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  Porto Velho, Brazil (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 On his block of land deep in the Amazon rainforest, Aurelio Andrade says deforestation is the only way he and other farmers can survive in the remote region where fires are raging. "Here we have no support from the federal government or anyone else, only from God," Andrade tells AFP, wearing an army camouflage T-shirt and matching hat, on his property 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Porto Velho in the northwestern state of Rondonia. "We cut trees to plant grass to survive, so that the cattle eat ... read more |
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Puerto Rico mobilizes as potential hurricane approachesSan Juan (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 Puerto Rico has mobilized thousands of federal agents ahead of what threatens to be the first hurricane to lash the US territory since it was ravaged by Maria in 2017, authorities said Tuesday. ... more  
Amazon fires a 'tipping point': forestry group chiefYokohama, Japan (AFP) Aug 28, 2019 The fires tearing through the Amazon represent a "tipping point" for the health of the rainforest, the head of a top global forestry management body said Wednesday, urging the world to do more to save the trees. ... more  
Japan to host Africa aid forum as China looms largeTokyo (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 Japan hosts development talks with African leaders this week, looking to boost its presence on the continent and offer an alternative to investments by an increasingly assertive China. ... more  
New Landsat Infrared Instrument Ships from NASAGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 From orbit aboard the Landsat 9 satellite, the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2, or TIRS-2, will measure the temperature of Earth's land surfaces, detecting everything from a smoldering wildfire, to the am ... more |
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Denmark halts aquaculture development over environment concernsCopenhagen (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 Denmark said Monday it will stop development of its fish farming industry at sea, which has widely been criticised for its harmful impact on the environment. ... more 
Sudan villagers reel from Nile water floodsWad Ramli, Sudan (AFP) Aug 26, 2019 Days after a devastating flood swallowed up his village, Alsediq Abdelqader bulled his truck through the waters in a desperate attempt to locate his small house north of the Sudanese capital. ... more  
Storms, floods lash Spain's Balearic IslandsMadrid (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 Storms and heavy rains continued to batter Spain on Tuesday, particularly the popular Balearic Islands where homes were submerged and violent winds tore out trees, officials said. ... more  
Russia releases last orcas from 'whale jail'Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 Russian environmentalists celebrated a "huge victory" on Tuesday after the last of a group of killer whales kept in a notorious facility were released into the sea following year-long captivity. ... more 
Ivory Coast's 'Floating Island' points to greener tourismAbidjan (AFP) Aug 25, 2019 The seaside resort offers visitors a cool drink or tasty meal, a dip in a pool, a karaoke session or an overnight stay, all with a view. ... more |
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 S.Africa rare earths mine hopes for boost from US-China feud 
African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcryKinshasa (AFP) Aug 26, 2019 In NASA satellite images, forest fires in central Africa appear to burn alarmingly like a red chain from Gabon to Angola similar to the blazes in Brazil's Amazon that sparked global outcry. ... more  |
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Shrugging off Trump, FBI tackles right-wing extremistsWashington (AFP) Aug 25, 2019 One man had three assault rifles, extra-large magazines and a gas mask. Another had over 18 weapons, including sawed-off shotguns, AR-15s, and a grenade launcher. ... more  
Crack in Pacific seafloor caused volcanic chain to go dormantHouston TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 From his geology lab at the University of Houston, Jonny Wu has discovered that a chain of volcanoes stretching between Northeast Asia and Russia began a period of silence 50 million years ago, whic ... more  
Beijing confirms arrest of Australian for spyingBeijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 An Australian academic has been arrested in China for spying, Beijing said Tuesday, prompting Canberra to demand the country upholds "basic standards" of justice. ... more 
Philippine Airborne Campaign Targets Weather, Climate ScienceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 NASA's P-3B science aircraft soared into the skies over the Philippines on Aug. 25 to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation on the impact that smoke from fires and pollution have on clouds, a ... more  
Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate changeReykjavik (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 Iceland on Sunday honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. ... more |
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 La Paz (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 
Like his far-right rival President Jair Bolsonaro in neighboring Brazil, Bolivia's leftist leader Evo Morales is facing mounting fury from environmental groups over voracious wildfires in his own country.
While the Amazon blazes in Brazil have attracted worldwide attention, the blazes in Bolivia's forest and grassland have raged largely unchecked over the past month, devastating more than 9, ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 
In anticipation of the world's largest astronomical instrument, Beijing is set to construct a permanent regional data hub that will house its Tianhe-2 supercomputer to make sense of reams of data acquired from space.
