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  Oslo (AFP) March 3, 2017 Norway's government on Friday paved the way for recreational hunting of wolves, a policy reversal that incensed green campaigners seeking to protect the endangered species. Pressured by farmers and parliament, Climate and Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen presented a draft amendment expanding the possibilities for killing wolves, even in areas where their presence is officially tolerated. Until now, only predators that represent a "potential nuisance", by attacking sheep and other livelihood, ... read more |
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Colombia's 'drug triangle' puts hope in chocolateGuerima, Colombia (AFP) March 4, 2017 Isidro Montiel arrived in Colombia's lawless "drug triangle" in 1982 hoping to get rich farming coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine. ... more  
Bringing water to Kenya's drought-stricken wildlifeVoi, Kenya (AFP) March 5, 2017 In a wildlife sanctuary in southern Kenya the relentless sun has bleached savannah grasses and dried up rivers, turning water holes first into muddy pits and now, dust bowls. ... more  
Syrian farmers fear IS to flood villages near EuphratesTuwayhina, Syria (AFP) March 5, 2017 Syrian farmers near the Euphrates river are terrified the Islamic State group will literally open the floodgates to defend its stronghold Raqa, drowning their tiny villages in the process. ... more 
Hand-picked specialty crops 'ripe' for precision agriculture techniquesChampaign IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Timing the harvest and transport of highly perishable, hand-picked crops such as strawberries so these delicate products reach consumers at peak flavor and freshness is an intricate dance that partn ... more |
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Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could surge
Guatemala earthquakes leave four dead, houses damaged Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could still surge Searching for Grandma Alicia after Texas floods Spain lifts lockdown for thousands as forest fire eases Flash floods kill three in New Mexico Five missing in landslide as rain lashes China's south and east Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes More than 160 people still missing days after deadly Texas floods |
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Magic cover crop carpetWashington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Organic farmers have to make hard choices between protecting soil from erosion and controlling weeds. For example, large-scale organic farming relies heavily on tillage. Tilling breaks up the soil t ... more 
Researchers propose using CRISPR to accelerate plant domesticationWashington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Out of the more than 300,000 plant species in existence, only three species - rice, wheat, and maize - account for most of the plant matter that humans consume, partly because in the history of agri ... more 
Somali president declares 'national disaster' over droughtMogadishu (AFP) Feb 28, 2017 Somali's newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" due to severe drought which aid agencies say has left some three million in crisis. ... more 
Calculating recharge of groundwater more preciselyFreiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 A team of international researchers led by University of Freiburg hydrologist Dr. Andreas Hartmann suggests that inclusion of currently missing key hydrological processes in large-scale climate chan ... more 
SpaceX delivers BAM-FX to ISS for Zero Gravity SolutionsBoca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology public company commercializing its technology derived from and designed for Space with significant applications for agriculture on Earth, ... more 
'Our daily bread' has hidden climate costsParis (AFP) Feb 27, 2017 Nearly half the environmental impact of a loaf of bread comes from the "unsustainable use" of fertilisers on wheat crops, researchers said Monday. ... more |
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 Brexit sows seeds of doubt for British farmers 
Researchers unravel powerful tool in maize breedingHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 A common strategy to create high-yielding plants is hybrid breeding - crossing two different inbred lines to obtain characteristics superior to each parent. However, getting the inbred lines in the ... more 
Study finds consumers willing to pay more for 'all-natural' labeled foodsChicago IL (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 A study published in the Journal of Food Science found that expectations of product quality, nutritional content and the amount of money consumers were willing to pay increased when consumers saw a ... more 
Cultivating cool-for-cash-cropWashington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 When deciding what crops to grow during a season, growers look at several factors. Do the crops have a good yield in their area? Does the area currently have the resources - usually water - to grow ... more 
Widely accepted vision for agriculture may be inaccurate, misleadingUniversity Park PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 "Food production must double by 2050 to feed the world's growing population." This truism has been repeated so often in recent years that it has become widely accepted among academics, policymakers ... more |
  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Rainfall from spring-like downpours in the U.S. from February 25 to March 1 were analyzed at NASA using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite. Record breaking warm temperatures this winter have caused plants to bloom early in the eastern United States. Unfortunately this has also resulted in the formation of spring-like severe thunderstorms and deadly tornadoes. ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017TRIPLESAT Constellation Tasking with SpyMeSat Mobile App  Sydney (AFP) March 8, 2017'Angry' Australian summer weather smashes records |
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 Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 
Raytheon is closer to delivering next-generation capabilities for the U.S. Air Force-led Global Positioning System Operational Control System project.
