Rainfall from the Asian summer monsoon has been decreasing over the past 80 years, a decline unprecedented in the last 448 years, according to a new study. The new research used tree ring reco ... more  
NASA Team Teaches Algorithms to Identify LifeGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2019 If you've seen dental plaque or pond scum, you've met a biofilm. Among the oldest forms of life on Earth, these ubiquitous, slimy buildups of bacteria grow on nearly everything exposed to moisture a ... more 
DLR tests the City-ATM system at the Kohlbrand Bridge in HamburgHamburg, Germany (SPX) May 16, 2019 Parcel-delivery drones, air taxis and uncrewed inspection aircraft will to fly over cities and interact with one another in the future. They must be able to recognise and avoid one another, ideally ... more |
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Seasonal Monsoon Rains Block Key Ocean CurrentPasadena CA (JPL) May 20, 2019 Our oceans and the complex "conveyer belt" system of currents that connects them play an important role in regulating global climate. The oceans store heat from the Sun, and ocean currents transport ... more 
Century-scale deep-water circulation dynamics in the North Atlantic OceanHong Kong (SPX) May 20, 2019 Dr Moriaki Yasuhara, Dr Hisayo Okahashi, and Dr Huai-Hsuan May Huang from School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration w ... more  
Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warmsCambridge UK (SPX) May 20, 2019 Accelerated tree growth caused by a warming climate does not necessarily translate into enhanced carbon storage, an international study suggests. The team, led by the University of Cambridge, ... more  
Swine fever sending pork prices higherParis (AFP) May 20, 2019 In a cruel irony in the Chinese Year of the Pig, outbreaks of African Swine Fever are forcing huge culls that could send pork prices to levels never seen before. ... more 
Study reports breakthrough to measure plant improvements to help farmers boost productionUrbana IL (SPX) May 20, 2019 An international team is using advanced tools to develop crops that give farmers more options for sustainably producing more food on less land. To do this, thousands of plant prototypes must be care ... more |
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US ambassador makes rare visit to TibetBeijing (AFP) May 20, 2019 The US ambassador to China is making the first trip to Tibet by an American envoy in four years after obtaining rare access to the restricted region, his embassy said Monday. ... more  |
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Remote island beach plastics point to greater waste problemParis (AFP) May 16, 2019 The world may be seriously underestimating the amount of plastic waste along its coastlines, researchers said Thursday as they unveiled findings showing hundreds of millions of plastic fragments on a remote Indian Ocean archipelago. ... more  
Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing 'slow-motion disaster'Manila (AFP) May 20, 2019 When Mary Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two decades ago, she could walk to the local chapel. Today, reaching it requires a swim. ... more  
Captive chimpanzees spontaneously use tools to excavate underground foodWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019 Chimpanzees in captivity can successfully work out how to use tools to excavate underground food, even if they've never been presented with an underground food scenario before, according to a study ... more  
Iceland volcano eruption in 1783-84 did not spawn extreme heat waveNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) May 20, 2019 An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated, the eruption triggered an unusually cold winter, accord ... more  
Monitoring Earth's shifting landParis (ESA) May 20, 2019 The monitoring of land subsidence is of vital importance for low-lying countries, but also areas which are prone to peculiar ground instability. Land subsidence is the lowering or sinking of t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 15, 2019 
The US military may build tents and other shelters near the Mexican border to temporarily house migrants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Department of Defense spokesman Chris Mitchell said the Pentagon had received a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "to construct temporary facilities at six DHS-specified locations to house and care for a minimum of 7,500" migrants. ... more |
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 Metairie LA (SPX) May 16, 2019 
Geocent, LLC, a national Information Technology and Engineering firm with its headquarters in Louisiana, was informed by NASA that its innovative materials for radiation shielding and thermal barrier coatings were chosen to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to evaluate their potential applications for lunar habitation, long-term deep space missions such as Mars, and other unspecif ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019 
As our climate changes, the availability of freshwater is a growing issue for many people around the world. Understanding the water cycle and how the climate and human usage is causing shifts in natural cycling processes is vital to safeguarding supplies. While numerous satellites measure individual components of the water cycle, it has never been described as a whole over a particular region - ... more |
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 Hobart, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2019  An innovative use of instruments that measure the ocean near Antarctica has helped Australian scientists to get a clearer picture of how the ocean is melting the Antarctic ice sheet.
