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  Warsaw (AFP) July 1, 2019 Nearly 150 people drowned, the vast majority of them men, in Poland and neighbouring Lithuania in June as temperatures soared to record highs, officials said on Monday. Poland's Government Centre for Security (RCB) said that 113 people drowned in June, including ten on Sunday alone, as the EU country of 38 million people sizzled. "As successive heatwaves set in, not a day went by in June without someone drowning," Bozena Wysocka, an RCB spokeswoman told AFP on Monday, adding that 90 percent of ... read more |
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Insect apocalypse: German bug watchers sound alarmKrefeld, Germany (AFP) July 1, 2019 For almost 30 years they passed as quirky eccentrics, diligently setting up their insect traps in the Rhine countryside to collect tens of millions of bugs and creepy crawlers. ... more  
Whaling ships set sail as Japan resumes commercial huntsKushiro, Japan (AFP) July 1, 2019 Japan began its first commercial whale hunts in more than three decades on Monday, brushing aside outrage over its resumption of a practice that conservationists say is cruel and outdated. ... more 
Cool reprieve for parts of Europe as Germany roastsParis (AFP) June 30, 2019 A welcome dip in temperatures came to parts of Europe on Sunday, bringing relief to areas which have sweltered through a widespread, deadly heatwave for nearly a week. ... more 
France prepares for new heat record, as Spain battles wildfireParis (AFP) June 28, 2019 Temperatures in France are expected to reach a record-breaking high on Friday, as Europe continues to endure a sweltering heatwave which sparked an out-of-control wildfire in Spain. ... more |
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Lichens thrived, diversified after the dinosaurs died outWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2019 The dinosaurs were the most famous victim of the asteroid that struck Earth some 66 million years ago, but the mass extinction event also killed off a variety of plants and animals. According to a new study, the loss of plant life created space for lichens to diversify and thrive. ... more 
'10 steps ahead': Kenya's tech war on wildlife poachersOl Pejeta, Kenya (AFP) June 30, 2019 Every morning, at the far perimeter of the wildlife reserve capped by Mount Kenya, a khaki-clad ranger meticulously sweeps the earth of animal footprints, covering their tracks from any poachers. ... more  
Vatican urges China not to intimidate underground CatholicsVatican City (AFP) June 28, 2019 The Vatican on Friday called on Beijing to stop putting pressure on worshippers who choose to belong to China's unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican. ... more  
House panel approves bill to pay Coast Guard members during government shutdownsWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2019 A House committee approved legislation that would allow U.S. Coast Guard members to be paid during any future government shutdowns. ... more 
Europe set to sizzle again as heatwave continuesCarpentras, France (AFP) June 29, 2019 Europe was bracing itself for a sweltering Saturday as the heatwave continued across the continent. ... more |
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Spain wildfire triggers more evacuationsMadrid (AFP) June 30, 2019 Spanish authorities ordered the evacuation Sunday of around 40 homes as a raging wildfire advanced in the centre of the country and temperatures soared. ... more  |
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Hong Kong police: Anger swells against 'Asia's Finest'Hong Kong (AFP) June 30, 2019 Once dubbed "Asia's Finest", Hong Kong's police are fighting allegations of using excessive violence against protesters, their headquarters besieged twice in the last week as calls for an independent inquiry into their tactics swell. ... more  
Keep the faith: Religion on front lines of Hong Kong protestsHong Kong (AFP) June 28, 2019 Held aloft above a sea of protesters marching through the heart of Hong Kong, the hand-written cardboard sign made an unusual demand: "Stop using baton or we sing Hallelujah to the Lord". ... more 
Thousands rally to support Hong Kong policeHong Kong (AFP) June 30, 2019 Thousands protested outside Hong Kong's parliament on Sunday - this time to support police as they face mounting criticism over their use of tear gas and rubber bullets. ... more  
Coral species prefers microplastics to real foodWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2019 At least one coral species has a taste for microplastic pollution. According to a new study, the coral species Astrangia poculata prefers the tiny plastic bits to its normal diet. ... more  
Papua New Guinea deploys army to help volcano emergencyKokopo, Papua New Guinea (AFP) June 28, 2019 Troops have been sent to help thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption on a remote archipelago in Papua New Guinea, the prime minister said Friday, as a second volcano erupted. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2019 
Breakthroughs in the science of programmable gene expression inspired DARPA to establish the PReemptive Expression of Protective Alleles and Response Elements (PREPARE) program with the goal of delivering powerful new defenses against public health and national security threats.
DARPA has now selected five teams to develop a range of new medical interventions that temporarily and reversibl ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2019 
The thermal vacuum test campaign of the first Spacebus Neo satellite was completed on 25 June. Less than 100 metres from the Mediterranean Sea, the Konnect satellite has spent the past six weeks being exposed to the cold emptiness of space.
