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  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 A major greenhouse gas, CO2 produced from burning fossil fuels is still mostly released into the atmosphere, adding to the burden of global warming. One way to cut down on it is through a carbon capture: a chemical technique that removes CO2 out of emissions ("postcombustion"), preventing it from entering the atmosphere. The captured CO2 can then be either recycled or stored away in in gas or liquid form, a process known as sequestration. Carbon capture can be done using so-called "high-perf ... read more |
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Canadian iceberg hunter on the trail of white goldBonavista, Canada (AFP) Aug 2, 2019 It's midday and Edward Kean, a Canadian fisherman who now scours the North Atlantic for icebergs that have broken off from Greenland's glaciers, is positively beaming. ... more  
Satellite-connected tags set to boost marine conservationParis (ESA) Jul 31, 2019 Four tiger sharks have been tagged with a new device that will help conservationists to conduct detailed analysis of their migrations over years. The device, developed in collaboration with ES ... more 
China shares satellite data with India to help millions in flood-hit regionsNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 31, 2019 After a request by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), China has provided India with satellite data to aid the flood relief efforts currently underway in India's flood-hit regions, the Chines ... more  
OU-led study shows improved estimates of Brazilian Amazon gains and lossesNorman, OK (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 A University of Oklahoma-led study generated improved annual maps of tropical forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000-2017 and provided better characterization on the spatio-temporal dynamics o ... more |
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Overturning the truth on conservation tillageWashington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Just as we blend, cut, and fold ingredients together to follow a recipe, farmers use equipment to stir together soil and crop residue (stalks and roots of previous crops) before planting. This mecha ... more 
Solar panels cast shade on agriculture in a good wayWashington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Imagine you are a farmer struggling to keep up with production demands because of the increasingly stressful climate. Or perhaps you are a producer of renewable energy struggling with dramatic heat ... more 
Humanity's next test: feed 10 billion without ruining EarthParis (AFP) Aug 2, 2019 Experts Friday began negotiating the most comprehensive scientific assessment ever of the role the land we live off plays in climate change, expected to highlight the stark choices humanity faces to feed 10 billion people while preserving Nature. ... more 
Buzz kill: mass bee deaths sting Russian beekeepersBobrovka, Russia (AFP) Aug 1, 2019 Anatoly Rubtsov looked despondently at the beehives lining his property. "The farm used to be loud, it sang," he said. Today just a faint buzz is audible but an overpowering rotting stench hung in the air after his bees were likely poisoned by a pesticide. ... more  
Six children killed by lightning in Guinea: witnessConakry (AFP) Aug 1, 2019 Six children aged between four and 10 died after they were struck by lightning while making tea under a mango tree in north-eastern Guinea on Wednesday, a witness said. ... more |
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Mozambique govt, opposition Renamo sign historic peace pactMaputo (AFP) Aug 1, 2019 Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade on Thursday signed a landmark agreement aimed at formally ending decades of hostilities, state TV said. ... more  |
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Mozambique leader says will ink formal peace deal with Renamo Thursday Maputo (AFP) July 31, 2019 Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has said he will sign a peace deal on Thursday with Renamo leader Ossufo Momade that will definitively end armed hostilities with the former rebel movement-turned-opposition party. ... more  
Trump takes back seat as China bristles over Hong Kong unrestHong Kong (AFP) Aug 1, 2019 US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would be taking a hands-off approach towards unrest in Hong Kong as China flexed its military muscle in a sign of growing frustration over weeks of pro-democracy rallies in the former British colony. ... more  
Shape shifting protocells hint at the mechanics of early lifeBristol UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Inspired by the processes of cellular differentiation observed in developmental biology, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Bristol have demonstrated a new spontaneous app ... more 
Water-air interfaces in rock pores helped spawn life on EarthWashington (UPI) Jul 29, 2019 Before life could begin on Earth, a series of physical chemistry processes needed to occur. According to a new study, the geochemical qualities of water-air interfaces found inside tiny rock pores made this "prebiotic" chemical evolution possible. ... more 
Electricity-driven undersea reactions may have been important for the emergence of lifeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Though it remains unknown how life began, there is a community of scientists who suspect it occurred in or around deep sea hydrothermal environments. At such sites, water heated by contact with hot ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 30, 2019 
Natural disasters, some linked to climate change, caused $9.0 billion more damage in the first half of 2019 than last year, according to a toll published Tuesday by German reinsurer Munich Re.
