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  Bordeaux (AFP) June 21, 2017 This is the wine industry's new normal: heavy rains, floods, hailstones, drought and sometimes even frost. Wine makers who once took great pleasure in competing against each other to offer the best wine on the market are now locked in a duel with mother nature to simply save the vines they manage to grow. In just the past few years, rising temperatures have devastated crops in warmer climates worldwide. Last year in Australia and Chile, for example, an unprecedented heatwave sparked forest f ... read more |
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China opens gates to US beef importsBeijing (AFP) June 21, 2017 China opened its gates to US beef imports this week, giving American cattle farmers much sought-after access to the country's massive market following a 14-year ban. ... more  
Starvation looms as food runs out in drought-hit EthiopiaWarder, Ethiopia (AFP) June 22, 2017 The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and forced hundreds of thousands into camps: sima, which means "equalised". ... more 
Shots fired in Australia's war on food wasteSydney (AFP) June 18, 2017 Australia's first recycled supermarket is giving food destined for landfills a second chance, as the government embarks on a major push to cut down on waste costing the economy Aus$20 billion (US$15 billion) a year. ... more 
Highly safe biocontainment strategy hopes to encourage greater use of GMOsHiroshima, Japan (SPX) Jun 21, 2017 Use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) - microorganisms not found in the natural world but developed in labs for their beneficial characteristics - is a contentious issue. For while GMOs ... 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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China 'backyard' pig farmers squeezed as sector scales upBeijing (AFP) June 18, 2017 Walking through swarms of flies at his piggery on the outskirts of Beijing, Liu Jin shows off 1,500 hormone-free black hogs raised for China's growing organic meat market. ... more
Waste not, want notWashington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2017 Making a living raising cattle isn't as simple as just buying a herd and turning it out to pasture. Cattle require specific diets to maintain proper nutrition and weight gain. And how to do this in ... more 
Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee outputParis (AFP) June 19, 2017 Climate change could wipe out more than half of Ethiopia's coffee production unless farmers move to higher ground, scientists warned Monday. ... more 
Study: To save planet, humans must alter diet and farming methodsWashington (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. ... more 
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 
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 |
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 Carrefour pulls dog meat from shelves in China 
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  
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 |
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  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
Three million measurement points in one square kilometer: Prof. Xiaoxiang Zhu and her team have set a world record in information retrieval from satellite data. Thanks to new algorithms, the researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) succeeded in making four-dimensional point clouds of Berlin, Las Vegas, Paris and Washington, D.C. from images stacks of the TerraSAR-X radar satelli ... more Paris, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Sofradir designs supersize near infrared detector for space observation  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Making waves with the hot electrons within Earth's radiation belts  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Bangladesh's heavy rainfall examined with NASA's IMERG |
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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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017New reports confirm near-perfect performance record for civil GPS service  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 |
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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 Warsaw (AFP) June 21, 2017Poland says primeval forest should not be UNESCO natural heritage site  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 |
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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 Champaign IL (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Corn better used as food than biofuel  Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Discovery could lead to sustainable ethanol made from carbon dioxide  Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Researchers produce biofuel for conventional diesel engines |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded an off-grid technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to turn salt water into fresh drinking water. The desalination system, which uses a combination of membrane distillation technology and light-harvesting nanophotonics, is the first major innovation from the Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment ( ... more Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Using sunlight to the max  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Solar heating could cover over 80 percent of domestic heating requirements in Nordic countries  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Photopower for microlabs |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
With over 20 years in sustainable investment, Thrive Renewables, (previously Triodos Renewables) has provided mezzanine loans for two wind farms in Scotland that will have a combined total capacity of 11.5MW which will generate and deliver clean, smart energy to the UK grid. Once built, these projects will be able to generate enough green electricity for 7,760[1] homes.
In partnership with ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 12, 2017It's a breeze: How to harness the power of the wind  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 |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 20, 2017 
Rio Tinto Tuesday recommended China-backed Yancoal as the buyer of most of its Australian coal mines, rebuffing a surprise higher bid from commodities giant Glencore earlier this month.
