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  Austin TX (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet. Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteristics of the medium they pass through, a process known as seismic tomography. For decades, seismic tomography was based on ray t ... read more |
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Nature-based carbon removal can help protect us from a warming planetBurnaby, Canada (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 A new study finds that temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower global peak warming levels but only if complemented by ambitious fossil fuel emission reductions. Nature-based climate so ... more  
Methane detected over Poland's coal minesParis (ESA) Mar 24, 2022 Data from the Tropomi instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite has been used to detect methane plumes over some of Europe's largest methane-emitting coal mines. Methane is an im ... more  
Anti-GMO themes losing traction worldwide, suggests new scientific paperIthaca NY (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 The conversation around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is becoming more positive, according to new Alliance for Science research analyzing traditional and social media trends on biotechnology ... more  
Tale of two cities as Shanghai goes into slow-motion lockdownShanghai (AFP) March 30, 2022 At home in Pudong district, on reduced pay and playing computer games to lift the gloom, 25-year-old Chinese engineer Terry is in the locked-down half of Shanghai. ... more |
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How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaursMorgantown, WV (The Conversation) Mar 29, 2022 When the rock now known as the Chicxulub impactor plummeted from outer space and slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, cockroaches were there. The impact caused a massive earthquake, and scie ... more 
Japanese space industry startup "Synspective" raises US $100MTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announced that the company has raised US $100M (11.9 billion yen) including a Series B funding round. The latest funding was led by Som ... more  
Solar energy explains fast yearly retreat of Antarctica's sea iceSeattle WA (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 In the Southern Hemisphere, the ice cover around Antarctica gradually expands from March to October each year. During this time the total ice area increases by 6 times to become larger than Russia. ... more 
Fleet Space Technologies to revolutionise mineral exploration with launch of GeosphereAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 28, 2022 GeoSphere is a first-of-its-kind system that combines wireless Geodes, edge computing and a constellation of low earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellites to discover critical resources up to 100 times faste ... more |
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Conger ice shelf has collapsedLondon, UK (The Conversation) Mar 29, 2022 East Antarctica's Conger ice shelf - a floating platform the size of Rome - broke off the continent on March 15, 2022. Since the beginning of satellite observations in the 1970s, the tip of the shel ... more  
Hundreds of new mammal species waiting to be foundColumbus OH (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small bodi ... more 
Will big biodiversity ambitions be enough to save nature?Geneva (AFP) March 28, 2022 After the world missed almost all of its targets to protect fast-dwindling nature for the last decade, observers following a new round of negotiations are focusing as much on how goals will be put in place as the headline targets. ... more  
Solomon Islands PM says China security deal 'ready for signing'Honiara (AFP) March 29, 2022 The Solomon Islands' prime minister said Tuesday that a contentious security agreement with Beijing was "ready for signing", denying reports that his country had been pressured to allow a Chinese naval base to be built in the Pacific island nation. ... more |
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Rio launches clean-up of gorgeous, filthy bay -- againRio De Janeiro (AFP) March 29, 2022 Cold beer in hand, the sun shining, Edson Rocha seems to have everything for a beautiful day at the beach. ... more 
'Trash has value': Kenyan inventor turns plastic into bricksNairobi (AFP) March 29, 2022 "Plastic still has value," said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory. ... more  
Australian beach town of Byron Bay inundated by floodwatersSydney (AFP) March 30, 2022 The Australian coastal enclave of Byron Bay, best known for its celebrity residents and idyllic beaches, was inundated by floodwaters Wednesday as severe storms battered stretches of the country's east. ... more  
The 12 candidates standing in France's presidential electionParis (AFP) March 28, 2022 Monday marks the start of the official presidential election campaign period in France ahead of the first round of voting on April 10. ... more  
Environmentalist held in Iran ends 'hunger strike': daughterLondon (AFP) March 29, 2022 Morad Tahbaz, an environmental campaigner held in Iran, has ended a week-long hunger strike, his daughter said Tuesday, reiterating his family's frustration with the UK government's handling of the case. ... more |
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 Kyiv (AFP) March 28, 2022 
New fires have broken out in the exclusion zone around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian authorities.
"Significant fires have started in the exclusion zone, which can have very serious consequences," Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram late Sunday.
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
the University of Adelaide launched its new Exterres Laboratory. The lab, which is the first of its kind in Australia, is an off-Earth surface testing environment for space technology like rovers, which are destined for the furthest reaches of the universe.
