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  Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 Evidence demonstrates a close connection between the fraction of organic matter buried in sediments and changes in supernovae occurrence. This correlation is apparent during the last 3.5 billion years and in closer detail over the previous 500 million years. The correlation indicates that supernovae have set essential conditions under which life on Earth had to exist. This is concluded in a new research article published in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters by senior researcher D ... read more |
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Earth isn't 'super' because the Sun had rings before planetsHouston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 Before the solar system had planets, the sun had rings - bands of dust and gas similar to Saturn's rings - that likely played a role in Earth's formation, according to a new study. "In the solar sys ... more  
Study reveals more hostile conditions on Earth as life evolved?Leeds UK (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 During long portions of the past 2.4 billion years, the Earth may have been more ?inhospitable?to life than scientists previously thought, according to?new?computer simulations. Using a state- ... more  
Microbes produce oxygen in the darkOdense, Denmark (SPX) Jan 07, 2022 There is more going on in the deep, dark ocean waters than you may think: Uncountable numbers of invisible microorganisms go about their daily lives in the water columns, and now researchers have di ... more  
Geoscience expert to study why continents break apart where magma is missingBlacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2022 The Earth's surface is ever incrementally moving and changing shape, breaking apart and forming new land masses and oceans. In the billions of years of history of planet Earth there have been 10 sup ... more |
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At least 30 feared dead after Uganda landslides: official
Senegal signs off on ruling party's parliament landslide Spain govt defends flood response and offers new aid Spain govt defends flood action as it offers new aid Moderately strong quake hits off central Japan Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20 16 dead, seven missing in Indonesia flood: disaster agency Storm Bert bring widespread flooding in Britain Landslide kills nine in DR Congo Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK |
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Life in the "dead" heart of AustraliaSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2022 A team of Australian and international scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) palaeontologist Dr Matthew McCurry and Dr Michael Frese of the University of ... more  
Defibrillator drone helps save Swedish heart attack patientStockholm (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 An autonomous drone carrying a defibrillator helped save the life of a 71-year-old man who suffered a cardiac arrest in Sweden, the man and the drone operator said Friday. ... more  
Sri Lanka bows to Chinese pressure over fertiliserColombo (AFP) Jan 8, 2022 Sri Lanka paid a Chinese company $6.8 million despite rejecting its shipment of organic fertiliser as substandard, officials said Saturday, even though Colombo is in the throes of a foreign exchange crisis. ... more  
At least 16 dead in SW China building collapseBeijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 At least 16 people died when an explosion triggered by a suspected gas leak caused a building to collapse Friday in the Chinese city of Chongqing, state media said. ... more  
Galapagos volcano, home to endangered lizard, eruptsQuito (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 A volcano on a Galapagos island that is home to a species of critically endangered lizard has erupted for the second time in seven years, national park officials said Friday. ... more |
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World passes 300 million Covid cases as Omicron breaks recordsParis (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 The total number of Covid-19 cases registered worldwide passed 300 million on Friday, with the Omicron variant's rapid spread setting new infection records in dozens of countries over the last week. ... more  
'Bomb cyclone' blankets northeast US in snowNew York (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 A winter snowstorm known as a "bomb cyclone" blanketed the northeastern United States on Friday, canceling hundreds of flights, closing schools and causing treacherous driving conditions. ... more 
At least 21 die in vehicles trapped by Pakistan snowstormIslamabad (AFP) Jan 8, 2022 At least 21 people died in freezing temperatures when tens of thousands of visitors thronged a Pakistani hill town to see unusually heavy snowfall, sparking a major traffic jam, authorities said Saturday. ... more 
Covid tests ordered for 14 million in China's TianjinShanghai (AFP) Jan 9, 2022 The northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Sunday advised its nearly 14 million people to stay home while it conducted mass Covid testing after a spate of recent cases, including two caused by the Omicron variant, state-controlled media reported. ... more  
Beauty is only skin deep in China 'micro-procedure' crazeShanghai (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 Midday queues snake out to the street in an upmarket Shanghai neighbourhood, but it's not lunch at the city's hottest restaurant that people are lining up for - it's cosmetic "micro-procedures", which are surging in popularity in China. ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 
Nine people have died and hundreds have fallen ill with diarrhoea in areas of the Philippines wrecked by a typhoon last month, with aid officials warning of a health crisis as millions struggle to secure clean water and food.
Three weeks after Typhoon Rai struck southern and central islands, destroying thousands of homes and killing more than 400 people, relief work continues to deliver supp ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 5, 2021 
A Russian rocket is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere Wednesday in an uncontrolled descent.
Much of the rocket is expected to burn up as it plunges through the atmosphere, so there likely will not be major damage when it hits.
According to Russia's state-run TASS news agency, the Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket was launched Dec. 27 to test the Persei booster.