These enormous test chambers, which can be cooled to minus 180 Celsius, are designed to accommodate an entire spacecraft and effectively replicate the ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
The findings of a research expedition to coastal Greenland which examined, for the first time, how melting ice is affecting supplies of nutrients to the oceans has been published in the journal Progress in Oceanography.
The European Research Council-funded expedition on board the RSS Discovery took place during the summer of 2017. It was led by Dr Kate Hendry a geochemist from the Universi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 24, 2019 
The defense bill in the U.S. Congress specifies that a new strategic port in the Arctic Ocean must be identified and designated.
The action is meant to counter Russian advances in the Arctic, notably by its submarine fleet, as the ocean warms and becomes easier to navigate.
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act is expected to receive a vote in the Senate this week. It direc ... more |
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 Bordeaux (AFP) June 26, 2019 
The heatwave that is roasting parts of Europe is more than welcome in the French region of Bordeaux, where wine producers say a sudden intense burst of sun after a wet spring could produce a superior vintage.
"Two of three days of heatwave in Bordeaux at this time, it's magic!" Philippe Bardet, head of the Bordeaux Wine Council, told AFP.
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 Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (AFP) June 28, 2019 
Troops have been sent to help thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption on a remote archipelago in Papua New Guinea, the prime minister said Friday, as a second volcano erupted.
Lava and ash flows from Mount Ulawun - one of the world's most hazardous volcanoes - have subsided, but between 7,000 and 13,000 people are believed to have been displaced and a state of emergency has be ... more |
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 Adelaide (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
Africa is projected to be home to nearly 3 billion people by 2100, but rapid population growth will cause widespread environmental degradation unless effective family planning becomes widespread policy, according to new research that tracked increased population pressures on the continent's ecosystems.
Researchers from Flinders University and the University of Helsinki have examined the en ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
The archaeological site of 'Ein Qashish in northern Israel was a place of repeated Neanderthal occupation and use during the Middle Paleolithic, according to a study released June 26, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ravid Ekshtain of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and colleagues.
In the Levant region of the Middle East, the main source of information on Middle Paleolithic h ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (AFP) June 29, 2019  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that the G20 would sign a similar deal on climate change to that agreed at the last meeting in Argentina, where the United States was isolated.
"We will have a similar text to Argentina. A 19+1 declaration," Merkel told reporters on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Osaka.
At the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires in December 2018, leaders whose cou ... more |
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
The successful launch on 24 June 2019 (EST) of 6 satellites for the FORMOSAT-7 joint US-Taiwanese weather forecasting constellation marks the start of another SSTL-enabled space mission, a cause for celebration at SSTL's UK HQ.
The launch on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre was attended by SSTL staff including Managing Director, Sarah Parker who said "We are ver ... more |
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 Santa Fe NM (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
Throughout life's history on earth, biological diversity has gone through ebbs and flows - periods of rapid evolution and of dramatic extinctions. We know this, at least in part, through the fossil record of marine invertebrates left behind since the Cambrian period.
Remarkably, extreme events of diversification and extinction happen more frequently than a typical, Gaussian, distribution w ... more |
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 Bonn (AFP) June 27, 2019 
Hours of discussions over whether the United Nations climate process needs protecting from big energy interests were "scrubbed" from official conclusions at a conference in Germany this week, AFP has learned.
Talks between nations over how to implement the Paris climate goals wrap up in Bonn Thursday, when summaries of discussions and decisions will be presented to delegates and observers. ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
Highview Power, the global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, is pleased to announce that it has developed a modular cryogenic energy storage system, the CRYOBattery, that is scalable up to multiple gigawatts of energy storage and can be located anywhere.
This technology reaches a new benchmark for a levelized cost of storage (LCOS) of $140/MWh for a 10-hour, 200 MW/2 GWh sy ... more |
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 Ol Pejeta, Kenya (AFP) June 30, 2019 
Every morning, at the far perimeter of the wildlife reserve capped by Mount Kenya, a khaki-clad ranger meticulously sweeps the earth of animal footprints, covering their tracks from any poachers.
It's an antiquated approach to outsmarting would-be hunters, but this ranger is not alone. High on a mast nearby, a new camera scans around the clock for intrusions, relaying real-time images to arm ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 28, 2019 
To see what China's one-child policy has done to the most populous country on Earth, you just have to look around you, said acclaimed filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai.
"There is often one child now to six grown-ups. You have the four grandparents and two parents for one child. It's a bit unbalanced," the director added with not a little understatement.
"So Long, My Son", which won its stars Yong ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 25, 2019 
New analysis suggests some trees make drought conditions worse.
The loss of trees and vegetation can have a variety of negative effects on ecological health. Often, trees and vegetation help mitigate the damage caused by extreme weather. But new research suggests the effects of vegetation on weather conditions depends on the physiology of the involved vegetation.
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