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  London, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 A new study to assess the contribution that Asia's high mountain glaciers make to relieving water stress in the region is published this week (29 May 2019) in the journal Nature. The study has important economic and social implications for a region that is vulnerable to drought. Climate change is causing most of the region's glaciers to shrink. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) glaciologist Dr Hamish Pritchard found that during droughts, glaciers become the largest supplier of water to some of Asia's ... read more |
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Chimpanzees catch and eat crabsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Chimpanzees have a mainly vegetarian diet, but do occasionally eat meat. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now shown for the first time that chimpanzees also eat crabs. In the rainforest ... more 
Humans used northern migration routes to reach eastern AsiaJena, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Northern and Central Asia have been neglected in studies of early human migration, with deserts and mountains being considered uncompromising barriers. However, a new study by an international team ... more  
Earth recycles ocean floor into diamondsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 The diamond on your finger is most likely made of recycled seabed cooked deep in the Earth. Traces of salt trapped in many diamonds show the stones are formed from ancient seabeds that became ... more  
Greens out in front in German pollBerlin (AFP) June 1, 2019 Germany's Greens may be leading the country's two traditional main parties for the first time, a national poll suggested Saturday. ... more |
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UK-led mission to improve climate change forecasts added to ESA missionLondon, UK (SPX) May 30, 2019 A mission proposed by the UK Space Agency has been added to the European Space Agency's Earth Watch programme, as the UK bids to host United Nations climate talks next year. Space offers a uni ... more  
New Studies Increase Confidence in NASA's Measure of Earth's TemperatureGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 27, 2019 A new assessment of NASA's record of global temperatures revealed that the agency's estimate of Earth's long-term temperature rise in recent decades is accurate to within less than a tenth of a degr ... more 
Researchers wonder if ancient supernovae prompted human ancestors to walk uprightLawrence KS (SPX) May 30, 2019 Did ancient supernovae induce proto-humans to walk on two legs, eventually resulting in homo sapiens with hands free to build cathedrals, design rockets and snap iPhone selfies? A paper publis ... more  
Scientists find telling early moment that indicates a coming megaquakeEugene OR (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Scientists combing through databases of earthquakes since the early 1990s have discovered a possible defining moment 10-15 seconds into an event that could signal a magnitude 7 or larger megaquake. ... more  
Hong Kong raises jail threshold for proposed extradition lawHong Kong (AFP) May 30, 2019 Hong Kong's government on Thursday made more concessions to a controversial proposed extradition law for mainland China, saying only those wanted for crimes facing at least a seven-year jail sentence would be handed over. ... more |
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World must do all 'humanly possible' on climate change: MerkelCambridge, United States (AFP) May 30, 2019 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged the world to do "everything humanly possible" to combat climate change and pledged to do her part. ... more  |
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China detains activists, mutes livestreams ahead of Tiananmen anniversaryBeijing (AFP) May 30, 2019 Chinese authorities have detained several activists ahead of the politically explosive 30th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown of Tiananmen protests, rights groups said Thursday. ... more  
Speed bumps on German road to lower emissionsBerlin (AFP) May 27, 2019 Germany has in recent years polished its "green" image abroad, but the country was only recently forced to admit it will miss a self-imposed 2020 climate target. ... more  
Table scraps can be used to reduce reliance on fossil fuelsWaterloo, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2019 Wasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels. New technology developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo engineers natural fermentation to produce a ... more  
Features that could be used to detect life-friendly climates on other worldsGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 27, 2019 Scientists may have found a way to tell if alien worlds have a climate that is suitable for life by analyzing the light from these worlds for special signatures that are characteristic of a life-fri ... more  
French watchdog bans sale of common pesticideParis (AFP) May 28, 2019 The French food safety agency ANSES on Tuesday barred the sale of epoxiconazole, a widely-used pesticide, citing a "worrying danger" to humans. ... more |
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 Venice (AFP) June 2, 2019 
A massive cruise ship lost control in Venice Sunday, crashing into a wharf and sparking a fresh controversy over the damage the mammoth vessels cause to one of the world's most famous cities.
Footage posted to social media showed people on the harbour fleeing as the 13-deck MSC Opera, which suffered an engine failure, scraped along the dockside before knocking into a luxury tourist boat.
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 Beijing (AFP) May 29, 2019 
They are used in everything from lightbulbs to guided missiles, but with China controlling 95 percent of the world's supply of rare earth metals, they are also a potentially powerful weapon in Beijing's trade war with Washington.