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 Odense, Denmark (SPX) Jan 07, 2022 
There is more going on in the deep, dark ocean waters than you may think: Uncountable numbers of invisible microorganisms go about their daily lives in the water columns, and now researchers have discovered that some of them produce oxygen in an unexpected way.
Oxygen is vital for life on Earth, and is mainly produced by plants, algae and cyanobacteria via photosynthesis. A few microbes ar ... more |
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jan 06, 2022 
Understanding the surges and retreats of Alaska's Malaspina Glacier is key if climate change models are to be applied to the glacier with confidence. Work by graduate student Victor Devaux-Chupin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is providing some answers.
The Malaspina consists of three lobes, each fed by its own glacier. The Agassiz glacier becomes the Malaspina ... more |
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 Colombo (AFP) Jan 8, 2022 
Sri Lanka paid a Chinese company $6.8 million despite rejecting its shipment of organic fertiliser as substandard, officials said Saturday, even though Colombo is in the throes of a foreign exchange crisis.
The state-run People's Bank of Sri Lanka said it paid Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group $6.87 million in connection with an out-of-court settlement over the shipment.
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 Quito (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 
A volcano on a Galapagos island that is home to a species of critically endangered lizard has erupted for the second time in seven years, national park officials said Friday.
The Wolf volcano's slopes host the pink iguana, only 211 of which were reported to be left on Isabela, the largest island in the Galapagos archipelago, as of last August.
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 Geneva (AFP) Jan 6, 2022 
Three Eritrean refugees, including two children, were killed by an air strike that hit a refugee camp in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where the government has been waging a year-long war against rebels, the United Nations said Thursday.
"I am deeply saddened to learn that three Eritrean refugees, two of them children, were killed yesterday, in an airstrike that hit the Mai Aini refugee camp in ... more |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Jan 04, 2022 
Among our closest living relatives - the great apes - we humans are unique: We have larger brains, reproduce more quickly and have longer life spans. These traits are obviously valuable, but the extra energy required to sustain them is quite significant. So how did we manage to afford them?
A group of anthropologists from UC Santa Barbara, the University of Utah and Duke University have te ... more |
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 Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Jan 01, 2022 
While the entire world focuses on achieving carbon neutrality - zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions - a new research shows climate change in some regions is inevitable even if the already increased CO2 level is reduced. As CO2 decreases, the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) shifts southwards, which can trigger persistent El Nino conditions. El Nino refers to a phenomenon in which the sea su ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 1, 2022 
Britain experienced its warmest New Year's Day on record after temperatures rose above 16 degress Celsius (60.8 Fahrenheit) for the first time on January 1, the country's Meteorological Office said.
The mercury climbed to 16.2C in St James's Park in central London, according to a provisional Met Office reading, easily beating out the previous record of 15.6C set in Cornwall in 1916.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2022 
The two-meter skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur, the earliest known, is shedding new light on the marine reptiles' rapid growth into behemoths of the Dinosaurian oceans, and helping us better understand the journey of modern cetaceans (whales and dolphins) to becoming the largest animals to ever inhabit the Earth.
While dinosaurs ruled the land, ichthyosaurs and othe ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) Jan 6, 2022 
A Lebanese mountain town home to 70,000 Syrian refugees declared a "fuel emergency" Thursday, warning that soaring heating fuel prices would spell tragedy as winter starts to bite.
The town of Arsal, also home to 40,000 Lebanese, lies at an altitude of 1,400 metres (4,900 feet) and is regularly among the communities worst affected by harsh winters.
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) Jan 04, 2022 
Why the Sun's corona reaches temperatures of several million degrees Celsius is one of the great mysteries of solar physics. A "hot" trail to explain this effect leads to a region of the solar atmosphere just below the corona, where sound waves and certain plasma waves travel at the same speed. In an experiment using the molten alkali metal rubidium and pulsed high magnetic fields, a team from t ... more |
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 Harare (AFP) Jan 4, 2022  A woman and her three-month-old baby in southeastern Zimbabwe have been trampled to death by an elephant, the national parks authority said on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old woman from rural Chipinge district had taken her baby to visit relatives in a neighbouring community on New Year's Day and was returning home when they encountered a herd of elephants.
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 Shanghai (AFP) Jan 7, 2022 
Midday queues snake out to the street in an upmarket Shanghai neighbourhood, but it's not lunch at the city's hottest restaurant that people are lining up for - it's cosmetic "micro-procedures", which are surging in popularity in China.
The "lunchtime facelift" and other "medical aesthetics" procedures are booming as a new generation of Chinese consumers grapple with the pressure to look g ... more |
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 Golgubip, Papua New Guinea (AFP) Dec 22, 2021 
In Papua New Guinea's isolated Star Mountains, Indigenous people say the tree kangaroo is king and the bird of paradise is queen. But both have a price on their heads.
These extraordinary species have long been prized by traditional hunters, but conservationists now fear the forests they live in, one of Earth's last great wilderness areas, could soon fall to axe and bulldozer.
"Old peopl ... more |
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