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  bLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 In a major pan-European study, a research team from Germany have successfully extracted environmental DNA (eDNA) from as many as 218 lakes to refute a long-year belief that vital microorganisms do not differ significantly between freshwater bodies and geographic regions the way plants and animals do. Their new-age approach to biodiversity studies resulted in the largest freshwater dataset along with a study published in the open access journal Metabarcoding and Metagenomics. Surface freshwat ... read more |
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Egypt building huge water treatment plant amid supply concernsCairo (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Egypt is building a major water treatment and desalination plant, the president said Monday, as the Nile-dependent nation plans for any fallout from an upstream dam being built by Ethiopia. ... more 
Poisonous and running out: Pakistan's water crisisIslamabad (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 Barely 15 days old, Kinza whimpers at an Islamabad hospital where she is suffering from diarrhoea and a blood infection, a tiny victim among thousands afflicted by Pakistan's severely polluted and decreasing water supplies. ... more 
US rivers and streams are compromised by increasing salt loadsMillbrook, NY (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Human activities are exposing US rivers and streams to a cocktail of salts, with consequences for infrastructure and drinking water supplies. So reports a new study in the Proceedings of the Nationa ... more 
Florida takes on Georgia in US Supreme Court over waterWashington (AFP) Jan 8, 2018 The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a bitter fight over water pitting two American states against each other. ... more |
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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 Press Release from Business Wire: Textron Inc. Flash floods kill 37 in Moroccan coastal town |
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Rice U.'s one-step catalyst turns nitrates into water and airHouston TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2018 Engineers at Rice University's Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Center have found a catalyst that cleans toxic nitrates from drinking water by converting them into air and water. ... more  
Warming to force winemakers, growers to plant different varieties(UPI) Jan 2, 2018 Global warming is likely to force many winemakers and winegrowers to cultivate new grape varieties, according to a new study. ... more 
Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolutionNorwich UK (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolut ... more 
Speed breeding breakthrough to boost crop research(UPI) Jan 2, 2018 Scientists in Britain and Australia have developed a new technique for speed breeding crops. The breakthrough could accelerate the pace of crop research and help scientists find more productive, resilient and adaptive varietals and hybrids. ... more 
Sao Tome: Rainforests, chocolate and millionairesSao Tome (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 Key facts on Sao Tome and Principe: ... more 
UK to continue farm subsidies for five years after BrexitLondon (AFP) Jan 4, 2018 The British government said Thursday it will match European Union subsidies for farmers for around five years after Brexit until it puts in place a new system focusing more on environmental protection. ... more |
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 Global warming could leave 25 percent of the planet in permanent drought 
Farmers in Kenya willing, able to ramp up croton nut output for biofuelUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 Small-holder farmers in Kenya have the capacity and desire to play a major role in the scale-up of biofuel production from agroforestry, according to a Penn State forest economist, who led a study i ... more 
Study shows streams are reliable indicators of a region's environmental healthWashington (UPI) Dec 29, 2017 New research shows streams are stable and reliable indicators of a region's ecological and environmental health. ... more  
Droughts and ecosystems are determined by the interaction of two climate phenomenaBilbao, Spain (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 What is causing the droughts that the Iberian Peninsula regularly endures? Why are the winters sometimes mild and rainy and other times cold and dry or cold and damp? Is climate change of anthropoge ... more 
Natural therapy: Hong Kong's mountain warriorsHong Kong (AFP) Jan 2, 2018 Wooded hillsides, craggy ridges and wheeling birds of prey are a world away from Hong Kong's famous skyscrapers but the city's country parks are a necessary balm for its stressed out residents. ... more |
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 Taiyuan (XNA) Jan 10, 2018 
China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
The satellites, SuperView-1 03/04, blasted off at 11:24 a.m. Beijing time on the back of a Long March 2D rocket, according to the center.
