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  Paris (AFP) April 5, 2022 However quickly the world slashes greenhouse gas emissions, it will still need to suck CO2 from the air and oceans to avoid climate catastrophe, a landmark UN report said this week. Long seen as marginal or an industry ploy to avoid curbing emissions, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is today a necessary weapon in the battle against global heating, according to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "This is the first IPCC report to state clearly that carbon dioxide removal is n ... read more |
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Climate scorecard: good news and bad newsParis (AFP) April 5, 2022 The task is clear - stop burning fossil fuels, radically reduce energy demand and slash all planet-warming emissions in order to keep the planet cool enough so humans, animals and plants can survive and thrive. ... more 
Hunger crisis across Africa 'going unnoticed,' says Red CrossNairobi (AFP) April 5, 2022 The International Committee of the Red Cross warned Tuesday that a major hunger crisis in Africa is "going largely unnoticed" as the world focuses on Ukraine and other crises. ... more  
Mines kill, injure more than 500 children in Iraq: UNBaghdad (AFP) April 5, 2022 At least 519 children have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Iraq in the past five years, UN agencies have warned. ... more  
Malian forces, suspected Russian fighters killed 300 civilians; politician targetedDakar (AFP) April 5, 2022 Malian forces and suspected Russian fighters killed about 300 civilians in late March in the centre of the conflict-torn Sahel nation, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. ... more |
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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 IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood |
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China reports most virus cases since pandemic startShanghai (AFP) April 6, 2022 China reported more than 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, as millions in locked-down Shanghai began a new round of testing. ... more  
Environmental data for researchers worldwideBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite sees the world very differently from the way the people who live there do. The German environmental satellite measures the solar radi ... more  
How deforestation is triggering an irreversible transition in amazon forests?Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Many scientists believe that the Amazon, encompassing the world's largest tropical rainforest, may soon reach a tipping point where it starts to dry up and can no longer sustain rainforest. So ... more 
Flash droughts coming on faster, global study showsAustin TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2022 Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast - drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. These events can wipe out crops and cause huge economic losses. And according to scientists, the s ... more |
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Colombian researchers seek safety for bees in urban jungleBogota (AFP) April 5, 2022 Far from the flowery fields that are their natural home, honey bees imperiled by pesticides in rural Colombia are finding sanctuary on university campuses in the bustling capital Bogota. ... more 
Boats for buffaloes: vets in Iraq's marshes take to waterChibayish, Iraq (AFP) April 4, 2022 The small motorboat chugging through southern Iraq's marshes is similar to those tourists use to explore the vast swamplands, the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden. ... more 
East Ukrainians twice in flight from Russian offensiveLviv, Ukraine (AFP) April 2, 2022 Fledgling film director Eugene Koshin talks about his ordeal like images on a screen - vivid "flashes" of action that were somehow distant and unreal. ... more  
Brazil storm death toll rises to 16Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 3, 2022 The death toll from torrential downpours that triggered flash floods and landslides in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state rose to 16 Sunday, with three people still missing, authorities said. ... more |
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S.Sudan rivals seal security pact in peace 'milestone'Juba (AFP) April 3, 2022 In what has been hailed as a major breakthrough, South Sudan's rival leaders sealed an agreement Sunday on a key military provision in a stuttering peace deal and vowed to silence their guns. ... more
France alarmed by Mali killings involving army and 'Russian mercenaries'Paris (AFP) April 4, 2022 France said Monday that it was concerned by information that hundreds of civilians had been killed in the Malian village of Moura in an operation by elements of the armed forces joined by Russian mercenary allies. ... more 
Burkina Faso sets up local panels to talk to jihadistsOuagadougou (AFP) April 2, 2022 Burkina Faso's junta leader has announced the setting up of local committees to seek dialogue with armed jihadist groups and help restore peace. ... more  
China sanctions US officials who 'concocted lies' on human rightsBeijing (AFP) March 31, 2022 Beijing on Thursday said it had slapped sanctions on an unspecified number of US officials who "concocted lies" about human rights in China. ... more  
Myanmar military's beer sales tumble after junta boycottYangon (AFP) April 4, 2022 When Japanese brewing giant Kirin called time on its Myanmar operations last month, the news made little difference to Kyaw Gyi - like many drinkers, he had long boycotted the beer it produced with a military conglomerate. ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) April 5, 2022 
At least 519 children have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Iraq in the past five years, UN agencies have warned.
"More than 80 percent of children affected are boys," the rights groups UNICEF, the world body's children's agency, and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said in a joint statement on Monday night.
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 Mumbai (AFP) April 4, 2022 
A large metal ring and sphere that villagers in rural western India said fell from the sky over the weekend could be from a Chinese rocket launched into space last year, officials told local media.
