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  Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2017 Earth won't be able to support growing human populations without significant changes in human diets and farming efficiency. That's the conclusion of a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota. Scientists suggest shifts in food production systems - a move from conventional to organic agriculture - won't be enough to stave off environmental degradation. Researchers looked at the environmental effects of different combinations of food production systems, crops and input efficien ... read more |
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Call for more electric fences to stop elephants destroying Gabon cropsLope National Park, Gabon (AFP) June 16, 2017 For several months, electric fences have been put up in Gabon as part of a new programme to stop the country's 40,000 forest elephants from destroying crops. ... more 
Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without central controlSanta Fe NM (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 Bali's famous rice terraces, when seen from above, look like colorful mosaics because some farmers plant synchronously, while others plant at different times. The resulting fractal patterns are rare ... more 
One million sign petition for EU weedkiller banStrasbourg, France (AFP) June 15, 2017 More than one million people have signed a petition demanding the EU ban the Monsanto weedkiller glyphosate over fears it causes cancer, campaigners said Thursday. ... more 
Carrefour pulls dog meat from shelves in ChinaBeijing (AFP) June 14, 2017 French retailer Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two supermarkets in China after an outcry from animal rights groups. ... more |
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Weakening Typhoon Fung-wong exits Philippines after displacing 1.4 million
Super Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall in Philippines Over 1 million evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines Dam reservoir levels drop below 3% in Iran's second city: media Philippines evacuates one million, woman dead as super typhoon nears Japan observes tiny tsunami following 6.7 magnitude quake Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as super typhoon nears Tornado kills six, injures 750 as it wrecks southern Brazil town Winds, rain lash Philippines as super typhoon nears Tornado kills six, wrecks town in Brazil |
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Flint water scandal prompts manslaughter charge for health chiefChicago (AFP) June 14, 2017 The chief of Michigan state's health department and four others were charged with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday over the Flint water contamination scandal, the most serious criminal offenses leveled so far. ... more 
NASA Data Suggest Future May Be Rainier Than ExpectedPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 15, 2017 A new study suggests that most global climate models may underestimate the amount of rain that will fall in Earth's tropical regions as our planet continues to warm. That's because these models unde ... more  
Tropical peat forests risk turning from carbon "drains" to emittersWashington (AFP) June 14, 2017 Peat bogs in tropical forests, long key outlets for greenhouse gases, could dry up due to farming and global warming, further accelerating climate change and putting more pressure on wetlands, a study out Monday found. ... more 
Dairy dispute sours Belarus-Russia relationsMinsk (AFP) June 14, 2017 A spat between Russia and Belarus seems to have spilt over into the dairy sector, as Moscow has whipped up a conflict that is pushing its neighbour to export its products to China. ... more 
Bee buzzes could help determine how to save their decreasing populationWashington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 According to recent studies, declines in wild and managed bee populations threaten the pollination of flowers in more than 85 percent of flowering plants and 75 percent of agricultural crops worldwi ... more 
New-generation material removes iodine from waterHanover NH (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new material that scrubs iodine from water for the first time. The breakthrough could hold the key to cleaning radioactive waste in nuclear reactors ... more |
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 One Man's Shoes Help NASA Explain Water Clarity 
Spain's 'jamon' conquers ChinaJabugo, Spain (AFP) June 11, 2017 The aroma is so extraordinary it's like "a punch in your mouth" says Luqi Wu, one of several Chinese businessmen standing in a cellar in southwestern Spain surrounded by thousands of hanging ham legs. ... more 
Scientists design laser to kill weedsWashington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 In a quest to become heroes to yard workers everywhere, a team of German researchers are developing a laser gun to kill weeds. ... more 
Culls, poultry transport ban as S. Korea fights bird flu outbreakSeoul (AFP) June 7, 2017 South Korea has imposed a temporary nationwide ban on poultry transportation as it struggles to contain an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 virus, which has led to the slaughter of some 190,000 birds. ... more 
Study predicts where global warming is likely to spark food violenceWashington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 Global warming is likely to trigger a higher frequency of extreme weather - longer, hotter droughts and more intense flooding. Regions of Africa and the Middle East are expected to become too hot and dry to sustain large human populations. ... more |
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  Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
Designed to operate for five years, Airbus's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite TerraSAR-X has achieved ten years of flawless operations in orbit providing high-resolution radar images in all weather conditions 24 hours a day.
