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  Washington (AFP) June 13, 2019 From her desk in a building in downtown Washington, Lacey Malarky monitors fishing vessels that take advantage of the vastness of Earth's oceans to cheat in the belief that no one is watching. Malarky uses a website called Global Fishing Watch, which was launched by her employer, the NGO Oceana, with Google and a nonprofit called SkyTruth less than three years ago to trace where 70,000 fishing vessels have sailed since 2012. The site analyzes the GPS signals emitted by these ships and plots them ... read more |
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Senate calls on Canada to take a firm stand on Arctic sovereigntyOttawa (AFP) June 12, 2019 A Canadian Senate committee on Wednesday called for a stronger defense of the country's sovereignty in the Arctic as retreating ice brings increased foreign interest in far north resources and navigation. ... more  
China's sparkling bioluminescent seas are glowing brighterWashington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 Scientists have, for the first time, used satellites to track the bioluminescent plankton responsible for producing "blue tears" in China's coastal waters and found the sparkly creatures have become ... more  
African space industry now generating over 7B USD annuallyLagos, Nigeria (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 Space in Africa, the authority on news, data, and market analysis for the African space industry, has just released the African Space Industry Report- 2019 Edition. The report covers Africa's journe ... more 
SMOS joins forces with top weather forecasting systemParis (ESA) Jun 13, 2019 As of yesterday, 11 June 2019, measurements from ESA's SMOS mission are being fully integrated into ECMWF's forecasting system, allowing for a more accurate description of water content in soil. ... more |
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Britain sets deadline for carbon neutrality by 2050London (AFP) June 12, 2019 The British government on Wednesday presented draft legislation to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 in what it said would be a first for a major economy. ... more  
Canada to ban single-use plastics from 2021Montreal (AFP) June 10, 2019 Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, declaring it a "global challenge" to phase out the plastic bags, straws and cutlery clogging the world's oceans. ... more  
Chernobyl TV series reaps praise, criticism in RussiaMoscow (AFP) June 7, 2019 A US-made television series on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was well-received by Russian audiences, even if some critics accused the makers of distorting the facts to show the Soviet-era authorities in a particularly bad light. ... more  
Study of hawks' pursuit of prey could help scientists capture rogue dronesWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019 The tracking strategy utilized by hawks could be used to capture rogue drones, according to a new study. ... more  
China tightens rules on genetic research after designer-baby scandalBeijing (AFP) June 12, 2019 China has announced regulations to curb the smuggling of human organs and tighten oversight on the use of human genetic materials in research months after a Chinese scientist caused a global outcry by claiming that he gene-edited babies. ... more |
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 Trump hopes Hong Kong protesters 'work it out' with China  
Shanahan reminds military of 'apolitical' mission following McCain flapWashington (UPI) Jun 12, 2019 Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has reminded all military personnel "that our mission, to protect and defend the nation, is apolitical" following a controversy to hide the name of a warship during a presidential visit. ... more  |
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Years of dashed hopes fuel Hong Kong protest rageHong Kong (AFP) June 12, 2019 As Hong Kong is convulsed by fresh anti-government protests, many of those who have taken to the streets say they feel this is their last chance to protect the city's freedoms after years of slow strangulation by Beijing. ... more 
Pressure grows on Hong Kong over extradition billHong Kong (AFP) June 13, 2019 Hong Kong was facing growing international pressure Thursday over a controversial extradition bill that has prompted violent street protests. ... more 
China snubbed Trudeau request for talks about detained CanadiansOttawa (AFP) June 12, 2019 China ignored Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's personal request for dialogue to end a spiralling diplomatic row, his office revealed Wednesday. ... more  
Pterodactyls were born with the ability to flyWashington (UPI) Jun 12, 2019 Pterodactyls, the flying reptiles that screeched across the Jurassic skies millions of years ago, were born ready to take to the skies immediately - a characteristic unmatched in evolutionary history. ... more 
Climate change on track to reduce ocean wildife by 17%Paris (AFP) June 12, 2019 Climate change is set to empty the ocean of nearly a fifth of all living creatures, measured by mass, by the end of the century, researchers have calculated. ... more |
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 Center Moriches, United States (AFP) June 13, 2019 
Roger King was 19 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 2005. He left four years later after two deployments in Iraq, where a sniper's bullet nearly cost him his life.
