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  Hong Kong (AFP) May 11, 2019 Hong Kong will cull 6,000 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the first case of the disease in the densely populated financial hub. "In order to minimise the risk of ASF virus spreading from the slaughterhouse, all pigs in Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse will be culled so that thorough cleansing and also disinfection could be conducted," Sophia Chan, Secretary of the city's Food and Health Department, said late Friday. She added ... read more |
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France probes alleged Monsanto lists on opinion-makersParis (AFP) May 11, 2019 France has opened a preliminary enquiry into allegations that US pesticides maker Monsanto had information illegally collected on the views and pliability of hundreds of high-profile figures and media outlets. ... more  
Radical desalination approach may disrupt the water industryNew York NY (SPX) May 08, 2019 Hypersaline brines - water that contains high concentrations of dissolved salts and whose saline levels are higher than ocean water - are a growing environmental concern around the world. Very chall ... more 
Malaysia minister accuses EU of palm oil 'trade war'Brussels (AFP) May 6, 2019 Malaysia on Monday accused the EU of launching a "trade war" over a plan to curb the use of palm oil in biofuels and threatened retaliatory action at the WTO. ... more 
Cyprus's emblematic wild sheep lock horns with mountain farmersGerakies, Chypre (AFP) May 9, 2019 Surveying his orchard in the Troodos Mountains, Cypriot farmer John Papadouris is convinced the island's treasured wild sheep would have destroyed his crop without action. ... 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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Millions hungry as drought grips Somalia: charityNairobi (AFP) May 6, 2019 Drought has left nearly two million Somalis in desperate need of food, a humanitarian agency warned Monday, as poor rainfall pushes communities to the brink across East Africa. ... more 
NASA Study: Human Influence on Global Droughts Goes Back 100 YearsNew York NY (SPX) May 02, 2019 Human-generated greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles were affecting global drought risk as far back as the early 20th century, according to a study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Stud ... more 
Canada ups loans to farmers after China blocks canolaOttawa (AFP) May 1, 2019 Canada increased loans to farmers Wednesday after China blocked shipments of canola - its most valuable crop - amid diplomatic tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. ... more 
When apple trees blossom, worker bees rockChevreville, France (AFP) May 2, 2019 In an apple orchard outside Paris, a constant hum among the blossoming trees bears witness to thousands of worker bees pollinating millions of flowers in just three weeks. ... more 
Biologists warn of peril from biological invasions as White House cuts fundingProvidence RI (SPX) May 02, 2019 As the Trump Administration prepares to cut in half the budget for the National Invasive Species Council, a group of invasive species experts led by a University of Rhode Island professor has issued ... more |
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 Do additives help the soil? 
US says glyphosate not carcinogenic, poses environmental risksWashington (AFP) April 30, 2019 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that the weed killer glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans, but recommended new measures to prevent potential ecological risks, especially to monarch butterflies and other pollinators. ... more  |
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Despite full reservoirs, Iraq water woes far from overAl-Mashahada, Iraq (AFP) May 1, 2019 After plentiful winter rains, Iraq is heading into summer with overflowing reservoirs and lush marshes. But don't be fooled, observers warn: its water woes and related protests are not over. ... more 
How to purify water with grapheneMoscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 30, 2019 Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" together with their colleagues from Derzhavin Tambov State University and Saratov Chernyshevsky State University have figure ... more 
Ancient Peruvian microbrewery, sour ale helps explain longevity of the Wari empireWashington (UPI) Apr 19, 2019 The study of an ancient microbrewery in Peru and its supply of a sour beer has provided scientists new insights into the stability of the Wari empire. ... more  
19 arrested in Brazil raids over illegal Amazon loggingBrasilia (AFP) April 25, 2019 Police arrested at least 19 people in raids across Brazil Thursday that targeted environmental protection officials and companies allegedly involved in illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. ... more  
Forest fires blight Europe amid drought fearsBerlin (AFP) April 25, 2019 Weather experts warn of drought in Europe over its summer as firefighters tackled forest fires on Thursday, and farmers fretted over wilting crops and a repeat of 2018's arid conditions. ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) May 08, 2019 
A Yale-led team of scientists may have found a new factor to help explain the ebb and flow of Earth's magnetic field - and it's something familiar to anyone who has made a vinaigrette for their salad.
Earth's magnetic field, produced near the center of the planet, has long acted as a buffer from the harmful radiation of solar winds emanating from the Sun. Without that protection, life on E ... more |
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 Paris (SPX) May 06, 2019 
The GSA is launching a new testing campaign for receiver manufacturers: The machine guidance testing campaign for agriculture receivers.
