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| October 18, 2013 |
 Young apes manage emotions like humans Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - Researchers studying young bonobos in an African sanctuary have discovered striking similarities between the emotional development of the bonobos and that of children, suggesting these great apes regulate their emotions in a human-like way. This is important to human evolutionary history because it shows the socio-emotional framework commonly applied to children works equally well for apes. ... more |  |
 First evidence that dust and sand deposits in China are controlled by rivers London, UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - New research published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews has found the first evidence that large rivers control desert sands and dust in Northern China. Northern China holds some of the world's most significant wind-blown dust deposits, known as loess. The origin of this loess-forming dust and its relationship to sand has previously been the subject of considerable debate. Th ... more |  |
How tiny organisms make a big impact on clean water London, UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - Nearly every body of water, from a puddle or a pond to a vast ocean, contains microscopic organisms that live attached to rocks, plants, and animals. These so-called sessile suspension feeders are critical to aquatic ecosystems and play an important role in cleaning up environmental contaminants by consuming bacteria. A study published by Cell Press on October 15 in the Biophysical Journal ... more |  |
 Climate change creates complicated consequences for North America's forests Hanover NH (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - Climate change affects forests across North America - in some cases permitting insect outbreaks, plant diseases, wildfires and other problems - but Dartmouth researchers say warmer temperatures are also making many forests grow faster and some less susceptible to pests, which could boost forest health and acreage, timber harvests, carbon storage, water recycling and other forest benefits in som ... more |  |
 New evidence on lightning strikes Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - Lightning strikes causing rocks to explode have for the first time been shown to play a huge role in shaping mountain landscapes in southern Africa, debunking previous assumptions that angular rock formations were necessarily caused by cold temperatures, and proving that mountains are a lot less stable than we think. In a world where mountains are crucial to food security and water supply, ... more |  |
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How Earth's rotation affects vortices in nature Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - What do smoke rings, tornadoes and the Great Red Spot of Jupiter have in common? They are all examples of vortices, regions within a fluid (liquid, gas or plasma) where the flow spins around an imaginary straight or curved axis. Understanding how geophysical (natural world) vortices behave can be critical for tasks such as weather forecasting and environmental pollution monitoring. In a ne ... more |  |
 Urban soil quality and compost Madison WI (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - With higher populations and limited space, urban areas are not often thought of as places for agriculture. A recent surge in community gardens, though, is bringing agriculture and gardens into the cities. And certain byproducts of urban life - food and yard waste and municipal biosolids - can benefit those gardens, and the soils in them, tremendously. Sally Brown, associate professor at Un ... more |  |
 New 3D method used to grow miniature pancreas Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - An international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen have successfully developed an innovative 3D method to grow miniature pancreas from progenitor cells. The future goal is to use this model to help in the fight against diabetes. The research results has just been published in the scientific journal Development. Professor Anne Grapin-Botton and her team at the Danish Ste ... more |  |
 Japan typhoon rescue effort goes into 2nd night Oshima, Japan (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - A painstaking search through tonnes of mud and splintered houses entered its second night Thursday on a typhoon-battered Japanese island, where the death toll from landslides rose to 21. Hundreds of police, firefighters and troops searched for the more than 30 people still missing in an area where buildings were swallowed when a mountainside collapsed. Typhoon Wipha, dubbed the strongest ... more |  |
 Australia wildfires destroy homes, darken Sydney skies Sydney (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Hundreds of homes are feared to have been destroyed by intense wildfires that tore across southeastern Australia in ferocious wind conditions Thursday, darkening Sydney's skies with smoke and ash, firefighters said. Five major blazes were burning across the state of New South Wales, fanned by high, erratic winds in unseasonably warm 34 degree Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) weather, as infernos in t ... more |  |
