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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 NASA satellites are a prominent tool for accounting for water, as it constantly cycles from water vapor to rain and snow falling onto soils, and across and beneath the landscape. As Earth's atmosphere warms due to greenhouse gases and the satellite data record continues to get longer and more detailed, scientists are studying how climate change is affecting the distribution of water. Trends are beginning to emerge, especially at the extremes in the frequency and magnitude of floods and droughts. T ... read more |
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Under fire over Monsanto's glyphosate, Bayer vows 'transparency'Berlin (AFP) June 14, 2019 Pharmaceutical giant Bayer announced Friday plans to invest five billion euros ($5.6 billion) over the next decade in a new generation of herbicides and promised more transparency after the Monsanto "watch list" scandal. ... more  
Rare wolf killed in Bangladesh after first appearance in decadesDhaka (AFP) June 16, 2019 The first Indian grey wolf to be seen in Bangladesh in eight decades has been beaten to death by farmers after preying on their livestock, wildlife experts said Sunday. ... more 
US prosecutor drops charges, starts over in criminal probe of tainted waterChicago (AFP) June 14, 2019 US prosecutors have dropped all charges connected to lead contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan and pledged to start the criminal probe over from scratch after expressing concerns over how it has been handled by predecessors. ... more  
Drought forces Namibia to auction 1,000 wild animalsWindhoek (AFP) June 15, 2019 Drought-hit Namibia has authorised the sale of at least 1,000 wild animals - including elephants and giraffes - to limit loss of life and generate $1.1 million for conservation, the authorities confirmed Saturday. ... more |
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Strong quake hits off eastern Malaysia
Italian alpinist found dead in Swiss avalanche Morocco flood evacuees mark muted Ramadan away from home Rescuers recover final body after deadly California avalanche Afghanistan quake causes no 'serious' damage, injuries: official Kabul shakes as 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan Strong earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan: AFP journalists Deadly California avalanche search to go through weekend Deadly Indonesia floods force a deforestation reckoning Three killed in Austria Alps avalanches: police |
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Honeybees harmed by tag team of insecticides, mitesWashington (UPI) Jun 5, 2019 For the first time, honeybee researchers have identified a "synergistic time-lag interaction" between parasitic Varroa mites and neonicotinoid insecticides. The two stressors, the latest research showed, combined to reduce the survival of honeybees during the winter. ... more 
Locust swarm decimates crops in SardiniaRome (AFP) June 10, 2019 Millions of locusts have devastated at least 2,000 hectares of crops in Sardinia, Italian farmers union Coldiretti said Monday, with experts calling the invasion the worst in six decades. ... more 
Ancient Roman grape seeds reveal genetic origins of French winemakingWashington (UPI) Jun 10, 2019 Scientists have traced the genetic origins of a popular grape variety, still used in French wines today, back 900 years to a single ancestral plant. ... more 
Agriculture began in Eurasia earlier than scientists thoughtWashington (UPI) Jun 10, 2019 According to a new survey of isotopic data from Eurasia, agriculture began in the region earlier than scientists thought. ... more 
American garlic, honey farmers cheer Trump's tariffs on ChinaLos Angeles (AFP) June 5, 2019 As most US farmers feel the brunt of the trade war with China, some, like garlic and honey producers who have struggled for years, are applauding new, higher tariffs on Chinese goods. ... more |
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Man killed in fight over water in India amid deadly dust stormChennai, India (AFP) June 7, 2019 A 33-year-old man died after a fight over water in southern India, police said Friday, as the country gasped from extreme heat and storms that killed 24 in the north. ... more  |
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The real future food is lab-grown insect meatWashington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Livestock farming is destroying our planet. It is a major cause of land and water degradation, biodiversity loss, acid rain, coral reef degeneration, deforestation - and of course, climate change. P ... more 
Earth's rotation is helping mix the water in Italy's Lake GardaWashington (UPI) Jun 5, 2019 The rotation of the Earth is encouraging the mixing of water in Italy's picturesque Lake Garda, according to the findings of a new study. ... more  
Scientist looks to resurrect Hong Kong's 'Pearl of the Orient' pastHong Kong (AFP) June 6, 2019 On a raft floating off Hong Kong's rural eastern coastline former investment banker turned scientist Yan Wa-tat patiently scrapes barnacles off some 2,000 oysters - a tiresome but crucial part of his mission to bring back pearl farming. ... more
Striking French workers block world's biggest Nutella plantRouen, France (AFP) June 3, 2019 A factory in northern France that makes a quarter of the world's Nutella has been blockaded for a week by workers striking for more pay, causing key ingredients to run low, unions said Monday. ... more 
Despite culls, import bans, swine fever to hit pork market for yearsHanoi (AFP) June 4, 2019 Millions of pigs have been culled as African Swine Fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to American dinner tables. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 13, 2019 
From her desk in a building in downtown Washington, Lacey Malarky monitors fishing vessels that take advantage of the vastness of Earth's oceans to cheat in the belief that no one is watching.
