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San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - A satellite-mounted instrument has in just one year produced higher-resolution imagery of the global seafloor than that from comparable systems over the past 30 years. At present, ship-mounted
Dec 13, 2024
Taipei (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 - Chinese navy and coast guard ships have returned to China, signalling the end of a massive maritime exercise, Taiwanese authorities said Friday.
Dec 13, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - Researchers have introduced an innovative approach, the Cross-Satellite Atmospheric Correction (CSAC) system, to standardize satellite ocean color data from diverse sources. This development enables
Dec 13, 2024
London (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 - The BBC said on Friday it would continue to report on the Sahel region after the military junta in Niger suspended BBC radio for three months.
Dec 13, 2024
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 - Kyrgyzstan urged residents to use less electricity on Friday, warning that its power grid is struggling under the weight of record-high winter demand.
Dec 13, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - The ocean drives Earth's climate and weather systems, supporting diverse ecosystems and a significant portion of planetary life. Data from NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) sat
Dec 13, 2024
Damascus (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 - Syria's rebel chief called on people across the country to celebrate the victory of the revolution on Friday, as G7 leaders looked to forge a common approach to the new government.
Dec 13, 2024
Phnom Penh (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 - Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the critical Southeast Asian waterway plagued by illegal fishing, habitat loss and plastic waste.
Dec 13, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - NASA's Lucy spacecraft executed a critical gravity assist maneuver on Dec. 12, 2024, skimming just 220 miles (360 kilometers) above Earth's surface. This close approach, occurring at 11:15 p.m. EST,
Dec 13, 2024
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - The Geminids meteor shower is back for its annual December show of beautiful bright and fast meteors. The Geminids, which will peak on the night between Dec 13 - 14 in 2024, is considered to be one
Dec 13, 2024
The Hague (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 - Young people from small island states - the driving force behind the climate change hearings at the International Court of Justice - have provided a breath of fresh air to proceedings and gut-wrenching testimony from the front-line.
Dec 13, 2024
Manila (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 - Human-induced climate change fuelled a rare string of back-to-back typhoons that battered the Philippines this year and boosted the chances of powerful storms making landfall, a new study said on Thursday.
Dec 12, 2024
Abidjan (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 - Niger on Thursday announced it was suspending BBC radio for three months, with the British broadcaster joining the growing list of Western media sanctioned by military juntas in the Sahel.
Dec 12, 2024
Dakar (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 - Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned atrocities committed against civilians by Mali's army, the Russian mercenary group Wagner, and Islamist armed groups since UN peacekeepers withdrew a year ago.
Dec 12, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 - The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change.
Dec 12, 2024
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 - A former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker was among seven people found guilty of rioting on Thursday over a notorious mob attack on fellow democracy supporters and commuters in July 2019.
Dec 12, 2024
