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  Kampala (AFP) June 5, 2019 Six people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered a series of landslides in eastern Uganda's mountainous Bududa district, the Red Cross said on Wednesday. The organisation said that around 50 people were believed missing and 150 houses destroyed after the landslides on Tuesday night in the foothills of Mount Elgon - an extinct volcano with five major peaks. The dead included a 73-year-old woman and three children, the Uganda Red Cross said. At least 27 people had been inju ... read more |
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Seven wanted for 'envionmental crimes': InterpolLyon (AFP) June 4, 2019 Interpol on Tuesday issued "red notices" seeking the arrest of seven fugitives wanted for "environmental crimes" from illegal logging to elephant poaching. ... more  
Study: Impacts of extreme weather on communities influences climate beliefsWashington (UPI) May 31, 2019 New research suggests the impact of extreme weather on a person's neighbors and community has a greater influence on a person's climate change beliefs than individual losses. ... more  
'Landscape of fear': how invasive species disrupt habitatsTokyo (AFP) June 5, 2019 Invasive species can dramatically reshape environments and cause extinction, even when they don't prey on their newfound neighbours, according to new research that highlights the dangers of altering habitats. ... more  
Milk teeth reveal previously uknown Ice Age people from SiberiaWashington (UPI) Jun 5, 2019 Siberia has been inhabited by humans for some 40,000 years, and new genomic analysis made possible by the recovery of ancient baby teeth is shedding light on the ancient humans who lived there. ... more |
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Donors pledge $1.2 billion after Mozambique cyclonesMaputo (AFP) June 3, 2019 International donors have pledged $1.2 billion to help Mozambique recover from the devastation caused by cyclones Idai and Kenneth, but $3.2 billion is needed overall, UN officials said Monday. ... more  
Collision sparks fresh debate over cruise ships in VeniceVenice (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. ... more  
Boko Haram attacks military bases in Nigeria, steal arms: sourcesKano, Nigeria (AFP) June 3, 2019 Boko Haram jihadists have carried out multiple attacks on military bases in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, overrunning three of them and stealing weapons, security sources said Monday. ... more  
Fuels out of thin air: New path to capturing and upgrading CO2Toronto, Canada (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 A research team from U of T Engineering has developed a new electrochemical path to transform CO2 into valuable products such as jet fuel or plastics. The technology could significantly improve the ... more  
Ancient DNA tells the story of the first herders and farmers in east AfricaSt. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 A collaborative study led by archaeologists, geneticists and museum curators is providing answers to previously unsolved questions about life in sub-Saharan Africa thousands of years ago. The result ... more |
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 A rose inspires smart way to collect and purify water 
Plastic water bottles may one day fly people cross-countryRichland WA (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 A research group led by Washington State University scientists has found a way to turn daily plastic waste products into jet fuel. In a new paper published in the journal Applied Energy, WSU's ... more  |
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Climate in focus as Denmark seen veering left in electionCopenhagen (AFP) June 5, 2019 Climate concerns top the agenda as Denmark votes in a general election on Wednesday, with the opposition Social Democrats predicted to return to power after adopting the right wing's long-standing restrictive stance on immigration. ... more  
New York takes aim at skyscrapers' sky-high energy usageNew York (AFP) June 3, 2019 It's a tall order indeed: How do you make aging, energy-hungry skyscrapers more efficient and less polluting? The city of New York, the historic capital of the skyscraper, is determined to do so by requiring the enormous buildings to drastically curtail their energy consumption. ... more 
Frogs find disease-free haven in New Guinea, scientists want to keep it that wayWashington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 The island of New Guinea in the Indonesian archipelago remains one of the last refuges free of chytrid fungus, a deadly frog infection that has already wiped out 90 frog species around the world. ... more  
Climate, hygge and flexicurity: Five things to know about DenmarkCopenhagen (AFP) June 3, 2019 Voters in Denmark and its two autonomous territories, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, head to the polls on Wednesday to vote in an election expected to unseat the right-wing government. ... more  
Patagonia's ice sheets are more massive than scientists thoughtWashington (UPI) Jun 4, 2019 A seven-year survey of Patagonia's ice suggests the slabs of ice that stretch across vast portions of Argentina and Chile are thicker than scientists thought, measuring more than a mile in thickness in some places. ... 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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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 
More than 22,000 objects floating in space are currently being tracked by the U.S. Air Force. That number is expected to double within five years, due in large part to increased global demand for satellite internet services and private companies' launching of more space objects to meet that demand.
