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UN talks to tackle degraded land 'emergency' begin![]() ![]() Abidjan (AFP) May 9, 2022 UN talks to tackle desertification and land degradation that have devastated large swathes of Africa began in Ivory Coast Monday, as climate change wreaks havoc on the continent. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), involving 196 countries plus the European Union, is meeting for the first time in three years, in Abidjan. Decades of unsustainable agriculture have depleted soils worldwide and accelerated both global warming and species loss, the UNCCD says, with an esti ... read more |
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![]() Boston MA (SPX) May 08, 2022 In January, as the Charles River was starting to freeze over, Keith Murray and the other members of MIT's men's heavyweight crew team took to erging on the indoor rowing machine. For 80 minutes at a ... more ![]() ![]() Vienna, Austria (SPX) May 10, 2022 Individual traits seem to drive our learning success: for instance, conscientious individuals often show higher academic performance. A group of cognitive and behavioural biologists from University ... more ![]() ![]() Stanford CA (SPX) May 08, 2022 Southeast Asia's most productive agricultural region and home to 17 million people could be mostly underwater within a lifetime. Saving the Mekong River Delta requires urgent, concerted action among ... more ![]() ![]() Mumbai (AFP) May 6, 2022 India plans to lease abandoned coal pits to private mining companies, a government official said Friday, in an effort to ramp up production as power outages exacerbate a sweltering heatwave. ... more |
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Spain to face increasingly 'severe' droughts: report
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 |
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![]() Helsinki, Finland (SPX) May 10, 2022 In 2018, an international research group bored for soil samples in three sites around the Isfjorden fjord in Svalbard, which is part of Norway. The same phenomenon was seen each boring site: mineral ... more ![]() ![]() San Diego CA (SPX) May 10, 2022 Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego used an unprecedented technique to detect that levels of helium are rising in the atmosphere, resolving an issue that has lingered a ... more ![]() ![]() Mexico City (AFP) May 6, 2022 Mexico said Friday that it had suspended operations at a US-owned limestone quarry in the Riviera Maya tourist region due to environmental concerns, a move the company branded "illegal." ... more ![]() ![]() Seoul (AFP) May 10, 2022 South Korea's hawkish incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol started work Tuesday in an underground bunker with a security briefing on the nuclear-armed North ahead of his formal inauguration ceremony. ... more |
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![]() Manila (AFP) May 10, 2022 The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos cemented a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday, after Filipinos bet a familiar but tainted dynasty could ease rampant poverty - while dismissing warnings the clan's return would deepen corruption and weaken democracy. ... more ![]() ![]() Austin TX (SPX) May 10, 2022 Scientists investigating the underside of the world's largest ice sheet in East Antarctica have discovered a city-size lake whose sediments might contain a history of the ice sheet since its earlies ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing, China (SPX) May 10, 2022 In the climate science community, the 2015/16 El Nino is considered the first extreme El Nino of the 21st century. Climatologists have put forth great effort studying this anomalous season. This eve ... more ![]() ![]() Accra (AFP) May 9, 2022 Ghanaian authorities said Monday they had rescued 15 people from a sinking trawler off the country's coast while at least 11 others were still missing, including a Chinese national. ... more |
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![]() Geneva (AFP) May 9, 2022 There is an even chance that global temperatures will temporarily breach the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years, the United Nations warned Tuesday. ... more ![]() ![]() Shanghai (AFP) May 9, 2022 Scuffles with officials, workers storming factory gates and households raging at being dragged into quarantine - Shanghai's long fight against Covid-19 is unravelling into chaos and desperation. ... more ![]() ![]() Champaign IL (SPX) May 10, 2022 The Westdahl Peak volcano in Alaska last erupted in 1992, and continued expansion hints at another eruption soon. Experts previously forecasted the next blast to occur by 2010, but the volcano - loc ... more ![]() ![]() Accra (AFP) May 5, 2022 Defence chiefs from West Africa's ECOWAS bloc began a two-day meeting Thursday aimed at boosting military cooperation in a region that has suffered hundreds of attacks this year alone. ... more ![]() ![]() London (AFP) May 9, 2022 G7 foreign ministers on Monday voiced misgivings about how Hong Kong's new leader was chosen, accusing the Chinese territory of flouting democratic convention. ... more |
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China building collapse death toll rises to 53 Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Zortrax Z-PEEK confirmed to meet ESA's outgassing requirements Warsaw, Poland (SPX) May 08, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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El Nino nuance: A distinct difference between 1997-98 and 2015-16 extreme seasons Beijing, China (SPX) May 10, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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First rays of sunlight for Sunrise III at the Arctic Circle Gottingen, Germany (SPX) May 10, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Microbe-based faux beef could save forests, slash CO2 Paris (AFP) May 4, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Ice-capped volcanoes slower to erupt, study finds Champaign IL (SPX) May 10, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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UN experts favour keeping South Sudan arms embargo Nairobi (AFP) May 7, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Bolder marmoset monkeys learn faster than shy ones Vienna, Austria (SPX) May 10, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Even chance world will breach 1.5C warming within 5 years: UN Geneva (AFP) May 9, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NASA rocket to measure Earth's life-supporting secret: a weak electric field Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 05, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Massive carbon emission caused marine anoxia and biodiversity loss 304M years ago Nanjing, China (SPX) May 06, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Canada stumbling in transition to low-carbon economy Ottawa (AFP) April 26, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Researchers at the GIST uncover the key to safer energy storage devices Gwangju, South Korea (SPX) May 10, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Thirsty birds struggle to survive in scorching Indian heat Ahmedabad, India (AFP) May 6, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Hong Kong more unequal, less free as Carrie Lam leaves office Hong Kong (AFP) May 5, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Greenpeace urges DR Congo to probe illegal forestry concessions Kinshasa (AFP) May 5, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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