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  Boston MA (SPX) May 27, 2022 Each year, the world loses about 10 million hectares of forest - an area about the size of Iceland - because of deforestation. At that rate, some scientists predict the world's forests could disappear in 100 to 200 years. In an effort to provide an environmentally friendly and low-waste alternative, researchers at MIT have pioneered a tunable technique to generate wood-like plant material in a lab, which could enable someone to "grow" a wooden product like a table without needing to cut down trees ... read more |
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Scientists shine new light on role of Earth's orbit in the fate of ancient ice sheetsCardiff UK (SPX) May 27, 2022 In a new study published in the journal Science, the team from Cardiff University has been able to pinpoint exactly how the tilting and wobbling of the Earth as it orbits around the Sun has influenc ... more  
Deforestation surges in Brazil Atlantic Forest: reportRio De Janeiro (AFP) May 26, 2022 Deforestation surged 66 percent last year in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, according to a new report, compounding fears over the rampant destruction of the Amazon rainforest further north. ... more  
Tiananmen masses axed as crackdown memorials erased in Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) May 30, 2022 For the first time in 33 years, church services to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown will not be held in Hong Kong, erasing one of the last reminders of China's bloody suppression of the 1989 protests. ... more  
Where rivers jump courseSanta Barbara CA (SPX) May 27, 2022 Humans have always had a complex relationship with rivers, which both fostered and threatened civilizations throughout history. Just recall Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of death and rebirth, who ... more |
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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 Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead 'We have to rebuild a city,' Argentine official says after storm kills 10 Ten dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods |
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ICEYE completes its largest satellite launch ever with SpaceXHelsinki, Finland (SPX) May 26, 2022 ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with radar satellite imaging and an expert in flood and natural catastrophe (NatCat) solutions, has successfully launched five new SAR satellites. A ... more  
GHGSat doubles capacity to monitor methane emissions with three new ABB-built optical sensorsMontreal, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2022 Canadian company GHGSat, which specializes in high-resolution GHG monitoring from space, launches three new ABB-built optical sensors into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral S ... more  
Supporting the Paris Agreement from spaceParis (ESA) May 26, 2022 Earth observation is already capable of supporting national climate action, but there are many more opportunities on the horizon, according to discussions among leading scientists and policymakers a ... more 
Siberian tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millenniumBremerhaven, Germany (SPX) May 29, 2022 Due to global warming, temperatures in the Arctic are climbing rapidly. As a result, the treeline for Siberian larch forests is steadily advancing to the north, gradually supplanting the broad expan ... more |
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Death toll mounts from Brazil downpours as search continuesRecife, Brazil (AFP) May 30, 2022 Torrential rains in northeastern Brazil have left at least 79 people dead and dozens missing, civil defense officials said Sunday, as rescuers capitalized on a lull in downpours to search for survivors. ... more  
Race to save undersea Stone Age cave art masterpiecesMarseille (AFP) May 30, 2022 To reach the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, archaeologists have to dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean off southern France. ... more 
Appeals at Davos to stop Amazon deforestationDavos, Switzerland (AFP) May 26, 2022 South American politicians and financiers urged new forms of sustainable forestry in the Amazon rainforest at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying it was the only way to halt over-exploitation. ... more 
Vanuatu declares climate emergencySydney (AFP) May 28, 2022 Vanuatu's parliament has declared a climate emergency, with the low-lying island nation's prime minister flagging a US$1.2 billion cost to cushion climate change's impacts on his country. ... more |
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Decline in North Sea puffins causes concernIsle Of May, United Kingdom (AFP) May 29, 2022 The Isle of May, off Scotland's east coast, is home to one of the UK's biggest colonies of seabirds. Some 200,000 birds, from kittiwakes to guillemots can flock to the rocky outcrop at the height of the breeding season. ... more  
Toxic smoke and suspicious plastic plant fires in TurkeyKartepe, Turkey (AFP) May 29, 2022 The number of fires breaking out in plastic recycling plants has soared in Turkey. ... more  
Freedom and fear: the foundations of America's deadly gun cultureWashington (AFP) May 28, 2022 It was 1776, the American colonies had just declared their independence from England, and as war raged the founding fathers were deep in debate: should Americans have the right to own firearms as individuals, or just as members of local militia? ... more 
Hurricane Agatha strengthens en route to southwest MexicoMexico City (AFP) May 30, 2022 The first hurricane of the Pacific season was rapidly strengthening off the southwestern coast of Mexico where it is likely to strike Monday as a major storm, the country's weather service warned. ... more  
Rebels kill 50 civilians in Burkina Faso: governorOuagadougou (AFP) May 26, 2022 Suspected jihadists killed around 50 civilians in Burkina Faso, the Eastern region's governor said Thursday, in the latest attack in the impoverished Sahel nation. ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 27, 2022  Moscow is ready to make a "significant contribution" to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin told Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday.
