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  Paris (AFP) April 11, 2022 A string of deadly storms pummelled Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique with more intense rainfall because of climate change, new research found Monday. Three tropical cyclones and two tropical storms hit Southeast Africa in just six weeks in the first months of this year, causing widespread flooding. More than a million people were affected and at least 230 people died. The analysis was carried out by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) network of scientists, which has pioneered ways to spe ... read more |
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Australia to build fleet of dual use Earth Observation satellitesCanberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 The Australian Government is establishing the nation's first national space mission. The 2022-23 Budget includes $1.16 billion to 2038-39 and $38.5 million per annum ongoing for the first phase of a ... more  
Russia blocks UN call for Mali inquiry; As German minister speaks of 'atrocities'United Nations, United States (AFP) April 9, 2022 Russia has blocked a request at the UN Security Council for "independent investigations" into the alleged massacre of several hundred civilians in Mali by the Malian army and Russian paramilitaries, diplomatic sources told AFP Saturday. ... more  
57 died in Ecuador rainy season: officialsQuito (AFP) April 9, 2022 Half a year of intense and destructive rain throughout Ecuador has left 57 dead and 110 injured, the National Risk Management Service said Saturday. ... more  
China slams US virus 'accusations' as Shanghai lockdown drags onShanghai (AFP) April 10, 2022 China blasted the United States for making "groundless accusations" about its Covid-19 policy, after surging cases in Shanghai prompted the American consulate to let some staff leave the locked-down megacity. ... 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's health system faces raft of challenges as Omicron hitsBeijing (AFP) April 9, 2022 China is battling its biggest spike in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with millions under lockdown and the healthcare system feeling the pressure. ... more  
Kenyans heal devastated land with the power of mangrovesMalindi, Kenya (AFP) April 8, 2022 Along a riverbank scarred by logging, Joseph Mwandenge Mangi points out a solitary mangrove tree, a species once abundant in the forest where the mighty Sabaki River meets the sea. ... more  
System helps severely motor-impaired individuals type more quickly and accuratelyBoston MA (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 In 1995, French fashion magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a seizure while driving a car, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome, a neurological disease in which the ... more 
Researchers adapt technology made for astronomical observations to biomedical imagingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 Researchers have developed a biomedical imaging system using a semiconductor detector originally developed for hard X-ray and gamma-ray space observation, and used a spectral analysis method from as ... more |
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Methane emissions set another record in 2021, carbon dioxide also soarsWashington DC (UPI) Apr 7, 2021 Scientists said Thursday that methane emissions, the second biggest threat to human-caused global warming after carbon dioxide, rose again to a record level in 2021. ... more  
Neolithic made us taller and more intelligent but more prone to heart diseaseNijmegen, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 After the Neolithic, European populations showed an increase in height and intelligence, reduced skin pigmentation and increased risk of cardiovascular disease due to genetic changes that lowered co ... more  
Kleos launches Patrol Mission satellitesLuxembourg (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 Kleos Space S.A, (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, successfully launched its third satellite cluster, the Patrol Mission on ... more 
China launches new satellite for Earth observationJiuquan (XNA) Apr 08, 2022 China launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday. The satellite, Gaofen-3 03, was launched by a Long March-4C rocket at ... more |
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Arctic simulation of Moon-like habitat shows wellbeing sessions keep you saneSurrey UK (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 Researchers at the University of Surrey and the University of Milano-Bicocca have partnered with SAGA Space Architects to investigate the psychological impact of social isolation in harsh environmen ... more  
406 Day: how Galileo helps save livesParis (ESA) Apr 06, 2022 Wednesday was the annual 406 Day, celebrating the life-saving importance of emergency beacons, named for the radio frequency they operate on, as well as the satellites that relay their signals - wit ... more 
Iraq says 7 dead from Congo fever since start of 2021Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) April 11, 2022 Seven people have died from the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever since the start of last year after coming into contact with livestock in southern Iraq, health authorities said Monday. ... more  
German minister quits over family vacation after floodsFrankfurt (AFP) April 11, 2022 Germany's family minister resigned Monday after coming under pressure for taking a summer vacation last year, shortly after the region where she was environment minister at the time suffered deadly flooding. ... more  
Gas tank graveyard has Mexico City residents up in armsMexico City (AFP) April 11, 2022 Thousands of disused gas cylinders sit outside under the sun at a former refinery in Mexico City, producing a foul smell that neighbors say has made their lives a nightmare. ... more |
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 Mantes-La-Ville, France (AFP) April 10, 2022  After the financial blues of the Covid pandemic, the French saxophone maker favoured by American jazz greats celebrates its 100th birthday looking to expand further in Asia and the United States.
