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  San Juan (AFP) July 29, 2019 Tens of thousands of water bottles destined for desperate Puerto Ricans after devastating back-to-back hurricanes slammed into the US island territory remain unopened on farmland almost two years later, emergency aid officials confirmed Monday. Aerial images captured by AFP show a sea of water bottles, packaged into massive bundles, heaped on what appears to be a private estate in the Higuillar neighborhood in Dorado, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of San Juan. In some pictures, the ground isn't ... read more |
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Overturning the truth on conservation tillageWashington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Just as we blend, cut, and fold ingredients together to follow a recipe, farmers use equipment to stir together soil and crop residue (stalks and roots of previous crops) before planting. This mecha ... more 
To conserve water, Indian farmers fire up air pollutionIthaca NY (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 A measure to conserve groundwater in northwestern India has led to unexpected consequences: added air pollution in an area already beset by haze and smog. A new study reveals how water-use pol ... more 
Solar panels cast shade on agriculture in a good wayWashington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 Imagine you are a farmer struggling to keep up with production demands because of the increasingly stressful climate. Or perhaps you are a producer of renewable energy struggling with dramatic heat ... more 
Poland needs to save water for non-rainy dayWarsaw (AFP) July 28, 2019 With his two fishing rods planted firmly on the bank of the Vistula river, 85-year-old Tadeusz Norberciak peers at rocks exposed on the dry riverbed, a telling sign of Poland's looming water crisis. ... 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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Swine fever sends China's pork prices, imports soaringBeijing (AFP) July 19, 2019 Pork prices have been sent soaring and herds devastated as African swine fever tears through China's massive pig-farming industry, forcing the country to ramp up imports to satisfy demand - but analysts warn worse is yet to come. ... more 
China importers seek to lift tariffs on US farm goods: state mediaShanghai (AFP) July 21, 2019 Chinese importers are applying to their government to lift tariffs on some US agricultural imports, state media reported on Sunday, three weeks after the two sides reached a truce in their trade war. ... more 
Lavender back in fashion with French farmersChatuzange-Le-Goubet, France (AFP) July 21, 2019 Working its way across a purple-green field in southern France, a claw-fitted tractor harvests plants of lavender destined to become essential oil as a traditional sector stages a modest comeback. ... more 
ORNL scientists make fundamental discovery to creating better cropsOak Ridge TN (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered the specific gene that controls an important symbiotic relationship between plants and soil fungi ... more  
European farms, wildlife parched in post-heatwave droughtParis (AFP) July 16, 2019 Farmers, private households and wildlife around Europe are suffering in a drought following last month's record temperatures that scorched much of the continent. ... more |
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 China fails to buy agricultural goods as promised: Trump 
Managing Freshwater Across the United StatesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 05, 2019 The varied landscapes of the United States have unique relationships with water. On the East Coast, rain is a regular occurrence. In the West, drought is a constant threat. Rivers and lakes fed by r ... more  |
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US judge slashes jury award in Roundup cancer caseSan Francisco (AFP) July 16, 2019 A US judge on Monday slashed punitive damages a jury ordered Monsanto to pay in a Roundup cancer trial, saying the sum was too high despite the company's "reprehensible" conduct. ... more 
Study: Global farming trends threaten food securityHalle, Germany (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades. However, global agriculture does not reflect this trend. Monocultures are increasing worldwide, ... more 
Water express delivers emergency supplies to drought-hit Indian cityChennai, India (AFP) July 12, 2019 A special 50-wagon train carrying 2.5 million litres of water arrived in the Indian city of Chennai Friday, as the southern hub reels under one of its worst shortages in decades. ... more 
Indonesia president vows to fight EU palm oil rulesJakarta (AFP) July 12, 2019 Indonesia's president promised Friday to fight the European Union over plans to restrict the use of palm oil in biofuels. ... more
New solar panel produces electricity and clean waterWashington (UPI) Jul 10, 2019 Electricity and clean water are two of the world's biggest needs - and scientists in Saudi Arabia may have a solution. ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2019 
Four tiger sharks have been tagged with a new device that will help conservationists to conduct detailed analysis of their migrations over years.
The device, developed in collaboration with ESA, is smaller and more durable than existing tags, as well as being cheaper and more animal friendly.
It records pressure - indicating the depth of the shark - temperature, light level and til ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Recording the movements of people and animals (including birds and insects) has become very easy because of the development of small and inexpensive GPS devices and video cameras. However, it is still difficult to infer what triggers such movements (for example, external stimuli and/or their mental processes) from the behavioral records.