Developed and constructed by Airbus Defence and Space teams from Friedrichshafen for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the satellite orbits at a height of 514 ... more Cotonou (AFP) June 18, 2017Free mapping: plotting development in Africa  Paris (ESA) Jun 16, 2017Satellites forewarn of locust plagues  Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017NASA satellites image, measure Florida's extreme rainfall |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017 
The Indian government will soon require all aircraft registered to fly in India to use Gagan, the country's own navigation system. The notification for this will be issued in the next few weeks and will be effective from January 2019.
The availability of Gagan signal in space will bridge the gap between European Union's EGNOS and Japan's MSAS coverage areas, thereby offering seamless navig ... more Beijing (XNA) Jun 14, 2017BDS Precise Service System covers over 300 Chinese cities  Paris (ESA) Jun 09, 2017Galileo grows: two more satellites join working constellation  Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2017GIS is a powerful tool that should be used with caution |
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 Oslo (AFP) June 19, 2017 
Religious leaders around the world met Monday in Oslo to urge further efforts to fight deforestation that is wiping out thousands of square kilometres of rainforests each year.
Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist and Jewish leaders are meeting indigenous people affected by deforestation as well as experts on climate change and human rights over three days to devise an interfaith acti ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Peatlands, already dwindling, could face further losses Washington (AFP) June 14, 2017Tropical peat forests risk turning from carbon "drains" to emitters  Czerlonka, Pologne (AFP) June 8, 2017Activists block logging in Poland's ancient forest |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
Some biodegradable plastics could in the future be made using sugar and carbon dioxide, replacing unsustainable plastics made from crude oil, following research by scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath.
Polycarbonates from sugars offer a more sustainable alternative to traditional polycarbonate from BPA, however the process uses a ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Turning car plastics into foams with coconut oil  Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Scientists use new technique to recycle plant material into stock chemicals  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 07, 2017Splitting carbon dioxide using low-cost catalyst materials |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
Miniaturized devices such as microsensors often require an independent, equally miniaturized power supply. Searching for suitable systems, Japanese scientists have now developed a fully integrated microfluidic device that produces hydrogen fuel and converts it into electrical energy based on photocatalysis. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, it works fully autonomously and delivers ... more Beaverton OR (SPX) Jun 15, 2017Urban Solar lands UL approval for entire product line  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 15, 2017Solar paint offers endless energy from water vapor  Huddersfield UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2017New technology will enable properties to share solar energy |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
There might be a better way to use wind power, according to a recent paper in IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (JAS), a joint publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Chinese Association of Automation.
Scientists from the University of Rhode Island, Florida Atlantic University, USA, and Wuhan University, China, teamed up to find a way to optim ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2017ADB: Asia-Pacific growth tied to renewables  Anaheim, CA (SPX) May 28, 2017GE Energy Financial Services Surpasses $15 Billion in Renewable Energy Investments  Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017U.S. states taking up wind energy mantle |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a technology for obtaining liquid fuel from coal wastes for thermal power stations (TPSs). This fuel is ten times more environmentally friendly that will make it possible to resolve two problems at once: to reduce the amount of anthropogenic emissions of TPSs and efficiently dispose wastes from coal processing and beneficiation. The res ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Researchers compute their way toward cleaner coal plants  Sydney (AFP) June 11, 2017Foreign bidding war for Rio's Australia coal mines  Sydney (AFP) June 6, 2017India's Adani to start work on mine near Great Barrier Reef |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2017 
Standing in a dimly-lit gallery space in China's National Museum, the owner of the world's only privately-held Vermeer gazed at the small oil painting for a long moment, before showing it to the assembled press.
Since American billionaire Tom Kaplan purchased the piece in 2008, it has spent most of its time on loan to various museums around the world.
