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  Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2019 Rapid changes in terrain are taking place in Canada's high Arctic polar deserts due to increases in summer air temperatures. A McGill-led study published recently in Environmental Research Letters presents close to 30 years of aerial surveys and extensive ground mapping of the Eureka Sound Lowlands area of Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands located at approximately 80 degrees N. The research focuses on a particular landform (known as a retrogressive thaw slump) that develops as the ice within the ... read more |
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Solomons first trip for re-elected Australia PM amid China tensionsSydney (AFP) May 27, 2019 Re-elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's first foreign trip will be to the Solomon Islands, in a move to cement the Pacific as Canberra's strategic priority amid growing Chinese influence in the region. ... more 
UD researchers examine the age of groundwater in Egyptian aquifersNewark DE (SPX) May 27, 2019 Most of the water used by people in Egypt comes from the Nile River, which originates from precipitation over mountainous areas in the Ethiopian highlands. In areas far from the Nile River Valley, h ... more  
Plastic polluter: Brazil recycles 'almost nothing'Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 24, 2019 Standing among sacks of used supermarket shopping bags, soft drink bottles and detergent containers, Evelin Marcele is scornful of Brazil's efforts to recycle plastic waste. ... more  
Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggestsCambridge UK (SPX) May 23, 2019 Hunter-gatherers in the Philippines who adopt farming work around ten hours a week longer than their forager neighbours, a new study suggests, complicating the idea that agriculture represents progr ... more |
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Rare volcanic rocks lift lid on dangers of little-studied eruptionsEdinburgh UK (SPX) May 27, 2019 Unusual rocks discovered on a remote mountainside have alerted scientists to the dangers posed by a little-studied type of volcano. Researchers say that the rocks, found in East Africa, provid ... more  
Ammonium fertilized early life on earthSyracuse NY (SPX) May 22, 2019 A team of international scientists--including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London--have demonstrated a new source of food for e ... more  
New AI sees like a human, filling in the blanksAustin TX (SPX) May 23, 2019 Computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have taught an artificial intelligence agent how to do something that usually only humans can do - take a few quick glimpses around and infer ... more  
Modi plots course after landslide Indian election winNew Delhi (AFP) May 24, 2019 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was meeting party allies and members of his cabinet Friday to plot a course for his second term after a landslide victory left the once-mighty Gandhi dynasty licking its wounds. ... more  
More detailed picture of Earth's mantleCardiff UK (SPX) May 21, 2019 The chemical composition of the Earth's mantle is a lot more variable and diverse than previously thought, a new study has revealed. According to a new analysis of cores drilled through the oc ... more |
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Six Paths to the Nonsurgical Future of Brain-Machine InterfacesWashington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 DARPA has awarded funding to six organizations to support the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program, first announced in March 2018. Battelle Memorial Institute, Carnegie Mellon Un ... more  |
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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 
Tropical Pacific variability key for successful climate forecastsKiel, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2019 Our planet is warming up. This is documented consistently by all measurements that are carried out worldwide. However, this warming, which is mainly caused by the emission of greenhouse gases, is su ... more  
Main EU parties adopt climate change as rallying cryBrussels (AFP) May 24, 2019 In a shift since the last European Parliament elections, mainstream parties have adopted climate change as a rallying cry - spurred in part by a wave of student strikes. ... more 
Trump unveils $16 bn aid for farmers hurt by China trade warWashington (AFP) May 23, 2019 President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new $16 billion aid package to help farmers caught in the crossfire his trade war with China. ... more 
Tradition meets tech as Kenya's herders adapt to climate changeMerille, Kenya (AFP) May 24, 2019 For generations, Kaltuma Hassan's clan would study the sky over Kenya's arid north for any sign of rain - some wind here, a wisp of cloud there - to guide their parched livestock to water. ... 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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 Riverside CA (SPX) May 27, 2019 
Astronomers believe planets like Jupiter shield us from space objects that would otherwise slam into Earth. Now they're closer to learning whether giant planets act as guardians of solar systems elsewhere in the galaxy.
A UCR-led team has discovered two Jupiter-sized planets about 150 light years away from Earth that could reveal whether life is likely on the smaller planets in other solar ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 24, 2019 
The mystery of why Earth has so much water, allowing our "blue marble" to support an astounding array of life, is clearer with new research into comets. Comets are like snowballs of rock, dust, ice, and other frozen chemicals that vaporize as they get closer to the Sun, producing the tails seen in images.
A new study reveals that the water in many comets may share a common origin with Eart ... more |
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 Skolkovo, Russia (SPX) May 22, 2019 
Russian scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism of influence of salts migration on the degradation of gigantic intra permafrost gas (methane) hydrate reserves in the Arctic Shelf. The results of their study were published in Geosciences journal.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and one of the major global climate change drivers. Following many years of observation in ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 23, 2019 
President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new $16 billion aid package to help farmers caught in the crossfire his trade war with China.
"The farmers have been attacked by China," Trump told reporters at the White House. "We're going to help out our farmers and we're giving them that level playing field that is so important."
Trump again claimed that China is paying the 25 percent tar ... 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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 Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) May 23, 2019 
Many conservationists on Thursday reacted with anger over Botswana's decision to lift its blanket ban on hunting, describing it as a "horrifying" move, though others backed the idea.
Botswana fended off criticism of its decision to end the five-year ban, saying the move would not threaten the elephant population.
A government statement said the cabinet had been influenced by the "high le ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) May 21, 2019 
Washington on Tuesday became the first US state to legalize human composting after its eco-friendly governor signed a bill to that effect in a bid to cut carbon emissions from burials and cremations.
Under the new law that will go into effect in May of next year, people who die in the state will have the option to have their bodies transformed into soil suitable for use in gardening in a pro ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) May 24, 2019 
In a shift since the last European Parliament elections, mainstream parties have adopted climate change as a rallying cry - spurred in part by a wave of student strikes.
With the "Fridays for Future" protest due to continue in cities across the continent on the second day of voting, the growing consensus for urgent climate action has raised hopes of cross-party cooperation.
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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.
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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.
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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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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) May 23, 2019 
Machine learning (ML), a form of artificial intelligence that recognizes faces, understands language and navigates self-driving cars, can help bring to Earth the clean fusion energy that lights the sun and stars.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are using ML to create a model for rapid control of plasma - the state of matter co ... 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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 University Park PA (SPX) May 22, 2019 
Native Americans' use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States was more profound than previously believed, according to a Penn State researcher who determined that forest composition change in the region was caused more by land use than climate change.
"I believe Native Americans were excellent vegetation managers and we can learn a lot from them about how to b ... more |
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