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  Strasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 The European Commission on Tuesday proposed to renew the license for the weedkiller glyphosate for a shorter than usual five to seven years, as the EU took into account fears it causes cancer. The commission, the European bloc's executive arm, had originally recommended the licence for the herbicide be renewed for 10 years, but faced a growing uproar over the alleged dangers of its use. The EU commission's top officials "asked our representatives to explore ... if broad support is structured aro ... read more |
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McDonald's profits jump on better sales, China dealNew York (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 McDonald's reported a jump in third-quarter profit Tuesday, boosted by better sales in key markets and a one-time infusion of funds from refranchising Chinese and Hong Kong restaurants. ... more 
Global wine output hits 50-year low: OIVParis (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 Worldwide wine production tumbled 8.2 percent this year to hit a 50-year low due to unfavourable climate conditions, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said Tuesday. ... more 
More than 1.3 million demand EU weedkiller banBrussels (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 Activists on Monday handed the EU a petition signed by more than 1.3 million people calling for a European ban on the weedkiller glyphosate, produced by chemicals giant Monsanto and others, over fears it causes cancer. ... more 
Antelope perfume keeps flies away from cowsBonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 23, 2017 In Africa, tsetse flies transfer the sleeping sickness also to cattle. This leads to huge losses in milk, meat and manpower. The damage in Africa is estimated to be about 4.6 billion US dollars each ... 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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World's deepest lake in peril, scientists warnMoscow (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. ... more  
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 
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 
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 |
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 Toward efficient high-pressure desalination 
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  
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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  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Oct 24, 2017 
Life on Earth is impossible without photosynthesis. It provides food and oxygen to all higher life forms and plays an important role in the climate system, since this process regulates the uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Earth's atmosphere and its fixation in biomass. However, quantification of photosynthesis at the ecosystem-to-global scale remains uncertain.
Now an international ... more Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2017OGC announces a new standard that improves the way information is referenced to the Earth  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2017GOES-T Satellite "Brains" and "Body" Come Together  Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2017First joint France-China satellite to study oceans |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 24, 2017 
Two more Galileo satellites have reached Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, joining the first pair of navigation satellites and the Ariane 5 rocket due to haul the quartet to orbit this December.
Galileos 21 and 22 left Luxembourg Airport on a Boeing 747 cargo jet on the morning of 17 October, arriving at Cayenne - Felix Eboue Airport in French Guiana on the same day.
Resting withi ... more Antwerp, Belgium (SPX) Oct 25, 2017Airobot supplies positioning technology to single largest container terminal in Europe  Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017Lockheed Martin's first GPS III Satellite receives green light from Air Force  Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Sep 26, 2017exactEarth Announces Agreement with Alltek Marine to Expand Small Vessel Tracking Service Offering |
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 London (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 
Indigenous leaders and forestry experts warned on Tuesday that without more funding and protection for forests and their peoples, the world will fail to meet the ambitious goals set by the Paris Agreement.
In "a declaration of the guardians of the forest," the coalition of indigenous groups called on countries to help stop the killing of its leaders, ensure legal recognition of their lands a ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2017Forest fires contributed to record global tree cover loss  Panama City, Panama (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Tropical tree roots represent an underappreciated carbon pool  Medio Purus Extractive Reserve, Brazil (AFP) Oct 13, 2017Conservation cutbacks put Brazil's Amazon animals at risk |
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 Champaign IL (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 5.6 percent, researchers report in the journal Nature Climate Change.
This would be a massive undertaking, involving the conversion of hundreds of thousands of square miles - at its most ambitious, more than the combined land area of Texas and Califor ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2017Stiff fibers spun from slime  Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2017Converting carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using water, electricity  Leuven, Belgium (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Separating methane and CO2 will become more efficient |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017 
A German wholesale retailer will get about 9 percent of its total electricity needs met through an agreement on rooftop solar installations, utility E.ON said.
German utility E.ON said it was teaming up with wholesale and food retailer METRO Deutschland on a rooftop solar initiative. The utility company said it would install rooftop solar installations on 30 of METRO's wholesale centers ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 23, 2017How solar peaker plants could replace gas peakers  East Lansing MI (SPX) Oct 24, 2017Transparent solar technology represents 'wave of the future'  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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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 22, 2017Xi's eyes and ears in Beijing: Red-armband army of 'volunteers' Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2017What is Xi thinking? China's leader makes the constitution |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 
In scenes reminiscent of films like "Transformers", a giant US robot fighting machine swung a "chainsaw sword" to chop a Japanese opponent into submission in a battle watched by tens of thousands online.
