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April 29, 2022
WATER WORLD
Earth's atmosphere may be source of some lunar water



Fairbanks AK (SPX) Apr 29, 2022
Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water and ice, according to new research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists. The work led by UAF Geophysical Institute associate research professor Gunther Kletetschka adds to a growing body of research about water at the moon's north and south poles. Finding water is key to NASA's Artemis project, the planned long-term human ... read more

EARTH OBSERVATION
BRICS to use big data to achieve sustainable development goals
Beijing (XNA) Apr 29, 2022
The Chinese Academy of Sciences will enhance dialogue and collaboration with peers from BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - to use big data as a tool to achieve sustain ... more
SPACEMART
Planet unveils details about Pelican Constellation
San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2022
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today unveiled details about plans for Pelican, its next-generation satellite constellation, which was previous ... more
WHITE OUT
NASA scientist discovers new means to measure snow depth from space
Hampton VA (SPX) Apr 29, 2022
A NASA scientist is adding a new dimension to the climate-observing powers of a satellite instrument whose main mission is to measure the height of Earth's ice sheets and sea ice. And the inspiratio ... more
TECTONICS
Sampling the deep graveyard of Earth's earliest crust
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2022
In an international collaboration, Earth scientists at the University of Cologne and Freie Universitat Berlin discovered that some magmas on Earth, which made their way through the deep terrestrial ... more
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EARLY EARTH
Fossils show giant ichthyosaur could be one of largest-ever animals
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2021
Scientists have unearthed fossils belonging to what may have been one of the largest-ever animals to inhabit Earth, according to research published this week. ... more
WATER WORLD
Study predicts mass marine life extinction if warming continues
Washington (AFP) April 28, 2022
By the year 2300, life in the oceans faces a mass die-off rivaling the great extinctions of Earth's deep past if humanity fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a study in the journal Science said Thursday. ... more
WOOD PILE
10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021
Paris (AFP) April 28, 2022
Huge swathes of tropical rainforest were burned or hacked down for cattle and crops last year, led by destruction in Brazil, researchers said Thursday, warning that climate change itself is making it harder to reverse the losses. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
South Asia wilts in heat as Delhi rubbish dump burns
New Delhi (AFP) April 28, 2022
Millions sweltered in a dangerous early summer heatwave Thursday across India and Pakistan that has led to power and water shortages as annual furnace-like temperatures hit South Asia. ... more
EPIDEMICS
China megacity mass-tests, cancels flights after suspected Covid case
Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2022
The Chinese megacity of Guangzhou on Thursday cancelled hundreds of flights and began testing 5.6 million people over one suspected Covid case, part of an escalating battle across the country to extinguish the virus. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
12 women killed by landslide in Indonesia gold mine
Medan, Indonesia (AFP) April 29, 2022
Twelve women working in an illegal gold mine in Indonesia's North Sumatra province were killed when a cliff collapsed and triggered a landslide that buried them, police said. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
'Ida' removed from UN agency's hurricane roster
Geneva (AFP) April 28, 2022
The death and destruction caused by Hurricane Ida in the United States last year has prompted the World Meteorological Organization to remove the name from a rotating list of storm titles. ... more
EPIDEMICS
Climate change creating new virus hotspots 'in our backyard'
Paris (AFP) April 28, 2022
Climate change will drive animals towards cooler areas where their first encounters with other species will vastly increase the risk of new viruses infecting humans, raising the threat of another pandemic, researchers warned Thursday. ... more



AFRICA NEWS
RSF helps RFI and France 24 get round Mali internet ban
Dakar (AFP) April 28, 2022
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders announced Thursday the creation of "mirror" websites to allow RFI and France 24 to remain accessible online in Mali where the junta has banned the French broadcasters. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
DR Congo and rebels wrap up first round of peace talks
Nairobi (AFP) April 28, 2022
The Kinshasa government has concluded the first round of peace talks in Nairobi with representatives of several armed groups operating in the country's violence-torn east, the Congolese presidency said Thursday. ... more
SINO DAILY
West urged to fight against 'dire' state of press freedom in HK
London (AFP) April 26, 2022
Heavy-handed government action, self-censorship and physical threats against journalists have left Hong Kong's media freedoms in a "dire" state, a UK-based campaign group said Tuesday. ... more
SINO DAILY
China unfavorability at all-time high in US
Washington (AFP) April 28, 2022
A record 82 percent of Americans hold an unfavorable view of China amid increasing perceptions that Beijing is becoming the leading global power, a survey said Thursday. ... more
IRAQ WARS
Iraqi Communists raise flag for women's rights, secular politics
Baghdad (AFP) April 29, 2022
The Iraqi Communist Party may have seen its red star fade but it hopes to come back by advocating what remain radical ideas in the country: women's rights and secular politics. ... more


