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  Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2018 Los Angeles' population continues to grow, putting added pressure on the city's water supply. However, scientists have come up with a new to avoid future water crises. The plan recommends new water management strategies and infrastructure improvements for the Southern California metropolis. Earlier this year, Cape Town, South Africa, experienced a severe water crises. Residents were forced to take two-mixture showers, let their lawns and gardens dry and limit their total water intake to ... read more |
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NGOs launch legal action against France over climateParis (AFP) Dec 18, 2018 A group of NGOs including Greenpeace and Oxfam have launched a lawsuit against the French state accusing it of taking insufficient action to tackle climate change. ... more  
Sphinx molecule to rescue African farmers from witchweedNagoya, Australia (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 An interdisciplinary team led by researchers at Nagoya University has discovered a highly potent and selective molecule, SPL7, that can lead seeds of the noxious parasitic weed Striga to suicide ger ... more 
Understanding food's carbon footprintDurham NC (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 Most people don't realize how much food production contributes to climate change - especially meat. "Beef is the SUV of food," said Rick Larrick, a professor of management and organizations at Duke' ... more 
Changes in agriculture could cut sector non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50 percentVienna, Austria (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 The agricultural sector is the world's largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and IIASA-led research has found that changing agricultural practices and a shift in diet away from meat an ... more |
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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 Deadly floods inundate Indonesia's Bali and Flores |
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The long dry: why the world's water supply is shrinkingSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2018 A global study has found a paradox: our water supplies are shrinking at the same time as climate change is generating more intense rain. And the culprit is the drying of soils, say researchers, poin ... more 
IS 'annihilation' of Iraqi farms leaves haunting legacyBaghdad (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 The Islamic State group's "deliberate, wanton annihilation" of agricultural lands in Iraq's northern Sinjar amounts to war crimes, haunting farmers a year after the jihadists' defeat, Amnesty International said Thursday. ... more  
Floods kill 13 in central VietnamHanoi (AFP) Dec 13, 2018 Floods caused by heavy downpours have killed 13 people in central Vietnam, officials said Thursday, as farmers scrambled to save crops and livestock ahead of more bad weather forecast for this week. ... more 
Red gold: Afghanistan saffron production growsHerat, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 12, 2018 Starting before dawn has even broken, Afghanistan's army of saffron pickers shift their way across sun-baked fields to pluck brightly the coloured crocuses that are providing the country's farmers with a new means of income. ... more  
Global economy in 2019: Growth beginning to frayWashington (AFP) Dec 12, 2018 American farmers have been forced to warehouse a bumper crop of soybeans, or sell at a loss, while a Midwest medical supply company is considering shipping production overseas amid growing uncertainty. ... more |
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BASF and VanderSat collaborate to provide farmers with high-precision, field-specific crop optimizationLudwigshafen, Germany (SPX) Dec 10, 2018 BASF and the Dutch Earth observation company VanderSat are collaborating to support farmers worldwide with even more precise, satellite data-based recommendations on application of crop inputs. Vand ... more  |
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German farmers sue government over missed climate targetsVetschau, Germany (AFP) Dec 8, 2018 Dismayed by the German government's failure to meet climate protection targets, dairy farmer Heiner Luetke Schwienhorst has filed a lawsuit against Berlin to force it into action. ... more 
Egypt's fertile Nile Delta threatened by climate changeKafr Al-Dawar, Egypt (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 Lush green fields blanket northern Egypt's Nile Delta, but the country's agricultural heartland and its vital freshwater resources are under threat from a warming climate. ... more 
Climate change offers sparkling prospects to English winemakersNew Alresford, United Kingdom (AFP) Dec 6, 2018 With climate change pushing up temperatures, English winemakers are rubbing their hands as their sparkling wines start to give top champagnes a run for their money. ... more 
Egypt's fertile Nile Delta threatened by climate changeKafr Al-Dawar, Egypt (AFP) Dec 7, 2018 Lush green fields blanket northern Egypt's Nile Delta, but the country's agricultural heartland and its vital freshwater resources are under threat from a warming climate. ... more 
Increasing crop insurances adoption in developing countriesZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 06, 2018 Farmers in developing countries often rely heavily on their yearly harvest to feed their families. A bad crop can have severe consequences for their livelihood. Despite the significant advantages cr ... more |
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 Tallahassee FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 
The Earth's core is an exceptionally difficult place to study. Its depths descend a staggering 2,900 kilometers - about the distance from New York City to Denver - and its extreme, otherworldly conditions are extraordinarily challenging to simulate in the lab.