The two massive and heavily armed machines went claw-to-claw at an abandoned steel mill in Japan, firing cannons and smashing each other in a days-long duel.
California-based firm MegaBo ... more Laguna Beach, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2017Intel working with Facebook on chips for AI  Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Self-taught, 'superhuman' AI now even smarter: makers  Sussex UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2017Liquid metal brings soft robotics a step closer |
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 Tegucigalpa (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman proposed in Honduras on Tuesday the creation of a global tribunal to prosecute executives of multinational firms who damage the earth.
Karman, of Yemen, made the suggestion in the Central American country that Amnesty International last year described - along with its neighbor Guatemala - as the most dangerous in the world for environmentalists. ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017Levels of microplastics in the Baltic have remained constant for 30 years  New Delhi (AFP) Oct 24, 2017India top court bans dirty fuel to fight Delhi's bad air New Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Delhi chokes on toxic haze despite Diwali fireworks ban |
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 Lisbon (AFP) Oct 24, 2017  The Portuguese government on Tuesday survived an opposition no-confidence motion over two deadly forest fires that have killed more than 100 people since the middle of June.
The motion brought on by the opposition CDS-PP right-wing party aimed to "give voice to the indignation of numerous Portuguese who have lost confidence in the government."
The motion was defeated by 122 votes to 105. ... more Lisbon (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Portugal interior minister resigns after deadly wildfires Lisbon (AFP) Oct 19, 2017Portugal forest fires death toll rises to 43  Lisbon (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Portugal forest fires death toll rises to 44 |
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 Beer-Sheva, Israel (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed Israel's first autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The robotic "HydroCamel II" will be commercially available for use in the military, security, and oil and gas sectors, as well as in environmental applications and marine research.
BGN Technologies Ltd., BGU's technology-transfer company, also announced the formation of a new company, BG Ro ... more Edinburgh UK (SPX) Oct 20, 2017Hardy corals make their moves to build new reefs from scratch  Hasankeyf, Turkey (AFP) Oct 20, 2017Ancient Turkish town prepares to vanish under floodwaters Moscow (AFP) Oct 19, 2017World's deepest lake in peril, scientists warn |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Oct 25, 2017 
An excessive heat warning has been issued in California through Wednesday as the state bakes under extreme temperatures that are shattering records.
Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday broke the 1909 record of 99 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2) set for that day as temperatures rose to 104 Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) by early afternoon according to the National Weather Service.
Record-shatterin ... more Tanjung Bungah, Malaysia (AFP) Oct 21, 2017Fourteen feared dead in Malaysian landslide  Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2017Twenty-three killed in China rainstorms: ministry  Berlin (AFP) Oct 6, 2017Germany reels from deadly storm; Severe train disruptions |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2017 
Fans of soft cheeses in China have reason to celebrate after the country reversed a ban on mould-ripened cheeses, allowing imports of Camembert, Brie and Roquefort, European Union officials said Monday.
From early September, businesses in the country were forbidden from importing cheeses made with certain moulds and bacteria.
The ban was lifted following meetings last week between Europe ... more Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2017China's economic growth slows in Q3 but on course to beat target  Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2017Cognac craze in US, China prompts Hennessy expansion  Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 22, 2017Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong's historic trading floor |
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 La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 
At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild snakes of solar material leap from the sun's surface. These are spicules, and despite their abundance, scientists didn't understand how these jets of plasma form nor did they influence the heating of the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere or the solar wind. Now, for the first time, in a study partly funded by NASA, scientists have modeled spicule ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2017NASA sounding rocket instrument spots signatures of long-sought small solar flares  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2017How scientists used NASA data to predict the corona of the Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse  Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Scientists propose space shield to protect Earth from solar storms |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017 
Scientists in Australia claim to have debunked a long-held evolutionary theory - the assumption that in a simple, static environment, organisms will eventually reach a "fitness peak," a plateau of adaptation, and stop evolving.
New research out of Monash University suggests there is no such thing as a fitness peak.
To better understand the molecular details of adaptation, scient ... more Geneva (AFP) Oct 23, 2017Elephant poaching in Africa falls but ivory seizures up: study  Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Birds help raise other's offspring with the expectation of future benefits  Washington (UPI) Oct 24, 2017Shrews shrink their heads in preparation for winter |
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