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AFRICA NEWS
France 24 TV and RFI radio say Mali has banned them for good
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2022
The ruling junta in Mali has definitively banned French broadcasters RFI and France 24 after complaining of false accusations that the Sahel nation's army caried out abuses, the radio and television channels said Wednesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Attacks on Burkina Faso military units kill 15
Ouagadougou (AFP) April 24, 2022
Fifteen people, including nine soldiers, died Sunday in two separate attacks on military units in northern Burkina Faso, the country's army said. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Garbage fire chokes Indian capital reeling from heatwave
New Delhi (AFP) April 27, 2022
Indian firefighting teams poured truckloads of sand and mud to douse a huge rubbish dump blaze on Wednesday after thick and putrid smoke from the inferno choked the country's unseasonably hot capital. ... more
EPIDEMICS
China megacity mass-tests, cancels flights after suspected Covid case
Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2022
The Chinese megacity of Guangzhou cancelled hundreds of flights Thursday and launched mass testing of 5.6 million people after one suspected Covid case, as the battle to contain the coronavirus sweeps across the country. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Restoring damaged land key to climate, biodiversity goals
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2022
Unsustainable farming is on track to increase the amount of severely degraded land by an area the size of South America by mid-century, a UN report warned Wednesday, as experts said restoration was a matter of "survival". ... more
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Russian takeover of Chernobyl was 'very dangerous': IAEA chief
Chernobyl, Ukraine (AFP) April 26, 2022
Russia's temporary takeover of the Chernobyl site was "very, very dangerous" and raised radiation levels but they have now returned to normal, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said on Tuesday. "The situation was absolutely abnormal and very, very dangerous," Rafael Grossi told reporters as he arrived at the sarcophagus that covers the nuclear reactor's radioactive remains. Grossi, head ... more
+ 'Very dangerous': Chernobyl marks anniversary amid war
+ 12 women killed by landslide in Indonesia gold mine
+ IAEA chief to visit Chernobyl next week
+ S. Africa ministers to the front as flood effort stutters
+ Web of support for Ukrainian refugees in Romania
+ British PM says navy to patrol Channel for migrants
+ Russian soldiers dug up 'many places' in Chernobyl
AFRL is developing green power for satellites
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 22, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate is developing a new "green energy" fuel cell technology, that will allow thruster equipped spacecraft to convert chemical energy in its bipropellant into electrical power. This technology, called BEEPS for Bipropellant Enabled Electrical Power Supply, is being developed by a three-year Seedlings for Disruptive Capabilit ... more
+ NASA mentors students to achieve high performance in supercomputing competition
+ NASA selects USNC for ultra-high temperature component testing facility
+ Multi-energy electron device creates space environment in the lab
+ Researchers create exotic magnetic structures with laser light
+ Fault-tolerant quantum computer memory in diamond
+ Making 3D printing truly 3D
+ Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker




US says 'only a handful of people' have seen China-Solomons deal
Sydney (AFP) April 26, 2022
US officials who visited the Solomon Islands are convinced "only a handful of people in a very small circle" have seen the final version of its controversial new security deal with China. The high-level delegation arrived in the Pacific nation for talks with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare last Friday, three days after Beijing announced the deal had been signed. A draft version of the p ... more
+ Earth's atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
+ Study predicts mass marine life extinction if warming continues
+ China 'likely' to put troops in Solomons: Australia minister
+ Overuse and climate change kill off Iraq's Sawa Lake
+ Australia accuses China of paying bribes to win deals
+ US warns against China military presence in Solomon Islands
+ Japan, New Zealand plan talks on expanded defence cooperation
Satellite data improves model's interpretation of snowfall albedo simulations for Tibet
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 22, 2022
Albedo is a term that represents the ability of Earth's surface to reflect solar radiation. This is the primary factor of the energy balance between the surface and the atmosphere. When snow falls, albedo changes quickly, as snow is able to reflect most wavelengths of light back into the atmosphere. Naturally, albedo fluctuates often during winter and spring in the Tibetan Plateau, which has a g ... more
+ No glacial fertilization effect in the Antarctic Ocean
+ Record low Antarctic sea ice extent could signal shift
+ Thawing permafrost is roiling the Arctic landscape
+ Abrupt climate change during last ice age driven by critical CO2 levels
+ The global "plastic flood" reaches the Arctic
+ Young Sami return to reindeer herding despite climate fears
+ Russia expands definition of "local" in the Arctic




