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  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 17, 2019 Since the Antarctic ozone hole was detected in 1985, depletion of the ozone layer--the "big umbrella" that protects all life on Earth--has raised considerable concern. The efforts of international communities led to the success of the "Montreal Protocol on Substances that Destroy the Ozone Layer", signed in 1987, which banned global production and usage of chlorofluorocarbons, the leading cause of the depleted ozone. Since then, ozone depleting substances (ODSs) in the stratosphere have gradually ... read more |
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Super salty, subzero Arctic water provides peek at possible life on other planetsSeattle WA (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA announced June 27 that it will send a vehicle to Saturn's icy moon, Titan, a celestial body known to harbor surfa ... more  
Huge Neolithic settlement unearthed near JerusalemWashington (UPI) Jul 16, 2019 Archaeologists have unearthed a massive Neolithic settlement near Jerusalem. The 9,000-year-old site is the largest prehistoric settlement discovered in Israel, and one of the largest of its kind in the region. ... more  
Ants living in the Australian desert are ready for 'insect Armageddon'Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2019 For 22 years, scientists studied ant populations in the Simpson Desert in northern Australia. Their findings suggest the ant species in the region are surprisingly resilient, capable of thriving amidst variable conditions - and well prepared, perhaps, for the chance of an insect Armageddon. ... more 
Harsh conditions drive female mammals to kill offspring of competitorsWashington (UPI) Jul 15, 2019 When the going gets especially tough, female mammals are sometimes compelled to commit infanticide. ... more |
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European farms, wildlife parched in post-heatwave droughtParis (AFP) July 16, 2019 Farmers, private households and wildlife around Europe are suffering in a drought following last month's record temperatures that scorched much of the continent. ... more  
Sudan protesters reject 'absolute immunity' for generalsKhartoum (AFP) July 16, 2019 Sudan's key protest group is opposed to giving the military "absolute immunity" against prosecution for violence against demonstrators, a spokesman said, as the two sides held talks on a power sharing deal. ... more  
Thousands of campers evacuated due to forest fires in southern FrancePerpignan, France (AFP) July 15, 2019 Local authorities in southern France have evacuated thousands of campers from a hugely popular camping area after high winds increased the risk from forest fires raging nearby. ... more 
Thousands flee forest fire on Croatia party islandZagreb (AFP) July 16, 2019 Some 10,000 tourists were evacuated from a popular party beach on a Croatian island after a forest fire erupted early Tuesday, police said. ... more  
For Russian director, facing trial, art is 'resistance'Avignon, France (AFP) July 17, 2019 For Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov some one-and-a-half years of house arrest and a serious court case have been no obstacle to artistic creation. ... more |
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Through smoke and fire, NASA searches for answersEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 NASA satellites reveal a world marked by fire: a global patchwork of flame and smoke driven by the seasons and people. Summer wildfires rage across the western United States and Canada, Australia an ... more  |
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China fails to buy agricultural goods as promised: TrumpWashington (AFP) July 11, 2019 US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China of backsliding on promises to increase purchases of American farm exports. ... more  
Using satellite information to help rebuild after a disasterParis (ESA) Jul 13, 2019 ESA and the Asian Development Bank have joined forces to help the Indonesian government use satellite information to guide the redevelopment following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the ... more  
More 'reactive' land surfaces cooled the Earth downPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 08, 2019 From time to time, there have been long periods of cooling in Earth's history. Temperatures had already fallen for more than ten million years before the last ice age began about 2.5 million years a ... more 
Early human ancestors were breastfed for the first year of lifeWashington (UPI) Jul 15, 2019 New analysis of ancient hominin teeth suggests Australopithecus africanus, one of the earliest human ancestors, breastfed their children for the first year of life. ... more 
Italians cheer on wild bear's 'Great Escape'Rome (AFP) July 16, 2019 Italian animal lovers cheered on a wild bear Tuesday after a daring escape from an electrified holding pen sparked a bear-hunt and a furore over its fate. ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) July 11, 2019 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said funds pledged to help Mozambique recover the devastation of two successive cyclones "is far below what is needed."
International donors last month pledged $1.2 billion (1.06 billion euros) after the poor southern African country was battered by two powerful cyclones within weeks of each other.
