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  Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in January 2022 has concluded that the impact will be much smaller than initially thought-but the researchers responsible add some major caveats to this conclusion. An undersea volcano at Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (HTHH) erupted violently on 15th January 2022, which raised wide public concern about its impact on global climate. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) injected in ... read more |
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Study reveals chemical link between wildfire smoke and ozone depletionBoston MA (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned. All told, the devastating "Black Summer" fires blazed across mo ... more  
New technique unlocks ancient history of Earth from grains of sandPerth, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Curtin researchers have developed a new technique by studying the age of ancient grains of sand from beaches, rivers and rocks from around the world to reveal previously hidden details of the Earth' ... more  
US warns against Hong Kong travel over Covid rules, child separationsHong Kong (AFP) March 2, 2022 The United States warns citizens against travelling to Hong Kong, citing the risk of children being separated from parents as the Chinese city imposes controversial Covid isolation policies. ... more  
Hong Kong DJ convicted of sedition in watershed trialHong Kong (AFP) March 2, 2022 A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was convicted of seditious speech on Wednesday under a British colonial-era law that authorities have embraced as China flattens dissent in the business hub. ... 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 Storm Bert wreaks havoc across UK and Ireland |
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New study in earth science frontiers explains the driving force behind continental driftWuhan, China (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 The breakup of the South Atlantic region, which led to the separation of the African and South American continents, is a well-known global phenomenon. In fact, the famous continental drift theory pu ... more  
Illinois team significantly improves BioCro software for growing virtual cropsUrbana IL (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 A team from the University of Illinois has revamped the popular crop growth simulation software BioCro, making it a more user-friendly and efficient way to predict crop yield. The updated version, B ... more 
Three critical factors in the end-Permian mass extinctionHamburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 The end of the Permian was characterized by the greatest mass extinction event in Earth's history. 252 million years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions in Siberia led to a massive release of greenh ... more 
The second-generation PRISMA Earth observation system gets underwayRome, Italy (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the Italian space agency (ASI) to conduct a feasibility study for the PRISMA Second Generat ... more |
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New state-of-the-art technology collects a unique time series from methane seeps in the ArcticTromso, Norway (SPX) Feb 28, 2022 A new publication in Ocean Science links cutting-edge technology with developments in our understanding of the environment and climate, highlighting and constraining uncertainties in current methane ... more  
China's high-quality natural streamflow gauge-based dataset (1961-2018)Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 28, 2022 Reconstruction of natural streamflow without water management, e.g., irrigation and reservoir regulation is fundamental to the sustainable management of water resources. In China, previous reconstru ... more  
Baidoa: Crossroads of despair in drought-ravaged SomaliaBaidoa, Somalia (AFP) March 2, 2022 Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from branches and fragments of discarded cloth. ... more  
UN to agree on plan for 'historic' plastics treatyNairobi (AFP) Feb 26, 2022 More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic global treaty to tackle the plastic crisis afflicting the planet. ... more |
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UN takes 'historic' step toward global treaty on plastic trash Nairobi (AFP) March 2, 2022 The United Nations on Wednesday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed as a watershed moment for the planet. ... more 
Africa faces tough job not to become world's plastic 'dustbin'Abidjan (AFP) Feb 26, 2022 What can be done to prevent Africa from becoming the world's biggest dumping ground for plastic? ... more  
At least 17 feared dead in Myanmar jade mine landslideYangon (AFP) March 1, 2022 At least 17 people are feared dead after a landslide trapped dozens of workers inside a Myanmar jade mine, sources and local media said Tuesday. ... more  
Hundreds of thousands at risk as Australian floods spread to SydneyLawrence , Australia (AFP) March 2, 2022 Emergency services ordered some Sydney residents to prepare to flee Wednesday as heavy rainfall barrelled down Australia's east coast, burying towns in floodwater, killing 13 and putting hundreds of thousands at risk. ... more  
How much energy does a dolphin use to swim?Durham NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2022 From foraging for prey to evading predators, ship strikes or other dangers, a dolphin's survival often hinges on being able to crank up the speed and shift its swimming into high gear. But burning a ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2022  China's envoy to Ukraine said Sunday current conditions were too unsafe to evacuate citizens, days after the embassy said it would prepare plans to help people leave after the Russian invasion.
In a lengthy video message on the embassy's official WeChat account, Chinese ambassador Fan Xianrong sought to dispel rumours he had left Kyiv and reassure Chinese nationals left stranded in the war-t ... more |
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 Horsham PA (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 
Nicomatic, the Pennsylvania-based provider of creative interconnect solutions, announces the release of a new product line for use in spacecraft: Flat Flexible Cables for Space. The flat flexible cable technology allows for lighter, more flexible space exploration of both satellites and spacecraft in low earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit, and beyond. Nicomatic's new product line has contributed ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 28, 2022 
Reconstruction of natural streamflow without water management, e.g., irrigation and reservoir regulation is fundamental to the sustainable management of water resources. In China, previous reconstructions from sparse and poor-quality gauge measurements have led to large biases in simulation of the interannual and seasonal variability of natural flows.