For scientists like Florida State University Assistant Professor Mainak Mookherjee and his postdoctoral scholar Suraj Bajgain, whos ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Dec 24, 2018 
At approximately 12,550 miles (20,200 km) up... turn left. You have arrived at a new era for the Global Positioning System (GPS).
A major milestone in the U.S. Air Force's plan to bring new technology and capabilities to the GPS constellation, the first Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT)-built GPS III satellite began "talking" with engineers and operators from ground control, as planned, following ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) Dec 22, 2018 
Brazil's incoming environment minister, Ricardo Salles, has said he will take up his post on January 1 despite being found guilty of "improbity" while heading the environment portfolio in Sao Paulo's state government.
He told Brazilian radio station Jovem Pan late Friday that the next president, Jair Bolsonaro, will keep him on as part of his team.
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
For decades, scientists have searched for effective ways to remove excess carbon dioxide emissions from the air, and recycle them into products such as renewable fuels. But the process of converting carbon dioxide into useful chemicals is tedious, expensive, and wasteful and thus not economically or environmentally viable.
Now a discovery by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's L ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
SunShare, the nation's pioneer in community solar, announced that it has been awarded six new community solar gardens by Xcel Energy totaling 12 MWdc. SunShare was selected in a competitive bidding process and will be able to serve more than 2,500 residential households in the Denver metro area as well as additional municipal, governmental, and educational entities.
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 Golden CO (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
New National Science Foundation and Department of Energy-funded research highlights a previously unexplored consequence of the global proliferation of wind energy facilities: a wake effect from upwind facilities that can reduce the energy production of their downwind neighbors.
In collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), faculty at the University of Colorado Boul ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2018 
Global demand for coal, an energy source that has raised air quality concerns, is set to rise for a second year in a row in 2018 and will remain stable in the next five years.
Declines in Europe and North America are offset by strong growth in India and Southeast Asia, according to a Tuesday report from the International Energy Agency.
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 24, 2018 
China on Monday lashed out at Canada and the US for demanding the release of detained Canadians and accused Western countries of double standards.
"The Chinese side expressed strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the statements made by Canada and the US," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press briefing.
Beijing this month detained two Cana ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 21, 2018 
Robots invaded the Sahara Desert for Europe's largest rover field test, taking place in a Mars-like part of Morocco. For two weeks three rovers and more than 40 engineers tested automated navigation systems at up to five different sites.
This marked the end of the first phase of the strategic research cluster on space robotics technologies, a scheme funded by the European Union's Horizon 2 ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 22, 2018 
Mining giant Anglo American restarted an iron ore mine in Brazil that had been closed for eight months to replace and inspect a leaking pipeline, the company said.
The stoppage of the big Minas-Rio mine in Minas Gerais state since March cost the London- and Johannesburg-headquartered company $320 million, it said in a statement to investors on Friday.
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 Reno NV (SPX) Dec 07, 2018 
A destructive fire-generated vortex - a massive stream of rising, spinning, smoke, ash and fire - that topped out at 17,000 feet above the earth, accelerated the Carr fire that killed eight people and devastated a widespread area in the Redding, California region in July 2018. The vortex, a little-observed atmospheric phenomena, was spinning with the power of a class three tornado, which earned ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
A "gold rush" of seabed mining could lead to unprecedented damage to fragile deep-sea ecosystems, researchers have warned.
With major decisions on the future of seabed mining expected in 2019-20, scientists and policy experts from the University of Exeter and Greenpeace have recommended a range of measures to prevent environmental damage.
They say deep-sea ecosystems currently need m ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 
Australia's largest city was picking up the pieces Friday after a series of lightning and hailstorms pummelled cars with ice blocks the size of tennis balls.
The authorities issued a severe storm warning, but that was not enough to prevent damage that is already running into the tens of millions of dollars.
"As of 6:30 am we are at 15,000 claims and AUS$80 million (US$57 million) in dama ... more |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 
Siemens boss Joe Kaeser on Friday lashed out at the practices used by Chinese investors to exercise total control over foreign firms, as disquiet grows about China's appetite for German technology and know-how.
The recent ousting of robotics maker Kuka's chief executive Till Reuter two years after the prestigious German firm was taken over by Chinese group Midea, was just the latest example, ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Dec 24, 2018 
The sun defies conventional scientific understanding. Its upper atmosphere, known as the corona, is many millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Astrophysicists are keen to learn why the corona is so hot, and scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have completed research that may advance the search.
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
Thanks to photos and films featuring clouds of stunning orange and black monarch butterflies flying across North America, many people today are familiar with how monarchs migrate. The migration patterns of other insects, however, remain more mysterious, for both the public and scientists alike. A new paper in Biology Letters describes a dragonfly's full life cycle for the first time, in compelli ... more |
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