The mission aims to promote the country's commercial use of high-resolution remote sensi ... more Sydney (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Australia swelters through one of hottest years on record  Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Soil freeze-thaw stimulates nitrous oxide emissions from alpine meadows  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2018ICON and GOLD teaming up to explore Earth's interface to space |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018  Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in locations where GPS and ordinary cellphones and radios don't work reliably or even at all, such as indoors, in urban canyons, underwater and underground.
The technology may help mariners, soldiers and surveyors, among others. GPS signals ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2017DARPA Subterranean Challenge Aims to Revolutionize Underground Capabilities  Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 19, 2017New satellite tracking of in-flight aircraft to improve safety |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017 
Trees synchronize their reproductive schedule with the North Atlantic Oscillation, a climate pattern that influences zonal winds and the strength of storms.
The NAO describes fluctuations in the region's air pressure differences. Shifts in the region's pressure gradients affect atmospheric circulation and Europe's climate patterns.
And according to the latest analysis, the oscill ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Dec 14, 2017African deforestation not as great as feared  Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Cascading use is also beneficial for wood  New York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2017New maps show shrinking wilderness being ignored at our peril |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
A team of Russian, Czech and German researchers gained a new perspective on the properties of three materials of biological origin. Besides two reference materials with well-studied properties - serum albumin and cytochrome C - the researchers looked at the extracellular matrix of the Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bacterium, which is used in biofuel cells.
The team measured the materials' dyn ... moreHouston TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Rice U.'s one-step catalyst turns nitrates into water and air  Harpenden UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Less chewing the cud, more greening the fuel  Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jan 02, 2018A new strategy for efficient hydrogen production |
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 Juelich, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
Our power grid works at a frequency of 50 hertz - usually generated by turbines, for example in hydro- or coal power plants, which rotate at a speed of 50 revolutions per second.
"When a consumer uses more electrical energy from the power grid, the grid frequency drops slightly before an increased energy feed-in re-establishes the original frequency," explains Benjamin Schaefer from the Ma ... more Chernobyl, Ukraine (AFP) Jan 10, 2018Ukraine to launch its first solar plant at Chernobyl  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 03, 2018Standardizing perovskite aging measurements  Huntsville, AL (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Iowa State completes 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge |
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 Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Jan 03, 2018 
The offshore power plant or wave farm at Mutriku is the only commercial facility (it is not a prototype) in the world that operates by regularly feeding the grid with electrical power produced by waves. It has been operating since 2011 and the study by the UPV/EHU's EOLO group analysed its behaviour during the 2014-2016 period.
"It is important to find out how the wave power farm is actual ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Turkey gets European loan for renewable energy  Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017Oil-rich Alberta sees momentum for wind energy  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Construction to start on $160 million Kennedy Energy Park in North Queensland |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2018 
An energy service contract for a municipality in China means its residents won't have to use coal-fired options, French company EDF said Tuesday.
A subsidiary of the French company two years ago took an 80 percent stake in UPC Asia Wind Manage, which runs wind power plants in the second-largest economy. Its work covers four wind power plants with a net capacity of 66 megawatts and EDF h ... more Warsaw (AFP) Dec 19, 2017Poland opens Europe's largest coal-fired power unit  Sydney (AFP) Dec 19, 2017BHP to exit global coal body over climate change policy  Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2017Coal demand falling, IEA says |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
A former chief of staff of China's military is under investigation on "suspicion of bribery", state media said Tuesday, as Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-graft crackdown claimed another top general.
Fang Fenghui was appointed to the PLA's top post in 2012. But he was abruptly replaced in late August amid a stand-off with India over a territorial dispute and just days after he had met US top bras ... more Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018China puts Tibetan language advocate on trial for subversion  Beijing (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Migrant worker evictions tear at Beijing's backbone  Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 1, 2018Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong |
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 Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2018  Virtual aides battled to rule "smart homes" on the eve of the official opening of the Consumer Electronics show gadget gala here.
Samsung, LG Electronics, Panasonic and others touted a future in which homes, cars and pockets brim with technology that collaborates to make lives easier.
