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  Bern, Switzerland (SPX) May 31, 2022 Altruistic behavior is often seen as an exclusively human characteristic. However, behavioral research has uncovered numerous examples of altruistic behavior in the animal kingdom. In a new study, researchers at the University of Bern show that animals that help others "selflessly" to raise their young generate an evolutionary advantage. Altruism is defined as doing something that benefits someone else, at a cost to oneself. In the animal kingdom, the most astonishing examples of this selflessness ... read more |
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Famine looms in Horn of Africa after four seasons of poor rains: agenciesNairobi (AFP) May 30, 2022 Four consecutive seasons of poor rains have left millions of drought-stricken people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia facing starvation, aid agencies and meteorologists said Monday, warning that the October-November monsoon "could also fail". ... more  
2TK, Canada's migratory bird that fell for Uruguayan resortPunta Del Este, Uruguay (AFP) May 31, 2022 The first cold winds announce the arrival of winter in Uruguay's jet setters' playground, Punta del Este. ... more  
Hurricane Agatha drenches Mexican beach resortsHuatulco , Mexico (AFP) May 31, 2022 Hurricane Agatha, the first of the season, lashed a string of beach resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast as it barreled ashore Monday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flood warnings. ... more  
Pacific nations reject China security pactSuva, Fiji May 30, 2022 Ten Pacific island nations rebuffed China's push for a wide-ranging regional security pact Monday, amid worries the proposal was designed to pull them into Beijing's orbit. ... 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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Putting the future in FutureEOParis (ESA) May 29, 2022 With scientific excellence at the very heart of ESA's FutureEO programme, participants at this week's Living Planet Symposium have been making it clear that new research missions to advance Earth sc ... more 
Gabon takes grassroots approach in anti-poaching driveLastourville, Gabon (AFP) May 30, 2022 A whistle blows. The car stops, and the driver is politely asked to turn off the engine and get out. ... more 
Bolsonaro views disaster zone from air after deadly Brazil rainsRecife, Brazil (AFP) May 30, 2022 President Jair Bolsonaro sent his condolences Monday to the families of 91 people who died in torrential rains in northeastern Brazil, as rescue workers continued a grim search for victims. ... more  
Thousands quarantined after Beijing man breaks Covid rulesBeijing (AFP) May 30, 2022 A Beijing man has landed thousands of his neighbours in quarantine after he ignored an order to stay at home and later tested positive for Covid-19, prompting a police investigation. ... more |
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Chinese loans to Africa could spark crisis, warns GermanyFrankfurt (AFP) May 27, 2022 China's years-long lending spree in poorer countries, particularly in Africa, poses a "serious danger" that could plunge the world into the next financial crisis, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Friday. ... more 
Pacific 'very positive' on Australian re-engagement: PMSydney (AFP) May 29, 2022 Australia's newly elected prime minister has said Pacific leaders have been "very positive" about his government's renewed engagement, even as Beijing continues its diplomatic blitz across the increasingly contested region. ... more 
Climate change effect on Peruvian glaciers debated in German courtHuaraz, Peru (AFP) May 28, 2022 German judges and experts have arrived at the edge of a melting glacier high up in the Peruvian Andes to examine a complaint made by a local farmer who accuses energy giant RWE of threatening his home by contributing to global warming. ... more 
What can satellites reveal about climate tipping points?Paris (ESA) May 27, 2022 The effects of our warming climate are seen across a multitude of measures, usually as incremental changes: more frequent extreme weather, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. The cumulative impact of ... more |
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Australia bidding to host UN climate summit, set new emissions targetSuva, 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. ... more  
Strawberry farms threaten Spanish wetlandsDonana National Park, Spain (AFP) May 27, 2022 Standing in the middle of a stretch of land surrounded by dunes and pine forest, Juan Romero examines the cracked ground then stares at the dusty horizon. ... more 
Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surgeNasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) May 29, 2022 Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death. ... more 
One killed in Sudan anti-coup protests: medicsKhartoum (AFP) May 28, 2022 Sudanese security forces killed Saturday a protester during the latest mass demonstrations against last year's military coup, medics said. ... more 
DR Congo army confirms two Rwandan soldiers detainedGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) May 29, 2022 The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed on Sunday it was holding two Rwandan soldiers, a day after Kigali accused it of backing the rebels who initially kidnapped them. ... more |
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 Washington (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?
Days after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered in a Texas town, the debate rages on as outsiders wonder why Americans are so wedded to the ... more |
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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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 Beaumont TX (SPX) May 26, 2022 
Rice researchers at the Texas A and M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont have begun a project that utilizes unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, data to speed up rice cultivar selection and breeding.
A team of researchers at the Texas A and M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont will use UAVs to capture real-time images of rice crops, extract crop phenotypic traits from the images, and ultimate ... more |
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 Huatulco , Mexico (AFP) May 31, 2022 
Hurricane Agatha, the first of the season, lashed a string of beach resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast as it barreled ashore Monday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flood warnings.
Agatha was the strongest storm to make landfall along Mexico's Pacific coast in May since record keeping began in 1949, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
The storm had maximum sustained winds o ... more |
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) May 29, 2022 
The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed on Sunday it was holding two Rwandan soldiers, a day after Kigali accused it of backing the rebels who initially kidnapped them.
On Saturday, Rwanda alleged the two soldiers had been abducted by a Hutu rebel group active in the eastern DRC.
But the DRC army said the soldiers had been trespassing on its soil and had been detained by l ... 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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 Paris (ESA) May 29, 2022 
With scientific excellence at the very heart of ESA's FutureEO programme, participants at this week's Living Planet Symposium have been making it clear that new research missions to advance Earth science must continue to be realised in the future.
Speaking at the symposium, Christine Gommenginger from the National Oceanography Centre in the UK, said, "We have a rapidly changing Earth obser ... 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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 Sydney (AFP) May 30, 2022 
Australia's biggest carbon emitter AGL abruptly announced on Monday the departure of its chairman, CEO and a string of board members, while scrapping a long-planned move to spin off its lucrative coal business.
In a statement to investors, the company said Peter Botten would resign as chairman and Graeme Hunt would step down as CEO when a replacement is found.
Operations at AGL - Austra ... more |
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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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 Lastourville, Gabon (AFP) May 30, 2022 
A whistle blows. The car stops, and the driver is politely asked to turn off the engine and get out.
A team from Gabon's anti-poaching brigade then searches the vehicle from top to bottom, looking in every cranny for guns or game. Nothing is found, and the driver is allowed to move on.
The unit's task is to help guard Gabon's rich biodiversity.
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 Hong 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.
Since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 to snuff out pro-democracy demonstrations, once-packed candlelit vigils have been banned, a Tiananmen museum has been forced to ... 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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