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  Nuku'Alofa, Tonga (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 The massive underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga was so powerful it was recorded around the world and triggered a tsunami that flooded Pacific coastlines from Japan to the United States, scientists said Sunday. Dramatic satellite images showed the long, rumbling eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano spew smoke and ash in the air, with a thunderous roar heard 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles) away in Alaska. The US Geological Survey recorded Saturday's eruption as equivalent to a 5.8 m ... read more |
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Volcano triggers Tonga tsunami, alerts from Japan to USNuku'Alofa, Tonga (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 An underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted Saturday with a stunning blast, sending tsunami waves onto nearby Tonga and to the north in Japan, with warnings of dangerous ocean surges issued as far away as the US West Coast. ... more  
Omicron detected in Beijing as China battles Covid clustersBeijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 An Omicron case has been detected in Beijing, officials in the Chinese capital said Saturday, as the country battles multiple outbreaks of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant ahead of the Winter Olympics. ... more  
Sixth Mass Extinction of global biodiversity in progressManoa HI (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 The history of life on Earth has been marked five times by events of mass biodiversity extinction caused by extreme natural phenomena. Today, many experts warn that a Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is ... more  
New study sheds light on origins of life on EarthNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 Addressing one of the most profoundly unanswered questions in biology, a Rutgers-led team has discovered the structures of proteins that may be responsible for the origins of life in the primordial ... more |
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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 are Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK |
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Ecuador expands sea life protections around GalapagosPuerto Ayora, Ecuador (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 Ecuador created a massive new marine reserve Friday north of its Galapagos islands, forming a Pacific corridor up to Costa Rica's Cocos Island National Park to preserve species of migratory fauna, such as sharks. ... more  
A safer gun?: 'Smart' pistols headed to US marketWashington (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 "Smart" pistols designed to limit who can shoot them are poised to hit the booming US firearm market this year, taking aim at spiking gun deaths as federal lawmakers remain deadlocked on any new restrictions. ... more 
Omicron spreads to southern China city bordering MacauBeijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai suspended public bus routes on Saturday after announcing it had detected at least seven cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant there and warning residents not to leave the city. ... more 
Omicron spreads to southern China city bordering MacauBeijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai suspended public bus routes on Saturday after announcing it had detected at least seven cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant there and warning residents not to leave the city. ... more  
Firefighters battle forest blazes in ArgentinaBariloche, Argentina (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 With temperatures climbing upwards, firefighters were deployed ahead of the weekend to forest fires in nine of Argentina's 23 provinces, including one blaze that has been active for more than a month. ... more |
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Who's next? Hong Kong media fearful after arrests, shutdownsHong Kong (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 When Hong Kong's national security police knocked on his door before dawn last month, journalist Ronson Chan was unsurprised but still found himself shaking. ... more  
Cyprus move to extradite China pair riles US lobbyistsNicosia (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 A Chinese mother and son's fight against extradition from Cyprus to face fraud charges at home has drawn in US-based right-wing lobby groups who allege the charges are politically motivated. ... more  
Dutch climate activists target 29 firms after Shell winThe Hague (AFP) Jan 13, 2022 The Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth said Thursday it was targeting nearly 30 multinational companies to produce a plan to cut greenhouse emissions, with similar demands that won them a landmark case against Shell last year. ... more 
Hong Kong airport bans transit passengers from 153 countriesHong Kong (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 Hong Kong announced a ban on passengers from more than 150 nations transiting its airport on Friday as China ramps up strict anti-virus travel measures ahead of the Winter Olympics. ... more  
At least 108 civilians killed this year in Tigray airstrikes: UNGeneva (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 At least 108 civilians have been killed this month in a series of airstrikes in the war-torn northern Tigray region of Ethiopia, the United Nations said Friday. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 13, 2022 
A punishing mix of heat and humidity that makes outdoor labour difficult and dangerous is causing around 677 billion lost working hours a year around the world, according to a new study Thursday that warns climate change is making it worse.
Researchers in the United States, who estimated the current cost at $2.1 trillion every year, said that the negative effects of stifling temperatures on ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
SpaceCloud once again headed into orbit as a part of D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier onboard SpaceX's Transporter-3 mission that was launched January 13th from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission aims to verify 17 apps, uploading of new ones, and support the on-orbit testing of a hyperspectral camera.
