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  Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2017 Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta, recently taken over by ChemChina, said there should be a wide-scale debate on what constitutes "sustainable agriculture" in face of a number of current controversies over pesticides. "We have a lot of discussions about specific products. I think it's really important to step back and have a real discussion with the government, and with NGOs and academics about what is a sustainable agriculture," Syngenta chief executive Eryk Fyrwald told AFP in an interview. ... read more |
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At Dubai expo, Chinese firms look to tap lucrative halal marketDubai (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 Standing behind her stall at a Dubai exhibition centre, Dai Dong He offered passersby what looked like carefully wrapped biscuits or chocolates. ... more 
Research finds roots use chemical 'photos' to coordinate growthMelbourne FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 Though it may look haphazard, the network of intertwining plant roots snaking through the soil actually represents a deliberate process. Root growth is guided by chemical snapshots taken by the youn ... more 
Climate change threatens Latin America coffee producersWashington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Climate change is threatening the Latin American zones most favorable for growing coffee, according to a study out Monday that warns seed production could drop by nearly 90 percent by 2050. ... more 
Latvia tweets no room for mushroom hunters on army baseRiga (AFP) Sept 10, 2017 Latvia's armed forces took to Twitter this weekend to warn sneaky mushroom-pickers against venturing onto restricted training ranges where they run the risk of getting shot or even blown up while seeking the perfect fungi. ... 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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EU chamber urges China to lift cheese banBeijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 China should reconsider its decision to suspend imports of some types of cheese, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said Monday. ... more 
Parched Jordan starts growing vegetables in Aqaba, Jordan (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 Jordan, a water-poor country that is 90-percent desert, on Thursday launched a project to turn its sand dunes into farming land to produce food using sun and sea water. ... more  
130-tonne 'monster fatberg' clogs London sewerLondon (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Sewage workers have found a 130-tonne ball of congealed fat - dubbed a "monster fatberg" - clogging a Victorian-era sewer in London, utility company Thames Water said Tuesday. ... more 
Foodies cheesed off as China says 'non' to France's finestBeijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2017 Fans of French cheeses in China have received news they may find hard to digest: the country's food hygiene authorities have turned their noses up at some people's favourite fare, blocking imports of Camembert, Brie and Roquefort. ... more 
Your tap water may contain plastic, researchers warnParis (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 People may be ingesting between 3,000 and 4,000 microparticles of plastic from tap water every year, according to a study published Wednesday based on samples from 14 countries. ... more 
Scientists developed 'smart fertilizer'Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 According to the head of the works Tatiana Volova, Professor of SibFU and the Head of Laboratory in the Institute of Biophysics KSC of SB RAS, development of a new generation of drugs with the use o ... more |
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 Italy's drought seen from space 
Don't be salty - tiny tubes desalinate water one molecule at a timeChicago IL (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 Earth is 70 percent water, but only a tiny portion - 0.007 percent - is available to drink. As potable water sources dwindle, global population increases every year. One potential solution to ... more 
Your tap water may contain plastic, researchers warnParis (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 People may be ingesting between 3,000 and 4,000 microparticles of plastic from tap water every year, said a study Wednesday based on samples from 14 countries. ... more 
prices jump as Irma approaches FloridaNew York (AFP) Sept 5, 2017 Orange juice prices jumped in New York on Tuesday as Hurricane Irma's approach cast a shadow over the citrus-producing US state of Florida. ... more 
Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and nightHanover NH (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 Researchers have identified a set of genes that help control early drought response in a popular global crop. The pioneering study, conducted by Dartmouth College, the University of Wyoming, and the ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) Sep 19, 2017 
In the 1960s, photographs of Earth taken by the first astronauts captured the imaginations of people across the world. The pictures not only became icons for space exploration, but also the fragility of our planet. But astronauts were not the only ones with their eyes on Earth.
