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  Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 19, 2022 BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) has demonstrated the ability to rapidly shift orbits, launch two new satellites, and collect images over Ukraine all within a 45-day window. In addition to generating a strategic increase in constellation capacity, customers received dawn-to-dusk analytics and imagery products of Ukraine within 24 hours of the company's most recent launch on April 2. "We're setting a new standard in the new space industry for speed, resilience, and agility," said Brian E. O'Toole, BlackSky CE ... read more |
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Shanghai reports seven more Covid deaths since start of lockdownShanghai (AFP) April 19, 2022 China reported seven more deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, after hundreds of thousands of cases in the metropolis during a weeks-long lockdown. ... more  
10,000 soldiers in South Africa flood relief effortDurban, South Africa (AFP) April 18, 2022 South Africa deployed 10,000 troops on Monday to help restore power and water and search for 63 people who remain missing after deadly storms battered its east coast. ... more 
Earth from Space: Scandinavian PeninsulaParis (ESA) Apr 15, 2022 The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this impressive shot of the almost cloud-free Scandinavian Peninsula on 20 March. The Scandinavian Peninsula, which comprises Sweden and Norway, is a ... more  
Seafloor spreading has been slowing downProvidence RI (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 A new global analysis of the last 19 million years of seafloor spreading rates found they have been slowing down. Geologists want to know why the seafloor is getting sluggish. New oceanic crus ... more |
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Warming threatens to expand area of world too hot for humans
Thousands leave as fresh tremors shake Greece's Santorini Thousands leave as fresh tremors shake Santorini CORRECTED: Australia says flood recovery will take time Australia says flood recovery may take weeks Greek PM calls for calm amid 'very intense' Santorini tremors Greek PM calls for calm after 'very intense' Santorini tremors Fresh tremors shake top Greek tourist island Santorini Two years on, construction jungle emerges from Antioch's quake-hit ruins Rising floodwaters force evacuations in eastern Australia |
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Early human habitats linked to past climate shiftsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence for a link between astronomically-driven climate change and human evolution. By combining the most extensiv ... more  
Undersea detector proves it's swellTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 Highly energetic particles called muons are ever present in the atmosphere and pass through even massive objects with ease. Sensitive detectors installed along the Tokyo Bay tunnel measure muons pas ... more 
Ice shards in Antarctic clouds let more solar energy reach Earth's surfaceSeattle WA (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate. New research led by the University of Washington shows that splintering of frozen liquid droplets to form ice s ... more  
Radio eye on tree-counting BiomassParis (ESA) Apr 14, 2022 The largest antenna ever tested in ESA's Hertz radio frequency test chamber is this 5-m diameter transponder antenna, which will operate down on the ground to help calibrate the Biomass mission, whi ... more |
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New home for Earth's protectorsParis (ESA) Apr 12, 2022 ESA's new Space Safety Centre is a hub for activities protecting our planet from a raging star, risky asteroids and defunct satellites. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher inaugurated the Ce ... 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  
Satcom Direct plane simple antenna system takes offMelbourne FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, is celebrating Federal Aviation Association, (FAA) approval of Supplemental Type Certificates, (STCs) for the Satcom Direct Plane Simple Ku-b ... more  
NASA uses moonlight to improve satellite accuracyEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 NASA's airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI, flew aboard NASA's ER-2 aircraft from March 12 to 16 to accurately measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon. Reflected moonlight is ... more |
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Endangered North Atlantic right whales make a stand in Cape CodProvincetown, United States (AFP) April 17, 2022 After many hours scouring Cape Cod Bay and a few false alarms, those aboard the Research Vessel Shearwater on a bright April day make their first sighting: three North Atlantic right whales, including a rare mother-calf pair. ... more  
Myanmar political prisoners not among 1,600 freed in new year amnestyYangon (AFP) April 17, 2022 Families of detained Myanmar protesters had their hopes dashed Sunday after political prisoners were not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year. ... more 
EU anti-fraud body accuses Marine Le Pen of embezzlementParis (AFP) April 16, 2022 The EU's anti-fraud body has accused French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and associates of embezzling around 600,000 euros during their time as MEPs, French website Mediapart said Saturday, quoting a new report. ... more  
9 schoolteachers among 11 dead in Iraq minibus crashHilla, Iraq (AFP) April 16, 2022 Eleven people including nine schoolteachers died in a head-on road crash south of Baghdad as they returned from a Ramadan meal, Iraqi authorities said Saturday, blaming speed. ... more 
Strong quake rocks southern GreeceAthens (AFP) April 16, 2022 A strong 5-magnitude earthquake on Saturday rocked Greece off the island of Kythera, the National Observatory of Athens said. ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 13, 2022 
Russian soldiers dug in "many places" at Chernobyl where officials are still unable to restore radiation monitoring after Ukraine re-took control, the state agency in charge said Wednesday.
