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  Boston (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern United States into Sunday's early hours, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people. Major cities such as New York and Boston bore the brunt of the blizzard, which the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed had intensified into a "bomb cyclone" - characterized by the explosive power of rapid drops in atmospheric pressure. The heaviest-hit pa ... read more |
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New Delhi's homeless shiver through harsh cold snapNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 India's capital New Delhi is shivering through an unusually harsh bout of winter cold, blamed for killing scores of homeless people and leaving other hard-up residents struggling to keep warm. ... more 
Greek govt defeats censure over blizzards; As storms sweep Northern EuropeAthens (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Greece's conservative government on Sunday defeated a censure vote in parliament over its handling of a snowstorm that buried a key Athens motorway and left thousands without electricity for days. ... more  
12,000-year-old rock art in North AmericaMainz, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 To reliably estimate the age of the figures carved into the rocks, the scientists determined the mass per area, or areal density, of manganese and iron on the rock surface. Both elements are part of ... more 
NASA Planes Fly into Snowstorms to Study SnowfallGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 Scientists repeatedly check the weather forecasts as they prepare aircraft for flight and perform last-minute checks on science instruments. There's a large winter storm rolling in, but that's exact ... 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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Magical but messy: Rome scares off its starlingsRome (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 As the sun sets over central Rome, five figures in white overalls move under the trees. They wave speakers emitting a mix of sharp cries, and the birds rise into the air. ... more  
Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinksDurham NC (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 If you had to guess which part of the world has the highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution, you probably wouldn't pick a patch of pristine Amazonian rainforest. Yet, that's exactly where th ... more 
Ecuador monitoring oil leak threatening river in AmazonQuito (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Ecuador said it was monitoring the progress of an operation to clean up an oil leak in the Amazon jungle that threatens to pollute a river. ... more  
Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loomBeijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days. ... more  
Torrential rains leave at least 18 dead in BrazilSao Paulo (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Torrential rains in Brazil's Sao Paulo state between Friday and Sunday left at least 18 people dead, authorities said. ... more |
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Start ups bringing Pakistan's farming into digital ageChak Twenty-Six Sp, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan's farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right. ... more  
Glacier lakes accelerate disappearance of permanent ice: studyGeneva (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 Glaciers are retreating faster globally due to climate change but they melt more quickly when they flow into a lake than when they end on land, with consequences for water supplies, a new study found on Thursday. ... more  
Earth from Space: LesothoParis (ESA) Jan 28, 2022 Known for its tall mountains and narrow valleys, Lesotho is the only nation in the world that lies completely above 1000 m in elevation. Lesotho has an area of just 30 000 sq km, around the same siz ... more 
Oil spill 'nail in the coffin' for Covid-hit Thai beach businessesRayong, Thailand (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 Oil washing up on a beach on Thailand's east coast could be the "nail in the coffin" for pandemic-hit hotels and restaurants, local hospitality businesses said Saturday. ... more  
New oil leak off Peru coast amid crude spill cleanup: LimaEl Callao, Peru (AFP) Jan 26, 2022 A fresh oil leak has occurred off the coast of Peru - already cleaning up after a major crude spill 10 days earlier - during work on an underwater refinery pipeline, the government said Wednesday. ... 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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 Guildford UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 
The University of Surrey and Space Power are tackling the problem of powering satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) during their eclipse period when they cannot see the sun. By collaborating on a space infrastructure project, the joint team will develop new technology which uses lasers to beam solar power from satellites under solar illumination to small satellites orbiting closer to Earth during ... more |
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2022 
It's been becoming more and more clear that global warming means more than just warmer temperatures. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and more intense in many different parts of the world, creating an urgent need to predict and prepare for these changes.
In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a research team led by the University of Tsukuba has reported ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 
Glaciers are retreating faster globally due to climate change but they melt more quickly when they flow into a lake than when they end on land, with consequences for water supplies, a new study found on Thursday.
The Swiss-funded study is the first large-scale, detailed analysis of the phenomenon in mountain glaciers and could help forecast major water shortages and huge flood waves.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 
NASA's mission of exploration requires new technologies, software, and research - which show up in daily life. The agency's Spinoff 2022 publication tells the stories of companies, start-ups, and entrepreneurs transforming these innovations into cutting-edge products and services that boost the economy, protect the planet, and save lives.
"The value of NASA is not confined to the cosmos bu ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 20, 2022 
A powerful volcanic eruption has obliterated a small, uninhabited South Pacific island known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai. Damage assessments are still ongoing, but preliminary reports indicate that some communities in the island nation of Tonga have been severely damaged by volcanic ash and significant tsunami waves.
The volcano had sporadically erupted multiple times since 2009. The most ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 
As Burkina Faso's military junta consolidates its position after seizing power in a coup, we look at the recent history of the troubled West African country.
- 2014: Fall of Compaore -
Blaise Compaore seizes power in a 1987 coup and cements his position four years later with the first of four election victories.
But his 2010 win is contested, as is his attempt to amend the constituti ... more |
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 Jerusalem (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 
As climate shifted 23,000 years ago, humans in Israel experienced a new abundance of food, according to a study published January 26, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Tikvah Steiner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and colleagues.
The submerged archaeological site of Ohalo II, located on the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, preserves extensive evidence of human ... 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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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 
The origin of water on our planet is a hot question: Water has immense implications for plate tectonics, climate, the origin of life on Earth, and potential habitability of other Earth-like planets. In a recent study in Physical Review Letters, a Skoltech professor and his Chinese colleagues suggest a chemical compound that - although now extinct - could have preserved water deep underground in ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 
As the global demand for power continues to rise, so too does the number of small merchant renewable energy plants, which augment the supplies of existing energy companies. These plants are independent, typically small scale, and focus on renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind.
With more commercial banks pursuing bold sustainability targets in support of the Paris Agreement, ther ... more |
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 Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 
For more than 60 years, scientists have sought to understand and control the process of fusion, a quest to harness the vast amounts of energy released when nuclei in fuel come together. A paper published in the journal Nature describes recent experiments that have achieved a burning plasma state in fusion, helping steer fusion research closer than it has ever been to its ultimate goal: a self-su ... more |
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 Petat�n (Isla De Petat�n), Mexico (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
A town in western Mexico where thousands of American white pelicans migrate is hoping to turn the birds into a global tourist draw - and recoup losses from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Petatan Island, located on Lake Chapala in Michoacan state, plays seasonal host to the birds, which head south in search of warmth and food.
Many locals note that the migration pattern is similar to the renown ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
Hong Kong's oldest university covered up one of the last public tributes to the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Saturday, as Beijing continues to muzzle dissent in the financial hub.
Hong Kong was the only place in China where mass remembrance of Tiananmen was tolerated, but authorities have driven such activities underground after imposing a sweeping national security law on the c ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 
There is no crystal ball to tell ecologists how forests of the future will respond to the changing climate, but a University of Arizona-led team of researchers may have created the next best thing.
By combining tree-ring data with U.S. Forest Service inventory data on Arizona's ponderosa pines, the team captured a more complete picture than traditional models have provided of what drives f ... more |
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