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| April 21, 2014 |
 First radar vision for Copernicus Paris (ESA) Apr 17, 2014 - Launched on 3 April, ESA's Sentinel-1A satellite has already delivered its first radar images of Earth. They offer a tantalising glimpse of the kind of operational imagery that this new mission will provide for Europe's ambitious Copernicus environmental monitoring programme. Rather aptly, the first image shows Brussels in Belgium, the seat of the European Commission. The European Co ... more |  |
Egyptian sensing satellite placed in orbit Moscow (Voice of Russia) Apr 17, 2014 - An Egyptian land remote sensing satellite, Egyptsat, launched from Baikonur cosmodrome on Wednesday has successfully separated from Soyuz-U launch vehicle and entered terrestrial orbit, Interfax-AVN was told at the press service of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). "At 8:28 pm the satellite successfully separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle," a spokesman said. Soyuz-U to ... more |  |
 ISEE-3: An Old Friend Comes to Visit Earth Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - It launched in 1978. It was the first satellite to study the constant flow of solar wind streaming toward Earth from a stable orbit point between our planet and the sun known as the Lagrangian 1, or L1. Monitoring that wind helped scientists better understand the interconnected sun-Earth system, which at its most turbulent can affect satellites around Earth. In 1984, it was given a n ... more |  |
 Giant lasers could control the weather Orlando, Fla. (UPI) Apr 19, 2013 - Zeus, God of the Sky, may be out of work, as scientists at the University of Central Florida believe they've developed a technique - which involves pointing a high powered laser at the sky - to induce clouds to drop rain and hurl thunderbolts. Scientists have known that water condensation and lightning activity in storm clouds are associated with large amounts of static charged partic ... more |  |
 Guides, climbers cancel Everest expeditions after tragedy Kathmandu (AFP) April 21, 2014 - Distraught Nepalese guides and climbers cancelled expeditions on Mount Everest Monday after at least 13 colleagues died in an avalanche, as anger mounted at poor payments for sherpas who take huge risks on the world's highest peak. Sherpas already grief-stricken at the loss of colleagues have told AFP they are considering whether to halt climbs to protest at pay and poor welfare provisions. ... more |  |
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 Two-thirds of underwater search done, no sign of MH370 Perth, Australia (AFP) April 21, 2014 - Two-thirds of the planned underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been completed, with no signs so far of the jet, Australian officials said Monday. As many as 10 military aircraft and 11 ships are taking part in the search for the aircraft, which was carrying 239 people when it vanished on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No debris from the plane h ... more |  |
S. Korea prosecutors turn to mobile app for ferry probe Seoul (AFP) April 21, 2014 - Prosecutors probing South Korea's ferry disaster have turned to a popular mobile chat service to reconstruct the final moments of hundreds feared to have perished on board the sinking ship. The 6,825-tonne ferry carrying 447 passengers - mostly high school students on a holiday trip - sank off the country's southwest Wednesday, leaving 64 dead and 238 still missing. Survivors say crew ... more |  |
 West Africa's Ebola outbreak prompts changes in I.Coast cuisine Bouake, Ivory Coast (AFP) April 20, 2014 - West Africa's first outbreak of Ebola fever is bad news for gourmets in Ivory Coast, but brings respite from the hunter to species sought out for tasty meat but feared to carry the disease. Late in March, Health Minister Raymonde Goudou Coffie called for her compatriots to stop eating porcupines and agoutis, which look like large river-rats, "until we can be sure there are no risks". Bus ... more |  |
 Fresh tremor rattles Papua New Guinea after 7.5 quake Sydney (AFP) April 20, 2014 - A fresh 6.1-magnitude tremor rattled Papua New Guinea's Bougainville island Sunday as officials scrambled for news of damage and casualties following a powerful earthquake overnight that sparked a tsunami alert. The 7.5-magnitude quake struck 75 kilometres (47 miles) southwest of the town of Panguna on Bougainville at a depth of 30 kilometres around 11:30pm local time on Saturday. A tsun ... more |  |
 Unexpected Teleconnections in Noctilucent Clouds Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Earth's poles are separated by four oceans, six continents and more than 12,000 nautical miles. Turns out, that's not so far apart. New data from NASA's AIM spacecraft have revealed "teleconnections" in Earth's atmosphere that stretch all the way from the North Pole to the South Pole and back again, linking weather and climate more closely than simple geography would suggest. For example, ... more |  |