The Extraterrestrial Environmental Simulation (Exterres) Laboratory, located on North Terrace campus, provides a crucial stepping st ... more |
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 Dakar (AFP) March 29, 2022  Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from their taps, which mostly run dry.
"We wake up at 4 or 5 am to get water, says Sidy Fall, 44, in his kitchen in a working-class neighbourhood, filled with large bottles of stored water.
If he doesn't get up in time, the water often runs out by 5:30 am. Fall's taps are sometim ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) March 25, 2022 
NATO cannot allow a security vacuum to develop in the Arctic, where the alliance sees "growing strategic competition" from Russia and China, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.
"We cannot afford a security vacuum in the High North. It could fuel Russian ambitions, expose NATO and risk miscalculation and misunderstandings," Stoltenberg said.
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 
The conversation around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is becoming more positive, according to new Alliance for Science research analyzing traditional and social media trends on biotechnology.
The peer-reviewed study, published in the open-source academic journal GM Crops and Food, finds a significant drop in salience of the GMO issue between 2018 and 2020, suggesting a more favorab ... more |
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 Leon, Nicaragua (AFP) March 27, 2022 
It took Ana Muller half an hour to trek to the peak of the Cerro Negro volcano, a small effort given the reward on offer at Nicaragua's top tourist attraction: volcano boarding.
The active Cerro Negro is just 728 meters (2,400 feet) high, but sliding down its ash-covered slopes on a board is a 40-second thrill that allows participants to say they have surfed a volcano.
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 25, 2022 
Tigrayan rebels agreed to a "cessation of hostilities" on Friday, a new turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government's announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce a day earlier.
The rebels said in a statement sent to AFP they were "committed to implementing a cessation of hostilities effective immediately," and urged Ethiopian authorities to has ... more |
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 Burnaby, Canada (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 
Researchers looking to identify some of the most difficult 'finds' in archaeology -including sites used by nomadic hunter-gatherer communities-are tapping technology to help in the search.
Archaeologists at the Max Planck Institute and Simon Fraser University are gaining new insights from a computer predictive model that can assess the likelihood that landscapes contain such well-sought si ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) March 29, 2022 
More electric vehicles and green energy were among the measures Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out Tuesday under a multibillion-dollar plan for how Canada will meet its carbon emissions target.
In a speech in Vancouver announcing Can$9.1 billion (US$7.3 billion) in climate actions, the prime minister linked Europe's desire to wean itself off Russian oil and gas after the invasion of Ukra ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet.
Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteristics of the medium they ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 23, 2021 
Spinosaurus, the largest known predatory dinosaur, had bones dense enough to submerge itself to hunt, according to a study released Wednesday.
A group of paleontologists analyzed the density of Spinosaurid bones and compared them to animals such as penguins, hippos, and alligators to determine that both the Spinosaurus and close relative Baryonyx could swim and actively pursue prey in t ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 25, 2022 
The International Energy Agency approved a third term for executive director Fatih Birol as the organisation seeks a faster transition to clean energy, it said Friday.
The Turkish economist, who has been in the role since September 2015, will serve for another four years from September 2023.
His mandate, approved unanimously by the Paris-based agency's governing board, comes at a "pivota ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
Lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and many other devices depend on the high mobility of ions in order to work properly. But there a large number of obstacles to such mobility. A research team led by Jennifer L. M. Rupp of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Harry L. Tuller of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now shown for the first time that light can be used to incr ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
At least hundreds of so-far unidentified species of mammals are hiding in plain sight around the world, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small bodied, many of them bats, rodents, shrews, and moles.
These unknown mammals are hidden in plain sight partly because most are small and look so much like known animals that biologists have not been ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 30, 2022 
The UK government said Wednesday that its judges will no longer sit on Hong Kong's top court over opposition to China's national security law, with two Supreme Court judges resigning immediately.
"The situation has reached a tipping point where it is no longer tenable for British judges to sit on Hong Kong's leading court, and would risk legitimising oppression," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss ... more |
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 Abidjan (AFP) March 25, 2022 
Helping to build a barrier around a primary forest in the centre of Ivory Coast's Abidjan, Victor is happy to protect the endangered green space from the expanding city.
"We have our own Great Wall of China," says the construction worker proudly.
In three months' time, a cinder block fence 10 kilometres (six miles) long is to run along the edge of the Banco National Park to prevent it f ... more |
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