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  New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 Researchers at Yale and Caltech have a bold new theory to explain how Earth transformed itself from a fiery, carbon-clouded ball of rocks into a planet capable of sustaining life. The theory covers Earth's earliest years and involves "weird" rocks that interacted with seawater in just the right way to nudge biological matter into existence. "This period is the most enigmatic time in Earth history," said Jun Korenaga, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Yale and co-author of a new ... read more |
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Sino-European joint space mission conducts magnetometer extension testBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 A China-Europe joint space mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), has successfully carried out the extension test of its payload magnetometer in Europe, Science and Tech ... more 
Cooler waters created super-sized Megalodon, latest study showsChicago IL (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 A new study reveals that the iconic extinct Megalodon or megatooth shark grew to larger sizes in cooler environments than in warmer areas. DePaul University paleobiology professor Kenshu Shima ... more  
Grains hints at origin of 7,000-year-old Swiss pile dwellingsBasel, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 There is no other place where so many Neolithic pile dwellings have been uncovered as around the Alps. It is a mystery, however, how this "building boom" came to be. Researchers at the University of ... more 
Early humans kept old stone tools to preserve memory of their ancestorsTel-Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 A first-of-its-kind study at Tel Aviv University asks what drove prehistoric humans to collect and recycle flint tools that had been made, used, and discarded by their predecessors. After examining ... 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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Amazon rainforest is losing resilience: New evidence from satellite data analysisPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 The Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience, data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests. This is due to stress from a combination of logging and burning - the influence of hu ... more  
Increasing frequency of El Nino events expected by 2040Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 Global weather fluctuations called El Nino events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows. El Nino - the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific ... more  
Los Angeles suing Monsanto for chemicals in waterwaysLos Angeles (AFP) March 8, 2022 Chemical company Monsanto found itself in the horns of yet another lawsuit Monday, as Los Angeles sued the firm for allegedly knowingly polluting waterways in one of the biggest cities in the United States. ... more 
Probe accuses Swiss mining firm of hiding Guatemala pollutionGuatemala City (AFP) March 6, 2022 Two subsidiaries of Swiss mining company Solway Investment Group hid reports of pollution in an indigenous area of northeastern Guatemala, an international consortium of media companies said Sunday. ... more |
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NUS research shows CO2 could be stored below ocean floorSingapore (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. To combat its potentially catastrophic effects, scientists are searching for new technologies that could help the world reach c ... more  
Dutch aid groups raise 106 mn euros for UkraineThe Hague (AFP) March 8, 2022 More than 106 million euros have been collected in the Netherlands to help victims of the war in Ukraine, a collective of aid groups said Monday. ... more  
Australia floods force tens of thousands to evacuateSydney (AFP) March 8, 2022 Tens of thousands of Sydney residents have been told to evacuate their homes as severe storms and flash flooding inundated swathes of Australia's largest city Tuesday. ... more  
British study projects rise in heat-related deaths due to global warmingWashington DC (UPI) Mar 7, 2021 Deaths related to increased temperatures are expected to rise in Britain as global warming rates increase, according to a new study. ... more |
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China's zero-Covid policy under pressure as cases riseBeijing (AFP) March 7, 2022 China on Monday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in two years as clusters emerged in more than a dozen cities, posing a fresh challenge to Beijing's zero-Covid policy. ... more  
More than 300 civilians killed in three months of Ethiopia airstrikes: UNGeneva (AFP) March 7, 2022 Airstrikes have killed at least 304 civilians since late November in Ethiopia's war-torn north, especially in the Tigray region, the UN human rights chief said Monday. ... more  
Virus chaos pushes more expats to join Hong Kong exodusHong Kong (AFP) March 7, 2022 For the last eight years Mathilde and her family have called Hong Kong home, but as the coronavirus tears through the city they are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route. ... more  
The 12 candidates standing in France's presidential electionParis (AFP) March 7, 2022 France's top constitutional authority published Monday the list of the 12 candidates registered to stand in the presidential election that begins on April 10. ... more  
'Chemical recycling' of plastic slammed by environmental groupWashington (AFP) March 7, 2022 Most plastic "advanced recycling" plants in the United States aren't actually recycling plastic but instead converting it into a dirty fuel, while producing toxic waste in low-income communities, a study by a leading environmental group said Monday. ... more |
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 The Hague (AFP) March 8, 2022 
More than 106 million euros have been collected in the Netherlands to help victims of the war in Ukraine, a collective of aid groups said Monday.