Here are some key questions and answers on the prized elements.
- What are rare earths? -
The bedrock of electrical manufacturing, rare earths are 17 elemen ... more |
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 Kingston RI (SPX) May 30, 2019 
Scientists with a NASA-led expedition are operating from the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography as colleagues explore the deep Pacific Ocean to prepare to search for life in deep space.
The SUBSEA (Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog) research program is a partnership among NASA's Ames Research Center in Si ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 29, 2019 
When an unusually large number of puffin carcasses began to wash ashore on Alaska's remote St Paul Island in the fall of 2016, the local tribal population grew alarmed.
At first they suspected the seabirds might have avian flu - but labs on the mainland soon ruled out any disease, finding that the seabirds known for their brightly-colored beaks and thick tufts had instead starved to death. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 28, 2019 
The French food safety agency ANSES on Tuesday barred the sale of epoxiconazole, a widely-used pesticide, citing a "worrying danger" to humans.
The fungicide, mainly produced by the German chemical giant BASF, is used for about half of France's cereal crops and 70 percent of beetroot cultivation, ANSES said.
The agency says the substance, already a suspected carcinogen, is thought to be ... more |
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 San Salvador (AFP) May 30, 2019 
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador on Thursday near the capital but authorities said there were no initial reports of casualties or damage.
The quake was so strong it was likely felt throughout Central America, officials said.
The quake struck in the Pacific Ocean around 25 miles (40 kilometers) south of San Salvador at a depth of 40 miles (65 km), according t ... more |
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) May 28, 2019 
Nigeria's army has moved nearly 10,000 people from areas attacked by Boko Haram jihadi fighters in northeastern Borno state, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday.
The area around has seen heavy fighting and ambush attacks against soldiers as they escorted civilians from villages into larger towns.
"As of 27 May 2019, a total of 9,432 individuals from Sabon Gari ... more |
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 Washington 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 University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Rice University, and Teledyne Scientific are leading multidisciplinary teams to develop high-resolution ... more |
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 Cambridge, United States (AFP) May 30, 2019 
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged the world to do "everything humanly possible" to combat climate change and pledged to do her part.
"Climate change poses a threat to our planet's natural resources," Merkel said in her commencement address delivered at Harvard University in the United States. "It and the resulting crises are caused by humans."
"We can and must do everythi ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 27, 2019 
On the heels of the first definitive signs of the ozone layer recovery last year, an international team of scientists discovered that production and emission of a banned, potent ozone-depleting chemical is on the rise again. A new research finding, published in Nature on May 23, locates the source region for about half of those new emissions. Since 2013, they found that an increase of about 7000 ... 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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 Berlin (AFP) May 27, 2019 
Germany has in recent years polished its "green" image abroad, but the country was only recently forced to admit it will miss a self-imposed 2020 climate target.
With Berlin set to miss the next decade's goals too unless lawmakers take bold action, here are some reasons why carbon reduction has proved tricky even for a wealthy country with an environmentally conscious electorate.
- Car-l ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 23, 2019 
Scientists have demonstrated superconductivity at the highest temperatures yet.
An international team of researchers observed superconductivity at minus-23 degrees Celsius, or minus-9 degrees Fahrenheit - a new record. The breakthrough, detailed this week in the journal Nature Communications, marks a 50 percent improvement over the previous record.
Until now, superconductivity h ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 31, 2019 
New research shows microbial communities in soils around the globe are less diverse than previously suggested.
In recent years, scientists have become increasingly interested in the role microbial communities in soil play in the ecological health of fields and forests. The unique microbial signatures of soil samples, researchers contend, can offer insights into the dynamics of different ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 2, 2019 
A Tiananmen Square protest leader was barred from entering Hong Kong on Sunday after travelling to the city for a candlelight vigil marking the crackdown's 30th anniversary, organisers of the memorial said.
Other former student leaders from the 1989 protests have been blocked from entering the city before, according to local media reports, but a growing list of overseas activists and politic ... more |
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 Salt Lake City, UT (SPX) May 28, 2019 
Winters in the northern hemisphere are brutal. The harsh conditions drive some species to hibernate; bears reduce their metabolic state to conserve energy until spring. Forests also endure winter by conserving energy; they shut down photosynthesis, the process by which a green pigment called chlorophyll captures sunlight and carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce the chemical energy that fuels the plan ... more |
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