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Mbour, Senegal (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - Senegal's navy has intercepted nearly 600 irregular migrants in the last 10 days departing from the coast of the West African country, according to posts on its social media account.
Oct 30, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 - Imagine the potential of tapping into ocean currents for clean, renewable energy along Southeast Florida's coast. Florida Atlantic University's Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNM
Oct 30, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - Australia's oceans are turning more acidic, bushfires are raging longer, and droughts are becoming more severe, according to a major new climate report released Thursday by government researchers.
Oct 30, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 - In the mountainous areas of the western United States, summer heat triggers snowmelt from peaks, sending vital water flows into rivers and reservoirs that supply fresh water to millions of people. I
Oct 30, 2024
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - A strong earthquake hit off the West Coast of the United States on Wednesday, geologists said, but no tsunami alert was issued.
Oct 30, 2024
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - With two just days to go to the closure of UN talks in Colombia on ways to halt and reverse nature loss, delegates were at odds Wednesday on how best to finance the endeavor.
Oct 30, 2024
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 - A new study, co-authored by NASA scientists, details where and how greenhouse gases are escaping from the Earth's vast northern permafrost region as the Arctic warms. The frozen soils encircling the
Oct 30, 2024
Asheville, United States (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - North Carolina is one of seven key battlegrounds that will likely decide the US presidential election, but western parts of the state are still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
Oct 30, 2024
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - When riots broke out in Indonesia's capital in 1998 leading to dictator Suharto's downfall, activists were detained, women raped, and stores owned by ethnic Chinese ransacked in unrest many say was stoked by the army.
Oct 30, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 - Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has secured a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory contract to explore the development of an advanced wildfire detection and monitoring system via space-based technology. I
Oct 30, 2024
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - Climate change poses a growing threat to human health in a variety of record-breaking ways, a major report said Wednesday, the experts warning that wasted time has been paid in lives.
Oct 30, 2024
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 - There is power in numbers, or so the saying goes. But in the ocean, scientists are finding that fish that group together don't necessarily survive together. In some cases, the more fish there are, t
Oct 30, 2024
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - Massive fields of magma underneath ancient volcanoes spewed out carbon dioxide long after eruptions on the surface had ended, potentially explaining why past global warming episodes lasted longer than expected, a study said Wednesday.
Oct 30, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024 - In a groundbreaking partnership, Veea (NASDAQ: VEEA) has joined forces with O.N.E. Amazon and AECOM to deploy a sophisticated technology platform known as the Internet of Forests (IoF) across a prot
Oct 30, 2024
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - Microplastics have been found throughout the human body - including inside lungs, blood and brains - and while it is not yet clear how harmful they are to our health, some researchers are sounding the alarm.
Oct 30, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Oct 30, 2024 - Several bodies have been recovered by emergency service workers in Spain's eastern region of Valencia after torrential rains triggered flash floods, the head of the regional government said Wednesday.
Oct 30, 2024
