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Chicago waterways still flowing after over 100 years![]() ![]() Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 As the city of Chicago has grown in population and industry since it was established more than 180 years ago, so has its need for clean water. Meeting that growing need has presented many challenges. Today, the Chicago Area Waterway System is a complicated network of modified rivers and canals which are used for navigation and shipping, residential and industrial wastewater management, recreation, and aesthetics. For more than 100 years, the Illinois-Michigan Canal, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship C ... read more |
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![]() Leioa, Spain (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 The journal Applied Clay Science has recently published the paper 'Sulfate soils stabilization with magnesium-based bindersa', a piece of research led by Dr Andres Seco-Meneses on the stabilizing of ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) March 8, 2017 French utility Suez said Wednesday it had teamed up with a Canadian investment fund to buy General Electric unit GE Water, building an "unparalleled" new business at a time of worsening global water scarcity. ... more ![]() ![]() 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. ... more ![]() ![]() Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 06, 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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![]() Guerima, 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 ![]() ![]() Voi, 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 ![]() ![]() Tuwayhina, 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 ![]() ![]() Champaign 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 ![]() ![]() Washington 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 ![]() ![]() Washington 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 |
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![]() ![]() Somali president declares 'national disaster' over drought ![]() ![]() Freiburg, 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 ![]() ![]() Boca 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 ![]() ![]() Paris (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 ![]() ![]() London (AFP) Feb 26, 2017 Dependent on foreign workers and subsidies from Brussels, Britain's small but important agricultural sector is losing sleep over the possible fallout from Brexit, but hopes a future outside the EU will open up new export opportunities. ... more |
![]() Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() TRIPLESAT Constellation Tasking with SpyMeSat Mobile App ![]() ![]() 'Angry' Australian summer weather smashes records ![]() ![]() NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS ![]() ![]() GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command ![]() ![]() Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system |
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![]() Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() The battle to save Bangkok's 'Green Lung' ![]() ![]() Ancient peoples shaped the Amazon rainforest ![]() ![]() Indigenous protest in Honduras marks activist's murder |
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![]() Wooster OH (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future ![]() ![]() Novel 3-D manufacturing leads to highly complex, bio-like materials ![]() ![]() Tree growth model assists breeding for more wood |
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![]() Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New study shines light on photosynthesis ![]() ![]() Gaz Metro Acquires Standard Solar ![]() ![]() Chemists create molecular 'leaf' that collects and stores solar power without solar panels |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() French, Spanish companies set for more wind power off coast of France ![]() ![]() German company to store US wind energy in batteries in Texas ![]() ![]() Breakthrough research for testing and arranging vertical axis wind turbines |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China halts N. Korea coal imports after missile test ![]() ![]() EU must shut coal plants by 2030 to meet climate pledge: study ![]() ![]() Do more to advance CCS, BHP Billiton says |
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![]() Shanghai (AFP) March 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Beijing's shanties: Towns of hope and despair ![]() ![]() Hong Kong rebel lawmakers fight parliament ban ![]() ![]() Activists gatecrash meeting of Hong Kong leadership hopeful |
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![]() Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently ![]() ![]() Switzerland taps Kongsberg for Protector weapon system ![]() ![]() Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals |
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![]() Geneva (AFP) March 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() City noise linked to hearing loss: study ![]() ![]() Bangladesh orders shutdown of city tanneries ![]() ![]() Pakistan's financial capital Karachi turned 'into rubbish bin' |
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![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China detains 24 after deadly hotel fire ![]() ![]() Australia fires ease as damage mounts after record heat ![]() ![]() Vegetation resilient to salvage logging after severe wildfire |
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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Stanford biologists identify ancient stress response in corals ![]() ![]() Chicago waterways still flowing after over 100 years ![]() ![]() Sea of Galilee water level lowest in century: official |
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![]() Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() One dead as Storm Doris hits British Isles ![]() ![]() Four dead as 'worse storm in years' buffets California ![]() ![]() Extreme heat threatens desert songbirds |
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![]() Brussels (AFP) March 8, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() White House's Navarro: trade deficit threat to national security ![]() ![]() China imports surge almost 40% on-year in February ![]() ![]() Navy, shiny leather and suits: the big Paris fashion week trends |
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![]() Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite ![]() ![]() Rare 'Ring of Fire' eclipse to cross Southern Hemisphere ![]() ![]() NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse |
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![]() Paris (AFP) March 8, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Ants adapt surprisingly quickly to rising city temperatures ![]() ![]() Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya ![]() ![]() Species appears to evolve quickly enough to endure city temperatures |
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