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  Jerusalem (AFP) April 6, 2017 The Dead Sea was to come alive with music and an extravagant light show Thursday with a concert by electro pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre to draw attention to its shrinking water levels. Jarre was set to take the stage in front of the ancient Masada fortress next to the Dead Sea late Thursday for a show that will include a range of performers and stretch into the wee hours of Friday. He told AFP in an interview this week that he hoped the concert would contribute to "the resistance against all the Tr ... read more |
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Where the Jordan stops flowingTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 A new study conducted at Tel Aviv University and published in the journal Water Research argues that Israel's Jordan River may be a useful case study for the challenges facing stream restoration ini ... more  
EU approves Syngenta-ChemChina mega-dealBrussels (AFP) April 5, 2017 EU antitrust authorities on Wednesday cleared state-owned ChemChina's 40-billion-euro ($43-billion) takeover of Swiss seeds giant Syngenta, the biggest ever overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm. ... more  
Drought shatters Turkana's dreams of a better futureLokamarinyang, Kenya (AFP) April 5, 2017 In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations of poverty and neglect in Kenya's arid north would end. ... more 
'Weather whiplash' triggered by changing climate will degrade Midwest's drinking waterLawrence KS (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 One consequence of global climate change is the likelihood of more extreme seesawing between drought and flood, a phenomenon dubbed "weather whiplash." Now, researchers at the University of Ka ... more |
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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 Thousands told to stay home as Spain forest fire rages Forest fire blazes in southern France Thousands told to stay home as Spain forest fire rages on Rescuers on horseback, with dogs search for Texas flood victims |
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Australia floods: 'I don't know what I am going to do'Logan City, Australia (AFP) April 2, 2017 People in North Maclean are used to floods. But few in the small farming community in eastern Australia can remember a deluge as bad as this one. ... more 
Steering towards grazing fieldsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 It makes sense that a 1,200 pound Angus cow would place quite a lot of pressure on the ground on which it walks. But a new study shows that even these heavy beasts can't do much to compact common so ... more 
New rice strain could help farmers predetermine harvest timeTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 A new strain of rice that flowers within a certain period of time after being sprayed with commercial chemicals commonly used to protect rice from fungal diseases is now available, say Japanese scie ... more 
Newly characterized protein has potential to save US farmers millions annuallyChampaign IL (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 Instead of turning carbon into food, many plants accidentally make a plant-toxic compound during photosynthesis that is recycled through a process called photorespiration. University of Illinois and ... more 
Mathematical framework explains diverse plant stem formsBoston MA (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 It is well known that as plants grow, their stems and shoots respond to outside signals like light and gravity. But if plants all have similar stimuli, why are there so many different plant shapes? ... more 
Dairy farmers should rethink a cow's curfewVancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 Dairy cows housed indoors want to break curfew and roam free, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia, published in Scientific Reports. The study measured how much work d ... more |
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 Internationally traded crops are shrinking globe's underground aquifers 
A slice of luxury: Hong Kong's high-end fruit fadHong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2017 It might be a healthy food choice, but Hong Kong's latest fruit fad is doing serious damage to shoppers' wallets. ... more 
Making cows more environmentally friendlyKew, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) and the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt have published a paper revealing an important di ... more 
Biodiversity loss shifts flowering phenology at same magnitude as global warmingNew York NY (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 Researchers have revealed that declining plant diversity - from habitat loss, human use, and other environmental pressures - causes plants to flower earlier, and that the effects of diversity loss o ... more 
DuPont to sell parts of pesticide business to clear path for Dow mergerWashington (AFP) March 31, 2017 US chemical giant DuPont said Friday it will sell off some of its pesticide business in exchange for FMC's health and nutrition business as a step towards clearing regulatory hurdles to its merger with Dow. ... more |
  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Aerosols are collections of fine particles, either biological or of other types, in suspension in a gaseous medium. They play a major role in cloud formation and therefore have a strong impact on climate models. They are however extremely hard to study due to the small size and immense variety of their constituent particles.
But researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerlan ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Monitoring pollen using an aircraft  Paris (AFP) April 4, 2017How Britain became an island  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA spacecraft investigate clues in radiation belts |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 04, 2017 
China's home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will expand its cooperation to Thailand and Sri Lanka, and then to the entire Southeast Asia, in a bid to go global, the system's operator has said.
Du Li, general manager of Wuhan Optics Valley BeiDou Holding Group Co., told Xinhua recently that his company will continue to explore models for international scientific and technica ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017ISRO Beams in Private Firm to Make Two Satellites for Navigation  London, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Satnavs 'switch off' parts of the brain  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say |
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 London (AFP) April 5, 2017 
The first ever global database of trees on Wednesday revealed that 9,600 tree species are threatened with extinction and identified a total of 60,065 in existence.
Brazil is the country with the most diverse tree population, with 8,715 species, according to the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) group.
It also has the largest number of tree species - 4,333 - that only ex ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Emissions from the edge of the forest  Newark DE (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Methane emissions from trees  Columbus OH (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Forests fight global warming in many ways |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Billions of pounds of plastic waste are littering the world's oceans. Now, a Ph.D. organic chemist and a sailboat captain report that they are developing a process to reuse certain plastics, transforming them from worthless trash into a valuable diesel fuel with a small mobile reactor. They envision the technology could someday be implemented globally on land and possibly placed on boats to conv ... more New Delhi (AFP) March 31, 2017Shell unveils giant new high-tech research lab in India  Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Scientists engineer sugarcane to produce biodiesel, more sugar for ethanol  Bochum, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Hydrogen production: This is how green algae assemble their enzymes |
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 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 
After having developed various algorithms and control systems and having applied them in a whole range of fields, such as robotics, control of motors in electric machines, and in wind generators, the UPV/EHU's Advanced Control Group has proven that one of the methods, a sliding mode controller, offers good results in the control of photovoltaic generators, too.