Within this testing campaign, receivers usually used for machine guidance tasks will be thoroughly tested for their performance in various test cases, looking at multi-constellation and multi-frequency combinations and using several augmenting techniques. ... more |
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 Fayetteville AR (SPX) May 10, 2019 
A recently documented stand of bald cypress trees in North Carolina, including one tree at least 2,624 years old, are the oldest known living trees in eastern North America and the oldest known wetland tree species in the world.
David Stahle, Distinguished Professor of geosciences, along with colleagues from the university's Ancient Bald Cypress Consortium and other conservation groups, di ... more |
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 Richland WA (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Washington State University researchers have developed an environmentally-friendly, plant-based material that for the first time works better than Styrofoam for insulation.
The foam is mostly made from nanocrystals of cellulose, the most abundant plant material on earth. The researchers also developed an environmentally friendly and simple manufacturing process to make the foam, using wate ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Copper oxide (Cu2O) is a very promising candidate for future solar energy conversion: as a photocathode, the copper oxide (a semiconductor) might be able to use sunlight to electrolytically split water and thus generate hydrogen, a fuel that can chemically store the energy of sunlight.
Copper oxide has a band gap of 2 electron volts, which matches up very well with the energy spectrum of s ... more |
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 London (AFP) May 8, 2019 
Britain has managed a week of powering electricity without using coal for the first time since 1882, it revealed Wednesday as the country targets zero carbon emissions.
"Great Britain has now officially gone a full week without coal!!!," tweeted the National Grid Electricity System Operator.
"This is the first time since the original coal power station launched back in 1882 #zerocoal." ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 9, 2019 
Fifty coal-fired power plants have shut in the United States since President Donald Trump came to office two years ago, an environmental organization said Thursday.
The Sierra Club counted 50 closures, along with 51 announcements of closure, since Trump was sworn into office in January 2017.
The numbers are distinct because it sometimes takes years between an announcement and the actual ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 9, 2019  A Chinese court adjourned a hearing on a Canadian man's appeal against his death sentence for drug smuggling without a decision Thursday in a case that has deepened a diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa.
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, was sentenced to death in January after a court deemed his previous 15-year prison sentence too lenient.
His appeal hearing came a day after a top e ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) May 09, 2019 
Into the Spiderverse's newest crew of villains include a brilliant scientist named Doctor Octopus who uses flexible robotic arms to commit her dastardly deeds. Her bionic arms can throw objects, aid her in moving quickly in fight scenes, and a host of other functions. While we can leave the evil geniuses to the movies, two genius interns are investigating soft robotics like the supervillain's in ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) May 10, 2019 
A top Indian minister has made an ambitious promise that the government will clean New Delhi's toxic air in the next three years.
The World Health Organization ranks New Delhi as the world's most polluted capital, with the 20 million residents breathing air way above danger limits for most of the year.
Transport and water resources minister Nitin Gadkari, plunged into a tense election ca ... more |
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 Portland OR (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Forest fires are causing snow to melt earlier in the season, a trend occurring across the western U.S. that may affect water supplies and trigger even more fires, according to a new study by a team of researchers at Portland State University (PSU) , the Desert Research Institute (DRI), and the University of Nevada, Reno.
It's a cycle that will only be exacerbated as the frequency, duration ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) May 08, 2019 
Hypersaline brines - water that contains high concentrations of dissolved salts and whose saline levels are higher than ocean water - are a growing environmental concern around the world. Very challenging and costly to treat, they result from water produced during oil and gas production, inland desalination concentrate, landfill leachate (a major problem for municipal solid waste landfills), flu ... more |
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 Chicago (AFP) May 8, 2019 
Flooding caused by heavy rains on Wednesday claimed one life and led to evacuations and travel disruptions in the central United States.
From Texas to Wisconsin, flooding affected various communities along a north-south path more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) in length.
Evacuations were reported in Kansas and one person was killed by floodwaters in Austin, Texas.
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 Washington (AFP) May 11, 2019 
US President Donald Trump cranked up the heat in a trade battle with China on Friday, ordering a tariff hike on almost all remaining imports from the world's second-biggest economy, but Beijing said talks would continue to resolve the row.
After tweeting that two days of trade talks in Washington had been "candid and constructive," the businessman-turned-politician changed tack and followed ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2019 
The celestial phenomenon known as STEVE is likely caused by a combination of heating of charged particles in the atmosphere and energetic electrons like those that power the aurora, according to new research. In a new study, scientists found STEVE's source region in space and identified two mechanisms that cause it.
Last year, the obscure atmospheric lights became an internet sensation. Ty ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 9, 2019 
Evolution produced the same flightless bird species twice, with each occurrence separated by tens of thousands of years. The phenomena, called iterative evolution, helped bring the flightless rail species back from the dead.
According to a new study, the bird twice settled on an isolated atoll near the Seychelles called Aldabra, losing its ability to fly after a several thousand years o ... more |
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