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September 2017

Every tda-dispatch published in September 2017. 140 articles · Back to full archive

Scientists are successfully breeding disease-resistance into mosquitoes

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 29, 2017

Hubble Observes the Farthest Active Inbound Comet Yet Seen

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 29, 2017

Earthquake warning systems improving, but prediction still not possible, scientists say

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 29, 2017

The link between drought and riots in sub-Saharan Africa

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 27, 2017

Flora and Fauna

The drying of peatlands is reducing bird diversity

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 27, 2017

Study: To prevent flood damage and siltation, give rivers room to flow

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 27, 2017

Study: 3.95 billion-year-old rocks contain earliest traces of life

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 27, 2017

Disaster Management

SES: emergency.lu Re-establishes Critical Connectivity in the Caribbean Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 27, 2017

NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 27, 2017

UC research shows ticks are even tougher and nastier than you thought

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 26, 2017

Study identifies likely scenarios for global spread of devastating crop disease

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 26, 2017

Scientists call for more research on how human activities affect the seabed

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 26, 2017

Flora and Fauna

Pigeons are better than people at multitasking

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 26, 2017

Global network of botanical gardens contain a third of all known plant species

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 26, 2017

Getting the measure of mud

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 26, 2017

Discovery of a new group of sponges could help measure impact of deep-sea mining

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 26, 2017