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  Honolulu HI (The Conversation) Jan 25, 2022 The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15. Its rapid release of energy powered an ocean tsunami that caused damage as far away as the U.S. West Coast, but it also generated pressure waves in the atmosphere that quickly spread around the world. The atmospheric wave pattern close to the eruption was quite complicated, but thousands of miles away it appeared as an isolated wave front traveling horizontally at over 650 mph as it spread outward. NASA's James Garv ... read more |
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Lockdowns hit Pacific islands as Covid-19 defences falterHoniara (AFP) Jan 25, 2022 Lockdowns in Samoa and the Solomon Islands were extended Tuesday as Covid-19 outbreaks worsened in remote Pacific island nations that have previously held the pandemic at bay. ... more  
Land battle awaits Indigenous communities over Indonesia capital relocation: NGOJakarta (AFP) Jan 21, 2022 Tens of thousands of Indonesia's indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction of a new capital on jungle-clad Borneo island, a rights group warned on Friday. ... more  
Polish researchers invent anti-smog sound cannonKalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 In a battle against Poland's constant smog, scientists are testing out a new "cannon" that uses soundwaves to push toxic particles higher into the atmosphere to allow residents to breathe. ... more 
Sulphur dioxide from Tonga eruption spreads over AustraliaParis (ESA) Jan 21, 2022 The Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano near Tonga in the South Pacific erupted with such force on 15 January that it is thought to be the biggest eruption recorded anywhere on the planet in 30 years. ... 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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Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of freshwaterParis (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- ... more 
Dramatic Changes at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apaiGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 When a volcano in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga began erupting in late-December 2021 and then violently exploded in mid-January 2022, NASA scientist Jim Garvin and colleagues were unusually wel ... more 
Almost 900 evacuated from Machu Picchu area as rains slam PeruLima (AFP) Jan 25, 2022 Almost 900 people were evacuated from the tourist town serving Machu Picchu, the Inca jewel of Peru's travel industry, amid rains and floods that left one person missing and several homes destroyed, the tourism ministry said Monday. ... more  
Bubbles of methane rising from seafloor in Puget SoundSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 The release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for almost a quarter of global warming, is being studied around the world, from Arctic wetlands to livestock feedlots. A University of W ... more  
Single hamster handed over for Hong Kong Covid cull tests positiveHong Kong (AFP) Jan 23, 2022 Hong Kong authorities said Sunday that one of 77 hamsters handed in by pet owners for a Covid cull has tested positive, as thousands of city residents remain under lockdown to combat an outbreak. ... more |
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China lifts Xi'an lockdown as Beijing virus fight ramps upBeijing (AFP) Jan 24, 2022 One of China's longest coronavirus lockdowns ended Monday with authorities announcing the lifting of most restrictions in the northern city of Xi'an. ... more  
Rare baby elephant twins born in KenyaNairobi (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 An elephant in Kenya has given birth to twins, an extremely rare event, conservationists said Thursday. ... more 
'Remarkable' giant coral reef found off TahitiParis (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 Scientists have discovered a vast reef of "pristine" rose-shaped corals apparently unharmed by climate change in deep water off the coast of Tahiti, UNESCO announced Thursday. ... more 
Peril and promise: gas from 'killer lake' powers RwandaLake Kivu, Rwanda (AFP) Jan 20, 2022 The engineers aboard the floating power station on Lake Kivu could only watch nervously as the volcano in the distance erupted violently, sending tremors rumbling through the water beneath them. ... more  
Labour vs luxury: virus tracing highlights China's inequalityBeijing (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. ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 22, 2022 
In 2021, NASA technology saved 330 lives in the U.S. network region of the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort, Cospas-Sarsat. NASA has lent technical expertise to the Cospas-Sarsat program since its founding, aiding in the rescue of over 48,000 individuals globally.
Users purchasing commercially available 406 MHz frequency Cospas-Sarsat beacons have free access to the n ... more |
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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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 Urbana IL (SPX) Jan 21, 2022 
All of the carbon in our bodies, in food, and in the entire biosphere, results from the assimilation of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis by a single enzyme, known to biologists as Rubisco. Not surprisingly, given its importance, this protein is the most abundant in the world. Researchers from Lancaster University are working to improve the sustainable productivity of key crops in sub-Saharan Afr ... 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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 Washington (AFP) Jan 21, 2022 
The US army has confirmed the presence of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Mali, which the African nation's government has denied amid increasingly strained relations with the West.
"Wagner is in Mali," General Stephen Townsend, the head of US Africa Command, said in an interview with Voice of America, "They are there, we think, numbering several hundred now."
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 25, 2022 
Chimpanzees don't automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now used field experiments to show that chimpanzees thus do not simply invent nut cracking with tools, but need to learn such complex cultural behaviors from others. Their culture is therefore more similar to human culture than often assumed.
Humans have a com ... 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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 Milan, Italy (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 
A research group at the Politecnico di Milano analysed the orientation of ancient Japanese tombs - the so-called Kofun. This study has never been carried out before, due to the very large number of monuments and the fact that access to these areas is usually forbidden.
For these reasons, high-res satellite imagery was used. The results show that these tombs are oriented towards the arc of ... 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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 Amiens, France (AFP) Jan 21, 2022 
Hours before the window for lodging objections closes, EU environment and energy ministers meeting in France Friday differed sharply on a European Commission provision that would classify nuclear and natural gas energy as "sustainable".
The controversy pits countries led by France - where nuclear generates a world-leading 70 percent of electricity - against Germany, Austria and others in ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jan 22, 2022 
The energy systems that power our lives also produce wasted heat - like heat that radiates off hot water pipes in buildings and exhaust pipes on vehicles. A new flexible thermoelectric generator can wrap around pipes and other hot surfaces and convert wasted heat into electricity more efficiently than previously possible, according to scientists at Penn State and the National Renewable Energy La ... more |
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 Bela Bela, South Africa (AFP) Jan 24, 2022 
A 10-year-old rhino that had its horn brutally hacked off returned to the wild Monday, after 30 operations over six years to repair the gash in its face.
His rescuers named the bull Sehawukele, meaning "God have mercy on us".
Called Seha for short, he was found by police stumbling near a fence in a reserve, so disfigured that he could barely hear or eat.
The police called in John Ma ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2022 
The first rule of Fight Club in China? Don't mention the original ending. The second rule of Fight Club in China? Change it so the police win.
China has some of the world's most restrictive censorship rules with authorities only approving a handful of foreign films for release each year - sometimes with major cuts.
Among the latest movies to undergo such treatment is David Fincher's 199 ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jan 22, 2022 
Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences will use a newly awarded $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with 13 other land-grant universities in the eastern U.S. to create an education program that would help private forests owners adapt to and mitigate climate change.
The funding comes from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agricult ... more |
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