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December 15, 2016
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Mexico's energy reform calls for new water policy

Switchgrass may be a good option for farmers who have lost fertile topsoil

How does water melt? Layer by layer

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

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Geophagy: "soil-eating" as an addictive behaviour

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



Where the rains come from

The economy of cold soil blues

600,000 risk losing water in war-scarred Ukraine



Critical zone, critical research at the weathering zone

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

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

A look at the US cold snap from NASA infrared imagery

Cloud formation: How feldspar acts as ice nucleus

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

Alpha Defence Company To Make Navigation Satellites For ISRO

Galileo, Europe's own satnav, to go online

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

OGC requests public comment on its Coverage Implementation Schema

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

Offshore wind makes U.S. debut

Apple invests in China wind farms

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

Black coal, thin pickings: China's miners face decline

China halts North Korean coal imports

China coal mine blasts kill 59: report

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

Popular Chinese Muslim website shuttered after Xi Jinping petition

Chinese official's wife jailed in new vaccine scandal

Hong Kong finance chief resigns, tipped for leadership race

Anti-China protesters rally in Hong Kong as vote looms

Tibetan self-immolates in China: rights group



A skillful rescue robot with remote-control function

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

Chinese firm scraps German tech deal after US block

Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built

Boeing to acquire Liquid 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

Earth's Magnetic Fields Could Track Ocean Heat: NASA

Fishery bycatch rapidly driving Mexico's vaquita to extinction

Water: Finding the normal within the weird

How does water melt? Layer by layer

2016 see mixed results for ocean health



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

EU agrees tougher trade rules amid China row

China faces battle over market economy status

In China, it's crunch time in 'Santa's workshop'

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

Scientists examine 'perfect storms' fueling vast tropical biodiversity

Scientists trap bacteria with optical tractor beam

Evangelicals are more skeptical of evolution than of climate change

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



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