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  London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 A type of bacteria accidentally discovered during research supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) could fundamentally re-shape efforts to cut the huge amount of electricity consumed during wastewater clean-up. The discovery has upended a century of conventional thinking. The microorganisms -'comammox' (complete ammonia oxidising) bacteria - can completely turn ammonia into nitrates. Traditionally, this vital step in removing nitrogen from wastewater has involve ... read more |
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WSU findings point way to more nutritious cropsPullman WA (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Almost every calorie that we eat at one time went through the veins of a plant. If a plant's circulatory system could be rejiggered to make more nutrients available - through bigger seeds or sweeter ... more 
Flint water settlement orders lead pipes replacedChicago (AFP) March 28, 2017 A federal judge on Tuesday approved a $97 million settlement in a lawsuit over drinking water contamination in the US city of Flint, Michigan, requiring that all lead pipes be replaced. ... more  
Number of Kenyans going hungry doubles to 3 mln: Red CrossNairobi (AFP) March 28, 2017 The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the impact of a devastating drought worsens. ... more 
Brazil says meat exports back in business post-scandalBras�lia (AFP) March 28, 2017 Brazil sought to swallow the last of the scandal surrounding its tainted meat exports Tuesday as top beef buyer Hong Kong resumed imports - the final major market to lift its ban, the government said. ... more |
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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 Texas floods: Misinformation across political spectrum sows confusion Death toll in Texas floods climbs to 108, with more rain expected Almost half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought |
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Brazil tainted meat: Three key markets resume importsBrasilia (AFP) March 25, 2017 Brazil won a major victory Saturday in the fight to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with key markets China, Egypt and Chile lifting their bans on its products. ... more 
One in four children will live with water shortages by 2040: UNICEFUnited Nations, United States March 22, 2017 Approximately one in four children worldwide will live in regions with extremely scarce water resources by 2040, UNICEF said in a report Wednesday. ... more 
Wastewater key to solving global water crisis: UNParis (AFP) March 22, 2017 Recycling the world's wastewater, almost all of which goes untreated, would ease global water shortages while protecting the environment, the United Nations said in a major report Wednesday. ... more 
Water carriers in Madagascar bear brunt of global crisisAntananarivo (AFP) March 22, 2017 As usual, they get up before dawn and, one by one, place their cans in a neat row at the base of the water pump, ready for another long day of waiting and carrying. ... more  
EU clears Dow-DuPont chemicals mega-mergerBrussels (AFP) March 27, 2017 The EU on Monday approved a $130 billion mega-merger of US agro-chemicals giants Dow Chemical and DuPont, paving the way for major consolidation in a sensitive sector for farmers and the environment. ... more  
'Lab-on-a-glove' could bring nerve-agent detection to a wearer's fingertipsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 There's a reason why farmers wear protective gear when applying organophosphate pesticides. The substances are very effective at getting rid of unwanted bugs, but they can also make people sick. ... more |
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 In war-scarred Gaza, water pollution behind health woes 
Study of non-rainfall water in Namib Desert reveals unexpected originsIndianapolis IN (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 In a study conducted in one of the world's oldest and most biologically diverse deserts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis scientists explore the origins of water other than rainfall ... more 
Under the dead sea, warnings of dire droughtNew York NY (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Nearly 1,000 feet below the bed of the Dead Sea, scientists have found evidence that during past warm periods, the Mideast has suffered drought on scales never recorded by humans - a possible warnin ... more 
Cloaked in rags and dust, Somalis flee looming famineBaidoa, Somalia (AFP) March 20, 2017 Mariam Ibrahim, her seven children and two neighbouring families were the last to leave their village in southwestern Somalia. ... more 
China bans Brazil meat in health scare: BrasiliaBrasilia (AFP) March 20, 2017 Brazil said Monday that China had suspended imports of meat from the South American country over police claims that Brazilian exporters had sold tainted products. ... more |
  Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 
A team of academics led by the University of Leicester has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene.
