
Scientists sound storm warning on African climate change
On a typical February day in west Africa, Cape Verdeans are taking time to cool down as the island nation is buffeted by a rare unseasonal downpour. ... more
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Australians get hepatitis A from Chinese berries
Nine Australians have contracted hepatitis A linked with eating contaminated berries from China, with the importer apologising Tuesday as the food scare spreads. ... more
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China's Xi pushes development, ethnic unity in rare visit to Tibet
Space Force establishes Systems Delta 85 to strengthen space defense integration
SpaceX launched secretive X-37B US military space drone
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Study recommends closing the high seas to fishing
SFU biologist Isabelle Cote has co-authored a new study that finds little would be lost by eliminating high seas fishing. The high seas globally should be closed to fishing argues a new study in the ... more
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Warming pushes Western US toward driest period in 1,000 years
During the second half of the 21st century, the U.S. Southwest and Great Plains will face persistent drought worse than anything seen in times ancient or modern, with the drying conditions "driven p ... more
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USDA approves new biotech apple for growth in U.S.
They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but a new genetically modified variation of the fruit - approved Friday for growth in the United States - also keeps the spoiling away. At least for a while. ... more
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Water ice renders short-lived molecule sustainable
'Antiaromatic compounds' is what chemists call a class of ring molecules which are extremely instable - the opposite of the highly stable aromatic molecules. Because they exist for mere split secon ... more
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Predicting plant responses to drought
A new U.S. Geological Survey study shows how plants' vulnerability to drought varies across the landscape; factors such as plant structure and soil type where the plant is growing can either make th ... more
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