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  Libreville (AFP) June 14, 2019 Here's your new job: You have to protect the country's precious tropical forests. You have to stop illegal logging and fight the entrenched corruption backed by powerful forces which goes with it. By the way, you are a committed environmentalist - and you are foreign-born. This is the challenge facing Lee White, a green activist born in Britain, who this week was named minister of water and forests in Gabon. White, who has lived in Gabon for three decades and is a citizen, takes over one of the ... read more |
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'Sand mafias' threaten Morocco's coastlineMohammedia, Morocco (AFP) June 17, 2019 Beneath an apartment block that looms over Monica beach in the western coastal city of Mohammedia, a sole sand dune has escaped the clutches of Morocco's insatiable construction contractors. ... more  
Species of bush tomato a reminder that gender, sexuality are fluidWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 Scientists have finally given a unique bush tomato species, native to the remote Australian Outback, an official moniker. They named the plant Solanum plastisexum. ... more 
Modern microbes found living inside dinosaur bonesWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 When scientists went looking for preserved collagen inside dinosaur bones, they struck out. They did, however, find large colonies of modern bacteria. ... more 
Gut bacteria reveal which lemurs are most vulnerable to deforestationWashington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 By analyzing the makeup of lemurs' gut microbiome, scientists can predict which species are most vulnerable to deforestation. ... more |
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Deep-sea fish in shallow waters of Japan not an earthquake predictorWashington DC (UPI) Jun 20, 2019 The appearance of deep-sea fish in shallow waters along the coast of Japan doesn't predict the arrival of an earthquake, according to a new study. ... more  
Crumbling roads, grids cost poor nations billions due to storms: World BankParis (AFP) June 19, 2019 Natural hazards made more likely by climate change, such as flooding and storms, cost poor nations hundreds of billions every year due to crumbling infrastructure, the World Bank said Wednesday. ... more  
Trump UN choice to step back from some climate talksWashington (AFP) June 19, 2019 President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to the United Nations promised Wednesday to allow climate diplomacy to move forward despite her family's fortune in coal. ... more  
Fossil teeth show packs of hyenas roamed the ancient ArcticWashington (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 Today, hyenas are found only in the warmer climates of Africa and Asia, but new research suggests the scavengers roamed the Arctic during the last ice age. ... more  
Hungry polar bear found wandering in Russia industrial cityMoscow (AFP) June 18, 2019 A hungry polar bear has been spotted on the outskirts of the Russian industrial city of Norilsk, hundreds of miles from its natural habitat, authorities said Tuesday. ... more |
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Indian family branches out with novel tree houseJabalpur, India (AFP) June 18, 2019 When the Kesharwanis decided to branch out and expand their family home, they came up with a novel way of dealing with an ancient giant fig tree in their garden - they built the house around it. ... more  |
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Plankton species uses bioluminescence to scare off predatorsWashington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 At least one species of dinoflagellate plankton uses its bioluminescence for defensive purposes. ... more 
Indonesian teen wakeboards waterlogged streets to protest floodsJakarta (AFP) June 18, 2019 A group of teenagers in Indonesia are wakeboarding the submerged streets of their hometown to protest against the urban flooding that regularly plagues much of the tropical archipelago. ... more 
Those who oppose military are 'enemies of Algeria': army headAlgiers (AFP) June 18, 2019 Military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah said Tuesday that those who oppose the army were "enemies of Algeria", as the country's protest movement demands an overhaul of the entire regime. ... more 
Gunmen kill soldier, three others in central Nigeria: policeJos, Nigeria (AFP) June 18, 2019 Gunmen killed a soldier and three other people in an attack in north-central Nigeria on Tuesday, state police said. ... more 
Earth's freshwater future: extremes of flood and droughtGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 NASA satellites are a prominent tool for accounting for water, as it constantly cycles from water vapor to rain and snow falling onto soils, and across and beneath the landscape. As Earth's atmosphe ... more |
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 Nesconset, United States (AFP) June 16, 2019 
Michael Kidd, now 84 years old, fought in the Korean War. His young German shepherd Millie helps calm him down when things start to swirl, usually at night.
Harry Stolberg - a 42-year-old former Marine who served in Bosnia, Liberia and Nigeria - has a chocolate Labrador named Rocky who wakes him up from his troubled dreams.
And 31-year-old Phil Davanzo - who carried the bodies of fal ... more |
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 Bally, PA (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 
Three-dimensional (3-D) weaving of composite fabrics can produce complex, single-piece structures that are strong and lightweight. Compared to traditional two-dimensional (2-D) fabrics, 3-D weaving reduces weight, eliminates the delamination often experienced with 2-D fabrics, reduces crack risks, and lowers production time. 3-D fabrics also offer direct and indirect manufacturing and operationa ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 
At least one species of dinoflagellate plankton uses its bioluminescence for defensive purposes.