"The counter showed 106.2 million euros at the end of this national day of action," said a statement on a website for 11 humanitarian groups involved in the collection, including the Red Cross and Unicef Netherlands.
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 San Jose CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated circuit-based lasers, modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks, has announced its new Radiation Tolerant version of its industry leading Nano ultra-pure light tunable laser which has been designed for use in low earth orbit satellite co ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
Global weather fluctuations called El Nino events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows.
El Nino - the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean -affects climate, ecosystems and societies worldwide.
The study examined four possible scenarios for future carbon emissions, and found increased risk of El Nino events in all four.
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 Santiago (AFP) March 5, 2022 
Chile said Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that are melting due to climate change.
The new National Glacier Park will cover 75,000 hectares of Andes mountain land about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the capital Santiago, President Sebastian Pinera said at a ceremony announcing its creation.
"We are managing to protect 368 glaciers," the presid ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 
Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the cusp of driving an agricultural revolution, and helping confront the challenge of feeding our growing global population in a sustainable way. But researchers warn that using new AI technologies at scale holds huge risks that are not being considered.
Imagine a field of wheat that extends to the horizon, being grown for flour that will be made into bre ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 8, 2022 
Tens of thousands of Sydney residents have been told to evacuate their homes as severe storms and flash flooding inundated swathes of Australia's largest city Tuesday.
The national weather bureau warned of "a tough 48 hours ahead" for the city, with 60,000 people subject to evacuation orders and warnings across the affected areas, according to emergency services.
The death toll from a we ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) March 7, 2022  Airstrikes have killed at least 304 civilians since late November in Ethiopia's war-torn north, especially in the Tigray region, the UN human rights chief said Monday.
The rights and security situation in Ethiopia had "deteriorated significantly" since late November, Michelle Bachelet told the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Bachelet said her office had "continued to receive reports ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
There is no other place where so many Neolithic pile dwellings have been uncovered as around the Alps. It is a mystery, however, how this "building boom" came to be. Researchers at the University of Basel have now uncovered new clues, and say that settlers at Lake Varese in northern Italy may have played a leading role.
When workers discovered the first pile-dwelling settlement on Lake Zur ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 07, 2022 
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature, affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, according to the latest state of the climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published this week.
The report utilises satellite observations as crucial input, including several long-term datasets of key aspects of ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 
China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4C rocket to place a new land-observation satellite in space.
The rocket blasted off at 7:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and soon sent the L-SAR 01B satellite into its preset orbit.
The satellite will be used to monitor Earth's geological environment, landslides and earthquakes.
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
Researchers at Yale and Caltech have a bold new theory to explain how Earth transformed itself from a fiery, carbon-clouded ball of rocks into a planet capable of sustaining life.
The theory covers Earth's earliest years and involves "weird" rocks that interacted with seawater in just the right way to nudge biological matter into existence.
"This period is the most enigmatic time in ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Renewable energy that feeds into the main power grid could destabilise the system and potentially cause power failures according to a new study.
Mathematicians from the University of Nottingham used data from smart meters to track how grid composition changes over time and found resilience varies over the course of a day and that a high uptake of solar panels can leave the grid more suscep ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 
Do two promising structural materials corrode at very high temperatures when in contact with "liquid metal fuel breeders" in fusion reactors? Researchers of Tokyo Tech, YNU and QST now have the answer. This high-temperature compatibility of reactor structural materials with the liquid breeder-a lining around the reactor core that absorbs and traps the high energy neutrons produced in the plasma ... more |
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 Reading UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals - short periods of time when an organism rapidly changes size or form - have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin. Now a newly published research paper supports the idea that even these abrupt changes are underpinned by a gradual directional process of successive incremental changes, as Darwin's theory of evolution assumes.
Publishe ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 7, 2022 
For the last eight years Mathilde and her family have called Hong Kong home, but as the coronavirus tears through the city they are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route.
"We are leaving and we will come back to empty our house whenever that is possible," she told AFP, declining to give her surname and nationality. "All our close friends are leaving."
For Math ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
The Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience, data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests. This is due to stress from a combination of logging and burning - the influence of human-caused climate change is not clearly determinable so far, but will likely matter greatly in the future.
For about three quarters of the forest, the ability to recover from perturbation has b ... more |
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