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  Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 Researchers have struggled to accurately model the changes to the abundant summer rains that sweep across the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known to scientists as the "North American monsoon." In a report published Oct. 9 in the journal Nature Climate Change, a team of Princeton and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers have applied a key factor in improving climate models - correcting for sea surface temperatures - to the monsoon. The repor ... read more |
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Genetically boosting the nutritional value of corn could benefit millionsBrunswick NJ (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 Rutgers scientists have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn - the world's largest commodity crop - by inserting a bacterial gene that causes it to produce a key nutrient ... more 
Sustainable irrigation may harm other development goalsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 Pursuing sustainable irrigation without significant irrigation efficiency gains could negatively impact environmental and development goals in many areas of the world, a new study has found. O ... more 
Pesticide poisoning kills 20 farmers in Indian stateMumbai (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 Twenty Indian farmers have died and hundreds of others are in hospital after inhaling poisonous pesticides while spraying crops, officials said Monday, highlighting lax safety standards in the country. ... more 
Climate change, population growth may lead to open ocean aquacultureCorvallis OR (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 A new analysis suggests that open-ocean aquaculture for three species of finfish is a viable option for industry expansion under most climate change scenarios - an option that may provide a new sour ... more |
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6.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Central Papua: USGS
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 Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes off Russian Far East, tsunami warning issued |
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Are we at a tipping point with weed control?Urbana IL (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 Imagine walking the cereal aisle at your favorite grocery store. Are you reading labels? Scanning prices? Thinking about weeds? If you're like most American consumers, weeds probably aren't at the f ... more 
Climate solution in soilStanford CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 If you want to do something about global warming, look under your feet. Managed well, soil's ability to trap carbon dioxide is potentially much greater than previously estimated, according to Stanfo ... more 
Bee-harming pesticides in 75 percent of honey worldwide: studyMiami (AFP) Oct 5, 2017 Traces of pesticides that act as nerve agents on bees have been found in 75 percent of honey worldwide, raising concern about the survival of these crucial crop pollinators, researchers said Thursday. ... more 
Win-win strategies for climate and food securityVienna, Austria (SPX) Oct 05, 2017 Climate policies that target agriculture and forests could lead to increased food prices, but reducing deforestation and increasing soil carbon sequestration in agriculture could significantly reduc ... more 
Earliest evidence for a native African cultigen discovered in Eastern SudanChicago IL (SPX) Oct 05, 2017 Archaeologists examining plant impressions within broken pottery have discovered the earliest evidence for domesticated sorghum in Africa. The evidence comes from an archaeological site (known ... more 
Setback for EU deal on hormone-disrupting chemicalsStrasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 4, 2017 The EU's efforts to regulate chemicals which can potentially disrupt the body's hormones suffered a setback on Wednesday when MEPs blocked a key proposal. ... more |
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Land grabs cause lingering SE Asia conflicts: reportStockholm (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 Three-quarters of around 50 conflicts that have erupted in Southeast Asia since 2001 pitting mining, logging or agribusiness giants against indigenous peoples protesting land grabs are still lingering today, researchers reported Tuesday. ... more 
Big rainy season leaves dozens dead in Central AmericaGuatemala City (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 An unusually intense rainy season in Central America has left dozens dead and thousands more affected by damaged or destroyed homes and roads. ... more 
EU battle heats up over controversial weedkillerBrussels (AFP) Oct 1, 2017 A battle is heating up over whether the European Union will renew at year-end the licence for glyphosate, one of the world's most widely used weedkillers that some fear causes cancer. ... more 
First global pact backing indigenous land rights launchedStockholm (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 Indigenous peoples could soon regain some control of their native forests with the creation of a new global institution dedicated to securing their land rights. ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) Oct 10, 2017 
With four days to liftoff, the next Sentinel satellite is now on the launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
The rocket will be fuelled two days before launch, set for Friday at 09:27 GMT (11:27 CEST).
The Sentinel-5P satellite has been at the cosmodrome since early September going through a series of tests and being readied for the big day. After being sealed from ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 10, 2017China launches remote sensing satellite for Venezuela  Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Satellite transmissions cease, no impact to weather mission  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017Satellites See Silicon Valley's Quick Drought Recovery |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017 
The U.S. Air Force has given their final acceptance approval to Lockheed Martin's GPS III satellite, the company announced on Tuesday.
