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  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 Earth's strongest earthquakes occur in so-called subduction zones, where one Earth plate dives beneath another and megathrust faults occur. Despite major advancements in earthquake monitoring and warning systems, earth scientists struggle to predict large earthquakes, especially tsunami generating subduction events, because relatively little data exists. LMU geophysicists Thomas Ulrich and Alice-Agnes Gabriel, in collaboration with Elizabeth Madden (University of Brasilia), have now identified thr ... read more |
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Mega Iceberg A68A released 152B tons of fresh water as it scraped past South GeorgiaLeeds UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2022 152 billion tonnes of fresh water - equivalent to 20 x Loch Ness or 61 million Olympic sized swimming pools, entered the seas around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia when the megaberg A68A ... more  
Climate crisis drives Mediterranean coral populations to collapseBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 A new study led by teams of the Faculty of Biology, the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona has revea ... more 
Why did ocean productivity decline abruptly 4.6 million years ago?Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jan 19, 2022 By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time. A research team led from Uppsala University now presents new clues as to when and why a period often refe ... more 
Increase in marine heat waves threatens coastal habitatsGloucester Point VA (SPX) Jan 19, 2022 Heat waves-like the one that blistered the Pacific Northwest last June-also occur underwater. A new study in Frontiers in Marine Science paints a worrisome picture of recent and projected trends in ... more |
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'Miracle' as man survives seven hours under Norway avalanche
Ecuador battles spreading oil slick, residents without water Japan begins its first dismantling of a commercial nuclear reactor At least 33 dead as tornadoes ravage central US At least 27 dead as tornadoes ravage central US Major storm in central US leaves at least 18 dead Major storm in central US leaves at least 14 dead: officials Dozens evacuated in Italy's flood-hit Tuscany Florence cathedral closed as Italy's Tuscany on flood alert Spain to face increasingly 'severe' droughts: report |
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Particles formed in boreal forests affect clouds in the troposphereHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 A new study shows that through aerosol formation and growth, the forests are capable of mitigating climate change and have a regional effect on the climate of an entire continent at the most. Prior ... more  
More protected areas won't save biodiversity, warn expertsParis (AFP) Jan 19, 2022 Expanding nature preserves will not be enough to stem a rising tide of extinctions, a panel of experts warned Wednesday, taking aim at a draft treaty tasked with rescuing Earth's animal and plant life. ... more  
US announces historic $1.1 bn investment for Everglades rehabilitationMiami (AFP) Jan 19, 2022 The plan to restore the Florida Everglades, the largest wetlands in the United States, will receive a federal investment of $1.1 billion to protect the region against the effects of climate change, the White House said Wednesday. ... more  
In UK 'rhubarb triangle', spring arrives in JanuaryPudsey, United Kingdom (AFP) Jan 19, 2022 Robert Tomlinson picks rhubarb stalks by candlelight in the dark, carrying on a century-old family tradition that survives today despite the challenges posed to his business by Brexit and climate change. ... more  
Four people including baby freeze to death near US-Canada borderMontreal (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 Canadian authorities found the bodies of four people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few meters from the US border along a route used by migrants, officials said Thursday. ... more |
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Snow falls on Chinese capital as two-week Olympics countdown startsBeijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 Beijing was hit by a blanket of snow Thursday, as the Winter Olympics countdown clocked two weeks until the Chinese capital hosts the sporting extravaganza. ... more  
Myanmar anti-coup fighters claim attack in state capitalBangkok (AFP) Jan 19, 2022 Anti-coup fighters attacked a government office in eastern Myanmar with rockets and grenades on Wednesday, killing over a dozen junta troops according to the rebels and local media. ... more  
Chinese rights lawyer detained for 'inciting state subversion'Beijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2022 A human rights lawyer has been detained in China on suspicion of "inciting state subversion", according to an official notice obtained by his wife weeks after he spoke out for a hospitalised teacher. ... more  
Arabic oud icon seeks to 'change soul' of Iraq with musicBaghdad (AFP) Jan 19, 2022 Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle the flame of Iraqi music, snuffed out by decades of conflict. ... more 
12th century prayer room found under mosque in Iraq's MosulMosul, Iraq (AFP) Jan 18, 2022 The foundations of a prayer hall from the 12th century have been discovered under the Al-Nuri mosque - where the Islamic State group once proclaimed their "caliphate" - in Iraq's Mosul, site managers said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 
Canadian authorities found the bodies of four people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few meters from the US border along a route used by migrants, officials said Thursday.