Clusters of weather extremes will increase risks to corn crops, society
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 27, 2022
Troubles never come singly, the proverb says. A new NASA study shows that the old saying will become increasingly true of climate troubles in a warmer world. The study shows that extreme weather events such as floods and heat waves will increasingly cluster closer in time and space, heightening the risks of crop failures, wildfires, and other hazards to society. By the year 2100, increases ... more
+ Biden protects US forests but struggles on biggest climate goals
+ Small bees better at coping with warming, bumblebees struggle: study
+ Climate, big agriculture slashing insect populations 'by half'
+ Vertical farming will play a role in future food production
+ 'Green cities' focus of largest Dutch garden expo
+ An uncertain future for livestock production in the tropics
+ Colombian researchers seek safety for bees in urban jungle
'Ida' removed from UN agency's hurricane roster
Geneva (AFP) April 28, 2022
The death and destruction caused by Hurricane Ida in the United States last year has prompted the World Meteorological Organization to remove the name from a rotating list of storm titles. The UN weather agency said late Wednesday that "Ida" would be replaced by "Imani" after meteorologists determined that the future use of the name could be upsetting. Hurricane Ida struck the US Gulf Co ... more
+ String of 85,000 earthquakes struck near Antarctica in 2020, researchers say
+ S.Africa's deadly floods shine spotlight on housing crisis
+ Indonesia raises alert level for Krakatoa's offspring volcano
+ Scientists scour 'Mexico's Galapagos' for quake, volcano clues
+ 'Fresh wound': S.Africa flood survivors bury loved ones
+ One killed, several injured as 5.7 quake shakes Bosnia: reports
+ Volcanoes at fault if the Earth slips




Ethiopia says Tigrayan peacekeepers victims of rebel 'propaganda'
Addis Ababa (AFP) April 28, 2022
Ethiopian peacekeepers from the war-torn Tigray region, who are refusing to return home, are victims of rebel "propaganda", the defence ministry said, following the soldiers' request for political asylum in Sudan. More than 500 UN peacekeepers from Tigray who were deployed to Abyei, a disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan, have asked Khartoum for asylum, citing fears for their ... more
+ French army rejects Mali's spying accusation
+ Mali accuses France of spying after video of mass grave
+ Death toll soars under year of DR Congo's 'state of siege'
+ RSF helps RFI and France 24 get round Mali internet ban
+ France 24 TV and RFI radio say Mali has banned them for good
+ DR Congo and rebels wrap up first round of peace talks
+ Attacks on Burkina Faso military units kill 15
Neanderthals of the north
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 27, 2022
Were Neanderthals really as well adapted to a life in the cold as previously assumed, or did they prefer more temperate environmental conditions during the last Ice Age? To answer these questions, it is worthwhile to examine Neanderthal sites on the northern periphery of their range. After all, it was there that environmental fluctuations were most noticeable, especially as a result of repeated ... more
+ Brazil's Lula slams Bolsonaro indigenous policies
+ Discovery sheds light on why the Pacific islands were colonized
+ Study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas
+ Prehistoric people created art by firelight, new research reveals
+ Gabon counts on visitors to help preserve great apes
+ 'Worse to be gay than corrupt' in Venezuela's military
+ Early human habitats linked to past climate shifts




Climate change quickly warming Scottish lochs: study
Edinburgh (AFP) April 26, 2022
Climate change has caused a rapid and extensive rise in temperature in Scotland's lochs and reservoirs, according to research published on Tuesday that predicts the trend will continue if nothing is done. Between 2015 and 2019, 97 percent of monitored Scottish lochs and reservoirs increased in temperature, with most (88 percent) warming by between 0.25 and 1.0 degrees Celsius per year over t ... more
+ Ancient oak trees to shed light on the climate of the past 4,500 years
+ Humanity stuck in 'spiral of self-destruction': UN
+ Third dust storm in two weeks sweeps through Iraq
+ Under shadow of drought, Santiago ditches exotic plants
+ 20 million risk starvation as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UN
+ Climate activists disrupt traffic in London, Paris
+ Global warming: even cacti can't take the heat
NASA selects investigation teams to join Geospace Dynamics Mission
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 27, 2022
NASA has selected three investigation teams to join the agency's Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission science team in studying Earth's upper atmosphere, as well as five additional investigations that will be under consideration for inclusion in the mission. GDC is a coordinated group of satellites that will provide the first direct global measurements of the dynamic and complex re ... more
+ Lesser known ozone layer's outsized role in planet warming
+ Keeper of the winds shines on
+ Satellogic and Geollect to provide geospatial insights for the maritime domain
+ PAR Government teams up with BlackSky to deliver near real-time imagery
+ BlackSky upgrades site monitoring with enhanced analytics and imaging capabilities
+ BRICS to use big data to achieve sustainable development goals
+ Planet joins ESA Third Party Mission Program for satellite imagery