Satellites flying hundreds of kilometres above our heads continually capture images of our planet and deliver a w ... more Washington DC (UPI) Sep 18, 2017Dust devils contribute large amount of particulate matter to atmospheres of Earth, Mars  El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017Boeing to Design and Build Seven Medium Earth Orbit Satellites for SES  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Team gathers unprecedented data on atmosphere's organic chemistry |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 19, 2017 
A new chip for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was unveiled on Saturday by the Global Navigation Satellite System and Location Based Service (GNSS and LBS) Association of China (GLAC).
The chip supports the new generation of BeiDou-3 satellites for high-precision navigation and positioning. The positioning accuracy of the chip reaches the sub-meter level without ground-based a ... more Denver CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2017US Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin GPS M-Code Early Use Ground System Upgrade Contract  Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Arianespace to orbit four Galileo satellites on two Ariane 62 launches  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Sep 18, 2017Top 5 Businesses in Ireland that Need GPS Tracking and Location-Sharing |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017  Every day, New England loses an average of 65 acres of forest to development.
The statistic is one of several worrying trends detailed in the newest Wildlands and Woodlands, Farmlands and Communities report, published periodically by Harvard Forest, a research institute at Harvard University.
"The incremental chipping away of forest and farmland by scattered development is hard t ... more Porto-Novoa Benin (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Restored forest now shelters dozens of endangered species  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Researchers discover new tree genus in the Andes  Warsaw (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Poland accuses EU's top court of bias in primeval forest case |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
The shampoo you washed your hair with this morning. The balloons for the party. Refrigerators and sunglasses, medicine and mosquito repellent, guitar strings and fishing lures. These - and thousands of other products we use every day - contain chemicals made from petroleum. But researchers at the University of Delaware can now offer manufacturers a much sweeter alternative to this fossil fuel. ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 13, 2017How to draw electricity from the bloodstream  Bethlehem PA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017A new way to directly convert methane to methanol using gold-palladium nanoparticles  Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2017China aims to extend ethanol fuel usage countrywide by 2020 |
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 Dubai (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 
The Gulf desert emirate of Dubai on Saturday announced the award of a $3.8-billion contract for the final phase of a solar park aimed at generating 5,000 megawatts of electricity by 2030.
The local government said the contract for the fourth and final phase went to Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Electric and ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia.
The solar park named after Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Moha ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017Chinese solar panel manufacturer claims a quarter of India's market  Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2017Obama-era solar power program reaches goal early  (UPI) Sep 19, 2017French company Total steps into solar energy market |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2017 
Kimberly-Clark, a paper-based personal care production company, said today that it will now get about a third of its power needs met by wind power in Texas and Oklahoma.
The company, which has its headquarters in Texas, announced it has agreed to purchase 245 megawatts worth of electricity from two new wind power projects in Texas and Oklahoma. That's the equivalent of about one-third o ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Finding better wind energy potential with the new European Wind Atlas  Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2017Last of the 67 turbines for a British wind farm installed  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Light-based method makes remote wind measurements easier and more accurate |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017 
The first batch of U.S. coal sent to Ukraine could open additional doors for bilateral energy trade, the Ukrainian minister of infrastructure said.
Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said Friday that, after declaring a state of emergency because of coal blockades in eastern Ukraine, his country was supported with the arrival of U.S. coal.
"My dream is that other ships coming from United ... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Rio completes Australia coal mines sale to China's Yancoal  Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2017In a first, U.S. ships coal to Ukraine  Washington (UPI) Aug 14, 2017China to strictly control new coal-fired power capacity |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 
The jailing of Hong Kong's best-known democracy activists has pushed a new wave of young leaders to take the helm as they seek to keep the movement's message alive.
Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, who carved out international reputations with their campaigning, were both sent to prison last month in what rights groups slammed as politically motivated prosecutions.
Alongside fellow activist A ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2017China tightens restrictions on religious freedom  Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2017Pregnant woman's suicide roils China  Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2017China cracks down on pyramid scams after deaths |
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 Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Orbital ATK reports significant progress on the industry's first commercial in-space satellite servicing system. The (MEV-1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier this year and is now in production with about 75% of the platform and payload components already delivered to the company's Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Virginia.
