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  Moscow (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 Lake Baikal is undergoing its gravest crisis in recent history, experts say, as the government bans the catching of a signature fish that has lived in the world's deepest lake for centuries but is now under threat. Holding one-fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water, Baikal in Russia's Siberia is a natural wonder of "exceptional value to evolutionary science" meriting its listing as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Baikal's high biodiversity includes over 3,600 plant and animal species, most o ... read more |
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Cool roofs have water saving benefits tooBerkeley CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 The energy and climate benefits of cool roofs have been well established: By reflecting rather than absorbing the sun's energy, light-colored roofs keep buildings, cities, and even the entire planet ... more 
Rainfall trends in arid regions buck commonly held climate change theoriesBristol UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 The recent intense hurricanes in the Atlantic have sharply focused attention on how climate change can exacerbate extreme weather events. Scientific research suggests that global warming cause ... more 
Researchers make headway in desalination technologyChampaign IL (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Engineers at the University of Illinois have taken a step forward in developing a saltwater desalination process that is potentially cheaper than reverse osmosis and borrows from battery technology. ... more 
Clear lakes disguise impaired water qualityMinneapolis MN (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Looks can be deceiving. Look at a hundred lakes in the agricultural heartland of the United States and you will likely see green lakes surrounded by green fields. The nitrogen and phosphorus in agri ... more |
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Japan's flagship H3 rocket fails to launch satellite
Japan vote moves world's biggest nuclear plant closer to restart IMF approves $206 mn aid to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah Flights cancelled, roads flooded as rare storm soaks UAE Sri Lanka plans $1.6 bn in cyclone recovery spending in 2026 Brazil megacity Sao Paulo struck by fresh water crisis Indonesians reeling from flood devastation plea for global help Levee break near Seattle prompts evacuation order Flash flood kills dozens in Morocco town At least 20 dead in eastern Bolivia floods |
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New Delhi shuts power plant in fight against Diwali smogNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 India's environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality plummeted in the world's most polluted capital on Wednesday, the start of the Diwali festival. ... more 
Active sieving could improve dialysis and water purification filtersWashington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Physicists from Ecole Normale Superieure and Paris Science and Letters University in France have proven theoretically that active sieving, as opposed to its passive counterpart, can improve the sepa ... more 
Wither heavy stormsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 The Colorado River tumbles through varied landscapes, draining watersheds from seven western states. This 1,450-mile-long system is a critical water supply for agriculture, industry and municipaliti ... more  
Little growth observed in India's methane emissionsBristol UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas and concentrations are rising in the atmosphere. Because of its potency and quick decay in the atmosphere, countries have recognised that reduction ... more 
Toward efficient high-pressure desalinationBoston MA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 today use a process called reverse osmosis (RO), which forces water through huge rolls of membranes, leaving the salt behind. One of the most expensive operational challenges for such plants is the ... more  
Echoes of war as S. Korean grannies on protest front linesBusan, South Korea (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 A powerful US missile system installed in South Korea to defend it from the nuclear-armed North made international headlines this year. But the stars of a film about the project are the grandmothers who found themselves living next to some of the world's most advanced weapons. ... more |
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 'Thirsty protests' hit Morocco over water shortages
India to close colonial-era military farmsAllahabad, India (AFP) Oct 15, 2017 Under a hot afternoon sun workers scrub down cows at the Allahabad Military Farm, the latest hangover of India's colonial past being forced into the 21st century. ... more 
Smallscale farmers try to solve Amazon's big problemsMedio Purus Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 15, 2017 In western Brazil's Amazon, the very people tasked with looking after the world's greatest rainforest are themselves wondering if they have a future. ... more  
More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: studyMiami (AFP) Oct 16, 2017 Planting more trees, farming more sustainably and conserving wetlands could significantly slash the amount of carbon emissions that humanity spews into the atmosphere through fossil fuel use, researchers said Monday. ... 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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  Saint Louis MO (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
As devastating wildfires continue to rage in the western U.S. and Canada, a team of environmental engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered that light-absorbing organic particulate matter, also known as brown carbon aerosol, in wildfire smoke loses its ability to absorb sunlight the longer it remains in the atmosphere.
Rajan Chakrabarty, assistant professor, and Brent ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017China, France plan to launch first joint oceanic satellite in 2018  Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2017Sentinel-5P: satellite in excellent health  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Study reveals new threat to the ozone layer |
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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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 Panama City, Panama (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
Ask someone to draw a tree and s/he will invariably draw a trunk and branches - leaving the roots out of the picture. In a unique study of tropical tree roots at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute published in PLOS ONE, roots accounted for almost 30 percent of the total biomass of young trees. The authors hope that future estimates of carbon storage and water-use by tropical forests wil ... more Medio Purus Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Conservation cutbacks put Brazil's Amazon animals at risk Miami (AFP) Oct 16, 2017More trees, better farming could slash carbon emissions: study  Woods Hole MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Carbon feedback from forest soils will accelerate global warming |
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 Styria, Austria (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 
Biofuels obtained from biomass are becoming increasingly important. Apart from biomethane, however, they cannot be produced efficiently, cheaply and sustainably since the current technological complexity and costs are still too high. Partly to blame is cellulose, a polysaccharide and plant constituent which is not water soluble and thus difficult to process.
Typically, biorefineries use a ... more Leuven, Belgium (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Separating methane and CO2 will become more efficient  Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using water, electricity  Liverpool UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Breakthrough in direct activation of CO2 and CH4 into liquid fuels and chemicals |
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 Binghamton NY (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have created a micro-scale biological solar cell that generates a higher power density for longer than any existing cell of its kind.
