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  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 Until now, scientists have struggled to explain the zig-zagging motion of air bubbles rising through water. New research suggests patterns can be explained by the bubbles' rotation. Scientists have known of the phenomenon since the 1600s, when Leonard Da Vinci first documented bubbles' nonlinear tendencies. But for four-plus centuries, researchers have failed to explain it. Experiments by scientists at the researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands and Tsinghua University ... read more |
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Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardensMexico City (AFP) Aug 18, 2017 Roberto Altamirano has the lake to himself as he casts his glistening net onto the still water in a perfect circle, lets it sink, then slowly pulls it in. ... more  
Incomplete drought recovery may be the new normalWashington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 The amount of time it takes for an ecosystem to recover from a drought is an important measure of a drought's severity. During the 20th century, the total area of land affected by drought increased, ... more  
Climate change will cut crop yields: studyMiami (AFP) Aug 15, 2017 Climate change will have a negative effect on key crops such as wheat, rice, and maize, according to a major scientific report out Tuesday that reviewed 70 prior studies on global warming and agriculture. ... more 
Oceans possess vast, untapped potential for sustainable aquacultureSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Covering 70 percent of Earth's surface, the world's oceans are vast and deep. So vast, in fact, that nearly every coastal country has the potential to meet its own domestic seafood needs through aqu ... more |
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6.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Central Papua: USGS
Philippines 'ghost' flood projects leave residents stranded Strong quake off Russia Far East, tsunami alert issued Europe, Mediterranean coast saw record drought in August: AFP analysis of EU data Philippine lawmaker quits top job as graft probe moves forward Floods devastate India's breadbasket of Punjab Landslides kill 12 after eastern Malaysia deluges Philippines president says corruption scandal protests justified Philippines commission to probe widening flood project scandal Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning lifted |
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Efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture paying off slowlyWaterloo, UK (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Efforts by farmers to reduce the amount of fertilizer that reaches drinking water sources can take years to have a positive impact, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo. Th ... more 
'Inefficient' sailing fleet keeps oyster fishery aliveExeter UK (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 Oyster stocks in a Cornish fishery are sustained thanks to "inefficient" traditional fishing methods, new research suggests. The Fal oyster fishery is home to the only sail-driven commercial fishing ... more  
3 lions shot after escaping from South Africa's Kruger ParkJohannesburg (AFP) July 13, 2017 Three male lions that escaped over the weekend from South Africa's Kruger National Park have been shot dead after a farmer found them eating his cattle, officials said Thursday. ... more 
Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demandLos Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017 Over nearly a century Disney has exported US culture across the globe, but the company was astonished to find one slice of Americana wildly popular in China - the turkey leg. ... more 
Experts point finger at Dutch oversight agency in egg scandalThe Hague (AFP) Aug 12, 2017 Years of cuts at the Dutch food watchdog agency and a tendency among politicians to put economics ahead of public safety may be to blame for the EU's tainted-egg scandal that has spread as far as Hong Kong. ... more 
By attacking queen bumblebee, pesticide threatens colony: studyParis (AFP) Aug 14, 2017 A common pesticide used on crops compromises a queen bumblebee's ability to lay eggs, threatening her colony with extinction, according to a study released Monday. ... more |
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 Can offshore fish farming feed a hungry world?
Hong Kong, Switzerland, 15 EU states hit by egg scandal: EUBrussels (AFP) Aug 11, 2017 Insecticide-tainted eggs from European poultry farms have now been found in Hong Kong and Switzerland as well as 15 EU countries, the European Commission said Friday. ... more  
Global warming alters timing of floods in Europe: studyWashington (AFP) Aug 10, 2017 Global warming is altering the timing of floods in Europe, making some rivers swell early and others later than usual, a phenomenon that impacts farming and daily life across the region, researchers said Thursday. ... more 
Cracking the code of megapestsCanberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 For the first time, researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have mapped the complete genome of two closely related megapests potentially sav ... more 
Dramatic changes needed in farming practices to keep pace with climate changeLancaster UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2017 Major changes in agricultural practices will be required to offset increases in nutrient losses due to climate change, according to research published by a Lancaster University-led team. To co ... more |
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  Toulouse, France (SPX) Aug 14, 2017 
MetOp-C is the third and final satellite of the first generation of MetOp polar-orbiting meteorological satellites.