Google and Amazon are key players in the trend, with their rival Assistant and Alexa voice-commanded vir ... more Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Virtual aide market a "wildfire" at CES gadget show  Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Scientists teach robots how to respect personal space  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Machine learning will change jobs |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
Political apathy over the poisonous smog choking India's capital has led many like businessman Kamal Meattle to take matters into their own hands, with an office building he says pumps air as fresh as from the Swiss Alps.
From the outside, the Paharpur Business Centre looks like any modern office block. But inside it is a virtual jungle where rooms and corridors are lined with more than 7,00 ... more Manila (AFP) Jan 6, 2018Suspect in murder of Philippine environmentalist freed  Belgrade (AFP) Dec 30, 201725 tonnes of toxic waste found dumped near Belgrade  Beijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2018Beijing records best air quality in five years in 2017 |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 02, 2018 
Charcoal remains after a forest fire help decompose fine roots in the soil, potentially accelerating CO2 emissions in boreal forests.
Boreal forests are a huge carbon sink. The fine roots, not only the leaves, stems and branches of trees, largely contribute to carbon accumulation. The Russian Far East has had an increasing number of forest fires, many of which are believed to be caused by ... more Washington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Wet winters may not dampen small wildfires  Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 20, 2017Returning winds churn up heightened alert in fire-hit California  Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 21, 2017Thomas fire mostly contained in charred |
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 Toulouse, France (AFP) Jan 9, 2018 
A French policeman on Tuesday was cleared of responsibility over the death of an environmental activist killed by a stun grenade during a 2014 protest over a contested dam.
The shocking death of Remi Fraisse triggered riots in several French cities.
The 21-year-old botany student died after being hit by the grenade during clashes between the police and opponents of a planned dam in Sive ... moreCairo (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Egypt building huge water treatment plant amid supply concerns  Kandal, Cambodia (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Power stacked against SE Asia's poor as China dams Mekong  bLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2018European sampling sheds light on massive diversity of freshwater plankton |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 10, 2018 
Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California and killed at least 13 people, police said Tuesday.
Authorities said the bodies were discovered in mud and debris during rescue operations in Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles.
"We are saddened to report that this incident so far has resulted in 13 confirmed fatalities, as result of the storm that came thr ... more Sydney (AFP) Jan 9, 2018Bats' brains boil in Australia heatwave Sydney (AFP) Jan 7, 2018'Hottest' Ashes Test day on record as Australia swelters  Manila (AFP) Jan 2, 2018Two dead, thousands flee in storm-weary Philippines |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2018  Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron oversaw the signing Tuesday of business deals worth billions of dollars, seeking better trade ties even as France's finance minister boasted of rejecting those investments he likened to "pillaging".
The two sides signed deals in the nuclear, aviation and other key sectors on the second day of Macron's first state visit t ... more Xian, China (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Macron begins China state visit at Silk Road gateway Xian, China (AFP) Jan 8, 2018Macron bets on horse diplomacy in China  Paris (AFP) Jan 7, 2018Europe casts a wary eye on China's Silk Road plans |
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 Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
NASA rockets launched during the Alaskan winter typically explore the interaction of solar winds with Earth's atmosphere and the resulting auroras that dance across the night sky. However this winter, between January 15 - 31, 2018, NASA personnel and university researchers are traveling to the Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) in Alaska to launch several rocket-borne investigations for other purp ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2018Eclipse megamovie projects seeks public's help analyzing 50,000 photos  Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2018Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun's variability and climate effect Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2017August eclipse left a wake in ionosphere, researchers reveal |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2018 
Want to save the lives of grizzly bears? Close more roads. That's the advice offered by a new study published this week in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
The roads, of course, aren't the direct threat. Humans are. The closer grizzly bears are to humans, the more likely they are to die. And roads ensure humans and grizzly bears are closer together.
When scientists at the Universi ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Mass extinctions remove species but not ecological variety  Pekanbaru, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 4, 2018Tiger mauls Indonesian palm oil plantation worker to death  Washington (UPI) Jan 5, 2018Nomadic population of swift parrots at risk of extinction, research shows |
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