A recent Xinhua report revealed that China's Tianhe-2, once known as the world's fastest supercomputer, will work on astronomical data following the 2020 construction of the S ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 
After passing a key review hurdle, NASA's newest mission to study the health of Earth's ocean ecosystems and atmosphere is ready to move from design to reality.
The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission will study phytoplankton - microscopic plants and algae that live in the ocean - as well as the clouds and atmospheric aerosol particles above the water. Every mission go ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2019 
Australian scientists found stardust in freshly melted snow from Antarctica, discovering large amounts of a rare isotope not natively found on Earth.
The researchers ruled out the chance that iron-60 found in the snow was made by human action and, based on research published this month in the journal Physical Review Letters, it was delivered to Earth by some type of interstellar falling ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 24, 2019  Two of the industries involved in the infernos consuming the Amazon rainforest and drawing the attention of global powers gathered at the G7 meeting in France are familiar to diners worldwide: soy and beef.
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Brazil is the world's largest exporter of beef, with a record 1.64 million tons sent to its top markets China, Egypt and the European Union in 2018, according to the Brazili ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
NASA in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey is helping emergency planners in Southern California get a more complete picture of the increasing risk of coastal flooding by looking at the highest of tides -"king tides."
"King tide" is the informal term generally used to describe an exceptionally high tide, which most often occurs when the Moon and the Sun are aligned and their gravit ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 
Japan hosts development talks with African leaders this week, looking to boost its presence on the continent and offer an alternative to investments by an increasingly assertive China.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he wants the latest round of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) to help "launch impactful Japanese action" on the continent.
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 New York NY (SPX) Aug 22, 2019 
It has long been thought that the brain size of anthropoid primates-a diverse group of modern and extinct monkeys, humans, and their nearest kin-progressively increased over time. New research on one of the oldest and most complete fossil primate skulls from South America shows instead that the pattern of brain evolution in this group was far more checkered.
The study, published in the jou ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 26, 2019 
The Amazon basin cradles the largest rainforest in the world, and plays an essential role in regulating regional and even global climates.
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Continued destruction of its tropical forests - measured in tens of thousands of square kilometres per year - could transform much of the Amazon into dry savannah, with massive impact ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
NASA's P-3B science aircraft soared into the skies over the Philippines on Aug. 25 to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation on the impact that smoke from fires and pollution have on clouds, a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts.
The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) is the most comprehensive field campaign to date in Maritime Sou ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Scientists have found that increasing oxygen levels are linked to the rise of North American dinosaurs around 215 M years ago. A new technique for measuring oxygen levels in ancient rocks shows that oxygen levels in North American rocks leapt by nearly a third in just a couple of million years, possibly setting the scene for a dinosaur expansion into the tropics of North America and elsewhere. T ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
What types of electricity storage could have the biggest impact globally for a low-carbon energy future? Can humanity simultaneously de-carbonize energy and extend heat, lighting and transportation to more than a billion people now living with without modern energy services?
These are the types of big-picture questions that are being answered by the research that fits into a new academic d ... more |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Fuel cells are pollution-free power sources that convert chemical energy to electricity with high efficiency and zero emissions. Fuel cell cars, trucks, and buses would allow people to travel long distances with convenient refueling and less of a carbon footprint.
Researchers at the University of Delaware are working on technology to make fuel cells cheaper and more powerful so that fuel c ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 22, 2019  Wildlife-supporting countries on Thursday backed regulating international trade in giraffes in a bid to offer more protection to the gentle giants, feared to be facing a "silent extinction".
The vote in Geneva by parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) recognises for the first time that international trade is part of the threat facing giraffes.
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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 
An Australian pro-democracy academic held for seven months in China has been formally arrested for spying, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Tuesday as she demanded Beijing uphold "basic standards" of justice.
Payne said she was "very concerned" that Chinese-born Yang Hengjun - a former official turned author - had been arrested on "suspicion of espionage".
Yang had been detained afte ... more |
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 Biarritz, France (AFP) Aug 26, 2019  The G7 will give $20 million (18 million euros) to send firefighting planes to tackle the blazes engulfing parts of the Amazon, the presidents of France and Chile said Monday.
"We must respond to the call of the forest which is burning today in the Amazon," France's Emmanuel Macron said as President Sebastian Pinera of Chile, a guest of the G7, underlined that "countries of the Amazon are in ... more |
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