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December 14, 2016
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Researchers use nuclear methods to study pest-resistance in corn

Water: Finding the normal within the weird

S. Korea expands cull to contain bird flu

Surging methane emissions imperil climate goals

Soil pHertility mapped across the world

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

Geophagy: "soil-eating" as an addictive behaviour

Snow data from satellites improves temperature predictions

Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the US

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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

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



Cloud formation: How feldspar acts as ice nucleus

What satellites can tell us about how animals will fare in a changing climate

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

ISRO launches earth observation satellite, Resourcesat-2A

Eye-Popping View of CO2, Critical Step for Carbon-Cycle Science

Europe's own satnav, Galileo, due to go live

Alpha Defence Company To Make Navigation Satellites For ISRO

Lockheed Martin and USAF move ahead with GPS backup ground system upgrade

OGC requests public comment on its Coverage Implementation Schema

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

A roadmap for guiding development and conservation in the Amazon

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

People willing to pay more for new biofuels

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



Hydrogen from sunlight - but as a dark reaction

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

Apple invests in China wind farms

Offshore wind makes U.S. debut

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



Coal demand shifting to Asia, IEA says

China halts North Korean coal imports

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

Tibetan self-immolates in China: rights group

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

Hong Kong finance chief resigns, tipped for leadership race

Anti-China protesters rally in Hong Kong as vote looms

UN experts urge China to investigate case of missing rights lawyer



Chinese firm scraps German tech deal after US block

Internal sensors help soft robot hand feel the world like a human

Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built

Boeing to acquire Liquid Robotics

DARPA Creating Industry Government Group for Safe Operation of Space Robotics

Researchers create new way to trap dangerous gases

Tehran traffic 'unbearable', says police chief

Unruly drivers undermine Paris pollution ban

Paris chokes under worst winter pollution in decade

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



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

Fishery bycatch rapidly driving Mexico's vaquita to extinction

Water: Finding the normal within the weird

2016 see mixed results for ocean health

Six-storey-high wave sets a record, says UN agency

A fish adapts quickly to lethal levels of pollution



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 factory-gate inflation hits 5-year high

EU agrees tougher trade rules amid China row

China faces battle over market economy status

Trump tough talk on China worries US exporters

China says output, retail sales accelerate in November

Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

Giving the Sun a brake

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

Capuchin monkeys produce sharp stone flakes similar to tools

How miniature predators get their favorite soil bacteria

Evangelicals are more skeptical of evolution than of climate change

Macaques have the anatomy, not the brain, for human speech

Fast evolution affects everyone, everywhere



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