The world's second-largest miner said in January it was selling Coal & Allied to Yancoal Australia - majority-controlled by China's Yanzhou Coal - for US$2.45 billion.
But Glencore, which like Yancoal a ... more Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Coal waste fuel may reduce anthropogenic emissions  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 |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 19, 2017 
Gruelling foot drills and camouflage uniforms are part of life for some Hong Kongers as military-style youth groups become increasingly popular, despite the fact there is no army to join.
Some follow the traditions of former British colonial forces, while others are newly invented military-flavoured boot camps designed to keep young people in shape.
But as the semi-autonomous city prepar ... more Beijing (AFP) June 20, 2017China shames jaywalkers through facial recognition  Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2017China executives tied to Communist Party critic convicted Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2017US billionaire brings Dutch painters to China's masses |
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 Redwood City CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
The exponential increase in the use of connected real-time sensors to surface streaming data in the age of the Internet of Things presents significant challenges and opportunities for the emerging field of streaming analytics. Detection of anomalies in streaming data, in particular, has becoming an increasingly important application across a large number of industries for critical use cases - ra ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Learning with light: New system allows optical 'deep learning'  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 |
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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 Hanoi (AFP) June 21, 2017Vietnam environment official sacked over mass fish kill  Islamabad (AFP) June 22, 2017Pakistani citizens gasp for clean air  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants |
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 Pedrogao Grande, Portugal (AFP) June 20, 2017 
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa Tuesday led calls to know why a highway now dubbed the "road of death" - where most of the 64 victims of a giant forest fire perished - had not been blocked off, as questions mounted over the disaster management response.
More than 1,000 firefighters still battled to control the flames which broke out in the central Pedrogao Grande region over the we ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017Wildfires pollute much more than previously thought  Pedr�g�o Grande, Portugal (AFP) June 19, 2017'Portugal weeps' as deadly forest fire rages Cape Town (AFP) June 8, 2017Thousands evacuated in South Africa as storm fans fires |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) June 18, 2017 
A traditional double-hulled canoe has returned to Hawaii after concluding a three-year epic journey around the globe, the first trip of its kind by such a boat.
The Hokule'a vessel and its crew entered the marina at Honolulu's Magic Island peninsula on Saturday after sailing more than 40,000 nautical miles (74,000 kilometres) since its departure from the island of Oahu in 2014.
Large cro ... more Washington (AFP) June 20, 2017Global coral bleaching may be ending, US agency says  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 20, 2017A changing climate affects plankton populations  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Amazonia's future will be jeopardized by dams |
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 Dhaka (AFP) June 20, 2017 
Lightning strikes have killed at least 22 people in Bangladesh in the last 48 hours, authorities said Tuesday, a week after monsoon rains triggered a series of deadly landslides in the country.
The deaths came as storms swept the country on Sunday and Monday, the head of the disaster management department Reaz Ahmed told AFP.
Among the dead were a couple and their young daughter who were ... more Los Angeles (AFP) June 20, 2017Grounded flights, fires and power outages as temps soar in US Paris (AFP) June 21, 2017Heatwave scorches Europe, from London to Siberia Paris (AFP) June 19, 2017Even 2C warming means more killer heatwaves: study |
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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  Yangon (AFP) June 20, 2017China freezes bank accounts of over 100 Myanmar traders  Conakry (AFP) June 14, 2017French miner signs Guinea bauxite deal with Franco-Asian consortium |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
Are you wondering what the total solar eclipse in late summer will look like from your patio? Or where to travel to get the best view of the eclipse?
You can enter the ZIP code or name of your city or town and see an animation of how the Sun will move across the sky over a three-hour period - sped up 1,000 or 4,000 times - and how much of a bite will be taken out of the Sun by the eclipsin ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017NASA's SDO sees partial eclipse in space  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 |
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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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