Geological critics of a formalised Anthropocene have alleged that the idea did not arise from geology; that there is simply not enough physical evidence for it as strata; that it is based more on the future than on the past; that it is m ... more Beijing (XNA) Mar 27, 2017China to launch new weather satellite in second half of 2017  Paris (AFP) March 27, 2017Climate-addled jet streams boost drought, flood: study  Durham NC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Satellites reveal bird habitat loss in California |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
Using a satnav to get to your destination 'switches off' parts of the brain that would otherwise be used to simulate different routes, reveals new UCL research.
The study, published in Nature Communications and funded by Wellcome, involved 24 volunteers navigating a simulation of Soho in central London while undergoing brain scans. The researchers investigated activity in the hippocampus, ... more London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say  Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017DevOps process reduces GPS OCX development time for Raytheon  Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
Dust from as far away as the Gobi Desert in Asia is providing more nutrients than previously thought for plants, including giant sequoias, in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, a team of scientists, including several from the University of California, Riverside, have found.
The scientists found that dust from the Gobi Desert and the Central Valley of California contributed more phosphor ... more Ohio State UniversityForests fight global warming in many ways  Bogor, Indonesia (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Reconsider the impact of trees on water cycles and climate, scientists ask  Santiago (AFP) March 18, 2017Late US billionaire's record land gift lays Chile row to rest |
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 Jakarta (AFP) March 20, 2017 
Brightly coloured wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil scene in the normally chaotic Indonesian capital Jakarta.
Residents have transformed the "kampung", as traditional neighbourhoods are known in Indonesia, into a model of clean and green living in an effort to fight off the threat of eviction.
Tongkol kampung was once much ... more Upton NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Chemists ID catalytic 'key' for converting CO2 to methanol  Upton NY (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Study IDs link between sugar signaling and regulation of oil production in plants  Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 
Rice University scientists have created an efficient, simple-to-manufacture oxygen-evolution catalyst that pairs well with semiconductors for solar water splitting, the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy in the form of hydrogen and oxygen.
The lab of Kenton Whitmire, a Rice professor of chemistry, teamed up with researchers at the University of Houston and discovered that growin ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Nanomaterials that makes harvesting sunlight easier  Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017New Stanford study calls for US solar policy reform  Billings MT (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Colstrip bill risks shutting door to Montana's renewable power future |
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Danish plans to build one of the larger wind farms in European territorial waters are in line with competition and environmental goals there, a governing body said.
Denmark in February told the European Commission it was offering state-backed premiums for the price of electricity to support the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm. Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner in charge of ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017North Carolina offshore wind hailed as job creator Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017North Carolina ready for offshore wind energy auction  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Flagship English Channel wind farm nears completion |
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 Mumbai (AFP) March 19, 2017 
India's Adani Enterprises says work on a giant coal mine near Australia's Great Barrier Reef will begin in August despite mounting opposition to the long-delayed project, local media reported Sunday.
The controversial $16 billion Carmichael mine - destined to be one of the world's biggest - has encountered numerous regulatory and legal hurdles, leading to over six years of delays.
Comp ... morePrague (AFP) March 19, 2017Czech energy group bucks green trend with bet on coal Washington (AFP) March 17, 2017World Bank indirectly backs harmful SE Asian projects: report  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 201717 killed in China coal mine accident: state media |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 26, 2017  Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam pledged Sunday to mend political rifts after winning a vote dismissed as a sham by democracy activists who fear the loss of the city's cherished freedoms.
The former career civil servant was chosen as next chief executive of the semi-autonomous city by a mainly pro-China committee. She was widely seen as Beijing's favourite candidate.
