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  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 03, 2022 Blown by wind across continents and oceans, dust does more than make skies hazy, congest lungs, and leave a film on windshields. Also known as mineral dust or desert dust, it can influence weather, hasten snowmelt, and fertilize plants on land and in the ocean. Particles from North Africa can travel thousands of miles around the globe, sparking phytoplankton blooms, seeding Amazonian rainforests with nutrients, and blanketing some American cities in a veil of grit while also absorbing and scattering sun ... read more |
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NASA simulation suggests some volcanoes might warm climate, destroy ozone layerGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2022 A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called "flood basalt eruptions" might significantly warm Earth's climate and devastate the ozone layer that shields lif ... more  
Sweet spots in the sea: Mountains of sugar under seagrass meadowsBremen, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2022 Seagrasses form lush green meadows in many coastal areas around the world. These marine plants are one of the most efficient global sinks of carbon dioxide on Earth: One square kilometer of seagrass ... more  
GomSpace to supply mission control system for KSAT Arctic satellitesAalborg East, Denmark (SPX) May 03, 2022 GomSpace to deliver the Mission Control System that KSAT will use to operate the Arctic Weather Satellite Today, GomSpace signed a contract to develop, deliver and support the Mission Control ... more  
Ninth survivor rescued from collapsed China buildingBeijing (AFP) May 3, 2022 A woman was pulled out alive Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed four days ago in central China, state media said, calling the rescue a "miracle". ... more |
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IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth
Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood Finland snowstorm leaves tens of thousands without power Philippines typhoon death toll rises to 12 Analysis of Fukushima debris sample could take a year: operator Woman-owned cafe in Indonesia's Sharia stronghold shakes stigma Two dead as 'bomb cyclone' storm pounds western US Under-fire Spain minister defends agencies' role in floods Ukraine fires UK Storm Shadow missiles into Russia: media How will Senegal's new leaders use their legislative landslide? |
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'No choice': Shanghai residents sent out of city during Covid crackdownShanghai (AFP) May 2, 2022 In the middle of the night, Shanghai resident Lucy said she and her neighbours were forced into buses and taken hundreds of kilometres away from the locked-down Chinese metropolis to a makeshift quarantine centre. ... more 
New study "exonerates" urban pests like rats as one-of-a-kind disease reservoirsWashington DC (SPX) May 03, 2022 An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that city wildlife might pose less of a threat for future pandemics than once thought. In a study published ... more  
France says record 16 million birds culled in flu outbreakParis (AFP) May 2, 2022 A record 16 million chickens, ducks and other poultry have been culled in France since November in one of the most severe bird flu outbreaks in years, the agriculture ministry said Monday. ... more  
Dinosaur extinction changed plant evolutionHalle, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2022 With the extinction of large, non-flying dinosaurs 66 million years ago, large herbivores were missing on Earth for the subsequent 25 million years. Since plants and herbivorous animals influence ea ... more |
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Look! A polar bear meanders way down south in CanadaMontreal (AFP) April 30, 2022 A polar bear was spotted Saturday in the Quebec region of Canada, prompting wildlife officials to warn residents of a small town stunned by this very rare appearance. ... more  
Global warming accelerates the water cycle, with relevant climatic consequencesBarcelona, Spain (SPX) May 01, 2022 Researchers at the Institut de Ciencies del Mar (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona have found that global warming is accelerating the water cycle, which could have significant consequences on the global climat ... more  
Power cuts, forest fires in South Asia heatwaveLahore, Pakistan (AFP) April 29, 2022 Power outages compounded the misery of millions of people wilting in a heatwave across India and Pakistan on Friday, with experts blaming climate change for an early onset of roasting summer temperatures. ... more  
Guinea opposition condemns 39-month move to civilian ruleConakry (AFP) May 1, 2022 Opposition leaders in Guinea on Sunday roundly condemned the announcement by the leader of the military junta that they would press for a 39-month transition period to civilian rule. ... more |
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UN chief urges swift return to civilian rule in Burkina Faso, Guinea, MaliDakar (AFP) May 1, 2022 UN chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali to hand power back to civilians as soon as possible and reminded the world to deliver on "climate emergency" promises. ... more 
Mali's junta breaks off from defence accords with FranceBamako (AFP) May 2, 2022 Mali's ruling junta announced on Monday it was breaking off from its defence accords with former colonial ruler France, condemning "flagrant violations" of its national sovereignty by the French troops there. ... more  
19th century Iraq church celebrates first mass since IS defeatMosul, Iraq (AFP) April 30, 2022 Dozens of faithful celebrated mass Saturday at a Mosul church in northern Iraq for the first time since it was restored after its ransacking by Islamic State jihadists. ... more  
Parisians up in arms over plan to fell trees near Eiffel TowerParis (AFP) April 30, 2022 Paris is aiming to redevelop the area around the Eiffel Tower in time for the 2024 Olympic Games, but the city's residents are beginning to rebel over a plan that would see 22 trees ripped up. ... more 
Beijing tourist sites empty in Covid-stalked public holidayBeijing (AFP) May 1, 2022 Major Beijing tourist venues were virtually deserted Sunday and restaurant traffic ground to a standstill, as a typically bustling public holiday was overshadowed by a Covid outbreak that has shunted millions under lockdown nationwide. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 3, 2022 
A woman was pulled out alive Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed four days ago in central China, state media said, calling the rescue a "miracle".