"It's a kind of innovative, ... more Golden CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Report shines light on installed costs and deployment barriers for residential solar PV  Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017Report: Global renewable power capacity expanding  Pompano Beach FL (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Concept, SolarTech team up next-gen solar panels |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017 
The decline in energy sector emissions and emerging grid parity for renewables shows a shift to a low-carbon economy isn't a "pipe dream," a U.N. panel found.
A report from a United Nations' panel aimed at encouraging a broad-based shift toward renewable energy finds that 2016 was the third year in a row that emissions declined at the same time the global economy expanded.
The mu ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Mega-wind farm offshore Denmark clears hurdle  Tokyo (AFP) March 29, 2017Japan scientist eyes energy burst from 'typhoon turbine'  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017North Carolina offshore wind hailed as job creator |
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 Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017 
US environmental groups and a Native American tribe have filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration's plans to resume leasing of federal lands for coal mining.
President Donald Trump's move this week to overturn a year-old moratorium on new coal mining leases "was unlawful because it doesn't satisfy basic principles of reasoned decision making," said Jenny Harbine, an attorney leading ... more Mumbai (AFP) March 19, 2017Adani to begin work on Australia mine by August: report Prague (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 |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) April 5, 2017 
Federal agents in California on Wednesday raided two homes and a business allegedly connected to a $50 million visa fraud scheme that benefited up to 100 Chinese nationals.
Authorities said the key suspects in the case helped wealthy Chinese obtain residency visas in the United States in exchange for bogus investments.
According to an affidavit by an FBI agent involved in the probe, Vict ... more Hong Kong (AFP) April 3, 2017Hong Kong anti-graft body arrests 72 over vote-rigging  Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2017Billionaire Warren Buffet becomes face of Coke in China  Hong Kong (AFP) April 2, 2017Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Evolutionary robotics is a new exciting area of research which draws on Darwinian evolutionary principles to automatically develop autonomous robots. In a new research article published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, researchers add more complexity to the field by demonstrating for the first time that just like in biological evolution, embodied robot evolution is impacted by epigenetic factors ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017NASA Robotic Refueling Mission Departs Station  Paris (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Electronic synapses that can learn: towards an artificial brain?  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean Worlds |
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 Shanghai (AFP) April 6, 2017 
Li Chaoqing fled his poverty-stricken Chinese hometown at age 14 for a new life in Shanghai, where he raised five children in a disused old boat on a polluted river.
But Li, now a 53-year-old garbage collector, faces eviction along with about 200 other squatters living in decaying vessels on the Xinchapu River as officials push a river clean-up campaign.
China's financial heart has long ... moreLondon (AFP) April 4, 2017London to impose new charges to cut 'lethal' pollution  Paris (AFP) April 3, 2017Surge in coal pollution led to smaller newborns: study  San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Upcycling 'fast fashion' to reduce waste and pollution |
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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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 Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving common salts has been achieved. New research demonstrates the real-world potential of providing clean drinking water for millions of people who struggle to access adequate clean water sources.
Th ... more Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Where the Jordan stops flowing  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017L3 Technologies acquires autonomous underwater robot manufacturer  Lawrence KS (SPX) Mar 31, 2017'Weather whiplash' triggered by changing climate will degrade Midwest's drinking water |
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 Wellington (AFP) April 6, 2017 
The remnants of a deadly Australian cyclone caused havoc as it passed over New Zealand Thursday, causing "one-in-500-year" flooding that forced an entire town to be evacuated.
The former Tropical Cyclone Debbie continued to pack a punch despite being downgraded to a low pressure system after crossing the Tasman Sea, dumping a month's worth of rain on some areas of the North Island in less th ... more Madrid (AFP) March 30, 2017Two dead in Tenerife after giant wave sweeps them away  Madison WI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017A scientist and a supercomputer re-create a tornado Paris (AFP) March 6, 2017French storm Zeus leaves two dead, 600,000 homes without power |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 6, 2017  Developing Asian countries will drive the world economy in the next two years, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday, but it warned of uncertainties from the United States and Europe.
Its flagship Asian Development Outlook said India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam will be behind an expected 5.7 percent increase in Asia-Pacific gross domestic product, with China's expansion seen moderati ... more Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017Trump seeks limits on visa program favored by tech sector  Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2017China to create new economic zone outside Beijing Beijing (AFP) April 4, 2017China plan for new economic zone sparks real estate frenzy |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Magnetic reconnection, a universal process that triggers solar flares and northern lights and can disrupt cell phone service and fusion experiments, occurs much faster than theory says that it should. Now researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Germany's Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics have discovered a source of the speed-up in ... more Boston MA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Next Stop: A Trip Inside the Sun's Atmosphere  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Waves on sun give NASA new insight into space weather forecasting  Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The Sun |
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 Chitwan, Nepal (AFP) April 3, 2017  Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number of the vulnerable animals, which are prized by wildlife poachers.
Five rhinos - one male and four female - will be released into a national park in Nepal's far west over the coming week in the hope of establishing a new breeding group.
The first, a large male estimated ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Testing effects of 'noise' on the decision-making abilities of slime mold  Merced CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Research shows global photosynthesis on the rise  Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Biochar provides high-definition electron pathways in soil |
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