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Paraguay's Cartes vetoes grain export tax Asuncion, Paraguay (UPI) Oct 17, 2013 - Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes has moved to remove a law that critics say could cripple the landlocked country's cereals and oilseeds export trade. Businessman politician Cartes slapped a decree vetoing legislation before Congress that could have imposed a 10 percent tax on the grains exported by Paraguay, a mainstay for the economy. Paraguay has only just recovered from sev ... more |  |
 Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer Geneva (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - The World Health Organization on Thursday classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans. "The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances," said Kurt Straif of the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). "We now know that outdoor air pollution is not only a major risk to health in general, but also a leading e ... more |  |
Open air surgery as Philippines struggles to help quake victims Loon, Philippines (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Surgeons were planning to save lives on open-air operating tables in a hospital carpark Thursday as rescuers struggled to help isolated survivors of a powerful earthquake in the Philippines which has claimed at least 161 lives. Road access to the worst-hit towns on the central island of Bohol remained cut, two days after the 7.1-magnitude quake destroyed buildings and triggered landslides th ... more |  |
Tiny drones create new, highly detailed mapping of Matterhorn New York (UPI) Oct 17, 2013 - The Swiss Alps' iconic Matterhorn has been has been mapped in detail never possible before by a fleet of autonomous, fixed-wing drones, researchers say. The Matterhorn, dominating the skyline of the Swiss/Italian border at 14,692 feet, has challenged climbers since it was first scaled in 1865. The new mapping, conducted by unmanned aerial vehicle company SenseFly and aerial photo ... more |  |
U.S. businesses warned against Sandy-like disasters New York (UPI) Oct 17, 2013 - Many U.S. businesses are not equipped to deal with a crisis similar to the setback suffered in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a report said. It dubbed weather events such as Sandy's onslaught last Oct. 25 the "new normal" of environmental change. Insurer Alliance Global Corporate & Specialty warned businesses to take more seriously the need of precautions against a similar ev ... more |  |
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1.8-million-year-old skull find creates debate over human origins Tbilisi, Georgia (UPI) Oct 17, 2013 - The discovery of a 1.8-million-year-old human skull in Europe is igniting debate on the origins of distinct species of ancient human relatives, scientists say. Unearthed in the eastern European nation of Georgia, the skull has generated controversy over the fossil's proper place in our species' poorly understood family tree, they said. "This is most complete early Homo skull ever ... more |  |
 Nobel winners urge Russia to drop Greenpeace piracy charges Moscow (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Eleven Nobel Peace Prize winners have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to ensure that "excessive charges of piracy" laid against 30 Greenpeace activists are dropped, Greenpeace said on Thursday. "We are writing to ask you to do all you can to ensure that the excessive charges of piracy against the 28 Greenpeace activists, freelance photographer and freelance videographer are droppe ... more |  |
 Japan rescuers search mudslide for typhoon survivors Oshima, Japan (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Rescuers in Japan picked through mud and splintered houses Thursday after a typhoon that killed at least 19 people, as hopes faded for dozens not seen since a landslide engulfed their homes. Hundreds of police, firefighters and troops searched through the night in an area where buildings were swallowed when a mountainside collapsed. Typhoon Wipha, dubbed the strongest in a decade, never ... more |  |
Australia wildfires destroy homes, darken Sydney skies Sydney (AFP) Oct 17, 2013 - Hundreds of homes are feared to have been destroyed by intense wildfires that tore across southeastern Australia in ferocious wind conditions Thursday, darkening Sydney's skies with smoke and ash, firefighters said. Five major blazes were burning across the state of New South Wales, fanned by high, erratic winds in unseasonably warm 34 degree Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) weather, as infernos in t ... more |  |
Hopeless search as Philippine quake death toll hits 151 Loon, Philippines (AFP) Oct 16, 2013 - Survivors of a huge earthquake that killed more than 150 people in the Philippines rummaged hopelessly Wednesday through ruins for friends and relatives, as rescue workers struggled to reach isolated communities. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake smashed the central island of Bohol on Tuesday morning, ripping apart bridges, tearing down centuries-old churches and triggering landslides that engulf ... more | |
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