In this study, Shuhei Yamazaki and colleagues have d ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) July 28, 2019 
Brazil deployed police to a remote Amazon village on Sunday after reports it had been overrun by armed miners following the murder of an indigenous leader, officials and tribal chiefs said.
The violence in an area of the northern Amapa state controlled by the Waiapi tribe comes as Brazil's indigenous people face growing pressures from miners, ranchers and loggers under pro-business President ... more |
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 Houghton MI (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
This is a story of carbon choices: As societies around the world continue to move toward increased renewable energy portfolios, which energy sources do we choose?
In the U.S., coal plants are closing, but carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere continues to rise; pivoting toward renewable energy sources like wind, solar and biofuels is a necessary step toward halting the worst effec ... more |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
Solar panel installations are on the rise in the U.S., with more than 2 million new installations in early 2019, the most ever recorded in a first quarter, according to a recent report by Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables.
To meet the ever-increasing demands, low-cost and more efficient alternatives to silicon-based solar cells - currently the most ... more |
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 Lake Turkana, Kenya (AFP) July 19, 2019 
Kenya on Friday formally launched Africa's biggest wind power plant, a mammoth project in a gusty stretch of wilderness that already provides nearly a fifth of the country's energy needs.
The $680-million (600 million euro) scheme, a sprawling 365-turbine wind farm on the eastern shores of Lake Turkana, is delivering 310 megawatts of renewable power to the national grid of East Africa's most ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) July 22, 2019 
A French television crew filming a protest against a newly approved Indian-owned coal mine was arrested by Australian police Monday and charged with trespassing.
Construction of the Adani project near the Great Barrier Reef has been under fierce debate for almost a decade, with environmentalists warning that fossil fuels damage the climate.
France 2 reporter Hugo Clement and three member ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2019  China's anti-corruption watchdog said Wednesday it is investigating a former chairman of its top policy bank, the latest official to be ensnared in President Xi Jinping's sweeping campaign against graft.
Hu Huaibang worked his way up China's financial sector, moving between regulatory positions and state-owned companies before landing the top job at the Bank of Communications.
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
Could a computer, at a glance, tell the difference between a joyful image and a depressing one?
Could it distinguish, in a few milliseconds, a romantic comedy from a horror film?
Yes, and so can your brain, according to research published this week by University of Colorado Boulder neuroscientists.
"Machine learning technology is getting really good at recognizing the content o ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 30, 2019  Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world's rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of waste from foreign shores.
It comes after China last year stopped accepting the world's used plastic, having previously been the biggest market for recyclables.
After Indonesia on Tuesday announced it had sent back illegally imported garbage from France ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) July 30, 2019 
Gigantic forest fires have regularly raged through the vast expanses of Russia's Siberia, but the magnitude of this year's blazes has reached an exceptional level with fears of a long-term impact on the environment.
As fires sweep across millions of hectares enveloping entire cities in black smoke and noxious fumes, environmentalists warn of a disaster threatening to accelerate the melting o ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2019 
Over the last month, massive quantities of the Sargassum seaweed have been washing up on the shores of Mexico, Florida in the US and some Caribbean islands, creating a serious environmental problem and causing havoc for the tourist industry. ESA has been tracking this slimy infestation from space.
Sargassum is a large brown algae, first spotted by Columbus during his voyage to the Americas ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 29, 2019 
The death toll in a landslide which buried a village in southwest China rose to 42, state broadcaster CCTV said Monday, with nine still missing days after the disaster struck.
Search and rescue operations at the site in Shuicheng county, Guizhou province - where a thick torrent of mud buried 22 houses in the landslide on Tuesday - were stopped on Sunday night, the provincial government sa ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 31, 2019 
Hong Kong's economy remained sluggish in the second quarter amid the ongoing US-China trade dispute, government figures released Wednesday showed, as weeks of civil unrest threatened further headwinds in the financial hub.
Beijing and Washington have already imposed duties on more than $360 billion in two-way trade, roiling global financial markets and weighing heavily on manufacturing outpu ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 31, 2019 
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), following on from the success of the Double Star / Tan Ce mission which flew between 2003 and 2008.
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 Hanoi (AFP) July 28, 2019 
Fifty-five pieces of rhino horn were found encased in plaster at an airport in the Vietnamese capital, authorities said Sunday, as the country tries to crack down on sophisticated wildlife smuggling routes.
The communist state is both a consumption hub and popular transit point for the multibillion dollar trade in animal parts.
The 125 kilogram (275 pound) haul of rhino horn discovered a ... more |
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