The payload module of MetOp-C, developed and built by Airbus in Germany, was delivered to Toulouse after it completed a series of tests at ESTEC, the technical centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
The satellite, weighing in at four to ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Ozone treaty taking a bite out of US greenhouse gas emissions  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA-led airborne mission studies storm intensification in northern hemisphere  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2017 
Harris has delivered its third navigation package to Lockheed Martin for use on U.S. Air Force GPS III satellites expected to first launch next year.
The navigation system is mostly digital and has computers and atomic clocks shielded against radiation.
"We are now in full production and on target to deliver the fourth GPS III navigation payload to Lockheed Martin this fall," Har ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system  Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Lockheed Martin Begins Modernizing Receivers for U.S. Air Force's GPS Signal Monitoring Stations  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems |
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 Warsaw, Poland (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
It will take two years to clear the tens of thousands of trees smashed by the weekend storms that devastated Poland's forests, the country's forest service said Wednesday.
"We're dealing with what is undoubtedly the worst disaster in the history of Polish - and perhaps even European - forestry," Poland's chief forester, Konrad Tomaszewski, told reporters.
The storms that hit Poland ove ... more Brasilia (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Brazilian tribes celebrate court ruling on land rights  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Drought-affected trees die from hydraulic failure and carbon starvation  Jena, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Humans have been altering tropical forests for at least 45,000 years |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 
The prickly pear cactus is such a powerful symbol in Mexico that they put it smack in the middle of the national flag.
It was considered sacred by the ancient Aztecs, and modern-day Mexicans eat it, drink it, and even use it in medicines and shampoos.
Now scientists have come up with a new use for the bright green plant: producing renewable energy.
Instantly recognizable with its jum ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Additive selectively converts CO2 to multicarbon fuels  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017New light-activated catalyst grabs CO2 to make ingredients for fuel  Houston TX (SPX) Jul 31, 2017Biochar could clear the air in more ways than one |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017 
Lakes and ponds used by water utilities have long been viewed with a single purpose: holding water. Now a handful of pioneering water utilities are looking at their aquatic real estate with a new purpose in mind: solar energy generation.
Large-scale floating solar projects have been installed in Japan and China, as well as on ponds at California wineries. But solar energy has remained p ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 09, 2017ABB wins $30 million order to support integration of renewables in Germany  Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2017Work begins in carbon-free site in Dubai  Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Solar glasses generate solar power |
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 Richland WA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017 
The same technology that enables soldiers to see in the dark can also help protect birds and bats near offshore wind turbines. Night vision goggles use thermal imaging, which captures infrared light that's invisible to the human eye. Now, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are using thermal imaging to help birds and bats near offshore wind farms.
... more Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Norway's Statoil reshapes hold of giant wind farm off the British coast  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Vertical axis wind turbines can offer cheaper electricity for urban and suburban areas  Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2017Annual wind report confirms tech advancements, improved performance, low wind prices |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017 
The construction of new coal-fired power plants will be "strictly controlled" in order to clean up the nation's economy, the Chinese government said Monday.
The National Development and Reform Commission said about 150 million kilowatts of new coal-fired power will be halted or postponed under a five-year plan ending in 2020. The government said controls would ensure clean-energy resour ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017Russian scientist says leave coal in the ground  Washington (UPI) Aug 9, 2017Coal production gains slowing, U.S. report finds Washington (UPI) Aug 7, 2017Profits for Chinese coal producers soar |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
China on Wednesday denied violations of religious freedom after the United States accused Beijing of persecuting Christians, Muslims, Falun Gong members and Tibetan Buddhists in an annual report.
"All Chinese people of all ethnic groups and all regions are fully entitled to religious belief. The so-called report ignores facts," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular pres ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Hong Kong activists fear more jailings; As Beijing defends crackdown Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Hong Kong activists defiant in face of possible jail term  Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2017Street joints and empires in noodle-crazed Hong Kong |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017 
Northrop Grumman will demonstrate autonomous unmanned undersea and unmanned surface vehicles at the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise at the Naval Surface Warfare Center this week.