Once home, he faced a new set of problems in his return to civilian life on New York's Long Island, including a suffocating sense of anxiety and difficulty being in group situations.
King was suffering from post-traum ... more |
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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 DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
Scientists have, for the first time, used satellites to track the bioluminescent plankton responsible for producing "blue tears" in China's coastal waters and found the sparkly creatures have become more abundant in recent years.
Red Noctiluca scintillans are single-celled organisms found in coastal waters all over the world. Commonly known as sea sparkles, at night the organisms glow a br ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 12, 2019 
A Canadian Senate committee on Wednesday called for a stronger defense of the country's sovereignty in the Arctic as retreating ice brings increased foreign interest in far north resources and navigation.
In a report, the committee said Ottawa must regulate shipping and enhance maritime and aerial surveillance in the Arctic, as well as improve the Canadian Coast Guard's icebreaking capacity, ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) June 10, 2019 
Millions of locusts have devastated at least 2,000 hectares of crops in Sardinia, Italian farmers union Coldiretti said Monday, with experts calling the invasion the worst in six decades.
The most affected areas are Nuoro, Ottana and Orani in the middle of the Mediterranean island, with many areas blanketed by the insects, Coldiretti said in a statement.
The locust invasion is the worst ... more |
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 Ahmedabad, India (AFP) June 12, 2019 
A cyclonic storm barrelling towards western India has strengthened with gusts of up to 180 kilometres per hour (110 mph) expected when it hits land on Thursday, forecasters said.
Authorities in Gujarat state where Vayu, now classed as a very severe cyclonic storm, was due to hit were scrambling to evacuate close to 300,000 people living in coastal areas.
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 Lagos, Nigeria (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
Space in Africa, the authority on news, data, and market analysis for the African space industry, has just released the African Space Industry Report- 2019 Edition. The report covers Africa's journey in space from 1998 through May 2019 and explains how the industry has already reached over USD 7 billion of annual revenues and is projected to grow at a 7.3% compound annual growth rate to exceed U ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2019  The human brain is uniquely tuned to appreciate music, according to a new study.
"We found that a certain region of our brains has a stronger preference for sounds with pitch than macaque monkey brains," neuroscientist Bevil Conway, an investigator at the National Institutes of Health's Intramural Research Program, said in a news release. "The results raise the possibility that these so ... 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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 Paris (ESA) Jun 13, 2019 
As of yesterday, 11 June 2019, measurements from ESA's SMOS mission are being fully integrated into ECMWF's forecasting system, allowing for a more accurate description of water content in soil.
Since its launch in 2009, ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission has been providing global observations of emissions from Earth's surface, particularly soil moisture and ocean salini ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2019 
Pterodactyls, the flying reptiles that screeched across the Jurassic skies millions of years ago, were born ready to take to the skies immediately - a characteristic unmatched in evolutionary history.
According to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, pterodactyls were physiologically mature by the time they cracked through their ... 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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 Lemont IL (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Materials by design: Argonne researchers use genetic algorithms for better superconductors.
Owners of thoroughbred stallions carefully breed prizewinning horses over generations to eke out fractions of a second in million-dollar races. Materials scientists have taken a page from that playbook, turning to the power of evolution and artificial selection to develop superconductors that can tr ... 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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 Washington (AFP) June 12, 2019  President Donald Trump said Wednesday he understands Hong Kong protesters who have risen up against plans to allow extraditions to China, but hopes they can "work it out" with Beijing.
"I hope they're going to be able to work it out with China," Trump told reporters at the White House, as Hong Kong was rocked by the worst political violence since its handover to China.
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 Paris (AFP) June 11, 2019 
A rainforest area the size of Spain will be destroyed by firms growing consumer staples like palm oil in the decade to 2020, industry's self-imposed deadline to end deforestation, Greenpeace said Tuesday.
Some of the world's largest consumer brands - including Nestle and Unilever - had pledged in 2010 to reach net zero deforestation within a decade through "responsible sourcing" of cattle, ... more |
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