"The occupiers dug in many places. They buried heavy equipment, created dugouts, even underground kitchens, tents, fortifications," said Yevgen Kramarenko, head of the agency for the Chernobyl exclusion z ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 14, 2022  Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed that the first two Patrol Mission satellites (KSF2-C and KSF2-D) have been successfully deployed from D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicle, ION Satellite Carrier, and contact has been established. The remaining two Patrol satellites (KSF2-A and KSF3-B) are expected to be deployed into a different orbit from the transfer vehicle in the coming w ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 18, 2022 
The United States on Monday voiced alarm over a potential security deal between China and the Solomon Islands, as top US diplomats headed to the South Pacific to curb Beijing's inroads.
Kurt Campbell and Daniel Kritenbrink, the top officials on Asia at the National Security Council and State Department respectively, will lead the delegation traveling this week to the Solomon Islands, Fiji an ... more |
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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, i ... 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 18, 2022 
South Africa deployed 10,000 troops on Monday to help restore power and water and search for 63 people who remain missing after deadly storms battered its east coast.
A week after unprecedented rain began to pound the city of Durban and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, the death toll stood at 443, and rescue workers said hopes of finding more survivors were fading.
Clyde Naicker said his br ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) April 17, 2022 
Mali's army said Saturday that it had killed "a dozen terrorists" including a French-Tunisian jihadist in air strikes in the centre of the Sahel nation.
The armed forces carried out two strikes on Thursday "to neutralise a dozen terrorists in the forest of Ganguel" about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the village of Moura, the general staff said in a press release.
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence for a link between astronomically-driven climate change and human evolution. By combining the most extensive database of well-dated fossil remains and archeological artefacts with an unprecedented new supercomputer model simulating earth's climate history of the past 2 million years, the team of experts in ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 15, 2022 
Sixty percent of cactus species will wind up in less hospitable climates over the coming decades as global warming sets in, according to new research challenging the long-held assumption the iconic desert plants will thrive with more heat.
By 2070, up to 90 percent could be threatened with extinction due to climate change, habitat loss and other stressors, triple the current percentage, scie ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 15, 2022 
With the climate crisis continuing to tighten its grip, nations around the world are making efforts to reduce emissions of climate warming gases. To track action, countries report their greenhouse gas emissions to the UNFCCC - the body responsible for driving global action to combat climate change. While accurate and consistent reporting is crucial, very few countries exploit Earth observation 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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 Paris (AFP) April 13, 2022 
If all nations honour promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, there is a chance of capping the rise in global temperatures to under two degrees Celsius, the cornerstone target of the Paris Agreement, researchers said Wednesday.
But that is a very big "if", they acknowledge in a peer-reviewed study, published in Nature.
The calculus includes not only carbon-cutting commitments offici ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Apr 15, 2022
On April 11, 2022, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the world as quickly as possible. This is the second article in a five-part series highlighting the most promising concepts to emerge from the competition, and the inte ... more |
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 Annapolis MD (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 
Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion has focused on the negative effects of excess nitrogen on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. However, new evidence indicates that the world is now experiencing a dual trajectory in nitrogen availability with many areas experiencing a hockey-stick shaped decline in the availability of nitrogen. In a new review paper in the journal Science, rese ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 19, 2022  A man and a woman on Tuesday became the first Hong Kongers convicted for supporting a local election boycott in online posts, the latest court verdict to shrink political freedoms in the business hub.
Salesman Chan Kin-man, 36, and office assistant Alice Leung, 65, were both sentenced to two months in jail with 18 months of suspension respectively by a magistrate in Hong Kong after pleading ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 14, 2022 
The largest antenna ever tested in ESA's Hertz radio frequency test chamber is this 5-m diameter transponder antenna, which will operate down on the ground to help calibrate the Biomass mission, which will chart all the forests on Earth.
"This is a particularly challenging test campaign both in terms of the size of the antenna and the very low P-band frequency that Biomass will be using, w ... more |
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