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  Bremen, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 The deep-ocean floor is the least explored ecosystem on the planet, despite covering more than 60% of the Earth surface. Largely unknown life in abyssal sediments, from benthic animals to microbes, helps to recycle and/or sequester the sinking (in)organic matter originating from pelagic communities that are numerically dominated by microscopic plankton. Benthic ecosystems thus underpin two major ecosystem services of planetary importance: the healthy functioning of ocean food-webs and the burial o ... read more |
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Tonga eruption sent ripples through Earth's ionospherePasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2022 The powerful underwater volcanic eruption that blanketed the island nation of Tonga with ash and sent tsunami waves across the world also caused ripples in Earth's ionosphere, according to measureme ... more  
ESA tests marine plastic detection in ocean wave facilityParis (ESA) Feb 07, 2022 Could satellites be able to help track and map the marine plastic waste befouling our oceans? Research teams from across Europe returned to a Netherlands-based ocean wave test facility to try and de ... more  
Game-changing technology to remove 99 percent of carbon dioxide from airNewark DE (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 University of Delaware engineers have demonstrated a way to effectively capture 99% of carbon dioxide from air using a novel electrochemical system powered by hydrogen. It is a significant adv ... more  
People prefer interacting with female robots in hotelsEverett WA (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 People are more comfortable talking to female rather than male robots working in service roles in hotels, according to a study by Washington State University researcher Soobin Seo. The study, ... more |
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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 Quake damages buildings, sparks panic in Italy's Naples |
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Bristol scientists develop insect-sized flying robots with flapping wingsBristol UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed by a University of Bristol team, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that does away with the need for convention ... more  
WHO chief, Chinese premier hold Covid talksGeneva (AFP) Feb 5, 2022 The head of the World Health Organization met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday for talks on Covid-19, including on the stalled investigation into the pandemic's origins. ... more  
Cyclone Batsirai kills 10, displaces nearly 48,000 in MadagascarMahanoro, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 6, 2022 Cyclone Batsirai killed at least 10 people and displaced nearly 48,000 when it struck Madagascar overnight, the national disaster management agency said on Sunday. ... more 
Ecuador capital flooding toll raised to 28Quito (AFP) Feb 7, 2022 The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 28 lives in the capital Quito this week and left 52 people injured, the city's mayor said Sunday. ... more  
Guinea interim assembly holds first post-coup sessionConakry (AFP) Feb 6, 2022 Guinea's transitional assembly, which is tasked with organising a return to civilian rule after the military overthrow last year of president Alpha Conde, held its first session Saturday. ... more |
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'Global Dream' turns into nightmare for German port townWismar, Germany (AFP) Feb 6, 2022 The unfinished "Global Dream" rests quietly in a dock as the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the cruise ship into a nightmare for the shipyard in Wismar along Germany's windswept Baltic coast. ... more 
China locks down city of 3.5 million near Vietnam borderBeijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2022 A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after more than 70 coronavirus cases were discovered there over the past three days. ... more  
Texas butterfly sanctuary shuts citing threats from Trump supportersHouston (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 A butterfly sanctuary caught in the crossfire of polarizing conspiracy theories on illegal immigration to the United States said it will shut its doors Thursday, citing security concerns after receiving threats from supporters of former president Donald Trump. ... more 
End of the road in Colombia for Escobar's 'cocaine' hippos?Bogota (AFP) Feb 6, 2022 More than 100 African hippos descended from fewer than a handful imported as exotic pets by drug lord Pablo Escobar, face an uncertain future in Colombia. ... more 
Scientists urge true Covid origins probe ahead of OlympicsGeneva (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 Just hours before the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony, a group of international scientists demanded Thursday that China stop blocking an independent investigation into the origins of Covid-19. ... more |
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 Copenhagen (AFP) Feb 2, 2022 
Extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods have cost Europe almost 510 billion euros and around 142,000 lives over the past 40 years, according to a new report published Thursday.
In its study, the European Environment Agency (EEA) called for continued adaptation measures at both individual and state level.
A small number of extreme events, about three percent of the total, were ... more |
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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 
A small forest of antennas sprouts from the roof of ESA's Navigation Laboratory, based at the ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, which is among the most frequently satnav-fixed locations on Earth. This is also the site of the very first Galileo positioning fix, acquired back in 2014 using the first quartet of Galileo satellites.
