|
|
|
  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 05, 2022 Why does Earth support life, while Venus and Mars - and for all we know, any other planet in the universe - do not? "It's one of the most fundamental questions in all of science: Why are we here? And it's what Endurance is after," said Glyn Collinson, a space scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and principal investigator for NASA's Endurance mission. The Endurance mission will attempt to measure Earth's global electric potential, or how much Earth's electr ... read more |
 |
 
Scientists identify the most extreme heatwaves ever recorded globallyBristol UK (SPX) May 05, 2022 A new study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world - and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago. The research, led by the University of Bristol, also ... more  
WVU scientists take on pioneering space weather research and forecasting projectMorgantown WV (SPX) May 03, 2022 A cross-disciplinary team of researchers from West Virginia University are undertaking a pioneering project in space weather research to improve modeling and forecasting of space weather to safeguar ... more  
California condors fly over Redwood National Park for first time since 1892Washington DC (UPI) May 4, 2021 Four California condors took flight over Northern California redwood habitat Tuesday. It was the first time condors have flown over Redwood National Park since 1892. ... more  
Brazil responds to less than 3% of deforestation alerts: studyRio De Janeiro (AFP) May 3, 2022 President Jair Bolsonaro's government has responded to less than three percent of deforestation alerts, a sign that "impunity reigns" in the destruction of Brazil's forests, an environmental monitor said Tuesday. ... more |
|
Quake damages buildings, sparks panic in Italy's Naples
Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabed Milei pledges funds for deluge-stricken Argentine city Spain near end of four-year drought: weather agency Argentina searches for baby, sister swept away by floods Argentina searches for baby, young sister swept away by floods Spain targets senior ex-officials in flood deaths probe Switzerland must step up for Geneva-based agencies facing US aid cuts: region chief Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16 Argentina flooding death toll rises to 16, two girls missing |
| Previous Issues | May 04 | May 03 | May 02 | May 01 | Apr 30 |
|
|
|
|
 
Can pee help feed the world?Paris (AFP) May 2, 2022 "Go pee on the rhubarb!" ... more  
A new 225-million-year-old reptile from BrazilRio de Janeiro, Brazil (SPX) May 05, 2022 Maehary bonapartei represents a small reptile that is considered to be the most basal of the evolutionary lineage that gave rise to pterosaurs. The study also demonstrates that Faxinalipterus minimu ... more  
Major 2020 Alaska quake triggered neighboring 2021 temblorFairbanks AK (SPX) May 05, 2022 A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade ... more 
Flash floods kill at least 18 in Afghanistan: officialKabul (AFP) May 4, 2022 Flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people after ravaging several provinces of Afghanistan over the past five days, an official said Wednesday. ... more |
|
 
Beijing closes dozens of subway stations, extends Covid restrictionsBeijing (AFP) May 4, 2022 Beijing closed dozens of subway stations and expanded Covid restrictions Wednesday, constricting movement around the Chinese capital despite logging only dozens of daily cases. ... more  
Al-Shabaab claims deadly attack on AU base in SomaliaMogadishu (AFP) May 3, 2022 Al-Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed an unknown number of Burundian peacekeepers. ... more  
John Lee: the former Hong Kong cop Beijing trustsHong Kong (AFP) May 5, 2022 As a former beat cop who rose to become Hong Kong's security chief, John Lee is the one person China's leaders trust to run the city as their loyal lieutenant, analysts and insiders say. ... more 
Hong Kong more unequal, less free as Carrie Lam leaves officeHong Kong (AFP) May 5, 2022 Hong Kong has emerged a more unequal city, its freedoms curtailed and international shine dulled after five years with Carrie Lam at the helm, analysts say, as her turbulent leadership draws to an end. ... more |
|
|
 