Fossils show giant ichthyosaur could be one of largest-ever animals
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2021
Scientists have unearthed fossils belonging to what may have been one of the largest-ever animals to inhabit Earth, according to research published this week. Fossils of three new ichthyosaurs were discovered in high-elevation localities in the Kössen Formation in the Canton of Grisons of the eastern Swiss Alps, and may prove to be among the largest animals to have ever lived, paleonto ... more
+ Giant tooth of ancient marine reptile discovered in Alps
+ Study: T. rex's short arms may have reduced biting risk of hunting in packs
+ How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
+ Ancient helium offers clues to Earth's formation
+ How a major volcanic eruption paved the way for the rise of the dinosaurs
+ Researchers find Spinosaurus' dense bones allowed it to hunt underwater
+ Ancient ancestors evolved to be strong and snappy, study finds
Canada stumbling in transition to low-carbon economy
Ottawa (AFP) April 26, 2022
Canada's environmental watchdog on Tuesday slammed the government for bungling a transition to a low-carbon economy, accusing it of providing no support for energy workers facing job losses and overestimating the role of hydrogen fuel. "When it comes to supporting a just transition to a low-carbon economy, the government has been unprepared and slow off the mark," Climate Commissioner Jerry ... more
+ EU needs to recycle more to hit green energy goals: report
+ Paris climate targets feasible if nations keep vows
+ Lots of low- and no-cost ways to halt global warming
+ Compact, green and car-free. Can city living beat climate change?
+ Govts, businesses 'lying' on climate efforts: UN chief
+ Mexico, US talks fail to end energy reform frictions
+ IEA approves third term for chief pushing clean energy




Electric, low-emissions alternatives to carbon-intensive industrial processes
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 26, 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
+ Using excess heat to improve electrolyzers and fuel cells
+ Machine learning, harnessed to extreme computing, aids fusion energy development
+ A catalyst for the development of carbon-neutral technology of the radiation accelerator
+ Sulfonamides make robust cathode material for proton batteries
+ Reversible fuel cells can support grid economically
+ Lithium's narrow paths limit batteries
+ A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine
Over 21% of reptile species at risk of extinction
Paris (AFP) April 27, 2022
At least one in five reptile species are threatened with extinction, including more than half of turtles and crocodiles, according to the first major global assessment of the world's so-called cold-blooded creatures. Catastrophic declines in biodiversity across the world are increasingly seen as a threat to life on Earth - and as important as the interrelated menace of climate change. ... more
+ Restoring damaged land key to climate, biodiversity goals
+ Leopard shot dead after attacking policeman in Iranian city
+ Dingoes aren't just feral dogs, says study
+ Ecotourism giving rare iguanas a sweet tooth
+ Study: Humans interrupting 66-million-year-old relationship among animals
+ DRCongo plans elephant safe-zone after church intrusion
+ Researchers find declining nitrogen availability in a nitrogen rich world
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EU okays aid to Lithuanian firms hurt by China spat
Brussels (AFP) April 26, 2022
The EU on Tuesday approved state aid to Lithuanian companies affected by China's "discriminatory" trade barriers in a row over Taiwan. Lithuania has attracted bitter retaliation from China after Taiwan was allowed to open a de-facto embassy in Vilnius. Beijing staunchly rejects any international support for the island's sovereignty. The European Commission said it approved 130 million eu ... more
+ China unfavorability at all-time high in US
+ West urged to fight against 'dire' state of press freedom in HK
+ Hong Kong press club scraps rights awards over 'red line' fears
+ YouTube removes channel promoting future Hong Kong leader
+ Hong Kong pro-democracy DJ gets 40 months in jail for sedition
+ Hong Kong judge rules in favour of abused domestic worker
+ First Hong Kongers convicted for online vote-boycott calls
DRCongo suspends 'illegal' forestry concessions
Kinshasa (AFP) April 26, 2022
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government has suspended 12 forestry contracts for violating a moratorium on new logging concessions in place since 2002, officials said Tuesday. President Felix Tshisekedi announced last October that complaints had been made about irregularities over the granting of forestry concessions and that he had ordered the suspension of all "doubtful" contracts. ... more
+ 10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021
+ Planet Partners with Canadian universities to research boreal forests
+ Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation: study
+ Radio eye on tree-counting Biomass
+ Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest
+ Record 1st-quarter deforestation of Amazon; Lula slams Bolsonaro indigenous policies
+ Kenyans heal devastated land with the power of mangroves






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