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  Paris (AFP) May 22, 2019 Industries in northeastern China have spewed large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists said Wednesday. Since 2013, annual emissions from northeastern China of the banned chemical CFC-11 have increased by about 7,000 tonnes, they reported in the peer-reviewed journal Nature. "CFCs are the main culprit in depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, which protects us from the Sun's ultra-violet radiation," said lead author Mat ... read more |
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One billion year old fungi found is Earth's oldestParis (AFP) May 22, 2019 Scientists have unearthed fossilised fungi dating back up to one billion years, in a discovery that could reshape our understanding of how life on land evolved, research showed Wednesday. ... more  
Migration to the north: climate change puts plankton on the moveTokyo (AFP) May 22, 2019 Climate change that has warmed the world's oceans has prompted a "worrying" northward migration among some communities of the smallest organisms in the sea: plankton. ... more  
EU court rejects historic citizen's climate caseParis (AFP) May 22, 2019 The European Court of Justice has thrown out a landmark case brought by 10 families who sued the European Union over the threats climate change poses to their homes and livelihoods, lawyers said Wednesday. ... more  
Council of Europe explores AI to reshape prisonsNicosia (AFP) May 22, 2019 From monitoring inmates on suicide watch to detecting cryptic messages in phone calls, artificial intelligence is reshaping the way prisons are run, a Council of Europe director said Wednesday. ... more |
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Baby tiger sharks eat common backyard birdsWashington (UPI) May 22, 2019 To better understand the diets of baby tiger sharks, scientists have been catching young shark specimens and making them throw up. Analysis of DNA in the shark vomit showed baby tiger sharks consume songbirds. ... more  
Hong Kong independence activists granted refugee status in GermanyHong Kong (AFP) May 22, 2019 Two former Hong Kong independence activists have been granted refugee status in Germany in what is one of the first cases of dissenters from the semi-autonomous Chinese city receiving such protection. ... more 
Tortoise poachers get stiff sentence in MadagascarAntananarivo (AFP) May 22, 2019 A court in Madagascar upheld Wednesday six-year sentences against three people convicted of dealing in 10,000 extremely rare tortoises, the WWF wildlife conservation group said. ... more  
Illegal hunting threatens songbird prized as delicacy: studyWashington (AFP) May 22, 2019 Every year, nearly five million breeding pairs of ortolan buntings - a type of tiny songbird classified as endangered in several countries - migrate from Europe to Africa for the winter. ... more  
Military to set up tents for migrants on US-Mexico borderWashington (AFP) May 23, 2019 The American military is going to set up tents near the US-Mexico border to temporarily house adult undocumented migrants held by immigration authorities, the Pentagon said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Scientists extract yeast from ancient pottery, recreate 5,000-year-old beer  
As planet warms, Arctic lakes, rivers will lose their biodiversityWashington (UPI) May 22, 2019 As Earth's temperatures continue to rise, freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic are becoming unusually warm - too warm for many native species. ... more  |
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Bolsonaro revises decree, bans Brazilians carrying assault weaponsBras�lia (AFP) May 22, 2019 Brazilians will no longer be permitted to carry assault weapons on the street after pro-gun President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday revised an order that enabled millions of civilians to be armed in public. ... more 
Mission control 'saves science'Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019 Every minute, ESA's Earth observation satellites gather dozens of gigabytes of data about our planet - enough information to fill the pages on a 100-metre long bookshelf. Flying in low-Earth orbits, ... 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  
Rocky mountain spotted fever risks examinedDavis CA (SPX) May 23, 2019 In Mexicali, Mexico, an uncontrolled epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, one of the deadliest tickborne diseases in the Americas, has affected more than 1,000 people since 2008. A binati ... more 
Unexpected observation of ice at low temperature, high pressure questions water theoryOak Ridge TN (SPX) May 23, 2019 Through an experiment designed to create a super-cold state of water, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering to discover a pathway to the unex ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 23, 2019 
The American military is going to set up tents near the US-Mexico border to temporarily house adult undocumented migrants held by immigration authorities, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Military personnel will erect the tents, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run the camps, a statement by Pentagon spokesman Major Chris Miller said.