Myanmar junta court rejects Suu Kyi corruption appealYangon (AFP) May 4, 2022 A Myanmar junta court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year sentence for corruption handed down last week, a junta spokesman told AFP. ... more 
Please don't croak: Setting the mood to save Venezuelan frogMerida, Venezuela (AFP) May 4, 2022 Enormous expectations rest on the tiny endangered amphibian perched on a rock in a plastic box: the Mucuchies' Frog needs to produce offspring if its species is to survive. ... more 
Park rangers use butterflies to take planet's pulse in a biodiversity hotspotGainesville 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 sim ... more  
WHO warns of obesity 'epidemic' in EuropeCopenhagen (AFP) May 3, 2022 The WHO said Tuesday that "epidemic" overweight and obesity rates are linked to over 1.2 million deaths annually across Europe, calling for swift policy changes to reverse the dangerous trend. ... more  
New Zealand sea level rising more quickly than forecast: dataWellington (AFP) May 2, 2022 The sea level is rising twice as fast as previously forecast around parts of New Zealand, according to research published Monday, putting the country's two largest cities at risk decades earlier than expected. ... more |
|
 UK banks hit by climate protests at shareholder meets  |
|
|
|
|
 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.
State broadcaster CCTV sh ... more |
|
 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 05, 2022 
Astroscale Holdings Inc. ("Astroscale"), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has announced that, despite several unexpected setbacks, its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission successfully completed further controlled close-approach rendezvous operations between its two spacecraft in orbit.
The technol ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Seattle WA (The Conversation) May 03, 2022 
The Xingu River is revered as the "house of God" by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential to their culture and religion, and a crucial source of fish, transportation and water for trees and plants.
Five years ago, the Big Bend was a broad river valley interwoven with river channels teaming with fish, turtles and ot ... more |
|
 Aalborg 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 System that KSAT will use to operate the Arctic Weather Satellite mission.
The contract value is 10 MSEK and the majority of work will be done this year and next year.
The Arctic Weather S ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Paris (AFP) May 4, 2022  Gradually replacing 20 percent of global beef and lamb consumption with meat-textured proteins grown in stainless steel vats could cut agriculture-related CO2 emissions and deforestation in half by 2050, researchers reported Wednesday.
Compared to a current-trends projection for population growth and food demand, swapping half of red meat consumption for so-called microbial proteins would se ... more |
|
 Wellington (AFP) May 4, 2022 
A New Zealand judge on Wednesday cleared the nation's emergency management agency of safety breaches related to the 2019 White Island volcano eruption, which claimed 22 lives.
Almost 50 people, mostly Australian tourists, were on the island, also known as Whakaari, when burning ash and steam blasted from a volcanic vent.
The eruption killed 22 people and injured 25 more, some of whom wer ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Mogadishu (AFP) May 3, 2022  Al-Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed an unknown number of Burundian peacekeepers.
The Somali government and the African Union condemned the "terrorist" attack although they did not disclose how many people had died.
A high-ranking Burundian military officer told AFP about 30 sold ... more |
|
 Copenhagen (AFP) May 3, 2022 
The WHO said Tuesday that "epidemic" overweight and obesity rates are linked to over 1.2 million deaths annually across Europe, calling for swift policy changes to reverse the dangerous trend.
Obesity rates in the region have ballooned by 138 percent in the past five decades, the World Health Organization said in a new report, and are linked to a series of cancers and cardiovascular diseases ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Nairobi (AFP) May 4, 2022 
From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, swathes of land across the Horn of Africa are being ravaged by a drought that has put 20 million people at risk of starvation.
A donor conference last week raised almost $1.4 billion for the region, which the UN says is facing its worst drought in 40 years.
In the afflicted areas, people eke out a living mainly from herding and subsis ... more |
|
 Paris (ESA) Apr 27, 2022 
Launched back in 2018, Aeolus has outlived its 36-month in-orbit design life - but going above and beyond, it continues to deliver excellent data. This shows that there's life yet in the satellite, meaning ESA's wind mission is now expected to continue shining a light on the wind for another year.
Heralding the start of the Aeolus Third Anniversary Conference in Taormina, Sicily, which hig ... more |
|
|
|
|
 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 |
|
 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 |
|
|
|
|
 London, UK (SPX) May 04, 2022 
A new approach to battery design could provide the key to low-cost, long-term energy storage, according to Imperial College London researchers.
The team of engineers and chemists have created a polysulfide-air redox flow battery (PSA RFB) with not one, but two membranes. The dual membrane design overcomes the main problems with this type of large-scale battery, opening up its potential to ... more |
|
 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 |
|
|
|
|
 Hong Kong (AFP) May 5, 2022 
Hong Kong has emerged a more unequal city, its freedoms curtailed and international shine dulled after five years with Carrie Lam at the helm, analysts say, as her turbulent leadership draws to an end.
Lam, Hong Kong's first woman leader, took office promising to heal divisions and tackle livelihood issues, especially a housing crisis.
Her term was instead dominated by massive democracy ... more |
|
 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 3, 2022 
President Jair Bolsonaro's government has responded to less than three percent of deforestation alerts, a sign that "impunity reigns" in the destruction of Brazil's forests, an environmental monitor said Tuesday.
MapBiomas, a consortium that uses satellite images to track the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and other regions in Brazil, said it had launched a new platform to cross-check ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
