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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2019 NASA's satellite imagery and model forecasts regularly help agricultural and aid agencies to monitor the performance of crops worldwide and prepare for food shortages. "In the 1970's the U.S. realized that drought impacts on global agriculture were severely affecting trade and food aid decisions, while ground based information and forecasting of drought was very limited," said Brad Doorn, water resources program manager in the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "Earth o ... read more |
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Big cats of Instagram: Pakistani elite's love of exotic wildlifeKarachi (AFP) July 2, 2019 Bilal Mansoor Khawaja beams as he runs his palms over the ivory coat of a white lion, one of thousands of exotic animals at his personal "zoo" in Karachi, where a thriving wildlife trade caters to Pakistan's gilded elite. ... more  
Neanderthals made repeated use of the ancient settlement of 'Ein Qashish, IsraelWashington 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 op ... more 
When spiders leave the nest, they turn aggressiveWashington (UPI) Jul 2, 2019 Spiders who exhibit sociability and tolerance when they're first born often become aggressive when they leave the nest and plot out on their own. Now, scientists are beginning to understand why. ... more  
Monsoon rains soak India's financial capitalMumbai (AFP) July 1, 2019 Heavy rains flooded parts of India's financial capital of Mumbai on Monday, as the country's four-month summer monsoon swung into full force. ... more |
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Russia releases first whales held in 'jail'Moscow (AFP) June 27, 2019 A number of whales and orcas captured to perform in aquariums and held in cramped pens have been released into the wild, but experts warned the mammals may not survive after being held in captivity for months. ... more  
Branching out: Making graphene from gum treesMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material known to humans. It's also flexible, transparent and conducts heat and electricity 10 times better than copper, making it ideal for anything from flex ... more
Japan whale restaurants cheer hunt resumptionTokyo (AFP) July 3, 2019 "Two sashimis, three steaks," cries the waitress at one of Tokyo's most famous whale restaurants during a frantic lunchtime service where Japan's resumption of commercial whaling has cooked up new hope. ... more  
China spotlights military drill amid Hong Kong protestsBeijing (AFP) July 3, 2019 An army-linked newspaper in China has run photos of a week-old military drill in Hong Kong, a move analysts described as a warning to Beijing's critics as the city grapples with a wave of anti-government protests. ... more 
Carrie Lam: Hong Kong's divisive leader; China demands criminal probeHong Kong (AFP) July 2, 2019 Carrie Lam vowed to heal divisions when she became Hong Kong's leader, but her tenure has thrust the financial hub into unprecedented turmoil, sparking huge protests that saw parliament ransacked and leaving the city more divided than ever. ... more |
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 SSTL expertise enables new space mission for the FORMOSAT-7 weather constellation 
More Manila water shortages ahead as reservoir feeding city driesBulacan, Philippines (AFP) July 1, 2019 Fishermen now pick their catch from the shallow, muddy slosh of the depleted reservoir which feeds the Philippine capital, as drought once again leaves Manila residents with up to 17-hour-a-day water shortages. ... more  |
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Indonesia to return 49 containers of waste to Europe, USJakarta (AFP) July 2, 2019 Dozens of shipping containers full of waste will be returned to France and other developed countries, Indonesia said Tuesday, as Southeast Asian nations increasingly reject serving as dumping grounds for international trash. ... more 
New Zealand bans single-use plastic bagsWellington (AFP) July 1, 2019 New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide them. ... more  
Satellite image shows temperatures soaring across EuropeWashington (UPI) Jun 28, 2019 It is really hot in Europe, and the European Space Agency has the satellite images to prove it. ... more 
China's ocean observation satellites put into operationBeijing (XNA) Jul 01, 2019 China's two ocean observation satellites, HY-1C and HY-2B, have completed their in-orbit delivery, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The two satellites represent the country's hi ... more 
Deep submersible dives shed light on rarely explored coral reefsSeattle WA (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 Just beyond where conventional scuba divers can go is an area of the ocean that still is largely unexplored. In waters this deep - about 100 to at least 500 feet below the surface - little to no lig ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) July 2, 2019 
A wall collapsed and killed at least 22 people in Mumbai on Tuesday as the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade brought chaos to India's financial capital and surrounding areas.
Scores more were injured when the structure came down at nighttime in a slum, said Tanaji Kamble, a disaster management spokesman for Mumbai's local authority.
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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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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 
The oceans are losing oxygen. Numerous studies based on direct measurements in recent years have shown this. Since water can dissolve less gas as temperatures rise, these results were not surprising. In addition to global warming, factors such as eutrophication of the coastal seas also contribute to the ongoing deoxygenation.
Will the oceans become completely oxygen-depleted at some point ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 1, 2019 
New research has confirmed the primary driver of glacier calving, but analysis showed the effects of subsurface water temperatures aren't as influential as previously thought.
The new findings - published this week in the journal Scientific Reports - offered glaciologists fresh insights into the relationship between water temperatures and glacial stability.
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 Maseru, Lesotho (AFP) June 28, 2019 
Several thousand farmers in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho marched to parliament on Friday to protest against regulations forcing them to sell their wool and mohair to a Chinese broker.
Wool and mohair are key exports for farmers in Lesotho, but the government of the small southern Africa nation signed a monopoly deal last year with a Chinese broker who is accused of failing to pay for good ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) July 1, 2019 
Twelve people have died and nine are missing after heavy rainfall flooded dozens of villages in Russia's southeastern Siberia, the deputy prime minister said Monday.
A state of emergency has been declared in Siberia's Irkutsk region, where dozens of villages have been partially destroyed by floods after river levels began rising dramatically.
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 Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (AFP) June 28, 2019 
As gunmen assassinated top officials in Ethiopia's Amhara region during what the government has described as a coup attempt, alleged mastermind Asaminew Tsige holed up in a state-run guesthouse where he had been staying for more than a year.
Down on the ground floor, his fighters detained rattled employees, confiscating their cell phones and refusing to tell them what was happening, eyewitne ... 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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2019 
NASA's satellite imagery and model forecasts regularly help agricultural and aid agencies to monitor the performance of crops worldwide and prepare for food shortages.
"In the 1970's the U.S. realized that drought impacts on global agriculture were severely affecting trade and food aid decisions, while ground based information and forecasting of drought was very limited," said Brad Doorn, ... 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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 Paris (AFP) June 24, 2019 
Even modest climate change will increase global energy demand by up to a quarter before mid-century, and by nearly 60 percent if humanity fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Monday.
To the extent this energy comes from fossil fuels, the extra power needed to cool industries, homes and retail outlets in the coming decades will itself contribute to more warming, they repor ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2019 
Spiders who exhibit sociability and tolerance when they're first born often become aggressive when they leave the nest and plot out on their own. Now, scientists are beginning to understand why.
Most spiders are solitary creatures and, like other solitary animals, solo spiders tend to behave aggressively toward other spiders. But most spiders aren't born aggressive. Spiderlings spend th ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2019  Chinese President Xi Jinping faces a major test in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the semi-autonomous city's legislature and graffitied a defiant message on its walls: "Hong Kong is not China".
Beijing has trod carefully since massive protests erupted last month over a bill that would allow extraditions to the mainland, voicing support for the Hong Kong government without directly interv ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2019 
Trees in the alpine forests of California's Sierra Nevada mountain range suffered a massive die-off as a result of the loss of deep-soil water, according to a new study.
Between 2012 and 2015, very little rain and snow fell on California. Aquifers shrank and the land dried out. In 2015 and 2016, the worst drought in a century hit. Temperatures soared. The combination of stressors was to ... more |
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