When the investor - who made his fo ... more Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2017China executives tied to Communist Party critic convicted  Hong Kong (AFP) June 15, 2017Hong Kong freedoms being eroded: Patten Beijing (AFP) June 15, 2017Billionaire shakes China's elite with online theatrics |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
"Deep Learning" computer systems, based on artificial neural networks that mimic the way the brain learns from an accumulation of examples, have become a hot topic in computer science. In addition to enabling technologies such as face- and voice-recognition software, these systems could scour vast amounts of medical data to find patterns that could be useful diagnostically, or scan chemical form ... more Washington (AFP) June 14, 2017Facebook gives bots ability to negotiate, compromise  San Francisco (AFP) June 7, 2017Apple wants to rock the market with HomePod, faces challenges  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence |
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 Algiers (AFP) June 19, 2017 
It's a rubbish job, but someone has to do it. Or some animal: in the alleyways of Algiers' famed Kasbah, donkeys shift tonnes of trash every day.
Some streets in the Kasbah are so narrow that single file is necessary. Others are wider but are steep and stepped, ruling out more usual rubbish collection methods.
Hence the resort to animal power to keep this World Heritage Site clean.
U ... more New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants  Tunis (AFP) June 13, 2017'Green police' to battle Tunisia trash scourge  Beirut (AFP) June 13, 2017Garbage dumped in sea off Lebanon sparks outrage |
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 Pedr�g�o Grande, Portugal (AFP) June 19, 2017  More than 1,000 firefighters were on Monday battling to get control of a massive forest fire that swept through central Portugal at the weekend, as the nation mourned the 64 killed in the flames.
Many victims were burnt as they were trapped in their cars around the epicentre of the blaze in Pedrogao Grande, in what is the deadliest such disaster in Portugal's recent history.
"Portugal we ... more Cape Town (AFP) June 8, 2017Thousands evacuated in South Africa as storm fans fires Cape Town (AFP) June 8, 2017Thousands evacuated in South Africa as storm fans fires  Moscow (AFP) May 25, 2017Three die in raging Siberia wildfires in Russia |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
In a classic tale of science taking twists and turns before coming to a conclusion, two teams of researchers - one a group of theorists and the other, experimentalists - have worked together to solve a chemical puzzle that may one day lead to cleaner air and renewable fuel.
The scientists' ultimate goal is to convert harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere into beneficial liquid fue ... more Los Angeles (AFP) June 18, 2017Hawaiian canoe comes home after epic round-the-world odyssey  Washington (AFP) June 20, 2017Global coral bleaching may be ending, US agency says  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Amazonia's future will be jeopardized by dams |
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 Paris (AFP) June 19, 2017 
Climate change will sharply boost the frequency of lethal heatwaves even if humanity caps global warming at two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the core goal of the Paris Agreement, scientists said Monday.
Fulfilling that 196-nation pledge would, by 2100, still leave nearly half the world's population exposed at least once a year to bouts of heat and humidity that have proven deadl ... more Dhaka (AFP) June 18, 2017Fresh landslides hit Bangladesh, kill four in their homes  Madrid (AFP) June 16, 2017Spanish school kids seek heat relief... in funeral home  Santiago (AFP) June 17, 2017Fierce storm in Chile kills four, wreaks havoc |
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 Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2017 
Japan unexpectedly slumped back into a trade deficit for the first time in four months, as soaring energy import bills offset growth in the country's shipments abroad, government data showed Monday.
Japan logged a surprise deficit of 203 billion yen ($1.8 billion), the first red ink in four months, according to data from the finance ministry, despite market expectations for a surplus.
"C ... more Washington (AFP) June 19, 2017NAFTA renegotiation may extend into 2018: US official  Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2017IMF raises China growth forecast, urges faster reforms  Conakry (AFP) June 14, 2017French miner signs Guinea bauxite deal with Franco-Asian consortium |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 
On May 25, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun. The lunar transit lasted almost an hour, between 2:24 and 3:17 p.m. EDT, with the moon covering about 89 percent of the sun at the peak of its journey across the sun's face. The moon's crisp horizon can be seen from this view because the moon has n ... more Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017NASA renames Solar mission to honor Eugene Parker  Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2017  Scientists have quantified the ecological impact of mass wildebeest drownings in the Kenyan reach of the Mara River. Drowned wildebeest provide a dramatic boost to the Mara River ecosystem, they say.
"The Mara River intersects one of the largest overland migrations in the world," Amanda Subalusky, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, said in a news relea ... more Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 16, 2017$1.2 million of pangolin scales seized in Malaysia  Washington (UPI) Jun 15, 2017Distantly related fish species still look and act similarly, study shows  Hong Kong (AFP) June 14, 2017Hong Kong launches ivory ban bill |
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