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  Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 17, 2022 Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital serving one of Hong Kong's poorest communities - a grim tableau for the city as its health system buckles under an Omicron-fuelled coronavirus wave. "We call this the fever zone," a nurse in full-body protective gear told AFP, declining to be named. "Don't get too close." Hong Kong is in the throes of its worst coronavirus outbreak, and record new daily infections have pushed hospitals ... read more |
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Tilting of Earth's crust governed the flow of ancient megafloodsSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 As ice sheets began melting at the end of the last ice age, a series of cataclysmic floods called the Missoula megafloods scoured the landscape of eastern Washington, carving long, deep channels and ... more 
Scientists discover how plants evolved to colonize land over 500-million years agoBristol UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 Scientists analysing one of the largest genomic datasets of plants have discovered how the first plants on Earth evolved the mechanisms used to control water and 'breathe' on land hundreds of millio ... more  
New research solves longstanding Antarctic climate change mysteryAmherst MA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst definitively resolves a long-standing discrepancy in the geologic record that pitted studies of marine ice-sheet behavior against those th ... more 
"Blue Blob" near Iceland could slow glacial meltingWashington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 A region of cooling water in the North Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, nicknamed the "Blue Blob," has likely slowed the melting of the island's glaciers since 2011 and may continue to stymie ice loss u ... more |
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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  
Morocco announces $1 billion drought relief planRabat (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 Morocco said Wednesday it will launch a nearly $1 billion aid programme to help its agriculture industry, which has been hit hard by a particularly acute drought in recent years. ... more  
Australian wine giant shakes off China sales collapseSydney (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 Australia's leading wine producer says sales to China have evaporated since Beijing imposed strict tariffs on Australian wine imports but buoyant demand elsewhere helped avert disaster. ... more  
'Life-changing' or scam? Axie Infinity helps Philippines' poor earnManila (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 Dominic Lumabi sits on the computer in his Manila bedroom pitting his puffer fish-like cartoon NFT characters against others. But this is not just a game - he is earning cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic. ... more  
Thousands affected as quake hits GuatemalaGuatemala City (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 A 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck western Guatemala early Wednesday caused damage affecting nearly 25,000 people, and caused three people to suffer fatal heart attacks, authorities said. ... more |
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Rescuers scour for survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 94Petropolis, Brazil (AFP) Feb 17, 2022 Rescue workers raced against the clock Wednesday searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 94 people. ... more  
Despair, solidarity for Brazil storm victimsPetropolis, Brazil (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 Holding the few possessions they are able to carry, families stream down the slopes of the hillside neighborhood of Alto da Serra, many in tears, fleeing the devastation left by deadly landslides in the Brazilian city of Petropolis. ... more  
Mali facing uncertain future as France mulls withdrawalBamako (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 France's expected military withdrawal from Mali spells an uncertain future for the conflict-ridden Sahel state, raising questions about the ruling military junta's capacity to combat jihadists and a growing humanitarian crisis. ... more  
Humpback whales swim up to 3,700 miles to breedWashington DC (UPI) Feb 16, 2021 Crowdsourced photos show some humpback whales travel 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) to breed. Scientists had assumed the whales chose Mexico or Hawaii as a breeding site, but the photos revealed some individual whales travel to both places in a single season. ... more  
Nepal arrests dozens in protest against US grantKathmandu (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 Nepali police fired tear gas and water cannon and arrested 77 demonstrators in the capital Kathmandu as several hundred people protested against a $500-million US grant, authorities said. ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 
Dominic Lumabi sits on the computer in his Manila bedroom pitting his puffer fish-like cartoon NFT characters against others. But this is not just a game - he is earning cryptocurrency to support his family during the pandemic.