Malarky uses a website called Global Fishing Watch, which was launched by her employer, the NGO Oceana, with Google and a nonprofit called SkyTruth less than three years ago to trace where 70,000 fishi ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
The next step in modernizing the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation with new technology and capabilities is happening from the ground up!
On May 22, Lockheed Martin delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force's current GPS ground control system. The upgrade will enable the Air Force to start commanding the new, next-genera ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) June 14, 2019 
Here's your new job: You have to protect the country's precious tropical forests. You have to stop illegal logging and fight the entrenched corruption backed by powerful forces which goes with it. By the way, you are a committed environmentalist - and you are foreign-born.
This is the challenge facing Lee White, a green activist born in Britain, who this week was named minister of water and ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Arkansas have developed a highly efficient catalyst for extracting electrical energy from ethanol, an easy-to-store liquid fuel that can be generated from renewable resources. The catalyst, described in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, steers the electro-oxidation of ethanol down ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 
According to an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. electrical generating capacity by renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) has now - for the first time - surpassed that of coal.
FERC's latest monthly "Energy Infrastructure Update" report (with data through April 30, 2019) no ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 23, 2019 
Every year, bald and golden eagles are killed when they inadvertently fly into wind turbine blades. One possible way to prevent these deaths is to chase the birds away with acoustic signals - sound. To determine what types of sounds are most effective in deterring the birds, researchers at the University of Minnesota and their colleagues tested the behavioral responses of bald eagles to a batter ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 13, 2019 
Australia approved Thursday the construction of a controversial coal mine near the Great Barrier Reef, paving the way for a dramatic and unfashionable increase in coal exports.
Queensland's government said it had accepted a groundwater management plan for the Indian-owned Adani Carmichael mine - the last major legal hurdle before construction can begin.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 14, 2019 
Hong Kong's embattled leader faced mounting pressure on Friday to abandon a deeply unpopular plan to allow extraditions to China as key allies urged a rethink following unprecedented political unrest.
The international finance hub was rocked by the worst political violence since its 1997 handover to China on Wednesday as tens of thousands of protesters were dispersed by riot police firing te ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 16, 2019 
"Do you ever lie to your friends?," Jam asks, popping up in a private message box at the bottom of your screen.
If it seems like a personal question, don't worry - Jam isn't a person, but a chatbot, eager for a bubbly conversation about the news, environment, pop culture and more.
This particular cryptic query leads to Jam telling the story of Romain Gary, a French author who deceived t ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force diverted more than $66 million to cover the cleanup costs of harmful "forever chemicals" in the water supply in the past two years, according to an analysis by the Department of Defense.
The class of chemicals, called perfluorooctanic acid and commonly referred to as PFAS, have been widely used by the military in firefighting foam.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., the ... 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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
Water is so commonplace that we often take it for granted. But too much - or too little of it - makes NASA explores our changing freshwater worlds.
Catastrophic flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring has caused billions of dollars in damage and wreaked havoc with crops, after rain tipped off a mass melting of snow. Seven years of California drought so debilitating that it led to water ra ... more |
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 Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) June 16, 2019 
Hospital ventilators shut down, football matches with obligatory water breaks and food spoiling in fridges without power: Iraq's notorious summer has arrived.
As one of the hottest countries in the world with around half of its terrain covered in desert, Iraq is no stranger to stiflingly hot summers.
But even by its own standards, this June has been a sizzler - averaging a daily 48 degr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2019 
China's economy showed further signs of weakness last month, with industrial output posting its slowest growth in 17 years, placing further pressure on the government as it tries to steady the ship while battling a trade war with the US.
Authorities have for years been attempting to transition the world's number two economy from a reliance on state investment and exports to a more stable mod ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2019 
The last astronauts of the Apollo program were lucky. Not just because they were chosen to fly to the Moon, but because they missed some really bad weather en route. This wasn't a hurricane or heat wave, but space weather - the term for radiation in the solar system, much of which is released by the Sun.
In August 1972, right in between the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 missions, a solar storm o ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2019 
By analyzing the makeup of lemurs' gut microbiome, scientists can predict which species are most vulnerable to deforestation.
For a new study, scientists surveyed the microbes found in the guts of 12 different lemur species. The results, published this week in the journal Biology Letters, showed some lemur species have more specialized gut bacteria than others.
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