So, what happens to those floating satellites and other space objects when they have outlive ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2019 
The rotation of the Earth is encouraging the mixing of water in Italy's picturesque Lake Garda, according to the findings of a new study.
Ventilation and water mixing are essential for lake ecosystems. New research, published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests the rotation of the Earth aids water mixing in long, narrow lakes like Lake Garda.
Scientists in the N ... more |
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 Hanover NH (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Parts of Alaska's mountainous Brooks Range were likely transported from Greenland and a stretch of the Canadian Arctic much farther to the east, according to a series of Dartmouth-led studies detailing over 300 million years of Arctic geologic history.
The finding updates the geological evolution of the Arctic Ocean and could help revise predictions about the Arctic's oil, gas and mineral ... more |
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 Hanoi (AFP) June 4, 2019 
Millions of pigs have been culled as African Swine Fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to American dinner tables.
Outbreaks have been reported in Vietnam, Mongolia, Cambodia, Hong Kong and China - the world's biggest pork producer and consumer.
Experts warn it could take years to contai ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) June 3, 2019 
International donors have pledged $1.2 billion to help Mozambique recover from the devastation caused by cyclones Idai and Kenneth, but $3.2 billion is needed overall, UN officials said Monday.
A conference in the central city of Beira met on Friday and Saturday to pledge the funds, with 700 participants from groups including UN agencies, the European Union, the World Bank and the African De ... more |
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) June 3, 2019 
Boko Haram jihadists have carried out multiple attacks on military bases in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, overrunning three of them and stealing weapons, security sources said Monday.
Fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the IS-linked faction of Boko Haram, stormed four bases from Friday through Sunday in the latest spate of attacks targeting the ar ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2019  Siberia has been inhabited by humans for some 40,000 years, and new genomic analysis made possible by the recovery of ancient baby teeth is shedding light on the ancient humans who lived there.
For the new study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers analyzed DNA samples from 34 individuals recovered from Russia's Yana Rhinoceros Horn Site, an archaeologi ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) June 5, 2019  Climate concerns top the agenda as Denmark votes in a general election on Wednesday, with the opposition Social Democrats predicted to return to power after adopting the right wing's long-standing restrictive stance on immigration.
Opinion polls put the opposition centre-left Social Democrats, led by Mette Frederiksen, at 27.2 percent, a comfortable lead of almost 10 percentage points ahead ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
The first minerals to form in the universe were nanocrystalline diamonds, which condensed from gases ejected when the first generation of stars exploded. Diamonds that crystallize under the extreme pressure and temperature conditions deep inside of Earth are more typically encountered by humanity. What opportunities for knowledge are lost when mineralogists categorize both the cosmic travelers a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019  Feathers arrived at least 100 million years before birds, according to a new survey.
Using new data in the fields of palaeontology and molecular developmental biology, scientists were able to clarify the evolutionary relationships among dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs, a group of bird-like flying reptiles.
Earlier this year, researchers discovered feathers in pterosaur fossils, the first eviden ... more |
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 New York (AFP) June 3, 2019 
It's a tall order indeed: How do you make aging, energy-hungry skyscrapers more efficient and less polluting? The city of New York, the historic capital of the skyscraper, is determined to do so by requiring the enormous buildings to drastically curtail their energy consumption.
Traditional skyscrapers are an energy-saver's nightmare, with their vast glass facades, electric lighting everywhe ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Scientists from Skoltech, Moscow State University (MSU) and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have proposed a new approach to replacing carbon atoms with nitrogen atoms in the supercapacitor's crystal lattice and developed a novel capacity enhancement method based on carbon lattice modification with the aid of plasma. Their findings can help create the next generation of power so ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019 
The island of New Guinea in the Indonesian archipelago remains one of the last refuges free of chytrid fungus, a deadly frog infection that has already wiped out 90 frog species around the world.
The authors of a new study, published this week in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, have a plan to keep New Guinea disease free and its frog population healthy, but they sa ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 4, 2019  Crowds began arriving for a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening marking 30 years since China's bloody Tiananmen crackdown, a gathering tinged with symbolism as the city struggles to preserve its own cherished freedoms.
The eye-catching spectacle - in which tens of thousands of Hong Kongers clutch candles, sing songs and listen to emotional speeches - is the only place in Chin ... 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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