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 Astronomers: 'Tilt-a-worlds' could harbor life Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - A fluctuating tilt in a planet's orbit does not preclude the possibility of life, according to new research by astronomers at the University of Washington, Utah's Weber State University and NASA. In fact, sometimes it helps. That's because such "tilt-a-worlds," as astronomers sometimes call them - turned from their orbital plane by the influence of companion planets - are less likely than ... more |  |
Nepal calls off search for missing guides on Everest: official Kathmandu (AFP) April 20, 2014 - Nepal Sunday called off the search for local guides still missing after the deadliest accident on Mount Everest killed 13 colleagues, as climbers recalled the terrifying moments when the avalanche hit. Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 13 sherpa guides and plucked another nine to safety since an ice and snow avalanche smashed into their expedition on Friday morning on the world's highest ... more |  |
Researchers use Twitter to predict crime Washington (AFP) April 20, 2014 - Hidden in the Twittersphere are nuggets of information that could prove useful to crime fighters - even before a crime has been committed. Researchers at the University of Virginia demonstrated tweets could predict certain kinds of crimes if the correct analysis is applied. A research paper published in the scientific journal Decision Support Systems last month said the analysis of geo- ... more |  |
 Female candidates fight for rights in Iraq campaign Baghdad (AFP) April 20, 2014 - With fears that women's rights are being eroded in Iraq, prospective female lawmakers are determined to push women's issues to the fore of campaigning for this month's elections. Despite a constitutional requirement that a quarter of all MPs be women, Iraq lags on key indicators such as female employment and literacy, and there is a bill before parliament that opponents say dramatically curt ... more |  |
 Thousands in China protest after officials beat vendor, passer-by: report Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2014 - Thousands took to the streets of a Chinese city to protest at the beating of a vendor and of a passer-by who took photos of the incident, reports said Sunday. The incident at Lingxi city in Cangnan county in the eastern province of Zhejiang is the latest instance of public outrage triggered by the behaviour of China's "chengguan", quasi-police officials who enforce local regulations and have ... more |  |
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Hackers of Oman news agency target Bouteflika Muscat (AFP) April 20, 2014 - Hackers on Sunday targeted the website of Oman's official news agency, singling out and mocking Algeria's newly re-elected president Abdelaziz Bouteflika as a handicapped "dictator". Oman News Agency said its website had been hacked and that "false" reports were posted on the site. The hackers reportedly distorted a news story about a letter from Oman's Sultan Qaboos to Bouteflika congr ... more |  |
 Deforestation could intensify climate change in Congo Basin by half Leuven, Belgium (SPX) Apr 19, 2014 - By 2050, deforestation could cause temperatures in the Congo Basin to increase by 0.7C. The increase would intensify warming caused by greenhouse gases by half, according to a study by researchers at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Explosive population growth and inefficient agricultural practices are causing large-scale destruction of tropical rainforests in Central Africa. A team of r ... more |  |
Recycling industrial waste water Cologne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 19, 2014 - A research group composed of Dr. Martin Prechtl, Leo Heim and their colleagues at the University of Cologne's Department of Chemistry has discovered a new method of generating hydrogen using water and formaldehyde. The generation of hydrogen from liquids is of particular interest when it comes to fuel cell technologies. The results of the project, entitled "Selective and mild hydrogen prod ... more |  |
 Building Better Soybeans for a Hot, Dry, Hungry World Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 19, 2014 - A new study shows that soybean plants can be redesigned to increase crop yields while requiring less water and helping to offset greenhouse gas warming. The study is the first to demonstrate that a major food crop can be modified to meet multiple goals at the same time. The study, led by Darren Drewry of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., used an advanced vegetation model ... more |  |
 Moth study suggests hidden climate change impacts Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Apr 19, 2014 - A 32-year study of subarctic forest moths in Finnish Lapland suggests that scientists may be underestimating the impacts of climate change on animals and plants because much of the harm is hidden from view. The study analyzed populations of 80 moth species and found that 90 percent of them were either stable or increasing throughout the study period, from 1978 to 2009. During that time, av ... more |  |
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