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Geneva (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already hellish conditions of displacement, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Nov 12, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and Rain, a leader in autonomous aerial wildfire response, have successfully showcased an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter's ability to locate and su
Nov 12, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - Schools in flood-hit towns in eastern Spain will be closed on Wednesday as the region braces for more torrential rains, officials said.
Nov 12, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - Geologists have presented compelling evidence indicating that Earth was enveloped in massive glaciers extending to the equator hundreds of millions of years ago, transforming the planet into a giant
Nov 12, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - A long-sought disaster relief fund to help vulnerable countries weather the storm of climate change will start handing out aid next year, officials at COP29 in Baku said Tuesday.
Nov 12, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - A significant report titled Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), developed by top European ocean scientists, has brought new focus to how climate
Nov 12, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - Researchers in Australia will soon enhance their capability to study the past at a microscopic level with the upcoming Australian Microarchaeological and Palaeosciences Facility (AusMAP) at Flinders
Nov 12, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 - The COP29 talks opened Monday with calls for global cooperation and fresh warnings about climate disasters - but proceedings quickly ground to a halt in a fight over the agenda.
Nov 11, 2024
Geneva (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 - The Paris climate agreement's goals are in great peril and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.
Nov 11, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 - The political reckoning over Spain's deadliest floods in decades must wait until after the country recovers from the disaster, which triggered widespread anger at the governing class, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday.
Nov 11, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2024 - Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. Earth's surface is in a state of continuous mot
Nov 11, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 11, 2024 - At a crop breeding center in Shanghai, researchers have successfully harvested rice that was cultivated from seeds initially grown on China's space station Tiangong, also known as Heavenly Palace.
Nov 11, 2024
Lagos (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 - During his first term as US president, Donald Trump sparked outrage over his remarks about African nations, but Africa leaders have been quick to congratulate him since his re-election.
Nov 11, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 - Thousands of people sought shelter and ports shut down in the Philippines on Monday, officials said, as the disaster-weary nation was struck by another typhoon - the fourth in less than a month.
Nov 11, 2024
Washington (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 - Donald Trump on Monday nominated Lee Zeldin, a former congressman and early loyalist of the Republican, to oversee US environmental policy, the latest in a series of swift cabinet choices by the president-elect.
Nov 11, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 11, 2024 - The first Afghan official to attend UN climate talks since the Taliban came to power told AFP Monday that his country hopes to benefit from a global finance deal under negotiation at COP29 in Baku.
Nov 11, 2024