The commercial building in Changsha city, Hunan province - which housed apartments, a hotel and a cinema - caved in on Friday, sparking a massive rescue effort with hundreds of emergency responders.
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 Kirtland AFB NM (AFRL) Apr 27, 2022 
Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory are developing a multi-energy electron source, capable of emitting a beam of electrons, at dozens of energies simultaneously.
In a project funded by the Department of Defense, the multi-energy electron device was invented by Dr. Miles Bengtson during his tenure as a graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder. Follo ... more |
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 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 m ... more |
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 Davis CA (SPX) May 03, 2022 
A new study describes a period of rapid global climate change in an ice-capped world much like the present - but 304 million years ago. Within about 300,000 years, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels doubled, oceans became anoxic, and biodiversity dropped on land and at sea.
"It was one of the fastest warming events in Earth's history," said Isabel Montanez, distinguished professor in the De ... more |
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 New York (AFP) April 30, 2022 
Indonesia's decision to suspend palm oil exports in the face of domestic shortages has pushed vegetable oil prices to new highs, further tightening a market already on edge due to the war in Ukraine and global warming.
The prices of palm, soybean, European rapeseed and even its Canadian GMO counterpart, canola oil, have reached historic highs following Indonesia's announcement on Wednesday. ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 03, 2022 
A University of Arizona tree-ring expert is closer than ever to pinning down the date of the infamous Thera volcano eruption - a goal she has pursued for decades.
Charlotte Pearson, an associate professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, is lead author of a new paper in PNAS Nexus that combines a mosaic of techniques to confirm the source of a volcanic eruption in 1628 B.C. While t ... more |
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 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.
France Medias Monde, the state-owned parent company of RFI and France 24, said it had received notification during the day from Mali's communication authority.
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 Brasilia (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."
Speaking at a protest by thousands of indigenous people who are camping out in the capital, Brasilia, to protest Bolsonaro's policies, Lula drew loud cheers with a ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) May 2, 2022 
A worsening drought has revealed a four-decade-old body dumped in a US lake, police said Monday, warning that falling water levels would lead to the uncovering of more corpses.
Boaters on Lake Mead near Las Vegas discovered a corroded barrel with its sinister contents during a weekend pleasure trip.
Detectives probing the mystery say the contents of the container point to its having been ... more |
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 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 |
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 Halle, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2022 
With the extinction of large, non-flying dinosaurs 66 million years ago, large herbivores were missing on Earth for the subsequent 25 million years. Since plants and herbivorous animals influence each other, the question arises whether, and how this very long absence and the later return of the so-called "megaherbivores" affected the evolution of the plant world.
To answer this question, a ... more |
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 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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 28, 2022 
Reducing the use of fossil fuels will have unintended consequences for the power-generation industry and beyond. For example, many industrial chemical processes use fossil-fuel byproducts as precursors to things like asphalt, glycerine, and other important chemicals. One solution to reduce the impact of the loss of fossil fuels on industrial chemical processes is to store and use the heat that n ... more |
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 Gainesville FL (SPX) May 03, 2022 
In 2017, a group of scientists raised alarm bells by showing that flying insects had declined in Germany by more than 70% in the three preceding decades. Studies before and since then have shown similar patterns in insects on a global scale. But with 1 million known species - and conservative estimates indicating there are millions more awaiting discovery - there aren't nearly enough entomologis ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 29, 2022 
A Hong Kong judge increased a university student's jail sentence to five years on Friday for messages sent on Telegram advocating the city's independence from China and calls to resist communist rule.
Lui Sai-yu, a 25-year-old engineering student, pleaded guilty to "incitement to secession", a crime under the national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020 to crush dissent.
Lui is the ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 30, 2022 
Paris is aiming to redevelop the area around the Eiffel Tower in time for the 2024 Olympic Games, but the city's residents are beginning to rebel over a plan that would see 22 trees ripped up.
The Paris mayor's office wants to build tourist facilities and offices at the foot of the world-famous landmark.
Architect's projections show semi-submerged buildings covered in greenery.
But ... more |
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