The source of his income is Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based play-to-earn game that exploded in popularity in developing nations such as the Philippines as Covid-19 ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 16, 2022 
ESA's Izana-1 laser ranging station in Tenerife, Spain, has recently undergone months of testing and commissioning, passing its final tests with flying colours. As it reached 'station acceptance', it was handed over to ESA from the German company contracted to build it, DiGOS. The station is a technology testbed and a vital first step in making debris mitigation widely accessible to all space ac ... more |
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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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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 
A region of cooling water in the North Atlantic Ocean near Iceland, nicknamed the "Blue Blob," has likely slowed the melting of the island's glaciers since 2011 and may continue to stymie ice loss until about 2050, according to new research.
The origin and cause of the Blue Blob, which is located south of Iceland and Greenland, is still being investigated. The cold patch was most prominent ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 
Australia's leading wine producer says sales to China have evaporated since Beijing imposed strict tariffs on Australian wine imports but buoyant demand elsewhere helped avert disaster.
Treasury Wine Estates, the makers of Penfolds, on Tuesday posted a 7.5 percent year-on-year decline in net profit in the six months to December 31, citing China's tariffs on Australian wine and the impact of ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 17, 2022 
The astonishing force of the Tonga volcanic eruption shocked the world, but the fact that this underwater volcano actually erupted came as less of a surprise to geoscientists using satellite data to study changes in the temperature deep below Earth's surface.
The cataclysmic explosion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in January is reported to have been the biggest eruption recorded ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 
France's expected military withdrawal from Mali spells an uncertain future for the conflict-ridden Sahel state, raising questions about the ruling military junta's capacity to combat jihadists and a growing humanitarian crisis.
A brutal Islamist insurgency first emerged in Mali in 2012 before spreading to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger. It has left swathes of the vast country outside st ... more |
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 Tubingen, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 
Untrained, captive orangutans can complete two major steps in the sequence of stone tool use: striking rocks together and cutting using a sharp stone, according to a study by Alba Motes-Rodrigo at the University of Tubingen in Germany and colleagues, publishing February 16 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.
The researchers tested tool making and use in two captive male orangutans (Pongo ... more |
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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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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 
As ice sheets began melting at the end of the last ice age, a series of cataclysmic floods called the Missoula megafloods scoured the landscape of eastern Washington, carving long, deep channels and towering cliffs through an area now known as the Channeled Scablands. They were among the largest known floods in Earth's history, and geologists struggling to reconstruct them have now identified a ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 10, 2022 
Construction of a 42-floor, pyramid-shaped skyscraper began in Paris on Thursday despite objections from local politicians and associations, and environmentalists who have branded the project "catastrophic".
The Triangle Tower (Tour Triangle) in the 15th district on the city's southwestern edge will, at 180 metres (590 feet), become the city's third-highest building after the Eiffel Tower, c ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 16, 2022 
NASA is inviting students to participate in an essay contest to explore how it powers some of its most famous missions. The contest also encourages participants to learn something about themselves in the process. The Power to Explore Challenge, open to K-12 students in U.S. public, private, and homeschools, is accepting entries from Tuesday, Feb. 15 through Wednesday, April 13.
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 Ocampo, Mexico (AFP) Feb 17, 2022 
In the fir forests of Mexico, one of the world's most dangerous countries for environmentalists, the legacy of butterfly defender Homero Gomez lives on two years after his suspected murder.
Despite the dangers of standing up to illegal loggers, fellow conservationists continue Gomez's work guarding the El Rosario monarch butterfly sanctuary in Mexico's central highlands.
The agricultural ... more |
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 Kathmandu (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 
Nepali police fired tear gas and water cannon and arrested 77 demonstrators in the capital Kathmandu as several hundred people protested against a $500-million US grant, authorities said.
"The protestors were arrested after they pelted stones and tried to push into the restricted area (near parliament)," police spokesman Bishnu Kumar KC told AFP.
Nepal signed the Millenium Challenge Corp ... more |
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 Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 
Environmental group Greenpeace on Tuesday said the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to respect a multi-million-dollar agreement signed with Britain last year to finance protecting its ecologically vital forests.
The DRC and Britain approved funds worth $500 million as part of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) two months ago in Glasgow, which hosted the COP26 climate change ... more |
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