In the current study, the researchers ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 28, 2022 
Researchers at the Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) of the Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC) have proved that satellite-derived salinity improves marine circulation prediction in the Arctic, which, as in the rest of the planet, is directly influenced by this and other parameters such as temperature.
The scientific team has incorporated sea salinity data obtained from measurements by the ... more |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 
A team from the University of Illinois has revamped the popular crop growth simulation software BioCro, making it a more user-friendly and efficient way to predict crop yield. The updated version, BioCro II, allows modelers to use the technology much more easily and includes faster and more accurate algorithms.
"In the original BioCro, all the math that the modelers were using was mixed in ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Feb 27, 2022 
About 12,000 people in Malaysia have been evacuated from their homes, officials said on Sunday, after heavy rains caused flooding in the country's northern states.
The tropical Southeast Asian nation was hit by bouts of bad weather over the weekend, as continuous rain swamped towns on the peninsula's east coast.
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 Khartoum (AFP) Feb 26, 2022 
A demonstration of "mothers and fathers" took to the streets of the Sudanese capital Khartoum Saturday to support the young anti-coup protesters who have for months rallied against the military.
"We are demonstrating today to tell our sons and daughters that they are not alone," Faiza Hussein, one of the protesters, told AFP.
She added that they are also calling on the authorities to "st ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Mar 02, 2022  Researchers from the University of Oxford's Big Data Institute have taken a major step towards mapping the entirety of genetic relationships among humans: a single genealogy that traces the ancestry of all of us. The study has been published in Science.
The past two decades have seen extraordinary advancements in human genetic research, generating genomic data ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2022 
A divided US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in an environmental regulation case with potentially far-reaching implications for the Biden administration's fight against climate change.
The high-stakes case concerns the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, which produce nearly 20 percent of the electr ... more |
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 San Francisco (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has announced the general availability of the next generation of its PlanetScope Monitoring product, offering high quality, analysis-ready data to all existing PlanetScope customers. While previously offering four spectral bands, PlanetScope will now include eight spectral bands in addition to a series of enhancements, providing customers with richer, cleaner, and more ... more |
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 Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 
The end of the Permian was characterized by the greatest mass extinction event in Earth's history. 252 million years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions in Siberia led to a massive release of greenhouse gases. In the course of the next several millennia, the climate ultimately warmed by ten degrees. As a consequence, on land, roughly 75 percent of all organisms went extinct; in the oceans, the n ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 
Australia's largest energy firm and biggest carbon emitter AGL on Monday rejected a takeover bid from green-minded tech billionaire Mike Cannon Brookes, who planned to shutter the firm's coal-fired power plants.
Atlassian co-founder Cannon Brookes had teamed up with Brookfield Asset Management to offer US$5.8 billion for the electricity production and distribution firm with a view to shuttin ... more |
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 Tampa FL (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 
Researchers have developed a new metasurface-based antenna that represents an important step toward making it practical to harvest energy from radio waves, such as the ones used in cell phone networks or Bluetooth connections. This technology could potentially provide wireless power to sensors, LEDs and other simple devices with low energy requirements.
"By eliminating wired connections an ... more |
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 Gbarpolu County, Liberia (AFP) Feb 28, 2022 
Clutching a single-barrelled rifle in lush northern Liberia, Emmanuel says his 10 children were able to get an education thanks to his gun.
The small wiry man, whose full name AFP is withholding, ignores a ban on hunting bushmeat and earns most of his cash catching pangolins or monkeys in the surrounding jungle.
In the dry season, Emmanuel waits for dark and then hikes into the jungle wi ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 2, 2022 
A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was convicted of seditious speech on Wednesday under a British colonial-era law that authorities have embraced as China flattens dissent in the business hub.
Tam Tak-chi, 49, is among a growing number of activists charged with sedition, a previously little-used law that prosecutors have dusted off in the wake of massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy p ... more |
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 Helsinki (AFP) March 2, 2022 
Major Finnish paper and packaging producer Stora Enso will stop all production and sales in Russia in response to Moscow's assault on Ukraine, the group announced Wednesday.
The forestry giant, with 1,100 employees at three packaging plants and two sawmills in Russia, will also freeze all its Russian imports and exports.
"The war in Ukraine is unacceptable and we are fully behind all s ... more |
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