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| June 03, 2014 |
 Britain's urban rivers cleanest in 20 years Cardiff, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Scientists from Cardiff University have found that Britain's urban rivers are the cleanest they've been in over two decades. The 21-year study of over 2300 rivers measured the presence of clean-river invertebrates - a yardstick for river health - which during the days of heavy industry and poor sewage treatment had declined considerably, but now appear to be making a comeback. Although cli ... more |  |
Rolling old river is indeed changing New York NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - The Hudson River has changed in many far-reaching ways over the past quarter-century as a result of human activity, reports a team of researchers in the June issue of BioScience. Zebra mussels and other invasive species have changed the river's ecology-although the influence of the zebra mussels now seems to be waning. A 40 percent increase in the freshwater flow has also had powerful effe ... more |  |
 Satellites improving lives in rural Africa Paris (ESA) Jun 03, 2014 - An ESA-supported project is showing how satcoms can help farmers, voters and educators in rural Africa. The three elements of the Sway4edu project are helping to run elections, educate teachers and improve radio programming. Satellite terminals provide Internet connectivity, with solar panels and batteries (where needed), laptops, tablets, a projector with screen, and loudspeakers. Sway4ed ... more |  |
Modern Ocean Acidification Is Outpacing Ancient Upheaval New York NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Some 56 million years ago, a massive pulse of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere sent global temperatures soaring. In the oceans, carbonate sediments dissolved, some organisms went extinct and others evolved. Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification caused the crisis-similar to today, as manmade CO2 combines with seawater to change its chemistry. Now, for the first time, sci ... more |  |
 The reproductive system's evolution from dinosaurs to birds Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - As winged dinosaurs underwent a series of evolutionary changes during the transition into Aves, or birds, one pivotal transformation was the appearance of a single-ovary reproductive system. "The most widely accepted hypothesis for the presence of a single functional ovary in living birds is that the right ovary ... was lost to reduce body mass in gravid females during flight," report a te ... more |  |
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 One step closer to a breath test for lung cancer Denver CO (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - Results of a University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) show that a test of organic compounds in exhaled breath can not only distinguish patients with lung cancer from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but can also define the stage of any cancer present. "This could totally r ... more |  |
 Solving the puzzle of ice age climates Boston MA (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - The paleoclimate record for the last ice age - a time 21,000 years ago called the "Last Glacial Maximum" (LGM) - tells of a cold Earth whose northern continents were covered by vast ice sheets. Chemical traces from plankton fossils in deep-sea sediments reveal rearranged ocean water masses, as well as extended sea ice coverage off Antarctica. Air bubbles in ice cores show that carbon dioxide in ... more |  |
Blunting rice disease Newark DE (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - A fungus that kills an estimated 30 percent of the world's rice crop may finally have met its match, thanks to a research discovery made by scientists at the University of Delaware and the University of California at Davis. The research team, led by Harsh Bais, associate professor of plant and soil sciences in UD's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has identified a naturally oc ... more |  |
 Decomposing logs show local factors undervalued in climate predictions New Haven CT (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 - A new Yale-led study challenges the long-held assumption that climate is the primary driver of how quickly organic matter decomposes in different regions, a key piece of information used in formulating climate models. In a long-term analysis conducted across several sites in the eastern United States, a team of researchers found that local factors - from levels of fungal colonization to th ... more |  |
 Tiananmen protest leaders, in US, blast China ahead of anniversary Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Dissidents who helped spearhead the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests on Monday blasted China's one-party rule and called on the international community to pressure Beijing into embracing democracy. Exiled former student activist Wang Dan and intellectual Wang Juntao marked the 25th anniversary of the deadly crackdown in Beijing by launching a new movement from the United States, roughly transl ... more |  |
