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February 19, 2018
WATER WORLD
India's top court steps in to help thirsty tech hub



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 apps
Aye 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
WATER WORLD
Rapid decompression key to making low-density liquid water
Washington 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
WATER WORLD
Tiny membrane key to safe drinking water
Canberra, 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
WATER WORLD
Drought forces Mozambique capital to ration water
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. ... more
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New model for evaluating rangeland systems launches
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Feb 15, 2018
Rangelands are the dominant land type across the planet and millions of people rely on the natural goods and services and food security the lands provide. A recently released model, G-Range, allows ... more
FARM NEWS
Cover crops in nitrogen's circle of life
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2018
A circle of life-and nitrogen-is playing out in farms across the United States. And researchers are trying to get the timing right. Some cover crops, such as hairy vetch or cereal rye, are not ... more
FARM NEWS
Intensive agriculture influences US regional summer climate, study finds
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 15, 2018
Scientists agree that changes in land use such as deforestation, and not just greenhouse gas emissions, can play a significant role altering the world's climate systems. Now, a new study by research ... more
FARM NEWS
App delivery boom shakes up China food sector
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 14, 2018
Guo Bonan has opened several new branches of his "8Peppers" spicy Sichuan-style restaurants across Shanghai since last year, and not one has a dining room. ... more
WATER WORLD
A lightning-based approach to immediate short-duration rainfall predictions
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 13, 2018
Previous studies have indicated a worldwide increasing trend of intense precipitation events under the influence of global warming. Heavy precipitation events increase the risk of flooding, exerting ... more
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For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
Paris (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
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Worsening Ethiopian drought threatens to end nomadic lifestyle
Dabafayed, 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
CLIMATE SCIENCE
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
WATER WORLD
Aerial imagery gives insight into water trends
Logan 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 WORLD
Water: Why the taps run dry
Paris (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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Vulnerable fear Cape Town's water shut-off
Cape 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 water
Halle-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
WATER WORLD
Lab experiment yields evidence of superionic ice
Washington (UPI) Feb 6, 2018
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have found experimental evidence of superionic ice - a first. ... more
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'Monster fatberg' goes on public display in London
London (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
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Amazon unveils grocery delivery via Whole Foods chain
Washington (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
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Study warns of return of forgotten crop pathogen
Washington (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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Tracking a typhoon's seismic footprint
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
+ Ball Aerospace Delivers Flight Cryocooler Early for NASA's Landsat Mission
+ Farewell to a Pioneering Pollution Sensor
+ ESA Cluster mission unveils the magnetosphere
+ Landsat 8 marks five years in orbit
+ Micro to macro mapping - Observing past landscapes via remote-sensing
+ Chinese company hitches space ride on UK satellite
+ Ozone at lower latitudes not recovering, despite ozone hole healing
Why Russia is one step ahead of US Army's plans for future GPS
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
+ Europe claims 100 million users for Galileo satnav system
+ Airbus selected by ESA for EGNOS V3 program
+ Pentagon probes fitness-app use after map shows sensitive sites
+ China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space
+ 18 satellites in exactEarth's real-time constellation now in service
+ 'Quantum radio' may aid communications and mapping indoors, underground and underwater
+ Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells


A theory of physics explains the fragmentation of tropical forests
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
+ Hunting wolves in Serbia's southern forests
+ FSU researchers: Savanna fires pump Central African forests full of nitrogen
+ Climate: Two Congos set joint approach for peatland help
+ Increased UV from ozone depletion sterilizes trees
+ Cambodian soldier detained after forest patrol deaths
+ Plan to protect Indonesian peatlands with aerial mapping wins $1m
+ Deforestation destroys more dry forest than climate change
Fungal enzymes could hold secret to making renewable energy from wood
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
+ Biochar could replace unsustainable peat moss in greenhouse industry
+ The new bioenergy research center: building on ten years of success
+ Argonne and Energy Vision demonstrate Renewable Natural Gas as transport fuel
+ Indonesia eyes lax palm oil rules in EU trade deal: leak
+ Lithuanian researchers: Wastewater treatment plants could generate electricity
+ Calculating the CO2 emissions of biofuels is not enough
+ Bio-renewable process could help 'green' plastic


United Sun Systems and DoE launch new super cheap solar battery system
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
+ Leclanche selects NEXTracker's NX Drive Energy storage system for various applications
+ Governor Cuomo Announces More Than 1,000 Percent Growth Of Solar Power In New York
+ Greensmith Energy storage technology selected to deliver reliable solar power in Massachusetts
+ GE partners with Scatec Solar for the 162-Megawatt solar project in Brazil
+ China's Solar-Powered Drone Test-Fires Missiles in Near Space
+ Cost-reduction roadmap outlines two pathways to meet DOE residential solar cost target for 2030
+ Researchers discover new lead-free perovskite material for solar cells
World's first floating wind farm put to the test
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
+ Ireland pushing for greener economy
+ China wind turbine-maker guilty of stealing US trade secrets
+ Scotland sets up $83 million low-carbon fund
+ German offshore wind farm closer to powering mainland
+ The wave power farm off Mutriku could improve its efficiency
+ Turkey gets European loan for renewable energy
+ Oil-rich Alberta sees momentum for wind energy