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) May 22, 2019 
Researchers have been exposing spacecraft components and instrumentation to the harsh environments of space for years in NASA Glenn's Extreme Environments Rig (GEER), a test chamber which simulates atmospheric conditions of planets and moons in the solar system.
These tests in high-temperature (up to up to 932 F), high-pressure (over 90 times the Earth's surface pressure), toxic atmospher ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2019 
When you hear news about ice loss from Greenland or Antarctica, an aquifer in California that is getting depleted, or a new explanation for a wobble in Earth's rotation, you might not realize that all these findings may rely on data from one single mission: the U.S.-German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE).
GRACE data, collected from 2002 to 2017 while the mission was active, ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019 
Ice is without doubt one of the first casualties of climate change, but the effects of our warming world are not only limited to ice melting on Earth's surface. Ground that has been frozen for thousands of years is also thawing, adding to the climate crisis and causing immediate problems for local communities.
In Earth's cold regions, much of the sub-surface ground is frozen. Permafrost is ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 22, 2019 
When researchers in Israel examined fragments of clay jars used to house beer and mead several thousand years ago, they discovered colonies of yeast hiding in the shards' nano-sized pores.
To help them extract the long-dormant yeast, scientists recruited the help of winemakers with experience aging wine in clay pots.
Archaeologists dated the clay fragments to several different hi ... 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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 Stanford CA (SPX) May 21, 2019 
A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also turning a healthy profit. That's one of the hopeful visions outlined in a new Stanford-led paper that highlights a seemingly counterintuitive solution: converting one greenhouse gas into another.
The study, published in Nature Sustainability on May 20, describes a potential process for converting the extremel ... more |
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 Athens, Greece (SPX) May 22, 2019 
Airbus and the Hellenic Space Agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering future space cooperation. The MOU will focus on Earth observation, space exploration and future growth opportunities including software research and space policy.
Established in 2018, the Hellenic Space Agency (HSA) is Greece's national body responsible for space and is part of the Ministry of Inf ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 22, 2019  Scientists have unearthed fossilised fungi dating back up to one billion years, in a discovery that could reshape our understanding of how life on land evolved, research showed Wednesday.
For decades, the earliest known fungi - organisms such as mushrooms, mould and yeast - was thought to have appeared on earth around half a billion years ago.
But recent fossil specimens unearthed in ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 22, 2019 
More than 150 million people are gaining access to electricity every year, reducing the ranks of those who live without power, but this is not enough to meet global development goals, according to a report released Wednesday.
Furthermore, efforts to cut pollution from cooking food and promote renewable power for heat and transportation are likewise far behind the goals that world nations set ... more |
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 Canoga Park CA (SPX) May 22, 2019 
Aerojet Rocketdyne and ZAF Energy Systems have established a new teaming agreement working together on an energy storage system utilizing ZAF's nickel-zinc batteries and Aerojet Rocketdyne's battery management system (BMS).
"Our battery management systems provide unprecedented control and health monitoring capabilities for a variety of energy storage solutions," said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 20, 2019 
Rat poison intended to kill rats in Cape Town, South Africa, is seeping into the surrounding environment and harming local wildlife, including caracals, mongooses, otters and owls.
Scientists at the University of Cape Town measured the levels of rat poison compounds in liver and blood samples from 41 animals in Table Mountain National Park. The tests showed 92 percent of caracals in the ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 21, 2019  The Dalai Lama on Tuesday sought to defuse a diplomatic controversy caused by a new book which said the Tibetan spiritual leader and China's President Xi Jinping had agreed to meet in 2014 but India refused to host the event.
In "Defining India - Through Their Eyes", author Sonia Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government scuttled a proposed meeting between the Buddhist leader and ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) May 21, 2019 
Gabon's leader Ali Bongo on Tuesday announced the dismissal of his vice president and the minister of forests, in a move that comes amid a scandal over the smuggling of precious timber.
The president did not give a reason for the sackings of Vice President Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou and Forestry and Environment Minister Guy Bertrand Mapangou, in his statement late Tuesday.
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