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  Durham NC (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 Stormwater retention ponds, a ubiquitous feature in developed landscapes worldwide, are not a significant source of climate-warming nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, a new Duke University-led study finds. Many factories, office buildings, airports, apartment complexes and retail centers, among other sites, use the ponds to collect runoff from roads, roofs, lawns and parking lots and filter out pollutants before the water is released into local streams or rivers. Among the pollutants the ponds h ... read more |
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China chili fest gets off to scorching startNingxiangpu, China (AFP) July 9, 2018 An annual chili pepper festival kicked off Monday in central China's spice-loving Hunan province with a chili-eating contest in which the winner set a blistering pace by downing a gut-busting 50 peppers in just over a minute. ... more 
Expansion of agricultural land reduces CO2 absorptionKarlsruher, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 Climate change is heavily related to the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. During photosynthesis, plants absorb some of the industrial CO2 emissions from the atmosphere, making them contribute sign ... more  
Zimbabwe launches space agencyHarare (AFP) July 10, 2018 Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday launched a space agency, hailing it as a "milestone" as he campaigns ahead of elections at the end of the month. ... more 
As trial opens, man dying of cancer blames Monsanto's RoundupSan Francisco (AFP) July 10, 2018 A lawyer for a California groundskeeper dying of cancer took aim at Monsanto Monday as a jury began hearing the lawsuit accusing the chemical giant of ignoring health risks of its top-selling weed killer Roundup. ... more |
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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 S.Sudan flooding displaces 100,000 in matter of weeks: UN Afghan deputy PM visits earthquake hit area Death toll from Indonesia flooding rises to 23 Death toll from Indonesia flash floods rises to 19 Deadly floods inundate Indonesia's Bali and Flores islands Surveillance camera captures tornado in eastern Australia |
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Iraq's treasured amber rice crop devastated by droughtDiwaniyah, Iraq (AFP) July 3, 2018 Standing on his farm in southern Iraq, Amjad al-Kazaali gazed sorrowfully over fields where rice has been sown for centuries - but which now lie bare for lack of water. ... more 
The tow-an-iceberg plan being floated to ease Cape Town droughtCape Town (AFP) July 3, 2018 It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate - towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to supply fresh water to a city in the grip of drought. ... more 
Ancestral people of Chaco Canyon likely grew their own foodCincinnati OH (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Researchers think they have a better understanding for how ancient North Americans thrived for centuries in northwestern New Mexico's arid desert. A multidisciplinary team of experts from the ... more 
Water compresses under a high gradient electric fieldUrbana IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 Modern civilization relies on water's incompressibility - it's something we take for granted. Hydraulic systems harness the virtual non-compressibility of fluids like water or oil to multiply mechan ... more 
New water pollution protests hit southwest IranTehran (AFP) July 2, 2018 Protesters clashed with security forces in southwestern Iran late Sunday, a day after several demonstrators were injured in nighttime skirmishes over water pollution, Iranian state media reported. ... more |
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 Utah soil's slippery grip on nutrients 
Mesopotamians were drinking beer from individual vessels 3,500 years agoWashington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 Until now, archaeologists believed the people of Mesopotamia shared beer from large communal vessels, sipping the barley-derived beverage through straws. ... more  |
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Latvia declares state of disaster over droughtRiga (AFP) June 26, 2018 Latvia's government on Tuesday declared a national state of disaster in its agricultural sector as a result of a prolonged drought that has affected most of the Baltic state and which some call the worst in decades. ... more 
Early detection of 'olive tree leprosy' with dronesParis (AFP) June 25, 2018 A bacterial infection ravaging olive orchards in southern Europe can be detected from small planes or drones well before symptoms appear, offering panicky growers the prospect of an early warning system, scientists said Monday. ... more 
US trial over Roundup cancer link set to openSan Francisco (AFP) June 28, 2018 A first of its kind trial over whether Monsanto herbicide Roundup caused a groundskeeper's lethal cancer is scheduled to begin here on July 9 with opening remarks by attorneys. ... more 
Nestle suspended from 'sustainable' palm oil bodyGeneva (AFP) June 28, 2018 Swiss food giant Nestle confirmed Thursday the suspension of its membership in a body aimed at ensuring sustainable palm oil production and use, blaming "fundamental differences" in theories on how to reach that goal. ... more 
China lifts ban on import of British beefLondon (AFP) June 27, 2018 China has lifted a ban on importing British beef lasting more than 20 years that was triggered by the "mad cow disease" outbreak, the UK government said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 
Image of high resolution from the Russian satellite "Aist-2D" (in Russian it means bird "a stork") was received by the Laboratory complex for satellite monitoring "LoReTT" (LoReTT - Local Real Time Tool). The spacecraft "Aist-2D" transmitted data of the territory of Perth city (Australia) on June 15, 2018.