Australia won't fund mega Adani mine rail link
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
+ New York unveils plans for fossil fuel divestment
+ French energy company EDF to replace coal in China
+ Poland opens Europe's largest coal-fired power unit
+ BHP to exit global coal body over climate change policy
+ Coal demand falling, IEA says
+ Adani drops contractor for contentious Australia mega mine
+ Scientists develop new mode of energy generation from bituminous coal
MGM China to open mega resort in Macau as high rollers return
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
+ China's former internet czar expelled from Communist Party
+ Mercedes apologises to China after quoting Dalai Lama
+ Publisher detained in China 'confesses', blames Sweden
+ 'Gotta find a way': Chinese rap in crisis after crackdown
+ Hong Kong schools shut over deadly flu outbreak
+ Vatican's delicate China mission runs into trouble
+ China says Swedish publisher held under criminal law


Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?
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
+ The robots will see you now
+ Artificial intelligence poses questions for nature of war: Mattis
+ Researchers help robots think and plan in the abstract
+ Quantum algorithm could help AI think faster
+ Integration of AI and robotics with materials sciences will lead to new clean energy technology
+ Army researchers develop new algorithms to train robots
+ Bezos hails Alexa as Amazon profits surge
Philippines resorts given two months to clean up 'cesspool' island
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
+ German government plays down 'free transport' plan
+ Environmental chemicals may boost body weight: study
+ Storm runoff present salmon with toxic one-two punch, study shows
+ Coal-loving Poland struggles with killer smog
+ Biotechnologists look to bacteria in extremely cold environments for 'green' detergents
+ An efficient and sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water
+ Germany eyes free transport to banish air pollution


NASA Covers Wildfires from Many Sources
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
+ Fort McMurray researchers find simple key to risk of severe peat fires
+ Charcoal remains could accelerate CO2 emissions after forest fires
+ Wet winters may not dampen small wildfires
+ Returning winds churn up heightened alert in fire-hit California
+ Thomas fire mostly contained in charred
+ After the fire, charcoal goes against the grain, with the flow
+ NASA's Aqua satellite captures smoke billowing off California coast
Drought forces Mozambique capital to ration water
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
+ Shellfish reefs: Australia's untold environmental disaster
+ Rapid decompression key to making low-density liquid water
+ The neuroscience of cuttlefish camouflage
+ Illegal South African abalone flowing into Hong Kong: report
+ India's top court steps in to help thirsty tech hub
+ How seafloor weathering drives the slow carbon cycle
+ Tiny membrane key to safe drinking water


Lightning storms less likely in a warming planet, study suggests
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
+ Reflective surfaces alleviate heatwaves
+ Storm damage to cost Germany 500 mln euros as death toll rises
+ Nine dead as huge storms batter Europe
+ Death toll from California mudslides rises to 20
+ Dozens still unaccounted for in California mudslides
+ Rescuers search for victims as California mudslide toll hits 17
+ California mudslides demolish homes, killing at least 13
US eyes heavy tariffs on China, Russia to counter steel, aluminum glut
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
+ After stunning growth streak, Amazon ambitions seem boundless
+ Trump threatens China sanctions, vows to rework S.Korea trade deal
+ Beijing ups trade tensions with new measures on key US chemical
+ Chinese bank lending surges to record high in January
+ Trade on agenda as China's top envoy visits US
+ China 'worried' over US trade relations as surplus narrows
+ China looks to stamp out cryptocurrency trading
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Towards a better prediction of solar eruptions
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
+ Where no mission has gone before
+ HINODE captures record breaking solar magnetic field
+ What's behind the most brilliant lights in the sky
+ NASA's newly rediscovered IMAGE mission provided key aurora research
+ GOLD will revolutionize our understanding of space weather
+ Rare 'super blood blue moon' visible on Jan 31
+ What scientists can learn about the Moon during the Jan. 31 eclipse
Indonesia Sumatran elephant found dead from suspected gunshots
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
+ At last, butterflies get a bigger, better evolutionary tree
+ World's most venomous spiders are actually cousins
+ Borneo orangutans dying off as forests are lost: study
+ In Kenya, anti-poaching dogs are wildlife's best friends
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+ Suspected poacher eaten by lions in South Africa
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