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December 09, 2016
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Climate change battle heats up for Australian winemakers

Common pesticides more harmful to 'good' insects than thought

Geophagy: "soil-eating" as an addictive behaviour

New study of water-saving plants advances efforts to develop drought-resistant crops

Snow data from satellites improves temperature predictions

Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the US

S. Korea expands cull to contain bird flu

Agave genes could inspire new drought-resistant plants

US risks five-fold jump in extreme rainfall: study

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Where the rains come from

The economy of cold soil blues

600,000 risk losing water in war-scarred Ukraine

Indigenous people eat 15 times more seafood than non-indigenous people

Study shows many lakes getting murkier, but gives hope for improvement

EU warns no extension for British farm subsidies



Companies using Indonesian palm oil tainted by abuse

Glowing crystals can detect, cleanse contaminated drinking water

Researchers produce map of farming households across the world



ISRO launches earth observation satellite, Resourcesat-2A

NASA Announces First Geostationary Vegetation, Atmospheric Carbon Mission

NASA's AIM observes early noctilucent ice clouds over Antarctica

Illinois researchers discover hot hydrogen atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere

Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops' exposure to air pollution

OGC requests public comment on its Coverage Implementation Schema

Lockheed Martin Advances Modernization of Current GPS Ground Control System for USAF

High-Precision System for Real-Time Navigation Data of GLONASS Ready for Service

Launch of new Galileo navigation quartet

How NASA and John Deere Helped Tractors Drive Themselves

Indonesia expands protection for peatlands, climate

Laser technique boosts aerial imaging of woodlands

Green groups pressure Spain over 'at risk' wetlands

Scientists say North should commit to pay for forest conservation in South

Tribal protesters with arrows try to enter Brazil's Congress

Investing in the 'bioeconomy' could create jobs and reduce carbon emissions

Argonne researchers study how reflectivity of biofuel crops impacts climate

UNIST researchers turn waste gas into road-ready diesel fuel

NextCoal to produce bio-coal for export to Japan, bio-oil for domestic use

New biofuel cell with energy storage



Swiss unveil stratospheric solar plane

New York funds low income access to solar power

Coronal Energy, powered by Panasonic, Announces Solar Acquisition Program

Game changer for organic solar cells

Simple processing technique could cut cost of organic PV and wearable electronics

War remnants cleared for German wind farm

German energy company plants wind farm seed in Texas

New York to bid in Federal Offshore Wind Auction

Ireland gets a bit greener with funding from Europe

Owl-inspired wing design reduces wind turbine noise by 10 decibels



China coal mine blasts kill 59: report

India-backed Australia mega coal mine to start work mid-2017

China risks wasting $490 bn on coal plants: campaigners

Thousands demand scrap of Bangladesh coal-fired plant

Canada to phase out coal power by 2030: official

Chinese man who wrote online post given one-year prison sentence

UN experts urge China to investigate case of missing rights lawyer

Torture rampant in China's 'shuanggui' system: HRW

Nude selfies used as collateral for Chinese loans

Cheeky Chinese artist critiques society with nudity



Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built

Boeing to acquire Liquid Robotics

Chinese firm scraps German tech deal after US block

DARPA Creating Industry Government Group for Safe Operation of Space Robotics

China criticises US decision to block Aixtron deal

Unruly drivers undermine Paris pollution ban

Environmentalists mobilize for battle with Trump

Paris chokes under worst winter pollution in decade

Paradise lost: How toxic water destroyed Pakistan's largest lake

New grasses neutralize toxic pollution from bombs, explosives, and munitions



Hundreds flee wildfires near Jerusalem

NASA Sets Space Fire in Second Round of Fire Safety Experiments

Indonesian fires exposed 69 million to 'killer haze'

Wildfire management or fire suppression

Climate change doubles US forest-fire burn areas: study

East Asian dust deposition impacts on marine biological productivity

Longest-living animal gives up ocean climate secrets

Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the US

Making spines from sea water

A new dead zone in the Indian Ocean could impact future marine nutrient balance



Increasing tornado outbreaks - is climate change responsible?

Hurricane kills 9 in Costa Rica

Four dead after unprecedented Australia 'thunderstorm asthma'

Death toll in New Caledonia landslides rises to five

One dead, one missing as storm batters Britain

China exports snap losing streak on weaker yuan

China warns against 'irrational' overseas acquisitions

China statistics chief says false economic data is a problem

Starbucks to add 12,000 cafes globally

Trump misses target with China onslaught: experts

Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

Perspectives on magnetic reconnection

GREGOR first results published in special issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics

NASA's Sun-Observing IRIS Mission

Article proposes theory behind fast magnetic reconnection

ESA expands space weather services

Fast evolution affects everyone, everywhere

Giraffes 'threatened with extinction'

Thousands of geese die after landing in toxic US water

Captive elephants help save wild cousins on forest frontline

Using the force



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