The company recently announced the completion of a major engineering milestone for the project, also referred to as GPS OCX. The work was conducted over a two-year period, and consisted of software development with a focus on cybersecurit ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS  New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Forests, especially tropical forests, are home to thousands of species of trees - sometimes tens to hundreds of tree species in the same forest - a level of biodiversity ecologists have struggled to explain.
In a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and thei ... more Bangkok (AFP) March 2, 2017The battle to save Bangkok's 'Green Lung'  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest  Tegucigalpa (AFP) March 1, 2017Indigenous protest in Honduras marks activist's murder |
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Tomorrow's tires could come from the farm as much as the factory. Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered that food waste can partially replace the petroleum-based filler that has been used in manufacturing tires for more than a century. In tests, rubber made with the new fillers exceeds industrial standards for performance, which may ultimately open up new applications for rubb ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future  Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Novel 3-D manufacturing leads to highly complex, bio-like materials  Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Tree growth model assists breeding for more wood |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
In an unprecedented move, King County Metro (Metro) granted Urban Solar a decade-long contract to provide solar LED lighting solutions for its transit shelters and stops.
The relationship began in 2011 when Metro signed Urban Solar on for a five-year contract for its PV-Shelter solar systems. Urban Solar was able to transform Metro's flat shelter roof solar lighting systems and implement a ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2017DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions Introduces New Solamet  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2017SOVENTIX developing solar parks of up to 140 megawatts in Alberta, Canada  Zug, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017meeco installed biggest solar energy plant in Zimbabwe |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 
Wind energy in the United States is making a case for itself as a cheap source of energy that steers revenue to rural America, an industry trade group said.
Federal data show five state - Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota and South Dakota - each sourced more than 20 percent of their electricity from wind power last year to lead the nation.
"Wind is now cheaply and reliably s ... more Paris (UPI) Mar 06, 2017French, Spanish companies set for more wind power off coast of France  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Breakthrough research for testing and arranging vertical axis wind turbines  Essen, Germany (UPI) Mar 3, 2017German company to store US wind energy in batteries in Texas |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017  China's world-leading coal consumption fell for the third straight year in 2016, government data showed Tuesday, as the planet's biggest carbon emitter struggles to break its addiction to the heavily polluting fuel.
Coal consumption fell by 4.7 percent year-on-year in 2016, and the share of coal in the country's energy mix slipped to 62.0 percent, down 2.0 percent year-on-year, the National ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2017China halts N. Korea coal imports after missile test  Brussels (AFP) Feb 9, 2017EU must shut coal plants by 2030 to meet climate pledge: study  Canberra, Australia (UPI) Feb 7, 2017Do more to advance CCS, BHP Billiton says |
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 Shanghai (AFP) March 3, 2017 
Shanghai has impounded thousands of brightly coloured bikes placed on city streets by cycle-sharing companies, in the latest sign of impatience with an explosion of the haphazardly-parked two-wheelers.
The bike-sharing sector has become one of the fastest-growing industries in the country, with users typically renting the bicycles for short periods by first unlocking them through the use of ... more Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2017Beijing's shanties: Towns of hope and despair  Hong Kong (AFP) March 1, 2017Hong Kong rebel lawmakers fight parliament ban  Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 27, 2017Activists gatecrash meeting of Hong Kong leadership hopeful |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
DARPA has been developing a program that will leverage successes in space robotics in order to accelerate in-orbit servicing of satellites. Of particular interest are the satellites that populate the geosynchronous orbit at about 36,000 km above Earth. There are hundreds of these vehicles that operate as military, civil and commercial satellite assets.