The temperature Wednesday when the bodies were found amid vast snowdrifts, taking into account the wind, was minus 35 degrees Celsius (minus 31 Fahrenheit).
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 
A Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported.
Moscow blew up one of its old satellites in November in a missile test that sparked international anger because of the space debris it scattered around the Earth's orbit.
US officials accused Moscow of carrying out a "d ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 
A new study led by teams of the Faculty of Biology, the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona has revealed that marine heatwaves associated with the climate crisis are bringing down the populations of coral in the Mediterranean, the biomass of which in some cases has been reduced by 80 to 90%.
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 21, 2022 
In July 2017, a giant iceberg, named A-68, snapped off Antarctica's Larsen-C ice shelf and began an epic journey across the Southern Ocean. Three and a half years later, the main part of iceberg, A-68A, drifted worryingly close to South Georgia. Concerns were that the berg would run aground in the shallow waters offshore.
This would not only cause damage to the seafloor ecosystem but also ... more |
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 Pudsey, United Kingdom (AFP) Jan 19, 2022 
Robert Tomlinson picks rhubarb stalks by candlelight in the dark, carrying on a century-old family tradition that survives today despite the challenges posed to his business by Brexit and climate change.
For four generations, Tomlinson's family have been cultivating "forced rhubarb" in the winter months at their farm in Pudsey, northern England, and are profiting from a resurgence in the pla ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 
Earth's strongest earthquakes occur in so-called subduction zones, where one Earth plate dives beneath another and megathrust faults occur. Despite major advancements in earthquake monitoring and warning systems, earth scientists struggle to predict large earthquakes, especially tsunami generating subduction events, because relatively little data exists.
LMU geophysicists Thomas Ulrich and ... more |
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 Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 18, 2022 
DR Congo's armed forces said on Tuesday they had repelled a militia group that had attacked the city of Uvira, in the troubled east of the vast country.
Two officers and a soldier were killed and one was wounded, while two civilians were injured by stray rounds, regional military spokesman Major Dieudonne Kasereka told reporters.
No details were available about any losses among the assai ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2022 
China's birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn that faster-than-expected ageing could deepen economic growth concerns.
Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy and the country's weakest population growth in decades.
The birth rate of the world's second-bigges ... 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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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 13, 2022 
Euroconsult, the leading space consulting and market intelligence firm, has released its eagerly awaited ''Earth Observation Satellite Systems Market'' report, providing a sweeping review analysis of the Earth Observation (EO) upstream ecosystem and breaking down government and commercial programs in exhaustive details.
With the Earth Observation manufacturing market gearing up for another ... 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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 Paris (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 
European Union environment ministers gathered in France Thursday to mull climate policy and the merits of a carbon border tax, while airing differences on whether nuclear energy can be classified as "green".
The two-day informal talks in Amiens, hosted by France as it takes the rotating reins of the EU presidency, will look for a unified path toward achieving the 27-nation bloc's ambitious t ... more |
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 Belgrade (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 
Serbian authorities have abandoned plans to build a controversial lithium mine, the prime minister said Thursday, following weeks of protests against the project set to be built by Rio Tinto.
The surprise U-turn from the government comes months ahead of likely national elections with President Aleksandar Vucic's administration looking to shore up support from voters following a series of ma ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 
An elephant in Kenya has given birth to twins, an extremely rare event, conservationists said Thursday.
Conservation group Save the Elephants said the twins - one male and one female - were born to a mother named Bora.
They were first spotted by lucky tourist guides on a safari drive at the weekend in Samburu reserve in northern Kenya.
Videos show the days-old newborns getting accu ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 
The stark contrast between the lives of two coronavirus patients unearthed by Chinese contact tracers sparked a widespread debate on Thursday over the country's entrenched wealth inequality.
One patient recently infected in Beijing went skiing, shopped at Dior and watched live comedy.
Another hauled construction waste through the night across China's capital, working more than a dozen od ... more |
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 Davis CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2022 
What does a "resilient" forest look like in California's Sierra Nevada? A lot fewer trees than we're used to, according to a study of frequent-fire forests from the University of California, Davis.
More than a century ago, Sierra Nevada forests faced almost no competition from neighboring trees for resources. The tree densities of the late 1800s would astonish most Californians today. Beca ... more |
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