On this mission SpaceCloud hosts 17 evolved applications, and we are now having the abil ... more |
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 Puerto Ayora, Ecuador (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 
Ecuador created a massive new marine reserve Friday north of its Galapagos islands, forming a Pacific corridor up to Costa Rica's Cocos Island National Park to preserve species of migratory fauna, such as sharks.
President Guillermo Lasso, on board a scientific vessel from the Galapagos National Park (PNG) anchored in the bay of Puerto Ayora off Santa Cruz Island, signed the decree creating ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2022 
Thawing Arctic permafrost laden with billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases not only threatens the region's critical infrastructure but life across the planet, according a comprehensive scientific review.
Nearly 70 percent of the roads, pipelines, cities and industry - mostly in Russia - built on the region's softening ground are highly vulnerable to acute damage by mid-century, accordin ... more |
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 New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
Rutgers researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our understanding of humanity's earliest agricultural practices. Their findings appear in the journal Scientific Reports.
"Overall, the presence of millet in ancient Iraq during this earlier time period challenges the accepted narrative of agricultural de ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
When Hurricanes Harvey (2017) and Florence (2018) hit, it was not solely the storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean that led to flooding. Inland sources, like rain-swollen rivers, lakes, and suburban culverts also contributed significantly. These factors were missed by many computer models at the time, which underestimated the flood risk.
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 Bunia, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 15, 2022 
At least one student was "seriously wounded" Saturday when an army air strike hit a school in the troubled northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said.
"At around 9:00 this morning (0700 GMT), two FARDC (army) helicopters came to bomb around Petsi's health centre and school," Maki Angaika, a nurse at the health centre told AFP.
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognised as representing our species, Homo sapiens, has long been uncertain. Now, dating of a massive volcanic eruption in Ethiopia reveals they are much older than previously thought.
The remains - known as Omo I - were found in Ethiopia in the late 1960s, and scientists have been attempting to date them precisely ever since, by usi ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA's baseline period, according ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
Copper released into the environment from fungicides, brake pads, antifouling paints on boats and other sources may be contributing significantly to stratospheric ozone depletion, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley.
In a paper appearing this week in the journal Nature Communications, UC Berkeley geochemists show that copper in soil and seawater acts as a c ... more |
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 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-of-the-art climate model, researchers now believe the level of ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching the Earth's surface could have been underestimated, with UV levels being up to ten times higher.
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 Idaho Falls ID (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
It's taken almost 10 years to design and construct, but researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory have now energized and put into service one of the nation's most comprehensive electric power grid test beds.
With investments totaling nearly $40 million, the test grid has been outfitted with modern equipment, flexible infrastructure and advanced transmission a ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
To create the conditions needed for fusion reactions, tokamak reactors contain a plasma in magnetic fields. These magnetic fields can contain tubular areas called magnetic islands. Plasma particles move extra quickly across these islands. This prevents the plasma from reaching the high temperatures necessary for fusion energy production. Fusion plants must therefore minimize the size of these re ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Jan 12, 2022 
Russian animal rescuers said Wednesday they were fighting for the life of an Amur tiger cub who had been found dying from exhaustion and frostbite in the country's far east.
An emaciated female tiger cub aged around four or five months and suffering from severe frostbite and injuries was found by a local fisherman on a river bank in the south of the Primorye region late last year.
The fi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 14, 2022 
Hong Kong's entire police force will switch from colonial-era British marching drills to the goose-stepping style seen on the Chinese mainland, the city's force said Friday, citing the need to show officers' "patriotism".
The stiff-legged marching technique was first publicly demonstrated by Hong Kong officers on April 15 during National Security Education Day - designated to mark a Beijing ... more |
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 Umea, Sweden (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
Scientists at Umea University, Sweden, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have developed ways to decipher effects of the CO2 rise during the past 100 years on metabolic fluxes of the key plant species in peatlands, mosses. Analyses of cellulose in peat cores collected by collaborating scientists working in five continents indicate that a CO2-driven increase in photosynthesis of moss ... more |
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