Researchers determined the species Lingulodinium polyedra uses its glow-in-the-dark abilities to scare off copepod grazers, the species' primary predator.
According to the new study - published this week in the journal Current Biology - the bioluminescent cells sense low concentrati ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2019 
New NASA data shows that Jakobshavn Glacier - Greenland's fastest-moving and fastest-thinning glacier for most of the 2000s - grew from 2018 into 2019, marking three consecutive years of growth.
These images, produced using GLISTIN-A radar data as part of NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission, show how much mass the glacier gained from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. Areas with the m ... more |
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 Luzhou/London, China (AFP) June 17, 2019  It may be China's national spirit, but for London bartender Ellie Veale it's clear from the first swig why baijiu has not caught on overseas.
After some initial fruity notes, Veale crinkles her noise as the crystal-clear booze reveals its intense, earthy essence.
"I worked on a cattle farm in Australia and this kind of aftertaste reminds me of the smell of ... cow manure, hay, and hors ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 
An earthquake swarm is what it sounds like: a lot of earthquakes rumbling across a fault system over a short period of time. The phenomenon is helping researchers uncover the link between sinking tectonic plates and volcanoes.
Recently, researchers discovered a pair of earthquake swarms while surveying the Pacific Ocean's Mariana and Izu-Bonin arc systems. When scientists mapped the swa ... more |
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 Jos, Nigeria (AFP) June 18, 2019 
Gunmen killed a soldier and three other people in an attack in north-central Nigeria on Tuesday, state police said.
State Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyete, said the attack took place in the early hours of Tuesday in the village of Tumburok, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Jos, the capital of Plateau State.
Legislator Timothy Danton confirmed the incident in parliament, bu ... more |
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 Jabalpur, India (AFP) June 18, 2019 
When the Kesharwanis decided to branch out and expand their family home, they came up with a novel way of dealing with an ancient giant fig tree in their garden - they built the house around it.
Now the thick trunk of the 150-year-old tree is the central feature of their residence, growing through the middle of the building in the city of Jabalpur.
"We are nature lovers and my father in ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 
Corals can help scientists track ancient climate patterns, but new research suggests that traditional analysis methods for analyzing coral's ancient growth aren't as accurate as previously thought.
Luckily, scientists have developed an improved method, a combination of high-resolution microscopic analysis and geochemical modeling. Researchers described the new technique this week in the ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Jun 17, 2019  Researchers at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have found that data gathered from orbiting satellites can provide more accurate information on the impact of large earthquakes, which, in turn, can help provide more effective emergency response.
The satellite imagery provides detailed information about where the earthquakes occurred, how big the surface deformation was, ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 
Today, hyenas are found only in the warmer climates of Africa and Asia, but new research suggests the scavengers roamed the Arctic during the last ice age.
In a paper published Tuesday in the journal Open Quaternary, paleontologists described a pair of fossilized teeth belonging to Chasmaporthetes, an extinct genus of hyenas - sometimes called the hunting or running hyena.
The t ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 
The technology group Wartsila has signed two major Maintenance management and operational advisory agreements with Summit Group, the largest independent power producer (IPP) in Bangladesh and longstanding partner.
The seven-year agreements represent the biggest ever signed service deals, in terms of MW generation, in the Bangladesh energy sector. The orders were booked by Wartsila in Q2, 2 ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
NCCR MARVEL researchers have developed a novel microscopic theory that is able to describe heat transport in very general ways, and applies equally well to ordered or disordered materials such as crystals or glasses and to anything in between. This is not only a significant first - no transport equation has been able so far to account simultaneously for these two regimes - it also shows, surpris ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 
By analyzing the makeup of lemurs' gut microbiome, scientists can predict which species are most vulnerable to deforestation.
For a new study, scientists surveyed the microbes found in the guts of 12 different lemur species. The results, published this week in the journal Biology Letters, showed some lemur species have more specialized gut bacteria than others.
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 London (AFP) June 18, 2019 
Forced organ harvesting has been carried out "for years throughout China" and members of the Falun Gong spiritual group have "probably" been the main victims, according to a panel of lawyers.
A report by the London-based China Tribunal, released to journalists ahead of a summary to be published online on Wednesday, concluded that "forced organ harvesting continues till today".
The panel ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) June 14, 2019 
Here's your new job: You have to protect the country's precious tropical forests. You have to stop illegal logging and fight the entrenched corruption backed by powerful forces which goes with it. By the way, you are a committed environmentalist - and you are foreign-born.
This is the challenge facing Lee White, a green activist born in Britain, who this week was named minister of water and ... more |
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