Between January and June, material damage mounted to $42 billion from 370 natural disasters around the globe, the financial firm said in a statement.
In 2018, disasters racked up a bill of $33 bill ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 
A Mishap Investigation Board appointed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has identified the most likely cause for an instrument issue aboard NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-17 satellite that launched March 1, 2018 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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 Whaley Bridge, United Kingdom (AFP) Aug 2, 2019 
Hundreds of people were evacuated from a town in central England as a British military helicopter was called in Friday to prevent a reservoir dam from collapsing.
The Toddbrook Reservoir dam was feared to be on the verge of caving in following heavy rain, threatening the lives and homes of residents in Whaley Bridge.
One side of the dam spillway weakened when the panels started to come a ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
Constructed from a quarter century's worth of satellite data, a new map of Antarctic ice velocity by glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the most precise ever created. Published in a new paper in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters, the map is 10 times more accurate than previous renditions, covering more than 80 percent of the ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
Researchers at SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, and National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a technology that greatly accelerates the genetic engineering of microbes that can be used to manufacture chemicals used for urban farming. The new technology will result in a faster, cheaper, more accurate, and near-scarless plasmid construction, using standard and reusable pa ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 30, 2019 
Researchers have identified a unique acoustic signature that may precede seismic ruptures.
In the lab, scientists deployed an earthquake machine to produce seismic waves. Researchers used numerical simulations to analyze the seismic signatures produced by the synthetic ruptures.
Their analysis - detailed this week in the journal Physical Review Letters - revealed a unique acous ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) Aug 1, 2019  Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade on Thursday signed a landmark agreement aimed at formally ending decades of hostilities, state TV said.
The signing took place in the Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique, nearly 27 years after the end of the country's first civil war.
The two leaders hugged after penning the deal on a mounted stage in ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
The human ranging style is unique among hominoids. The Mbendjele BaYaka people move from camp to camp every few months, and thus have a large lifetime range of approximately 800 square meters. Human foragers collect food and take it back to their camp to process and share.
Furthermore, the Mbendjele BaYaka have created a trail system and walk mostly on trails. In contrast, one of our close ... more |
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
The volcanoes in the tropics went crazy between 1808 and 1835: Not only did Tambora erupt in Indonesia during this short period of time but there were also four other large eruptions. This unusual series of volcanic eruptions caused long-lasting droughts in Africa and contributed to the last advance of Alpine glaciers during the Little Ice Age.
"Frequent volcanic eruptions caused an actual ... more |
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 Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 02, 2019 
exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services, announces that it has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space ("Airbus") as AIS partner to support its Ocean Finder maritime service.
Under the terms of this 2-year agreement, exactEarth will provide Airbus with live and archived data from exactView RT, the Company's second-generation real-time satellite-AIS data service ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2019 
Before life could begin on Earth, a series of physical chemistry processes needed to occur. According to a new study, the geochemical qualities of water-air interfaces found inside tiny rock pores made this "prebiotic" chemical evolution possible.
Through a series of lab experiments, scientists in Germany detailed the physical and chemical qualities found among the water-air interfaces ... 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
A team of fusion researchers succeeded in proving that energetic ions with energy in mega electron volt (MeV) range are superiorly confined in a plasma for the first time in helical systems. This promises the alpha particle (helium ion) confinement required for realizing fusion energy in a helical reactor.
The deuterium-tritium reaction in a high-temperature plasma will be used in fusion r ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 30, 2019  In just nine years, India's tiger population has doubled - and over the last four years, the country's tiger population has increased 33 percent.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently wrote on Twitter, the results of India's tiger census should "make every Indian, every nature lover happy."
At a 2010 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, Modi and the Indian delegation promise ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 2, 2019  The founder of a banned Hong Kong independence party has been arrested in a raid where offensive weapons and explosives were found, a senior police source told AFP Friday, as the city reels from weeks of anti-government protests.
In a statement, police said eight people - seven men and one woman - were arrested at an industrial building on Thursday evening in the district of Sha Tin on cha ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) July 28, 2019 
Brazil deployed police to a remote Amazon village on Sunday after reports it had been overrun by armed miners following the murder of an indigenous leader, officials and tribal chiefs said.
The violence in an area of the northern Amapa state controlled by the Waiapi tribe comes as Brazil's indigenous people face growing pressures from miners, ranchers and loggers under pro-business President ... more |
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