Her main rival, ex- ... moreHong Kong (AFP) March 26, 2017Beijing favourite Lam wins Hong Kong leadership  Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2017Australia-based professor blocked from leaving China  Hong Kong (AFP) March 27, 2017Hong Kong targets activists day after vote |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 
In this age of smartphones and tablet computers, touch-sensitive surfaces are everywhere. They're also brittle, as people with cracked phone screens everywhere can attest. Covering a robot - or an airplane or a bridge - with sensors will require a technology that is both flexible and cost-effective to manufacture in bulk. A team of researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligenc ... more Washington (AFP) March 26, 2017Tech world debate on robots and jobs heats up  Sendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Quadruped robot exhibits spontaneous changes in step with speed  Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017Kraken Sonar Systems gains funding for robotics project |
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2017 
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday unveiled a grand plan to clean up the French capital, putting teeth into the campaign by stepping up enforcement operations.
The city will be "uncompromising with those who sully the public space," she said, addressing one of the main complaints of residents and tourists alike.
The Socialist mayor said the squad of police handing out fines - dubbed the ... more Bogota (AFP) March 27, 2017Colombian town votes against gold mine, in vain  Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Rocks that tell our industrial history  Minneapolis, MN (SPX) Mar 23, 2017'Super sponge' promises effective toxic clean-up of lakes and more |
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 Santiago (AFP) March 13, 2017 
Some 6,000 people began returning home Monday after a forest fire forced their evacuation over the weekend, sweeping through central Chile and destroying more than a dozen dwellings, local authorities said.
The blaze began in forested areas of Vina del Mar, a popular resort area in the Valparaiso region, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Santiago, where hundreds of poor families live i ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Humans sparked 84 percent of US wildfires, increased fire season over 2 decades  Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2017China detains 24 after deadly hotel fire  Sydney (AFP) Feb 13, 2017Australia fires ease as damage mounts after record heat |
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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests. Phytoplankton, which also act as an essential food supply for fish, can increase the rate at which they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen while in warmer water temperatures, a long-running experiment shows.
Monitoring of one species, a green ... more Brussels (AFP) March 26, 2017Brexit plunges EU fishing into troubled waters  Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Corals die as global warming collides with local weather in the South China Sea  London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Chance find has big implications for water treatment's costs |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
With tornado season fast approaching or already underway in vulnerable states throughout the U.S., new supercomputer simulations are giving meteorologists unprecedented insight into the structure of monstrous thunderstorms and tornadoes. One such recent simulation recreates a tornado-producing supercell thunderstorm that left a path of destruction over the Central Great Plains in 2011.
The ... more Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017French storm Zeus leaves two dead, 600,000 homes without power  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 |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
Fair trade certified coffee is the kind of phrase that sounds good on a Whole Foods shelf, the type of marketing that merges first world affluence with third world resource. For the average consumer, it implies fairness in labor and wealth, the idea that small producers profit directly from the products and goods they produce.
The reality is far more complex, says Lindsay Naylor, assistant ... more Geneva (AFP) March 28, 2017WTO hands China partial win over EU in poultry spat  Sydney (AFP) March 24, 2017China inks $4.6 billion deal for Australia mine project  Brussels (AFP) March 27, 2017EU clears Dow-DuPont chemicals mega-merger |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have discovered Rossby waves on the sun. The large-scale planetary waves were first discovered on Earth.
On Earth, Rossby waves are correlated with local weather events. On the sun, scientists suggest the waves could influence solar activity and related phenomena, like sunspots and solar flares.
"The discovery of magnetiz ... more Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The Sun  Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Planetary waves, first found on Earth, are discovered on sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017NASA's SDO sees a stretch of spotless Sun |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 
Even as the population of an endangered species declines more broadly, the species can become locally abundant. But as new research shows, locally abundant but geographically isolated endangered species are at significant risk of extinction.
Endangered species are most vulnerable to man-made pressures when they're backed into a corner. When isolated, species become easy targets for hunt ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017What triggers salmon migrations?  Phnom Penh (AFP) March 25, 2017Wild elephants rescued from muddy bomb crater in Cambodia  Millbrook NY (SPX) Mar 23, 2017It's a fish eat tree world |
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