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  Paris (AFP) July 17, 2019 The concept of a carbon budget is dead simple: figure out how much CO2 humanity can pump into the atmosphere without pushing Earth's surface temperature beyond a dangerous threshold. The 2015 Paris climate treaty enjoins the world to set that bar at "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) in order to avoid an upsurge in killer heatwaves, droughts and superstorms made more destructive by rising seas. Last year, the UN's climate science body concluded this already hard-to-reach goal may ... read more |
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Scientists deepen understanding of magnetic fields surrounding Earth and other planetsPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 Vast rings of electrically charged particles encircle the Earth and other planets. Now, a team of scientists has completed research into waves that travel through this magnetic, electrically charged ... more  
Oilfield wastewater may trigger earthquakes for 'decades'Paris (AFP) July 16, 2019 Wastewater from oil and gas production injected deep into wells could cause earthquakes strong enough to be felt on the surface for years to come, according to new research published Tuesday. ... 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  
US judge slashes jury award in Roundup cancer caseSan Francisco (AFP) July 16, 2019 A US judge on Monday slashed punitive damages a jury ordered Monsanto to pay in a Roundup cancer trial, saying the sum was too high despite the company's "reprehensible" conduct. ... more |
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Fears of worsening floods as monsoon rains pound South AsiaNew Delhi (AFP) July 17, 2019 Children have been swept away by floodwaters and others killed in landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains across south Asia as the death toll passed 250 Wednesday, with authorities bracing for worse weather in some regions. ... more  
'Nobody cares about us': Hunger and despair for India flood victimsMuzaffarpur, India (AFP) July 18, 2019 Chest-deep in brown, flowing monsoon water and holding bags of clothes and utensils above their heads, residents in the Indian state of Bihar are hungry and despairing. ... more  
Avian malaria may explain decline of London's house sparrowWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2019 Since 1995, London's iconic house sparrow population has declined 71 percent. New research suggests avian malaria is the primary driver of the population decline. ... more 
Death toll climbs to five after quake in eastern IndonesiaJakarta (AFP) July 17, 2019 The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit a remote Indonesian island chain at the weekend has climbed to five, with thousands living in evacuation shelters, an official said Wednesday. ... more 
Buzz off: breakthrough technique eradicates mosquitoesTokyo (AFP) July 17, 2019 A breakthrough technique harnessing two methods to target disease-carrying mosquitoes was able to effectively eradicate buzzing biters in two test sites in China, according to research published on Thursday. ... more |
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Antarctic ice instability could yield rapid melting, dramatic sea level riseWashington (UPI) Jul 9, 2019 Even if global warming slows or stops in the coming decades, instability among Antarctic glaciers could trigger rapid melting and subsequent sea level rise. ... more  |
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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  
Off the hook: Manta ray asks divers for helping handSydney (AFP) July 15, 2019 A giant manta ray with several fishing hooks caught below its eye appeared to ask two nearby divers for help in removing them, and then waited patiently for them to do so. ... more 
Thirty-year study reveals cause of coral bleaching crisisWashington (UPI) Jul 16, 2019 Corals are disappearing across the world's oceans, and most scientists have pointed to warming water temperatures - the result of climate change - as the primary driver. But new research suggests nitrogen pollution is the main cause of coral bleaching in Florida. ... more |
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 Muzaffarpur, India (AFP) July 18, 2019 
Chest-deep in brown, flowing monsoon water and holding bags of clothes and utensils above their heads, residents in the Indian state of Bihar are hungry and despairing.
"When many of us poor people drown, then the politicians suddenly take notice... But otherwise, nobody cares about us," shopkeeper Raj Majhi told AFP.
Majhi's home - like many others - is submerged, with only rooftops r ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2019 
Raytheon Co. was awarded a $40.2 million contract modification to produce variants of AN/SPY-6 radar system for the U.S. Navy.
The contract, announced on Tuesday, exercises an option for fiscal 2019 production long lead material in support of the production of two configurations of the AN/SPY-6(V) radar systems, the SPY-6(V)2 Rotator Radar and the SPY-6(V)3 Fixed Face Radar.
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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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 Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2019 
Even if global warming slows or stops in the coming decades, instability among Antarctic glaciers could trigger rapid melting and subsequent sea level rise.
Fluctuations in climate and a lack of data make modeling the future of the Antarctic ice shelf especially difficult. But new analysis of the instability embedded in the continent's glaciers suggests large portions of the ice shelf a ... more |
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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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 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 ... 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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