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13 dead as monsoon triggers havoc in Sri Lanka capital Colombo (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Unusually heavy monsoon rains have flooded Sri Lanka's capital and neighbouring districts where mudslides killed at least 13 people, officials said Monday. The island's western and southern regions experienced heavy rains with more than 100 millimetres (four inches) dumped within about one hour on Sunday, an official at the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said. "The weather appears to b ... more |  |
 Freak Tehran sandstorm kills four, dozens injured Tehran (AFP) June 02, 2014 - A huge sandstorm and record winds killed at least four people Monday in Tehran, plunging Iran's capital into darkness during rush hour and forcing thousands to run for cover. The freak weather struck at 5:10 pm (1240 GMT), knocking down trees and sweeping other debris across streets and into the windscreens of cars as people headed home from work. State media reported 110 kilometre (70-m ... more |  |
 Philippine rebels free kidnapped forest workers Manila (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Communist rebels waging a long-running insurgency in the Philippines freed Monday a group of forestry surveyors they had seized on suspicion of being government spies. The New People's Army (NPA) rebels said they had abducted the five at a remote mountainous area on the southern island of Mindanao after they were spotted flying drones over the area. The group had been on its way to study ... more |  |
 Modest quake rattles Los Angeles Los Angeles (AFP) June 02, 2014 - A modest 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Los Angeles region late Sunday causing no known damage or injuries, officials said. The quake struck at 0236 GMT Monday with an epicenter seven kilometers (four miles) north of Santa Monica and eight kilometers (five miles) northwest of Beverly Hills, reported the US Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes worldwide. Both towns are in th ... more |  |
Girly names make for deadliest hurricanes: study Washington (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Hurricanes with feminine names may kill three times as many victims because people do not perceive them as being as threatening as storms named after men, scientists said Monday. Hurricanes are named by a pre-determined, alternating order that has nothing to do with the strength of the approaching storm. Scientists developed in the system in the 1970s to avoid the perception of gender bias. ... more |  |
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Hollywood hosts China's Huading Film Awards Hollywood, United States (AFP) June 02, 2014 - China's Huading Film Award ceremony was held for the first time in the United States on Sunday, with Hollywood celebrities like Halle Berry and Orlando Bloom receiving honors. While the Chinese awards are little known in the United States, western film celebrities understand the importance of the burgeoning Chinese market and many were present at the event. The bilingual show, hosted by ... more |  |
 Students suffer in Philippine typhoon zone as schools open Tacloban, Philippines (AFP) June 02, 2014 - Tens of thousands of students in the central Philippines began the school year on Monday in steamy tents and other makeshift classrooms, seven months after Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the region. The government said it had hoped to rebuild or repair 20,000 classrooms before students returned, but new regulations requiring higher building standards so schools withstand future typhoons led ... more |  |
Domestication of Dogs May Explain Mammoth Kill Sites University Park PA (SPX) Jun 02, 2014 - A new analysis of European archaeological sites containing large numbers of dead mammoths and dwellings built with mammoth bones has led Penn State Professor Emerita Pat Shipman to formulate a new interpretation of how these sites were formed. She suggests that their abrupt appearance may have been due to early modern humans working with the earliest domestic dogs to kill the now-extinct m ... more |  |
Huge tooth fossil shows marine predator had plenty to chew on Edinburgh, UK (SPX) Jun 02, 2014 - A fossilised tooth belonging to a fearsome marine predator has been recorded as the largest of its kind found in the UK, following its recent discovery. A team of palaeontologists have verified the tooth, which was found near Chesil Beach in Dorset, as belonging to a prehistoric relative of modern crocodiles known as Dakosaurus maximus. The tooth, which has a broken tip, is approximately 5 ... more |  |
 Algeria hunters return cautiously after civil war hiatus Thenia, Algeria (AFP) June 02, 2014 - With rifles slung over their shoulders and accompanied by a pack of hounds, the hunters head into the thicket in pursuit of wild boar, thriving since Algeria's Islamist insurgency halted the practice 20 years ago. Just 55 kilometres (35 miles) east of the capital, the inhabitants of Thenia were targeted during the 1990s by militants searching for guns to fight with, which resulted in the aut ... more |  |
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