Until now, most measurements in Antarctica were made during summer, leaving winter conditions, when the sea freezes over with ice, largely unknown.
But scientists from IMAS and the CSIRO, supported by AC ... more |
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 Hon Khoi, Vietnam (AFP) May 19, 2019 
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The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise before dawn as they have for generations, fanning out across shallow seawater pools in southern Vietnam to harvest the precious mineral, hoping for a better season than the last.
The work is punishing and the incomes unstable, subject to seesawing demand swayed by foreign imports, and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns.
Many people in the sl ... more |
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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) May 20, 2019 
An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated, the eruption triggered an unusually cold winter, according to a Rutgers-led study.
The study, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, will help improve predictions of how the climate will respond to future high-latitude volcanic eruptio ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 16, 2019 
Cameroonian start-up boss Serge Boupda made a polished pitch Thursday to a room packed with potential investors in Paris, but he knows a solid business plan does not guarantee interest for firms hoping to unlock Africa's vast economic potential.
Like other African entrepreneurs out in force at the Vivatech trade fair in Paris this week, Boupda acknowledged the challenges of entrenched povert ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 20, 2019 
Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago, substantially earlier than indicated by most DNA-based estimates, according to new research by a UCL academic.
The research, published in Science Advances, analysed dental evolutionary rates across different hominin species, focusing on early Neanderthals. It shows that the teeth of hominins from Sima de los Huesos, Spain ... more |
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 Tiznit, Morocco (AFP) May 18, 2019  "We refuse to be confined to a cage," declares nomadic herder Mouloud, asserting the rights and customs of his kin as they graze livestock in Morocco's southern expanses.
But the herders' determination to roam freely has brought them into dispute with crop farmers in the region of Souss.
In the village of Arbaa Sahel, arable farmer Hmad and many of his peers are enraged by herds stompi ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019 
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem, especially for those living in urban areas. Not only does it negatively impact our ecosystems, it considerably affects our health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 8 million premature deaths per year are linked to air pollution, more than double of previous estimates.
One of the pollutants with the strongest ev ... more |
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 Lincoln UK (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Micro-CT scanning of a tiny snake-like fossil discovered in Scotland has shed new light on the elusive creature, thought to be one of the earliest known tetrapods to develop teeth that allowed it to crush its prey.
Detailed scans of Acherontiscus caledoniae showed a unique combination of different tooth shapes and sizes as well as a deep lower jaw which scientists believe would have given ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 13, 2019 
The world must double spending on renewable power and slash investment in oil and coal by 2030 to keep the Paris climate treaty temperature targets in play, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.
For that to happen, however, trend lines on both fronts moved in the wrong direction last year, the agency reported in its 4th annual World Energy Investment overview.
Money going i ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) May 13, 2019 
Soldiers carrying 15-25 pounds of batteries could carry batteries a fraction of the weight but with the same energy and improved safety, a new study shows. In the latest issue of the journal Nature, researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the Army's corporate research laboratory known as ARL, and the University of Maryland demonstrated a t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 17, 2019  To better protect larger, slow-breeding species, conservationists, biologists and other decision makers rethink the "endangered species" definition, the authors of a new study suggest.
Researchers warn that slow-breeding giants, like elephants and rhinos, might not reveal themselves as "endangered" until it is too late. A slow decline among a population of slow-breeders can, in some cas ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2019 
The US ambassador to China is making the first trip to Tibet by an American envoy in four years after obtaining rare access to the restricted region, his embassy said Monday.
The visit by Ambassador Terry Branstad comes two months after the US State Department said Beijing had "systematically" impeded access to Tibetan areas for US diplomats, journalists and tourists.
Branstad was schedu ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) May 20, 2019 
Accelerated tree growth caused by a warming climate does not necessarily translate into enhanced carbon storage, an international study suggests.
The team, led by the University of Cambridge, found that as temperatures increase, trees grow faster, but they also tend to die younger. When these fast-growing trees die, the carbon they store is returned to the carbon cycle.
The results, ... more |
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