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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences By now, few people question the reality that humans are altering Earth's climate. The real question is: How quickly can we halt, even reverse, the damage? Part of the answer to this question lies in the concept of "committed warming," also known as "pipeline warming." It refers to future increases in global temperatures that will be caused by greenhouse gases that have already been emitted. In other wo ... read more |
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Fiji's biggest threat 'climate change, not conflict'Singapore (AFP) June 12, 2022 Fiji faces its biggest threat from "devastating climate change" rather than conflict, the country's defence minister warned Sunday at a high-level security summit that has been dominated by geopolitical tensions. ... more  
Air pollution may increase freezing rain in the Northern HemisphereBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 Freezing rain is a typical weather disaster in winter and early spring over many regions of the world, even tropical areas. It exists as supercooled water (below 0.C) in the air and freezes immediat ... more  
How crops can better survive floodsFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 Extreme weather phenomena are on the rise worldwide, including frequent droughts and fires. Floods are also a clear consequence of climate change. For agriculture, a flooded field means major losses ... more 
Discovery paves way for more sustainable crop cultivation methodsNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 Rutgers researchers have discovered that nitrogen-fixing bacteria hidden within leaf cells could lead to more efficient and sustainable methods of crop cultivation. The study, recently publish ... 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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Chromatin originated in ancient microbes one to two billion years agoBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 In almost every human cell, two metres-long DNA has to fit within a nucleus that is just 8 millionths of a metre wide. Like wool around a spool, the extreme space challenge requires DNA to wrap arou ... more  
Update on NASA's TROPICS-1 MissionPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2022 While we are disappointed in the loss of the two TROPICS CubeSats, the mission is part of NASA's Earth venture program, which provides opportunities for lower-cost, higher risk missions. Despite a l ... more  
Present Antarctic deglaciation may be unprecedented in last 5,000 yearsOrono ME (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 Two major glaciers in West Antarctica may be losing ice faster than they have in at least the last 5,000 years, a University of Maine study finds. The rapidly melting glaciers could lead to major se ... more 
Clouds played an important role in the history of climateKarlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 Were Earth's oceans completely covered by ice during the Cryogenian period, about 700 million years ago, or was there an ice-free belt of open water around the equator where sponges and other forms ... more |
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UAF scientists find new indicators of Alaska permafrost thawingFairbanks AK (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 More areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue to increase in extent due to climate change, according to new research by University of Al ... more  
Prehistoric "Swiss Army knife" indicates early humans communicatedSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 In a world first, a team of international scientists led by Australian Museum and University of Sydney archaeologist, Dr Amy Mosig Way have revealed that early humans across southern Africa made a p ... more 
Pre-historic Wallacea - a melting pot of human genetic ancestriesLeipzig, Germany (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 The Wallacean islands have always been separated from Asia and Oceania by deep-sea waters. Yet, these tropical islands were a corridor for modern humans migrating into the Pleistocene Australia-New ... more 
The structure of cluster merger shocksEast Boothbay ME (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 The Gulf of Maine is growing increasingly warm and salty, due to ocean currents pushing warm water into the gulf from the Northwest Atlantic, according to a new NASA-funded study. These temperature ... more |
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Researchers reveal add-on benefits of natural defenses against sea-level riseStanford CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 Investments in the environment are paying off for a California county where projects designed to restore the natural environment are also buffering the impacts of sea-level rise, according to a new ... more 
The world's most remote oceans are polluted with microplasticsPerth, Australia (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 Curtin scientists who analysed seawater samples taken by Jon Sanders on his recent circumnavigation voyage have found microplastics present in the vast majority of samples, including those from very ... more  
Yellowstone's history of hydrothermal explosions over the past 14,000 yearsBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 While much of public attention on Yellowstone focuses on its potential to produce large supereruptions, the hazards that are much more likely to occur are smaller, violent hydrothermal explosions. H ... more  
Unprecedented case series advances promise of phage therapySan Diego CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh, report promising results from the largest case seri ... more  
New study shows the inner core oscillatesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 USC scientists have found evidence that the Earth's inner core oscillates, contradicting previously accepted models that suggested it consistently rotates at a faster rate than the planet's surface. ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) June 8, 2022 
Greenpeace on Wednesday urged the Arab League to drum up funds to rescue a stranded, oil-filled tanker that is rusting off war-torn Yemen, threatening a major environmental disaster.
The environmental group said an urgent meeting was needed for the FSO Safer, after a UN pledging conference last month fell far short of its $80 million target.