It was the first time when such detailed image (spatial resolution of 2 m) of the Ea ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 12, 2018 
They provide positioning and navigation to vehicles, ships, shared bicycles and drones, as well as tracking wild animals, and China's Beidou satellites have also guided a young couple to love.
Ten years ago, Cui Bo, a designer for the Beidou power system, wrote a poem lauding those dedicated to space exploration to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the China Academy of Space Tec ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2018  A team of researchers have determined that the ability of North American forests to sequester, or soak up, carbon over the next 60 years is 22 percent - in the best case scenario.
Forests play a critical role in slowing the effects of climate change because trees absorb the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow and store the carbon in their wood.
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jul 12, 2018 
Dramatic improvements have been made to the process of converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to methanol, a fuel and building block for a wide range of everyday materials, according to Penn State researchers.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are increasing and climate change is becoming a worldwide concern requiring global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. One app ... more |
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 Viesca, Mexico (AFP) July 13, 2018  Driving through the endless dunes and cacti of the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico, a shimmering blue field suddenly appears on the horizon - not a mirage, but the largest solar park in Latin America.
This silent stretch of sand in the state of Coahuila is the spot the Italian energy giant Enel picked to build the Villanueva power plant: 2.3 million solar panels that sprawl across a su ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2018 
German energy company E.ON said Thursday the start of turbine installation at the Arkona wind farm in the Baltic Sea sets the clock ticking for a 2019 launch.
The company said it started installing the first of the 60 turbines planned for the 385 megawatt facility in the German waters of the Baltic Sea. Once completed, Arkona will have enough power to meet the annual power demand of aro ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) July 2, 2018 
Australia's largest pure-play coal producer Yancoal said on Monday it would apply for a dual listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange alongside a capital raising as it looks to increase its shares' liquidity.
China-based Yancoal trades on the Australian Securities Exchange and recently expanded its holdings of local mines by buying most of Rio Tinto's domestic coal assets for US$2.45 billion. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 11, 2018 
A prominent Chinese political campaigner was sentenced to 13 years in jail on Wednesday, a court in central China said.
Qin Yongmin was found "guilty of subversion of state power," the Wuhan City Intermediate People's Court said on its official website.
According to court records, it appears to be the heftiest sentence handed down in China for "subversion" in the past 15 years.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2018  Machine learning (ML) systems today learn by example, ingesting tons of data that has been individually labeled by human analysts to generate a desired output. As these systems have progressed, deep neural networks (DNN) have emerged as the state of the art in ML models. DNN are capable of powering tasks like machine translation and speech or object recognition with a much higher degree of accur ... more |
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 Singapore (AFP) July 10, 2018 
Lighting up will soon get tougher in Singapore, with the government planning to roll out 300 high definition thermal cameras to catch and fine illegal smokers.
The city-state already has some of the world's strictest anti-tobacco laws and smoking is banned in most public places, with errant puffers handed a fine of up to Sg$1,000 ($740) if caught. E-cigarettes are also banned outright.
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 San Francisco (AFP) July 3, 2018 
A Californian wildfire that began on the weekend has rapidly spread across 70,000 acres (28,000 hectares), authorities said Tuesday, with a growing number of areas affected by mandatory evacuation orders.
The County Fire was sparked in the northern Yolo County on Saturday, fanned by high winds and hot temperatures.
An update by Cal Fire on Tuesday said the potential for growth remains h ... more |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 
Sea levels in coastal areas can be affected by a number of factors: tides, winds, waves, and even barometric pressure all play a role in the ebb and flow of the ocean. For the first time, however, a new study led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has shown that river outflow could play a role in sea level change as well.
The study, published July 9 in the journal Proceedin ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 16, 2018 
A blistering heatwave smothered swathes of flood-hit western Japan Monday, hampering clean-up efforts as survivors and relief workers toil in stifling temperatures a week after devastating inundations that killed more than 200 people.
Tens of thousands of rescue workers are still digging through the debris for bodies after Japan's worst weather-related disaster in over three decades, which s ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2018  The European Union called Monday on the United States, China and Russia to work together to cool worsening global trade tensions, warning that they could spiral into violent "conflict and chaos."
The comments from EU Council President Donald Tusk comes as Washington and Beijing stand on the brink of an all-out trade war many fear could hammer the global economy, while the US has also picked ... more |
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 Kolkata, India (SPX) Jul 13, 2018 
The Sun's activity waxes and wanes periodically and holds sway over our space environment. Sunspots, strongly magnetized blotches on the solar surface, sometimes release fierce storms in space that severely impact our satellite based communication and navigational systems and occasionally, render satellites useless.
However, a complete understanding of all aspects of the sunspot activity c ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Jul 16, 2018 
The aerodynamic capabilities of spiders have intrigued scientists for hundreds of years. Charles Darwin himself mused over how hundreds of the creatures managed to alight on the Beagle on a calm day out at sea and later take-off from the ship with great speeds on windless day.
Scientists have attributed the flying behaviour of these wingless arthropods to 'ballooning', where spiders can be ... more |
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