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  New Delhi (AFP) Feb 16, 2018 India's water-starved tech hub Bangalore received a much-needed boost on Friday when the country's top court altered a river-sharing arrangement in its favour, ruling on a bitter dispute that dates back more than a century. The Supreme Court said a 2007 ruling by a special tribunal on river-sharing had failed to take into account Bangalore's growing water needs, and awarded a greater share to the southern state of Karnataka. Bangalore was once known as India's garden city for its many lakes and ... read more |
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Myanmar farmers going against the grain with appsAye Ywar , Myanmar (AFP) Feb 18, 2018 A free app on farmer San San Hla's smartphone is her new weapon in the war against the dreaded stem borer moth that blighted her rice paddy in southern Myanmar for the last two years. ... more 
Rapid decompression key to making low-density liquid waterWashington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Water makes up more than 70 percent of our planet and up to 60 percent of our bodies. Water is so common that we take it for granted. Yet water also has very strange properties compared to most othe ... more 
Tiny membrane key to safe drinking waterCanberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 Sydney's iconic harbour has played a starring role in the development of new CSIRO technology that could save lives around the world. Using their own specially designed form of graphene, 'Grap ... more 
Drought forces Mozambique capital to ration waterMaputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 Mozambique authorities on Wednesday introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought. ... more |
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Typhoon death toll climbs to 66 in the Philippines
CORRECTED: Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 66 in Philippines: civil defence office Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter Typhoon flooding kills over 40, strands thousands in central Philippines Indonesia floods kill 15 Afghan govt says quake death toll rises to 27 Fierce mountain storms kill nine in Nepal Typhoon flooding kills 26, strands thousands in central Philippines Vietnam flood death toll hits 40 as Typhoon Kalmaegi looms Fierce mountain storms kill 9 in Nepal |
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For global water crisis, climate may be the last strawParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 Before man-made climate change kicked in - and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May - the global water crisis was upon us. ... more  
Worsening Ethiopian drought threatens to end nomadic lifestyleDabafayed, Ethiopia (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 Down a sandy track past a desiccated animal carcass lies a cluster of half-built huts that Ethiopia's government and aid agencies hope will blunt the worsening toll of repeated droughts. ... more 
S.Africa declares drought a 'national disaster'Cape Town (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 South Africa on Tuesday declared a "national disaster" over a drought that has ravaged parts of the country and threatened to leave homes in Cape Town without running water. ... more 
Aerial imagery gives insight into water trendsLogan UT (SPX) Feb 12, 2018 With an ever-growing human population and its inherent demand for water, there is a critical need to monitor water resources. New technology could make it more feasible than ever to measure changes ... more 
Water: Why the taps run dryParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 The world has abundant freshwater but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, UN agencies say, as highlighted by the severe shortages in Cape Town. ... more |
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 Bordeaux's 'magnificent' lost vintage pushes small growers to the edge
Vulnerable fear Cape Town's water shut-offCape Town (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 At Cape Town's Nazareth House, a care home for dozens of vulnerable, disabled and orphaned children, feeding time is executed with military precision. ... more  |
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Chemists develop a simple, easy-to-use method to break down pollutants in waterHalle-Wittenberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2018 Chemists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have found out how stubborn pollutants in water can be disintegrated easily and cost-effectively. To do so researchers only need a green ... more 
Lab experiment yields evidence of superionic iceWashington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018 Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found experimental evidence of superionic ice - a first. ... more 
'Monster fatberg' goes on public display in LondonLondon (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 History enthusiasts with strong stomachs can now come face-to-face with part of the 130-tonne "monster fatberg" found last year clogging a Victorian-era sewer, in a new London exhibit. ... more 
Amazon unveils grocery delivery via Whole Foods chainWashington (AFP) Feb 8, 2018 US online giant Amazon on Thursday unveiled plans to launch grocery delivery to a number of US cities for its Prime subscriber using its recently acquired Whole Foods supermarket chain. ... more 
Study warns of return of forgotten crop pathogenWashington (UPI) Feb 8, 2018 Scientists have confirmed the first case of stem rust in Britain in 60 years. In a new study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications Biology, researchers warn of the risks posed by a resurgence of the forgotten plant pathogen. ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
Climatologists are often asked, "Is climate change making hurricanes stronger?" but they can't give a definitive answer because the global hurricane record only goes back to the dawn of the satellite era. But now, an intersection of disciplines - seismology, atmospheric sciences, and oceanography - offers an untapped data source: the continuous seismic record, which dates back to the early 20th ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 12, 2018 
The Pentagon and Israel's Defense Ministry have launched 'Urban Navigation Challenge', a startup competition to create advanced 'counter-terror' navigation systems which don't use GPS. The project makes no mention of officially designated US "rivals" like Russia or China, but according to Russian experts, it would make no difference even if it did.