But the UN estimated that $3.2 billion i ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 
NASA has awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space, Inc. of Mountain View, California, to demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit. The in-space robotic manufacturing and assembly technologies could be important for America's Moon to Mars exploration approach.
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 Wellington (AFP) July 16, 2019 
The Pacific's low-lying reef islands are likely to change shape in response to climate change, rather than simply sinking beneath rising seas and becoming uninhabitable as previously assumed, new research has found.
Atoll nations such as Tuvalu, Tokelau and Kiribati lie only a few metres above sea level and are considered the world's most vulnerable to global warming, with fears their popula ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) July 11, 2019 
In Greenland, climate change isn't just a danger to ecosystems but also a threat to history, as global warming is affecting archeological remains, according to a study published Thursday.
There are more than 180,000 archaeological sites across the Arctic, some dating back thousands of years, and previously these were protected by the characteristics of the soil.
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 Washington (AFP) July 11, 2019 
US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China of backsliding on promises to increase purchases of American farm exports.
The president's latest salvo on Twitter comes the same week that US and Chinese trade officials had their first contact in months in an effort to revive negotiations that nearly collapsed in May.
Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met last month on the ... more |
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 Mandeville, United States (AFP) July 14, 2019 
Barry weakened further on Sunday as the storm churned across the US state of Louisiana, bringing along heavy rains and the possibility of flooding and tornadoes.
There have been no reported deaths so far in Louisiana or neighboring states from Barry, which had briefly become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before the National Hurricane Center downgraded it to a tropical storm and ... more |
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 Lagos, Nigeria (SPX) Jul 17, 2019  Space in Africa, the authority on news, data, and market analysis for the African space industry, has successfully completed its seed funding round. While the terms were not disclosed, the funds raised are being used to hire additional reporters and analysts to expand coverage for its subscription news service and specialised industry reports.
"Many people outside Africa are surprised to h ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 16, 2019 
Archaeologists have unearthed a massive Neolithic settlement near Jerusalem. The 9,000-year-old site is the largest prehistoric settlement discovered in Israel, and one of the largest of its kind in the region.
The ancient settlement was found when construction crews on a road-building project broke ground five miles outside of Jerusalem, near the town of Motza. Archaeologists were call ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 08, 2019 
From time to time, there have been long periods of cooling in Earth's history. Temperatures had already fallen for more than ten million years before the last ice age began about 2.5 million years ago.
At that time the northern hemisphere was covered with massive ice masses and glaciers. A geoscientific paradigm, widespread for over twenty years, explains this cooling with the formation of ... more |
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 Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Jul 16, 2019 
The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS) is a cooperative project between the Russian space agency Roscosmos and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) under the leadership of Martin Wikelski from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz.
With the space-based observation system, scientists want to find out m ... more |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jul 09, 2019 
Scientists have developed a new method for detecting traces of primordial life in ancient rock formations using potassium.
The method relies on searching for high concentrations of potassium in ancient sedimentary rocks, rather than traditional methods that look for carbon, sulfur, or nitrogen - which can appear in ancient rocks through processes unrelated to ancient life.
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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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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 11, 2019 
Scientists seeking to bring to Earth the fusion that powers the sun and stars must control the hot, charged plasma - the state of matter composed of free-floating electrons and atomic nuclei, or ions - that fuels fusion reactions.
For scientists who confine the plasma in magnetic fields, a key task calls for mapping the shape of the fields, a process known as measuring the equilibrium, or ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 15, 2019 
When the going gets especially tough, female mammals are sometimes compelled to commit infanticide.
While a dearth of resources is the driving factor, new research suggests specific circumstances can influence infanticide behavior.
Previous studies suggest males in search of a mate commit infanticide when they are spurned by females still caring for the offspring of another male. ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 14, 2019  Riot police and protesters fought running battles in a Hong Kong shopping mall Sunday night as unrest caused by a widely loathed plan to allow extraditions to mainland China showed no sign of abating.
Police used pepper spray and batons against small groups of protesters, who responded by hurling bottles and other projectiles, in a night of fresh violence in the international hub.
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 08, 2019 
Restoration of the Earth's forests is the world's most effective solution to climate change available today and has the potential to capture two thirds of man-made carbon emissions, finds landmark research by the Crowther Lab, published in the journal Science.
The study is the first to quantify how many trees the Earth can support, where they could exist and how much carbon they could stor ... more |
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