Selmer experienced two difficult years after the pandemic began in 2020, the company's executive chairman Thierry Oriez tells AFP.
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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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 Baghdad (AFP) April 10, 2022  Garbage clogs the banks of Iraq's Tigris River in Baghdad but an army of young volunteers is cleaning it, a rare environmental project in the war-battered country.
With boots and gloves, they pick up soggy trash, water bottles, aluminium cans and muddy styrofoam boxes, part of a green activist campaign called the Cleanup Ambassadors.
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 
Large jumps within the last ice age between cold and warm climate periods in the Northern Hemisphere may have occurred because the climate system became unstable when atmospheric CO2 levels were between approximately 190 and 225 parts per million. That is the conclusion from a study, published in Nature Geoscience by Guido Vettoretti et al. at the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenh ... more |
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 Nairobi, Kenya (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 
Cattle, whether grazing in small herds along the roadside or lowing singly from a nearby field, are an emblematic sight for much of Africa, as characteristic of the continent as the yoked oxen of southeast Asia or the gray squirrels of American suburbs. Yet large swathes of the continent may be stripped of the creatures as early as 2045 due to climate change-induced heat stress, according to a p ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 11, 2022 
A string of deadly storms pummelled Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique with more intense rainfall because of climate change, new research found Monday.
Three tropical cyclones and two tropical storms hit Southeast Africa in just six weeks in the first months of this year, causing widespread flooding.
More than a million people were affected and at least 230 people died.
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 Paris (AFP) April 8, 2022  French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday cast doubt on Mali's claim to have "neutralised" 203 jihadists in Moura, with witnesses claiming Malian forces actually killed scores of civilians.
"The authorities in Bamako announce 200 terrorists killed, without civilian casualties. I have a hard time believing, I have a hard time understanding, I have a hard time accepting these expla ... more |
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 Manaus, Brazil (AFP) April 10, 2022 
Proudly donning majestic feathered headdresses, models sing an ode to the rain while a makeup artist draws geometric patterns on their faces, arms and thighs in preparation for Brazil's first-ever indigenous fashion show.
"It is a feeling of happiness and pride," 19-year-old model Moan Munduruku told AFP ahead of his turn on the catwalk in Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon.
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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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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, has announced the launch of five additional spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The satellites were delivered to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-4 mission on April 1, 2022 onboard the Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket, under SpaceX's Rideshare program. All fi ... 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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 Paris (AFP) April 6, 2022 
Not only do we have the tools to slash emissions and curb global warming by 2030, but half of available carbon-cutting options are cost-free or very cheap, UN climate experts say.
There is no silver bullet, but a mosaic of actions - from ramping up solar and wind technology, to economy-wide energy efficiencies - were identified by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) a ... more |
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 Richland WA (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 
Scientists have created a battery designed for the electric grid that locks in energy for months without losing much storage capacity.
The development of the "freeze-thaw battery," which freezes its energy for use later, is a step toward batteries that can be used for seasonal storage: saving energy in one season, such as the spring, and spending it in another, like autumn.
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 Amherst MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led by Lynn Adler, professor of biology at UMass Amherst, has been awarded $2.4 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to trace how food affects the ability of pathogens to attack plant pollinators. The research will be the first conducted across a wide range of scales, from the molecular to the comm ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 7, 2022 
The UN rights chief has miserably failed to address China's "genocide" against the Uyghur minority, a leading campaigner told AFP, demanding that a long-delayed report on abuses be released "immediately".
Uyghur campaigner Rushan Abbas, who is American, decried that Michelle Bachelet had, to date, been so restrained in her criticism of the well-reported rights violations taking place in Chin ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 8, 2022 
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new quarterly record in the first three months of 2022 compared to a year earlier, official data showed Friday.
Satellite images revealed the destruction of 941 square kilometers (363 square miles) of rain forest - the highest quarterly rate since the start of Brazil's Deter monitoring program in 2015.
This is an area about the size of Dallas. ... more |
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