The available for launch designation, or AFL, from the Air Force is the final stage in accepting new technology under Department of Defense regulations. Lockheed Martin's first GPS III Space Vehicle or GPS III SV01 is expected to deploy in 2018, accordin ... more Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Sep 26, 2017exactEarth Announces Agreement with Alltek Marine to Expand Small Vessel Tracking Service Offering  Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017BeiDou navigation to cover Belt and Road countries by 2018 Beijing (XNA) Sep 19, 2017China's BeiDou-3 satellites get new chips |
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 Burlington VT (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 
A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less likely to experience diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five.
Published in Nature Communications, the study is the first to quantify the connection between watershed quality and individual health outcomes of children ... more Annapolis, MD (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Predicting insect feeding preferences after deforestation  Guelph, Canada (SPX) Oct 09, 2017DNA barcoding technology helping monitor health of all-important boreal forest  Milan (AFP) Oct 8, 2017Italy's high-rise forests take root around the world |
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 Berlin (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
Nearly 100 environmental and poverty fighting groups jointly released a letter Tuesday slamming a UN proposal that backs large-scale use of biofuels in commercial planes.
Extensive burning of biofuels would vastly expand the production of palm oil, which critics say drives deforestation, higher CO2 emissions and conflicts with indigenous peoples displaced from their land.
The UN's Intern ... more Liverpool UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Breakthrough in direct activation of CO2 and CH4 into liquid fuels and chemicals  Ames IA (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Surrounded by potential: New science in converting biomass  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017A key step in synthetic fuel production from seawater patented by NRL |
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 8, 2017 
An epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across the desert heart of Australia designed to showcase new technology that could one day help develop commercial vehicles got underway Sunday.
The World Solar Challenge, first run in 1987 and last held in 2015, began in a high-tech, futuristic flurry from Darwin's State Square.
Dutch team Nuon is aiming to defend its title but Belgiu ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Statoil taps solar market in Brazil  Ituxi Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 11, 2017Solar panels shine in darkest Amazon, the 'last frontier'  Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017Solar power a clear leader, IEA report finds |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 
In December 2015, IKEA Finland signed a purchase agreement with OX2 for 13 wind turbines in Kemi, northern Finland. All the terms of the agreement have now been met and IKEA Finland has taken ownership.
"The renewal of the Kemi Ajos wind farm has been an important project for us on our path to gain energy independence. The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 10, 2017Huge energy potential in open ocean wind farms in the North Atlantic  Miami (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Wind farms in Atlantic could power the world: study  Washington (UPI) Sep 22, 2017Germany gets economic lift with wind energy |
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 Sydney (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 
Rio Tinto will return $2.5 billion to shareholders in a buyback after selling most of its Australian coal assets to China-backed Yancoal, the mining giant said Friday.
The world's second-largest miner sold Coal & Allied to Yancoal, majority-controlled by China's Yanzhou Coal, earlier this month in a divestment drive analysts expect will lead to a complete exit from the sector.
The buybac ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017First-ever U.S. coal shipment arrives in Ukraine  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 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
Nightclubs have been raided, TV dramas targeted by censors and football matches postponed - China is tightening security and discipline to ensure a landmark Communist Party meeting passes off flawlessly.
The police and censorship organs have kicked into high gear to prevent anything overshadowing the week-long, twice-a-decade congress which opens on October 18.
The gathering is expected ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 11, 2017Hong Kongers must stand up for China, says leader Lam  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 4, 2017Former Hong Kong leader appears in court over sandwich 'attack'  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Hong Kong democracy activist in court for throwing 'smelly' sandwich |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that people who are more sensitive to the passage of time are better at accounting for the latency - or time lag - inherent in remotely controlling robots or other tools.