The spacecraft will begin ... more Houston TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Artificial 'skin' gives robotic hand a sense of touch  Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2017NASA awards SSL new funding for Dragonfly on-orbit assembly program  Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2017New Japanese sniffs out smelly feet |
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 Athens (AFP) Sept 11, 2017 
Canada's Eldorado Gold announced early Monday it would suspend investment in mining operations in Greece due to what it said were delays by the Greek government in issuing permits.
Despite repeated attempts by the company and its Greek subsidiary to talk to the government, "delays continue in issuing routine permits and licences for the construction and development of the Skouries and Olympi ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2017Brexit a step away from pollution commitments, U.N. envoy says  London (AFP) Sept 11, 2017UN slams UK government over 'plague' of air pollution  Colombo (AFP) Sept 1, 2017Sri Lanka bans plastic after garbage crisis |
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 Lisbon (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 
A Portuguese former firefighter has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for having started forest fires in central Portugal last year, a regional court announced Tuesday.
He was found guilty of arson for igniting nine fires between July and September 2016 in the Castelo Branco region with its forests of eucalyptus trees, which are particularly flammable.
The biggest blaze in ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Satellite images show wildfire smoke spreading across United States  Marseille (AFP) Sept 3, 2017Arson suspected as fire in southeast France brought under control  Montreal (AFP) Sept 1, 2017State of emergency extended in western Canada over wildfires |
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 Tetiaroa, France (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 
An exotic island paradise in French Polynesia bought by Marlon Brando in the sixties is using its Hollywood image to tackle environmental issues - with a little help from its jet-set visitors.
The tiny, palm-fringed atoll of Tetiaroa was once a favourite holiday spot for Tahitian royalty before the late American movie star fell in love with it while filming "Mutiny on the Bounty" in 1961 on ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017Rogue wave could have downed El Faro cargo ship, research shows  Sydney (AFP) Sept 18, 2017Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017SubSea Craft to display Diver Delivery Unit at DSEI 2017 |
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 Bucharest (AFP) Sept 17, 2017 
A storm packing powerful winds ripped off roofs and toppled trees in Romania on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring dozens more, authorities and witnesses said.
With gusts that reached nearly 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour, the storm pounded the area around the western city of Timisoara before heading north toward Ukraine.
Most of the victims were outside when the winds swept in ... more Manila (AFP) Sept 12, 2017At least three dead, six missing, as storm hits Philippines  Berlin (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Storm kills three people in Germany  Rome (AFP) Sept 10, 2017Family drowns as violent storms thrash Italy |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 
Chinese bank loans rebounded in August to hit 1.09 trillion yuan ($166 billion), beating analysts' expectations as demand was buoyed by home buyers.
The figure was up from 825.5 billion yuan in July according to the Chinese central bank, and exceeded forecasts from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, although it remains far below the 1.54 trillion yuan loaned by banks in in June.
However, th ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Top Chinese bitcoin exchange shuts down  Tallinn (AFP) Sept 15, 2017France slams Silicon Valley for skirting tax in Europe  San Jose (AFP) Sept 15, 2017Chinese FM talks up trade on Central America visit |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured dramatic images of a significant solar flare that peaked at 12:06 p.m. EDT Sunday.
The space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the sun on a constant basis and captured the significant solar flare classified as X8.2-class.
X-class identifies the most intense solar flares and the number provides additional information about its s ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2017NASA captures images of strong solar flares  Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2017NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017 
Scientists from the Wolf Science Center of the Vetmeduni Vienna have shown that wolves understand the connection between cause and effect better than dogs.
The study, published today in Scientific Reports, found that domesticated dogs could not make the connection between cause and effect when tested with an object that contained food made noise when shaken, but wolves could.
Res ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017Monarch butterflies disappearing from western US  Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Scientists create alternate evolutionary histories in a test tube  Quito (AFP) Sept 13, 2017'Extinct' giant tortoise to be bred in captivity |
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