A microfluidic lab-on-a-chip system that generates its own power is essential for stand-alone, independent, self-sustainable point-of-care diagnostic devices to work in limited-resource and r ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2017SCE monopoly abuse of power prompts the necessity of off-grid inventions  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Think laterally to sidestep production problems  Cayce SC (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Clean Energy Collective Starts Construction on SCE and G Community Solar Facilities |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Australia's international wind energy company Windlab Limited will begin construction of the innovative $160 million Kennedy Energy Park hybrid renewable energy project, after securing financing from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. The project is owned by Kennedy Energy Park Holdings Pty Ltd, a joint venture between Windlab and Eurus Energy Holdin ... more Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Oct 18, 2017A kite that might fly  Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2017Scotland outreach to Canada yields wind energy investment  Edinburgh (AFP) Oct 18, 2017First floating wind farm starts operation in Scotland |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 17, 2017 
U.S. coal production in the first half of the year is slightly lower than last year, but still holds an edge as an electricity source, the government said.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported total U.S. coal production during the first half of the year was slightly lower than the same time last year, but higher than the first half 2016. The EIA's report said declines in ... more Sydney (AFP) Sept 22, 2017Rio in massive share buyback after coal mines sale  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 |
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 Shanghai (AFP) Oct 20, 2017  The Shanghai site of the first Chinese Communist congress 96 years ago might be expected to draw admiring crowds as the party gathers in Beijing for its 19th such meeting.
But despite a nationwide propaganda blitz for China's most important political gathering, only a few scattered elderly comprise the noon rush at what is now a small museum, and visitor Cai Tian thinks he knows why.
"Th ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Echoes of Mao: China Communist Party fawns over 'Xi thought'  Beijing (AFP) Oct 16, 2017Chinese businesses herald Communist congress by closing shop  Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2017Xi's eyes and ears in Beijing: Red-armband army of 'volunteers' |
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 Sussex UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 
Scientists have invented a way to morph liquid metal into physical shapes.
Researchers at the University of Sussex and Swansea University have applied electrical charges to manipulate liquid metal into 2D shapes such as letters and a heart.
The team says the findings represent an "extremely promising" new class of materials that can be programmed to seamlessly change shape. This open ... more San Francisco (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Samsung's revamped Bixby takes on Amazon Alexa  Singapore (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Emma the robot masseuse gets to work in Singapore  Miami (AFP) Oct 5, 2017US spacewalkers repair aging ISS robotic arm |
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 Sonipat, India (AFP) Oct 19, 2017  As Hindus across India celebrate Diwali this week, scientists fear a ban on firecrackers and other emergency anti-pollution measures deployed by authorities may not be enough to prevent a repeat of last year's "airpocalypse" in Delhi.
Each year, as winter descends on the Indian capital, a perfect storm of seasonal crop stubble burning, dense cloud cover and smoke generated by millions of fir ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report  New Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Delhi chokes on toxic haze despite Diwali fireworks ban  Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Smog defies China's Communist Party congress |
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 Lisbon (AFP) Oct 18, 2017 
Portugal's interior minister has been replaced amid criticism over the government's handling of a series of deadly forest fires that have killed more than 100 people in four months.
Constanca Urbano de Sousa handed her resignation to socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa Wednesday, bowing to increasing political pressure as the death toll mounted.
"After this summer, nothing can remain ... more Lisbon (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Portugal forest fires death toll rises to 43  Lisbon (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Portugal forest fires death toll rises to 44  Madrid (AFP) Oct 16, 2017Six killed in Spain, Portugal as wildfires fanned by hurricane |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Resilient species of coral can move to inhospitable areas and lay the foundations for new reefs, a study shows.
Scientists have discovered that these tough, mobile corals can create their own stable habitats, which act as a base upon which other species can attach and build reefs.
These hardy corals - known as coralliths - grow on pebbles or fragments of dead reefs, and they can surv ... more Hasankeyf, Turkey (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Ancient Turkish town prepares to vanish under floodwaters Minneapolis MN (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Clear lakes disguise impaired water quality  Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017Coral study: Previous warming period inspired sea level rise in fits and starts |
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 Tanjung Bungah, Malaysia (AFP) Oct 21, 2017 
Three foreign workers were killed and 11 others were missing Saturday after a landslide at a construction site on the popular Malaysian tourist island of Penang, officials said.
Huge mounds of earth slipped off a hillside in the morning and buried the men as they worked on two apartment blocks.
About 160 rescuers were deployed to hunt for the workers, and police said that the bodies of t ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Twenty-three killed in China rainstorms: ministry  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 |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017  China's economy slowed marginally in the third quarter but is well on course to beat the government's annual target, cementing President Xi Jinping's standing as he prepares to be handed a second term in power at a Communist Party conclave.
The world's number two economy expanded 6.8 percent in July-September, but while the figures released on Thursday were slightly down from the 6.9 percent ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Cognac craze in US, China prompts Hennessy expansion  Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2017China's Xi vows open economy, investors want action  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 22, 2017Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong's historic trading floor |
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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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 Nijmegen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Since 1989, in 63 nature reserves in Germany the total biomass of flying insects has decreased by more than 75 percent. This decrease has long been suspected but has turned out to be more severe than previously thought. Ecologists from Radboud University together with German and English colleagues published these findings in the scientific journal PLoS ONE on October 18th.
In recent years, ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017Adaptation never stops as study challenges long-established theory  Managua (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Nicaragua to sign Paris climate accord: president  Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Navigational view of the brain thanks to powerful X-rays |
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