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  Paris (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 The stakes in the fight against global warming are higher than ever, the UN's climate science chief said Monday as nearly 200 nations met to finalise what is sure to be a harrowing report on climate impacts. "The need for the Working Group 2 report has never been greater because the stakes have never been higher," Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair Hoesung Lee said in a live videocast. Species extinction, ecosystem collapse, mosquito-borne disease, deadly heat, water shortage ... read more |
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Climate-boosted drought in western US worst in 1,200 yearsParis (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 The megadrought that has parched southwestern United States and parts of Mexico over the last two decades is the worst to hit the region in at least 1,200 years, researchers said Monday. ... more  
Tunisia to return illegally imported waste to ItalyTunis (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the north African country's environment ministry said Monday. ... more 
Sweden mine would endanger indigenous lands: UN expertGeneva (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 UN rights experts on Thursday urged Sweden to refuse a licence for a planned iron-ore mine, warning it posed "irreversible risks" to lands used by the indigenous Sami community. ... more  
The drone has landedNoordwijk, Netherlands (ESA) Feb 11, 2022 ESA's Navigation Laboratory has a new recruit: this drone can carry different types of satellite navigation receivers to collect data for follow-on analysis. The NavLab, based at ESA's ESTEC t ... 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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Seven Senegalese soldiers freed in The GambiaNear Bajagar, Gambie (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Separatist rebels from Senegal's southern Casamance region on Monday handed over seven Senegalese soldiers whom they had captured three weeks ago, AFP reporters saw, demanding nothing in return. ... more 
EU chief unveils 150-bn-euro investment plan for AfricaDakar (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday unveiled plans to muster investment of more than 150 billion euros for Africa, proclaiming Europe to be the continent's biggest and "most reliable" partner. ... more  
Myanmar junta says won't attend ASEAN summit after 'regrettable' snubYangon (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Myanmar's junta on Monday said it would not attend an upcoming ASEAN summit after the bloc's "regrettable" exclusion of its top diplomat over a lack of progress in defusing post-coup violence. ... more 
Two Malian soldiers killed in jihadist attackBamako (AFP) Feb 13, 2022 Two Malian soldiers were killed early Sunday in northern Mali in an attack on their post blamed on jihadists, the army announced on social networks. ... more 
Nations to review harrowing catalogue of climate impactsParis (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Nearly 200 nations kick off a virtual UN meeting Monday to finalise what is sure to be a harrowing catalogue of climate change impacts - past, present and future. ... more |
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The Brazil resort town disappearing into the seaAtafona, Brazil (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. ... more  
Secondary cratering on Earth: The Wyoming impact crater fieldBoulder CO (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Several dozen small impact craters, 10-70-m in size, have been discovered in southeastern Wyoming. A team of U.S. and German geoscientists found these ancient craters in exposed sedimentary layers f ... more  
Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomersWashington DC (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX. ... more 
Pursuing carbon neutrality and water security in ChinaVienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers a ... more 
Where on Earth did the water come fromLivermore CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comet ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 11, 2022 
As a pioneer in so-called attribution science - establishing a link between extreme weather and climate change - Friederike Otto is adamant that the rising toll of heatwaves and hurricanes cannot be explained by global warming alone.
AFP spoke to Otto, a physicist at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, ahead of the release of a major UN climate report on c ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2022  Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX.
A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on March 4, but contrary to what had been announced, it was built not by Elon Musk's company, but by Beijing, experts now say.
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 Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comets from outer space?
The source of Earth's water has been a longstanding debate and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists think they have the answer - and they found it by look ... more |
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 Hanover NH (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
The first atlas to measure the movement and thickness of the world's glaciers gives a clearer, but mixed picture of the globe's ice-bound freshwater resources, according to researchers from the Institute of Environmental Geosciences (IGE) and Dartmouth College.
The worldwide survey, published in Nature Geoscience, measures the velocity and depth of more than 250,000 mountain glaciers. The ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 09, 2022 
The Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions measure and image our planet in different ways to return a wealth of complementary information so that we can understand and track how our world is changing, and how to better manage our environment and resources. Thanks to the benefits of different types of data from two particular Copernicus Sentinel missions and an ingenious new dataset tool, people ... more |
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 Mananjary, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 12, 2022  The coastal Madagascar town of Mananjary was largely destroyed after Tropical Cyclone Batsirai, aid workers said Saturday, as more relief supplies arrived by plane.
The storm left 120 people dead, mainly on the east coast of the Indian Ocean island nation, which took the hardest hit.
"For the moment, the initial evaluations undertaken are very alarming. We're talking about nine out of 1 ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2022  French troops in an anti-jihadist mission have killed 40 militants in Burkina Faso linked to deadly attacks this week in neighbouring Benin whose victims included a Frenchman, the army said Saturday.
The French-led Barhane force in the Sahel region "engaged its air intelligence capacities to locate the armed group" responsible for the attacks, before on Thursday carrying out air strikes that ... more |
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 Osnabruck, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
For the first time, researchers observed chimpanzees in Gabon, West Africa applying insects to their wounds and the wounds of others. In a study published February 7 in the journal Current Biology, scientists describe this wound-tending behavior and argue that it is evidence that chimpanzees have the capacity for prosocial behaviors that have been linked with empathy in humans.
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 
The stakes in the fight against global warming are higher than ever, the UN's climate science chief said Monday as nearly 200 nations met to finalise what is sure to be a harrowing report on climate impacts.
"The need for the Working Group 2 report has never been greater because the stakes have never been higher," Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chair Hoesung Lee said in a l ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 
A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday.
China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satellite in space on Jan. 26. The satellite, equipped with L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), can monitor the geological environment, landslides, and earthquakes.
The radar is now capable of taki ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon, one of the largest sharks that ever lived.
The study, which makes use of a pioneering technique for analyzing sharks, has now been published in the international journal Historical Biology.
Megalodons swam the Earth roughly 15 to 3.6-million years ago, and are often portrayed as super- ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
One year after winter storms crippled Texas' electricity grid, contributing to more than 200 deaths, a Cornell University-led analysis recommends contracting improvements to reduce decentralized energy markets' vulnerability to rare events.
Such "energy-only" markets rely on investors to anticipate demand for all conditions and build appropriate resiliency into the system. They allow price ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 
Engineers from MIT and Kyushu University in Japan have demonstrated for the first time how light can be used to significantly improve the performance of fuel cells, lithium batteries, and other devices that are based on the movement of charged atoms, or ions.
Charge can be carried through a material in different ways. We are most familiar with the charge that is carried by the electrons th ... more |
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 Caracas (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 
Venezuelan prosecutors are investigating an alleged party held on a table-top mountain in a protected Amazonian national park, an official said Thursday.
A group of revelers, including local celebrities, allegedly flew to Kusari Tepuy in the Canaima National Park by helicopter last Friday and threw a party, according to images shared widely on social media.
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 
The highly anticipated return of "Friends" to Chinese streaming platforms soured quickly after fans noticed an LGBTQ plotline was cut from the American sitcom - and their complaints were censored too.
China's top platforms started streaming the series on Friday, but the back story of a lesbian character was absent from the first season's second episode.
Fans flooded social media with co ... more |
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 Panama City, Panama (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
Imagine trying to understand how climate change affects vast tropical forests by determining how many trees die each year. Clouds get in the way of satellite views and on-the-ground estimates are expensive and impractical in remote areas. But researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) are excited by a new analysis that explains variation in tree mortality based on drone im ... more |
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