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  Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 Across the Arctic, strange things are happening to the landscape. Massive lakes, several square miles in size, have disappeared in the span of a few days. Hillsides slump. Ice-rich ground collapses, leaving the landscape wavy where it once was flat, and in some locations creating vast fields of large, sunken polygons. It's evidence that permafrost, the long-frozen soil below the surface, is thawing. That's bad news for the communities built above it - and for the global climate. As an ecolog ... read more |
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Modeling Earth's Magnetosphere in the LabWashington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas, called plasma. Because Earth possesses an intrinsic magnetic field, the planet ... more 
Planet releases slew of datasets for planetary variablesSan Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 Planet Labs PBC has announced the release of Planetary Variables, a new product offering consisting of three pre-processed, accurate data feeds that measure the conditions of dynamic systems on the ... more  
Brazil's Lula slams Bolsonaro indigenous policiesBras�lia (AFP) April 12, 2022 Brazilian ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed Tuesday to undo current President Jair Bolsonaro's policies on indigenous people if elected, branding his rival a "fascist" aligned with "those who want to kill our forests." ... more  
Lost golden toad heralds climate's massive extinction threatParis (AFP) April 13, 2022 Those lucky enough to have seen them will never forget. ... more |
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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 IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood |
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'Tanganyika is vomiting': Burundians flee as lake risesGatumba, Burundi (AFP) April 13, 2022 In her 40 years living by the water's edge, Amissa Irakoze never much feared Lake Tanganyika. Floods were frequent, even lapping at her front door, but eventually they always receded. ... more 
Climate change magnified extreme rain in hurricane season: studyParis (AFP) April 12, 2022 Climate change supercharged storms during the unprecedented North Atlantic hurricane season in 2020 by increasing the amount of extreme rainfall by up to 10 percent, according to new research published Tuesday. ... more 
Dwindling water levels of Lake Powell seen from spaceParis (ESA) Apr 13, 2022 After decades of drought, water levels in Lake Powell, the second-largest humanmade reservoir in the United States, have shrunk to its lowest level since it was created more than 50 years ago, threa ... more  
Dust storm covers Iraq for second time in a weekBaghdad (AFP) April 12, 2022 A dust storm blanketed Iraq again on Tuesday, sending people to hospital with breathing difficulties and leading airports to suspend flights. ... more |
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You've heard of water droughts - could 'energy' droughts be nextNew York NY (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 Renewable energy prices have fallen by more than 70 percent in the last decade, driving more Americans to abandon fossil fuels for greener, less-polluting energy sources. But as wind and solar power ... more  
Vertical farming will play a role in future food productionMunich, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 Professor Asseng, vertical farming allows food production to be fully uncoupled from soil and external climate influences. What possibilities and opportunities do you see in such indoor crop growing ... more  
'Russia, our sacred state!': school reopens under Moscow controlParis (AFP) Apr 12, 2022 In the playground of a school in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha, now under Moscow's control, children listen to a recording of the Russian anthem, watched by armed soldiers. ... more  
Climate change caused hurricanes to dump more rain in 2020, study saysWashington DC (UPI) Apr 12, 2021 Human-caused climate change caused tropical storms and hurricanes to dump up to 10% more rain in 2020 compared to those during the pre-industrial era, a study released Tuesday indicates. ... more |
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Nearly 60 dead in South Africa floodsDurban, South Africa (AFP) April 12, 2022 The death toll from floods and mudslides after rainstorms struck the South African port city of Durban and surrounding areas in KwaZulu-Natal province has climbed to 59, authorities said on Tuesday. ... more 
Search for survivors in Philippine villages hit by landslidesBunga, Philippines (AFP) April 12, 2022 Rescuers hampered by mud and rain on Tuesday used their bare hands and shovels to search for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 42. ... more  
Mali helicopter fired 'close to' UK peacekeepers: London, UN sourceLondon (AFP) April 12, 2022 A Malian army helicopter fired several rockets "close to" British members of a UN peacekeeping force in the country, the UK defence ministry and UN said Tuesday in the first such incident of its nature. ... more 
Somalia at risk of famine 'catastrophe': UN agenciesParis (AFP) Apr 12, 2022 Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine, with young children the most vulnerable to the worsening drought, UN agencies said Tuesday, warning that the troubled nation is on the brink of a ... more  
California start-up sending tiny robots on fantastic voyage into brainsLos Angeles (AFP) April 13, 2022 Sending miniature robots deep inside the human skull to treat brain disorders has long been the stuff of science fiction - but it could soon become reality, according to a California start-up. ... more |
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 Bunga, Philippines (AFP) April 12, 2022 
Rescuers hampered by mud and rain on Tuesday used their bare hands and shovels to search for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 42.
Tens of thousands fled their homes as the storm pummelled the disaster-prone region in recent days, dumping heavy rain that flooded houses, severed roads and knocked ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been awarded $117 million for option-year three of a U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command contract to continue maintaining and modernizing infrastructure to track objects in space. The Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program has an estimated contract value of $1.2 billion over 10 years.
L3Harris won the in ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 12, 2022 
Climate change supercharged storms during the unprecedented North Atlantic hurricane season in 2020 by increasing the amount of extreme rainfall by up to 10 percent, according to new research published Tuesday.
At least 400 people were killed in the series of violent storms two years ago in Central America, the United States and the Caribbean, with torrential rain, ferocious winds and flood ... more |
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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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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 
Professor Asseng, vertical farming allows food production to be fully uncoupled from soil and external climate influences. What possibilities and opportunities do you see in such indoor crop growing systems?
Crops are grown in spaces ranging in size from small boxes that can be placed in homes or offices to industrial production facilities with several thousand square meters of growing are ... more |
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 Durban, South Africa (AFP) April 12, 2022 
The death toll from floods and mudslides after rainstorms struck the South African port city of Durban and surrounding areas in KwaZulu-Natal province has climbed to 59, authorities said on Tuesday.
The country's meteorologists forecasted more "disruptive" rains on the way Tuesday night but expected the "rainfall system" to weaken "considerably" on Wednesday.
"Many people lost their live ... more |
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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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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 
Renewable energy prices have fallen by more than 70 percent in the last decade, driving more Americans to abandon fossil fuels for greener, less-polluting energy sources. But as wind and solar power continue to make inroads, grid operators may have to plan for large swings in availability.
The warning comes from Upmanu Lall, a professor at Columbia Engineering and the Columbia Climate Scho ... more |
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 Jiuquan (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 7:47 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellite will be networked with the orbiting Gaofen-3 and Gaofen-3 02 satellites to form a land-sea radar satellite ... 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.
The proto ... more |
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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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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 13, 2022 
Hong Kong's former security chief said it was "not easy" to run as the only candidate to become the city's next leader, as he announced on Wednesday that he had secured enough nominations to enter the poll.
John Lee, 64, is expected to be anointed the business hub's new chief executive by a committee of 1,500 Beijing loyalists next month.
Hong Kong media have widely reported that Lee wil ... more |
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 Malindi, 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.
"This is the last one. There are no more left," said the 42-year-old Kenyan, who grew up on the estuary and possesses a seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of its flora and fauna.
The surviving tree is a sombre r ... more |
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