"The antenna is a critical component of any Global Na ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 
The deep-ocean floor is the least explored ecosystem on the planet, despite covering more than 60% of the Earth surface. Largely unknown life in abyssal sediments, from benthic animals to microbes, helps to recycle and/or sequester the sinking (in)organic matter originating from pelagic communities that are numerically dominated by microscopic plankton.
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 Hanover NH (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 
January 25, 2022 - New research provides further evidence that rocks representing up to a billion years of geological time were carved away by ancient glaciers during the planet's "Snowball Earth" period, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research presents the latest findings in a debate over what caused the Earth's "Great Unconformity"- ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 
A new study of the climate impacts of raising animals for food concludes that phasing out all animal agriculture has the potential to substantially alter the trajectory of global warming.
The work is a collaboration between Michael Eisen, professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Patrick Brown, professor emeritus of biochemistry at Stanford Univ ... more |
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 Quito (AFP) Feb 7, 2022 
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 28 lives in the capital Quito this week and left 52 people injured, the city's mayor said Sunday.
The floods inundated homes, carried off cars and swept away volleyball players and spectators on a sports field.
Rescuers are still searching for a missing 38-year-old woman who lived in the popular La Comuna neighborhood.
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 Paris (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 size as Belgium, and has a population of around two million.
Around 80% of the country's population lives in rural areas and more than three quarters of these people are engaged in agriculture - mo ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 
The human brain is finely tuned not only to recognize particular sounds, but also to determine which direction they came from. By comparing differences in sounds that reach the right and left ear, the brain can estimate the location of a barking dog, wailing fire engine, or approaching car.
MIT neuroscientists have now developed a computer model that can also perform that complex task. The ... more |
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 Orono ME (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 
Melting and sublimation on Mount Everest's highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed, according to a University of Maine-led international research team that analyzed data from the world's highest ice core and highest automatic weather stations.
The extreme sensitivit ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 
In partnership with Google, in a widely attender Google Earth Outreach webinar, Earth Blox demonstrated its ability to provide near-instantaneous cloud powered access and analysis of satellite imagery in a no-code user interface (UI), opening access to Earth observation (EO) data to non-experts of every sector like never before.
Launched in 2019, Earth Blox seeks to make "EO data accessibl ... more |
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 Oshkosh WI (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 
A new study led by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and Michigan Tech geologist Chad Deering advances the understanding of the role that continents have played in the chemical evolution of Earth's oceans, with implications for understanding atmospheric oxygenation and global climate oscillations.
The team of researchers analyzed a global database of the chemistry o ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 
Climate change will drive an increase in summer air conditioning use in the United States that is likely to cause prolonged blackouts during peak summer heat if states do not expand capacity or improve efficiency, according to a new study of household-level demand.
The study projected summertime usage as global temperature rises 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) or 2.0 degrees C ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 
Scientists recently discovered novel quantum materials whose charge carriers exhibit 'topological' features. Charge carriers are particles that transport electrical charges through a material. Topology is the study of the rules behind how shapes behave when they change. For example, a doughnut shape will still have a hole if it changes continuously from round to square or if it is twisted or str ... more |
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 Houston (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 
A butterfly sanctuary caught in the crossfire of polarizing conspiracy theories on illegal immigration to the United States said it will shut its doors Thursday, citing security concerns after receiving threats from supporters of former president Donald Trump.
The National Butterfly Center in Texas, located on the banks of the Rio Grande that separates the United States from Mexico, had file ... more |
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 Guwahati, India (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 
An Indian teenager detained for more than a week by Chinese troops along the nations' disputed Himalayan frontier was tortured while in captivity, his family said Thursday.
Miram Teron was on a hunting trip in northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state when he was taken into custody by soldiers from the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
The 17-year-old was repatriated nine days later but his fa ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 
In his 15 years defending one of Nairobi's last green spaces, Simon Nganga has seen off brazen attempts to seize what's left of the lush forest bordered by highways and housing estates.
Persistent efforts by developers and powerful individuals to seize chunks of the bush as their own were defeated under historic laws enacted to protect Kenya's dwindling forests from unchecked logging and env ... more |
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