The metal ring - reportedly two to three metres (6.5-10 feet) in diameter and weighing over 40 kilogrammes (90 pounds) - was discovered in a village field in Maharashtra state late on Saturday, ... more |
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 Port Moresby (AFP) April 6, 2022 
Senior staff of Pacific telecom giant Digicel have left Papua New Guinea after a US$100 million tax was levied against the company, according to police and government sources.
The Papua New Guinean government last month passed a one-off levy on any company with a market share greater than 40 percent in telecoms or banking, affecting only Digicel in the telecoms sector.
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 East Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 31, 2022  As Russia's invasion of Ukraine takes center stage, remote areas of the Arctic are thrust to the front row of global impacts to the environment, economics and human security.
In this month's open-acceess journal Ambio, scientists from Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks outline the many ways the Arctic's natural resources, ecosystems and people are tightl ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 4, 2022 
Individuals along with economy-wide efficiencies can make a major difference in the drive to avert the worst of global warming, UN climate experts say, estimating that sharp cuts to demand for energy-guzzling services could slash emissions up to 70 percent by 2050.
Avoiding airplanes, eating less meat, insulating your home could all make a dent, particularly when broad swathes of societie ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 
In order to understand and predict volcanic events even better, a better understanding of the diverse underground processes involved is required. A new way to detect such processes, even if they are very subtle, is to use fibre optic cables as sensors. The analysis of light that is backscattered in them when the cables are deformed by vibrations, for example, has now made it possible for the fir ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) April 5, 2022  Armed men surrounded Malian opposition politician Oumar Mariko's home in the capital Bamako on Tuesday after he ignored a summons from the gendarmes for criticising the ruling junta, witnesses said.
At a recent public meeting in the conflict-torn Sahel nation, Mariko had suggested that the army was "murdering people," and urged the junta to assume responsibility for the situation in the coun ... more |
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 Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 
Neandertal populations in the Iberian Peninsula were experiencing local extinction and replacement even before Homo sapiens arrived, according to a study published March 30, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Joseba Rios-Garaizar of the Archaeological Museum of Bilbao, Spain and colleagues.
Neandertals disappeared around 40,000 years ago, but many details of their extinction remai ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) April 5, 2022 
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned Tuesday that a major hunger crisis in Africa is "going largely unnoticed" as the world focuses on Ukraine and other crises.
Some 346 million people - more than one in four people across Africa - are suffering from "alarming" hunger and that number will probably rise in the coming months, the ICRC said.
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 
LatConnect 60 (LC60), an Earth observation and data fusion company based in Perth, Australia, has signed an agreement to work with Gilmour Space Technologies in Queensland to build and launch the first microsatellite in a planned high-resolution hyperspectral imaging constellation. The smart satellites will be placed in 30-degree inclined orbits for frequent revisit data capture over the Earth's ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 5, 2021 
The Tyrannosaurus rex's arms may have evolved to become extremely short to lower the risk of bites while feeding in packs, a new study says.
A 45-foot-long T. rex may have 3-feet long arms--the equivalent of a 6-foot human with 5-inch arms, study author Kevin Padian, emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a curator of the UC Museum of Paleontology, noted in a ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) April 4, 2022 
UN chief Antonio Guterres accused governments and businesses Monday of "lying" about their efforts to stem climate change, seeking to shame them into action as the body released a landmark crisis report.
The United Nations' Secretary General said the world must ditch coal, oil and gas and go all-out to develop renewable energy without delay to avoid a "climate disaster".
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 Knoxville TN (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus - or JET - experiment in England has been called "a breakthrough" by some news outlets and caused quite a lot of excitement among physicists. But a common line rega ... more |
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 Radolfzell, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 
Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and exceptionally long lifespans. Now, a study led by Max Planck researchers has shown that one of these traits has likely been caused by the other.
By examining 217 parrot species, the researchers revealed that species such as the scarlet macaw and sulphur-crested cockatoo have extremely long average lifespans, of up to 30 years, ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2022  Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced Monday that she will step down in June, ending a divisive term that saw democracy protests squashed and strict pandemic curbs plunge the business hub into international isolation.
Ending months of speculation, Lam confirmed she would not seek a second term when a committee made up of the city's political elite chooses a new leader next month.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Many scientists believe that the Amazon, encompassing the world's largest tropical rainforest, may soon reach a tipping point where it starts to dry up and can no longer sustain rainforest.
Some even predict that rainforest will ultimately be transformed into savanna-like ecosystems. However, until now, inception of such an irreversible transition has not been supported by observations. ... more |
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