Russia was slapped with unprecedented sanctions after Putin ordered troops into neighbouring Ukraine on February 24.
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2022 
NASA has selected hundreds of small businesses and dozens of research institutions to develop technology to help drive the future of space exploration, ranging from novel sensors and electronics to new types of software and cutting-edge materials. The newly awarded projects under the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program also
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 Suva, Fiji (AFP) May 30, 2022  Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to reach an agreement on a wide-ranging security deal Monday, after sharp warnings the proposal would push the region into "Beijing's orbit".
A virtual summit of leaders and foreign ministers was expected to discuss proposals to radically increase China's involvement in the security, economy and politics of t ... more |
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 Longyearbyen (AFP) May 27, 2022 
Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the northern lights, a Norwegian archipelago perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness without ruining it.
The Svalbard archipelago, located 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) from the North Pole and reachable by commercial airline flights, offers visitors vast expanses of untouched nature, with majestic moun ... more |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) May 27, 2022 
Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural production but international researchers warn this digital-age phenomenon could reap a crop of another kind - cybersecurity attacks.
Complex IT and math modelling at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, Aix-Marseille University, France and Flinders University in South Australia, has highlighted the risks in a new a ... more |
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 Dili, East Timor (AFP) May 27, 2022  A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far as the Australian city of Darwin, although there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The USGS said the quake hit at a depth of 51 kilometres (32 miles) off the eastern tip of Timor island, which is split between East Timor and Indonesia.
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 Kano, Nigeria (AFP) May 23, 2022 
Jihadists have killed 30 men in a revenge attack after their commanders died in military air strikes in Nigeria's northeast Borno state, two militia leaders said Tuesday.
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) seized the men in Mudu village in the Dikwa area on Saturday, they said.
News of the incident emerged late due to poor communication as a result of the destru ... more |
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 Trondheim, Norway (SPX) May 26, 2022 
One day more than 3000 years ago, someone lost a shoe at the place we today call Langfonne in the Jotunheimen mountains. The shoe is 28 cm long, which roughly corresponds to a modern size 36 or 37. The owner probably considered the shoe to be lost for good, but on 17 September 2007 it was found again - virtually intact.
Sometime around 2000 BCE, a red-wing thrush died at Skiradalskollen in ... more |
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 Suva, Fiji (AFP) May 26, 2022 
Australia will present a more ambitious UN emissions target "very soon" and is bidding to co-host a COP summit with Pacific island neighbours, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Thursday, signalling a ground shift in climate policy.
During a first solo overseas visit since her centre-left government was sworn in, Wong admitted that on the climate, "Australia has neglected its responsibility" u ... more |
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 Fort Collins CO (The Conversation) May 29, 2022 
A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather. In his 1922 book, "Weather Prediction By Numerical Process," Richardson tried to write an equation that he could use to solve the dynamics of the atmosphere based on hand calculations.
It didn't work because not enoug ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) May 20, 2022 
University of Copenhagen researchers have shed new light on how plant life became established on the surface of our planet. Specifically, they demonstrated that two genes are indispensable for allowing terrestrial plants to defend themselves against fungal attack - a defense mechanism that they traced back 470 million years. It is likely that these defenses paved the way for all terrestrial plan ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) May 26, 2022 
Air conditioning in public buildings in Spain must be turned down in the summer under new rules published on Thursday as part of measures to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian energy.
Office air conditioning should be set no lower than 27 Celsius (80.6 Fahrenheit) during the warmest months of the year, according to a government decree on energy efficiency.
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 Evora, Portugal (SPX) May 27, 2022 
The German Aerospace Center will be presenting technologies, innovations and successful transfer and spin-off projects at Hannover Messe 2022. From 30 May to 2 June, at the 120-square-metre stand (Energy Solutions, Hall 13, D18), visitors will be able to gain an insight into DLR's research for a future climate-friendly energy supply system and for the decarbonisation of industrial processes and ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 27, 2022 
The raw material for evolution is much more abundant in wild animals than we previously believed, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).
Darwinian evolution is the process by which natural selection results in genetic changes in traits that favour the survival and reproduction of individuals. The rate at which evolution occurs depends crucially on genetic ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 30, 2022 
Markets rose Monday as investors rediscovered some verve after the release of healthy US data and as China eases some of its strict Covid curbs in Shanghai and Beijing, lifting hopes for the world's number two economy.
The gains extended a positive end to last week for global equities with some commentators saying there was a growing hope that the months-long sell-off may have run its course ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 26, 2022  Deforestation surged 66 percent last year in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, according to a new report, compounding fears over the rampant destruction of the Amazon rainforest further north.
The "Mata Atlantica," which stretches down Brazil's eastern coast, lost 21,642 hectares (53,479 acres) of forest cover from November 2020 to October 2021, up two-thirds from the year before, according to the r ... more |
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