However, once launched, there is no w ... more Sendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals  Providence RI (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently  Washington (UPI) Mar 2, 2017Switzerland taps Kongsberg for Protector weapon system |
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 Dhaka (AFP) March 6, 2017 
A Bangladeshi court on Monday ordered the government to shut down more than 100 tanneries in Dhaka after they were accused of dumping huge amounts of toxic waste into the city's main river.
The High Court ruling followed a petition by Bangladeshi environmentalists, who have accused the government of failing to enforce earlier orders to clean up the tanneries.
"The court told the administ ... more Geneva (AFP) March 6, 2017Environmental risks kill 1.7mn kids under 5 a year: WHO  Karachi (AFP) March 5, 2017Pakistan's financial capital Karachi turned 'into rubbish bin'  East Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 06, 2017A Trump twist - Environment over economy in Michigan |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Humans have dramatically increased the spatial and seasonal extent of wildfires across the U.S. in recent decades and ignited more than 840,000 blazes in the spring, fall and winter seasons over a 21-year period, according to new research.
After analyzing two decades' worth of U.S. government agency wildfire records spanning 1992-2012, the researchers found that human-ignited wildfires acc ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2017China detains 24 after deadly hotel fire  Sydney (AFP) Feb 13, 2017Australia fires ease as damage mounts after record heat  Albany CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2017Vegetation resilient to salvage logging after severe wildfire |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 7, 2017 
The lake where Christians believe Jesus walked on water has declined to its lowest level in a hundred years, an Israeli official said Tuesday.
The Sea of Galilee, which is actually a lake, has suffered from four consecutive years of rain shortages, Amir Givati of Israel's Water Authority told military radio.
"The situation is serious," he said. "The lake has fallen to its lowest level fo ... more Hong Kong (AFP) March 7, 2017Massive Hong Kong shark fin seizure as ban flouted  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Underwater mountains help ocean water rise from abyss  Tuwayhina, Syria (AFP) March 5, 2017Syrian farmers fear IS to flood villages near Euphrates |
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 Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017 
Winds gusting up to hurricane force battered west and central France on Monday, leaving two people dead and 600,000 homes without electricity, authorities said.
Storm Zeus - named after the paramount god in Greek mythology - hit the Atlantic coast before sweeping across to the centre and southeast of the country.
Weather experts said they measured gusts of up to 193 kilometres (120 mil ... more London (AFP) Feb 23, 2017One dead as Storm Doris hits British Isles  Los Angeles (AFP) Feb 18, 2017Four dead as 'worse storm in years' buffets California  Albuquerque (UPI) Feb 14, 2017Extreme heat threatens desert songbirds |
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 Washington (AFP) March 6, 2017 
The Trump administration's top trade advisor said Monday US trade deficits are a threat to national security that could cause the loss of American freedom and prosperity.
Outlining an unapologetically aggressive trade policy, Peter Navarro, director of the White House National Trade Council, accused economists and the media of ignoring the risk posed by trade deficits and embracing an "antiq ... more Paris (AFP) March 7, 2017Navy, shiny leather and suits: the big Paris fashion week trends  Beijing (AFP) March 7, 2017EU group says China plan 'skews' high-tech field  Shanghai (AFP) March 7, 2017Alibaba's Jack Ma blames "outdated" law for fakes |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017  New research shows solar storms leave large portions of Earth's atmosphere without electrons.
Typically, when a solar storm reaches Earth, the collision with the planet's magnetosphere creates space through which a barrage of charged particles and electrons flood the ionosphere, an outer layer of Earth's atmosphere.
In other words, solar storms are most often associated with an e ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite  Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2017Rare 'Ring of Fire' eclipse to cross Southern Hemisphere  Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2017NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 
Evolution isn't relegated to large timescales; it can be measured across timespans as small as a century. New research in Cleveland, Ohio, shows acorn ants there have quickly adjusted to rising urban temperatures.
Biologists at Case Western Reserve University found the tiny ant species is less tolerant of cold temperatures, but can safely withstand the extreme temperatures that are a pa ... more Nairobi (AFP) March 6, 2017Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya  Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017Remains of leukemia ancestor found in bat genome  San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields |
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