The demonstration will coordinate multiple undersea and surface autonomous vehicles alongside an aerial vehicle to collect targeting data for enemy seabed infrastructure, followed by an undersea vehicle enga ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017SSL and NASA complete preliminary design review for on-orbit robotic servicing spacecraft  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2017Why humans find faulty robots more likeable  Washington (AFP) Aug 3, 2017Mishap doesn't dampen enthusiasm for security robots |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
A 128-nation treaty to curb exposure to the dangerous heavy metal mercury entered into force Wednesday, the United Nations announced on the convention's website.
Adopted in 2013, the Minamata Convention on Mercury was named for the Japanese fishing town in which thousands were poisoned by the deadly element in the mid-20th century.
The toll was caused by discharge from a chemical factory ... more Ottawa (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Canada looking to add environmental protections to NAFTA  Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites  Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand |
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 Lisbon (AFP) Aug 16, 2017 
Portugal's police said Wednesday they had arrested 61 suspected arsonists so far this year, with fires on the rise and figures showing the largest number of people killed in forest blazes since 2003.
This year's fires, as well as killing more than 60 people and injuring hundreds more, have destroyed 141,000 hectares, civil protection officials said, citing provisional figures.
That comes ... more Macao, Portugal (AFP) Aug 17, 2017Wildfires trap 2,000 villagers in Portugal  Athens (AFP) Aug 15, 2017Greece asks EU for air support to battle fires  Stockholm (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Fires hit Greenland after record temperatures; Corsica and Portugal ablaze |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 
This past week marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of a revolutionary ocean research vessel - a space "ship." As the NASA/CNES Topex-Poseidon satellite ascended into orbit, it ushered in a new era of oceanography with the first highly accurate, global measurements of sea levels.
That mission and its three successors, all named Jason, have continuously mapped global ocean currents and ... more Cape Cod MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2017New technique offers clues to measure the deoxygenation of the ocean  Cambridge, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 17, 2017Ancient ocean deoxygenation provides an urgent warning |
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 Bunia, DR Congo (AFP) Aug 17, 2017 
A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 40 people, a regional official said Thursday.
Part of a mountain engulfed "a fisherman's camp after heavy rains caused a landslide" the deputy governor of Ituri province, Pacifique Keta, told AFP.
He said 40 people were killed in the disaster in the village of Tora o ... more Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Los Angeles tests cooling pavement paint to beat heat  Freetown (AFP) Aug 14, 2017312 dead as mudslides, flooding sweep through Sierra Leone capital  Beijing (AFP) Aug 8, 2017Landslide in southwest China kills eight, 17 missing |
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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 18, 2017  Australia is set to regulate virtual currency exchanges such as Bitcoin and strengthen the powers of its financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC as it cracks down on money laundering and terrorism financing.
The changes came two weeks after AUSTRAC took the country's biggest bank, the Commonwealth, to court for alleged "serious and systemic non-compliance" of money laundering and terror financ ... more Sydney (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Australia's Crown says all staff held in China now free  Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2017Trump ups ante with China, orders inquiry over trade ties  Tokyo (AFP) Aug 16, 2017Warning from history: Could Japan-style crash hit China |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 17, 2017 
Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique perspective on this space weather event. Scientists working on ESA's Mars Express were looking forward to investigating the effects of the close encounter of Comet Siding Spring on the Red Planet's atmosph ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 17, 2017NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2017Studying the sun's atmosphere with the total solar eclipse of 2017  Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2017NASA taps citizen scientists to help study eclipse |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2017  Almost 35 years after the lost "Hunter Island" penguin was discovered, scientists have determined the species never actually existed.
New analysis suggests the specimen, unearthed on Tasmania's Hunter Island in 1983, is comprised of bones from three living penguin species.
The revelation was made possible by new techniques for extracting and analyzing ancient DNA samples. Scienti ... moreMexico City (AFP) July 19, 2017Star chefs in Mexico to defend biodiversity  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Bacteria passed from mom to offspring is most beneficial, study shows  Niamey (AFP) July 13, 2017Villagers in Niger 'massacre' 27 hippos |
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