"There are many situations, from bomb disposal to remote surgeries, in which people want to remotely control devices," says Federico Scholcover, a Ph.D. student at NC ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Mattel scraps plan for digital assistant for kids  Miami (AFP) Oct 5, 2017US spacewalkers repair aging ISS robotic arm  Hong Kong (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Servosila introduces Mobile Robots equipped with Software Defined Radio payloads |
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 Tipitapa, Nicaragua (AFP) Oct 5, 2017 
Looking tired and haggard, William Coronado pulls up before dawn with a boat full of fish on the muddy shore of Nicaragua's Lake Managua, a dumping ground for trash and waste.
"The lake is so polluted. They throw all sorts of crap into it," said the 56-year-old. "Containers, old buckets, all sorts of bags - all the junk they throw away in Managua. It's a disgrace."
Coronado spent two da ... more Tokyo (AFP) Oct 4, 2017Olympics: Tokyo 2020 water venue polluted  Gonda City, India (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Mountains of garbage and despair in India's dirtiest city  Amsterdam (AFP) Sept 27, 2017I.Coast toxic spill victims launch new Dutch court bid |
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 Santa Rosa, United States (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
Only chimneys remain.
Eerily, they seem almost intact, rising from a smoldering landscape on Tuesday in what was left of a Coffey Park neighborhood obliterated by a fast-moving inferno.
Barbara Baird and her daughter, Krysti Campbell, somberly sift through ashes of what long was their home.
In a fate shared by neighbors in their community in the Wine Country town of Santa Rosa, flame ... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Papua New Guinea supermarket fire kills 10: reports  Lisbon (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Portuguese ex-firefighter jailed for starting 2016 forest fires  Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017Satellite images show wildfire smoke spreading across United States |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 
Researchers have struggled to accurately model the changes to the abundant summer rains that sweep across the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, known to scientists as the "North American monsoon."
In a report published Oct. 9 in the journal Nature Climate Change, a team of Princeton and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers have applied a key ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2017Did rapid sea-level rise drown fossil coral reefs around Hawaii?  Wellington (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Pacific's Niue creates huge marine sanctuary  Ottawa (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Shipping, fishing killed Canada right whales: autopsy |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2017 
Twenty-three people have been killed as rainstorms battered China over the past week, destroying more than 5,200 homes and forcing the evacuation of nearly 34,000 people, authorities said Monday.
Heavy rainfall since October 1 has caused widespread damage in southwestern Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality, the central provinces of Anhui, Henan and Hubei and in northwest Shaanxi prov ... more Berlin (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Germany reels from deadly storm; Severe train disruptions  Sydney (AFP) Oct 4, 2017Sydney, Melbourne warned to prepare for 50-degree days Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2017Searing summers becoming the new normal in Europe: study |
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 New York (AFP) Oct 11, 2017 
He has worked his way through refugee camps, capturing the stories of migrants across the world. Now celebrated Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has brought the fruits of his labor to New York, scattering over 300 works across the metropolis.
Weiwei's most ambitious outdoor project to date, "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors" - which takes its name from a line in a poem by Robert Frost - formally op ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2017IMF raises China growth forecast for 2017 to 6.8 pct  Stockholm (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Outsiders challenge Chicago school for Nobel economics prize  Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2017Researchers look for ancient trade routes at the bottom of the Mediterranean |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017 
If governments and their space agencies are serious about protecting Earth from solar storms, one team of researchers argues a giant space shield is the most logical solution.
Much attention is paid to the threat of comets and asteroids. In the past, violent collisions have triggered mass extinctions. Solar storms - intense waves of high energy particles flung into space during coronal ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Scientists model magnetic storm that inspired red aurora over Kyoto  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017A RAVAN in the sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Parker Solar Probe Gets Its Revolutionary Heat Shield |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2017 
An international team of scientists have completed the 'atlas of life' - the first global review and map of every vertebrate on Earth.
Led by researchers at the University of Oxford and Tel Aviv University, the 39 scientists have produced a catalogue and atlas of the world's reptiles. By linking this atlas with existing maps for birds, mammals and amphibians, the team have found many new a ... more Baghdad (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Iraqi animal lovers go online to help save Baghdad's strays  Newark DE (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Examining the lifestyles of microbes  Newport OR (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Non-native species from Japanese tsunami aided by unlikely partner: Plastics |
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