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Did volatile halogenated gases from giant salt lakes at the end of the Permian Age lead to a mass extinction of species? The largest mass extinction in the history of the Earth could have been triggered off by giant salt lakes, whose emissions of halogenated gases changed the atmospheric composition so dramatically that vegetation was irretrievably damaged. At least that is what an i ... read more
Flanders, Begium (SPX) Apr 02, 2009The end of an era. Some 65 million years ago, the earth's most recent 'mass extinction' took place. One or more catastrophic events - such as a comet strike or increased volcanic activity - produced widespread fires and clouds of dust and smoke that obstructed sunlight for a long period of time. These adverse conditions killed off about 60% of the plant species and numerous animals, includ ... more |
Almost all nations miss UN deadline for new climate targets
Australia mulls 'retreat' from rising sea in Cocos Islands Second Colombian minister resigns after televised cabinet showdown Swiss vote rejects placing ecology at heart of constitution Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites Iran shuts schools, offices in 10 provinces due to cold snap Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30 Airbus acknowledges slow progress on hydrogen plane Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic' Iran schools, offices close in cold snap 
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Washington (AFP) April 1, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week will host the first diplomatic meeting concerning the use of both the Arctic and Antarctic, her department said Wednesday. Clinton will preside over the first joint session of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the Arctic Council on April 6 in Baltimore, Maryland, according to a press release from the State Department. The ... more  
Washington (AFP) April 1, 2009China's "sophisticated and multi-layered" efforts to censor and control the Internet earned it a "not free" rating by a US rights group in a report released Wednesday. Freedom House, which examined web freedom issues in 15 countries, listed Cuba, Iran and Tunisia as three other nations it considered "not free" due to government control of online activity. Seven countries studied ... more  
Bonn (AFP) March 31, 2009Climate legislation unveiled Tuesday in the US House of Representatives was welcomed as a "very strong start" by green groups on the sidelines of UN climate talks here. The draft law presented by Congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce will inevitably undergo revision as it wends through the American legislative process. But it was seen in Bonn as ... more 
Bonn (AFP) March 31, 2009Delegates at UN climate talks on Tuesday targeted more than a dozen new industrial chemicals for inclusion in the successor to the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, which runs out in 2012. The synthetic compounds are potent greenhouse gases that could, if produced in large quantities, contribute significantly to global warming, scientists warn. In terms of the impact these new gases will ... more |
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NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar StormGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 The discovery of the new belts, made possible by NASA's Colorado Inner Radiation Belt Experiment (CIRBE) satellite and published Feb. 6, 2025, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, ... more  
One in Four Chance Annually of Rocket Debris Entering High-Traffic AirspaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found that there is a 26 percent chance each year that debris from space rockets will re-enter Earth's atmosphere and pass through an ar ... more 
PlayStation Network back online after 24-hour outageWashington (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 Sony PlayStation's online services came back online on Saturday, the Japanese group said, after a 24-hour outage frustrated gamers around the world. ... more
  
Robot Demonstrates Advanced Gripping Technology in SpaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 A blue, tentacle-like gripping system attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot successfully latched onto a "capture cube" in a recent demonstration conducted on February 4, 2025. The experimental g ... more 
Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishesSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance. ... more 
EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI usesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act. ... more
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Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Mar 30, 2009 Ecuador has protected the largest percentage of its share of the Amazon rain forest and Peru the least, a study indicates. The O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Sunday that Ecuador has 79.7 percent of its rain forest region protected, compared with just 34.9 percent for Peru. Brazil, which holds 64.3 percent of the environmentally important Amazon region, has protected jus ... more 
Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2009Chinese prosecutors have accused police of torturing a young murder suspect to death, while two juvenile inmates have died under suspicious circumstances, state press said Tuesday. Prosecutors in northern Shaanxi province said high school student Xu Gengrong died on March 8 after police tortured him to extract a confession over the murder of a female classmate, the China Daily reported. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) April 1, 2009China's health minister Wednesday brushed off reports that officials had tried to cover up an outbreak of a highly contagious illness, but admitted problems exist in systems for reporting health threats. Chinese media last month said doctors and officials in a county in the central province of Henan did not report an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, which had already killed 19 chil ... more  
Beijing (AFP) April 1, 2009Police in southwestern China have detained an activist who was investigating whether shoddy construction caused school collapses in last year's massive earthquake, a rights groups said Wednesday. The detention of Tan Zuoren comes amid a crackdown by authorities in Sichuan province ahead of the first anniversary of the devastating May 12 quake, Chinese Human Rights Defenders said in a stateme ... more |
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Iran's Khamenei warns against negotiating with USTehran (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that there should not be negotiations with the United States, days after US President Donald Trump called for a new nuclear deal. ... more 
Trump calls for work on new Iran nuclear deal to begin 'immediately'Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for a "verified nuclear peace agreement" with Iran, after withdrawing from a similar deal in his first term and instituting a so-called "maximum pressure" policy. ... more 
Study refutes nuclear test allegations after 2024 Iran earthquakeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A comprehensive study has debunked allegations that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Iran was a covert nuclear weapons test, a claim that spread widely across social media and some news outlets in Octo ... more
  
Trump will cry wolf once too oftenWashington DC (UPI) Feb 6, 2025 As the principal author of "shock and awe," I believe Donald Trump is in great debt to me for all the shock and awe he is applying at home and abroad with strokes of a Sharpie and verbal dictates. ... more 
China slams US 'Cold War mentality' in SAmerica: China appoints 'wolf warrior' to European affairs postBeijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 China on Friday condemned a "Cold War mentality" by the United States in Latin America, saying it had complained over comments by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a visit to the region. ... more 
'Wolf warrior' Chinese ambassador appointed to European affairs postBeijing (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 China's former ambassador to France, who earned a reputation for his fierce defence of national interests, has been appointed to a prestigious post in charge of European affairs, Beijing announced Thursday. ... more
  
Iraq restoration work brought back Mosul's 'identity': UNESCO chiefMosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 The director-general of United Nations heritage body UNESCO hailed the completion of their restoration work in the Iraqi city of Mosul, saying on Wednesday it had allowed it to recover its "identity" after destruction inflicted by the Islamic State group. ... more 
Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by ISNimrud, Iraq (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. ... more 
Declassified files show UK anger at Chirac over IraqLondon (AFP) Dec 31, 2024 Newly-declassified UK government documents published Tuesday reveal the frustrations of then-prime minister Tony Blair and his government with French leader Jaques Chirac for blocking UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. ... more
  
Three PKK fighters killed in Iraq strike blamed on TurkeyArbil, Iraq (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Drone strikes killed a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander and two fighters in northern Iraq on Thursday, Kurdish authorities said, blaming Turkey for the attack. ... more 
China eases travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains 'severe' controls: reportBeijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 China has eased travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains "severe restrictions" on those seeking to go abroad or visit family in Xinjiang, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Monday. ... more 
Turkey FM calls for regional cooperation to fight PKKBaghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday. ... more |
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