The project, officially dubbed the Combat ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018 
Tropical forests around the world play a key role in the global carbon cycle and harbour more than half of the species worldwide. However, increases in land use during the past decades caused unprecedented losses of tropical forest. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have adapted a method from physics to mathematically describe the fragmentation of tropical fores ... more |
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 York UK (SPX) Feb 19, 2018 
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the University of York, has discovered a set of enzymes found in fungi that are capable of breaking down one of the main components of wood. The enzymes could now potentially be used to sustainably convert wood biomass into valuable chemical commodities such as biofuels.
As an alternative to coal and oil, wood is increasingly ... more |
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 Aiken, SC (SPX) Feb 16, 2018 
United Sun Systems and the CEO Lars Jacobsson has signed an exclusive license agreement on a high-temperature, metal hydride-based thermal energy storage technology for concentrating solar power, with Savannah River National Laboratory.
The technology is based on metal hydride materials that efficiently store thermal energy in the form of chemical bonds and then release that energy when th ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018 
Put to the test with high winds and strong seas, Norway's Statoil said a floating wind farm in Scottish waters shows promise for deepwater installations.
During its first three months in service, the company's Hywind Scotland floating wind farm, the first of its kind, was put to the test and performed better than expected. Hurricane Ophelia in October pummeled the wind farm with 80 mile ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 4, 2018 
Embattled Indian miner Adani's plans for a massive coal project in Australia has been dealt another blow after the government confirmed Sunday it would not fund a rail link to the facility.
The development of the controversial US$16 billion Carmichael mine near the Great Barrier Reef is set to be one of the world's largest. But it has been delayed by several years amid regulatory and legal h ... more |
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 Macau (AFP) Feb 15, 2018 
MGM China is opening its new multi-billion-dollar mega resort in Macau's glitzy Cotai strip on Tuesday following multiple delays and last-minute hiccups in the government approval process.
The launch of the $3.4-billion resort comes as Macau is undergoing something of a renaissance, with gaming revenues bouncing back after being hard hit by a corruption crackdown launched by China's Presiden ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2018 
When they turn up in family pantries or restaurant kitchens, cockroaches are commonly despised as ugly, unhealthy pests and are quickly killed. But in the name of science, Johns Hopkins researchers have put these unwanted bugs to work.
In a crowded, windowless lab, scholars and students are coaxing the insects to share some crucial locomotion tips that could help future robotic vehicles tr ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Feb 14, 2018  Scores of holiday resorts on the Philippines' famous white-sand island Boracay have been given two months to clean up or face closure, officials said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte warned tourists were swimming in waters polluted by faeces.
The outspoken Philippine leader last week blasted the tiny island's hotels, restaurants and other businesses, accusing them of dumping sewage ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 
NASA's satellite instruments are often the first to detect wildfires burning in remote regions, and the locations of new fires are sent directly to land managers worldwide within hours of the satellite overpass. Together, NASA instruments, including a number built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, detect actively burning fires, track the transport of smoke ... more |
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 Maputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
Mozambique authorities on Wednesday introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought.
The city is cutting the water supply to consumers to just 40 percent of normal levels, Casimiro Abreu, deputy director of the National Emergency Centre said in a statement.
About 1.3 million people in Maputo and its surroundings are affected by th ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
Lightning may strike less often in future across the globe as the planet warms, a scientific study suggests.
The research forecasts a 15 per cent drop in the average number of lightning flashes worldwide by the turn of this century, if global temperatures are in the top range of forecasts.
A drop in the incidence of lightning strikes could impact on the frequency of wildfires, especi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2018  The US Commerce Department on Friday recommended imposing heavy tariffs on China, Russia and other countries to counter a global glut in steel and aluminum which it says threatens national security.
The move gives President Donald Trump the opportunity to strike a highly public blow for his "America first" trade policy, but raises the prospect of retaliation from countries targeted and was s ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Feb 13, 2018 
Just one phenomenon may underlie all solar eruptions, according to researchers from the CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA and INRIA[1] in an article featured on the cover of the February 8 issue of Nature magazine. They have identified the presence of a confining 'cage' in which a magnetic rope[2] forms, causing solar eruptions.
It is the resistance of this cage to the attack of the rope that ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Feb 14, 2018 
An elephant from the critically endangered Sumatran species has been found dead inside an Indonesian national park with what appear to be bullet wounds, the environment ministry said Wednesday.
The female elephant was discovered in Sumatra's Way Kambas National Park on Monday.
Her trunk was broken off and she had five holes resembling gunshot wounds on the right side of her body, it sai ... more |
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