The decaying 45-year-old tanker, long used as ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2022  The launch service provider Isar Aerospace signs in as the latest ExoOPSTM - Mission Design customer, Exotrail's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution dedicated to space mission simulation and analysis.
Isar Aerospace, the leading European launch service provider focusing on small and medium satellite deployment, will use ExoOPSTM - Mission Design to answer the thriving demand for flexible ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) June 10, 2022 
The weather phenomenon La Nina, which has affected global temperatures and worsened drought and flooding, will likely continue for months, and possibly even into 2023, the UN warned Friday.
La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, occurring every two to seven years.
The UN's World Meteorological Organization (W ... more |
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 Orono ME (SPX) Jun 13, 2022  Two major glaciers in West Antarctica may be losing ice faster than they have in at least the last 5,000 years, a University of Maine study finds. The rapidly melting glaciers could lead to major sea level rise over the next several centuries.
Over the past few decades, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has retreated and thinned at accelerated rates. The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers that e ... more |
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 Gorongosa, Mozambique (AFP) June 14, 2022 
From a distance, Mount Gorongosa looks pockmarked.
The slopes of this Mozambican landmark were once covered with verdant rain forest.
Now, they are scarred by deep holes - the result of clearcutting that exposed the soil and parched it, leaving only shrubs and grasses.
But in recent years, the forest has been growing back, thanks to a previously foreign crop: c ... more |
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 Guatemala City (AFP) June 14, 2022 
At least 15 people have died in a dozen mudslides caused by heavy rains that have fallen since early May in Guatemala, where more than 500,000 people have been affected, officials said Monday.
Among the 15 fatalities were a woman and her six children, as well as three brothers, all minors, from two indigenous villages, said the office of the Coordination for the Reduction of Natural Disast ... more |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) June 12, 2022 
At least six people were killed in northern Burkina Faso in several attacks attributed to jihadists, local and military sources told AFP on Sunday.
Several hundred people took to the streets of Burkina over the weekend to protest the wave of jihadist attacks engulfing the poor West African nation.
"A terrorist attack cost six civilians their lives in Alga," a town in the province of Bam, ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 
New research has shown that normal human brain temperature varies much more than we thought, and this could be a sign of healthy brain function. In healthy men and women, where oral temperature is typically less than 37C, average brain temperature is 38.5C, with deeper brain regions often exceeding 40C, particularly in women during the daytime.
Previously, human brain temperature studies h ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 13, 2022 
Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential threat".
It was the tenth such storm since mid-April to hit Iraq, which has been battered by intense droughts, soil degradation, high temperatures and low rainfall linked to climate change.
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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 
Clouds and aerosols are still considered the great unknowns in understanding our climate. With the EarthCARE Earth observation satellite, Airbus has made the finishing touches to the crucial 'key' that will unlock the mysteries of clouds, helping make more accurate atmospheric models and climate forecasts.
The 2.3-tonne satellite is now being transported from the Airbus site in Friedrichsh ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 
In almost every human cell, two metres-long DNA has to fit within a nucleus that is just 8 millionths of a metre wide. Like wool around a spool, the extreme space challenge requires DNA to wrap around structural proteins called histones. This coiled genetic architecture, known as chromatin, protects DNA from damage and has a key role in gene regulation.
Histones are present in both eukaryo ... more |
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 Bonn (AFP) June 12, 2022 
While countries, cities and companies have massively ramped up net-zero emissions promises in recent months there remain "major flaws" in many plans, according to an analysis published Monday that raises fears of potential large-scale greenwashing by businesses.
Faced with mounting urgency and public pressure as deadly and costly climate impacts increase, governments and corporations issued ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have refined the use of magnetic fields to improve the performance of doughnut-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks. The improved technique protects internal parts from damage by instabilities called "edge-localized modes" (ELMs) and allows tokamaks to operate for longer without pausing.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2022  The latest Virtual Issue from Genome Biology and Evolution highlights articles that provide new insight into the deep evolutionary relationships among extant organisms and the origin of eukaryotes from among archaeal lineages. All cellular organisms are descended from a shared ancestor, often referred to as LUCA-the last universal common ancestor. Relationships ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) June 11, 2022  Foreign English-language teachers working in Hong Kong government schools will need to swear allegiance to the city, officials told AFP on Saturday, as fears grow about the territory's ability to retain educators in the face of increasing restrictions.
Hong Kong's Education Bureau said that Native-speaking English Teachers (NETs) and advisors working in government-run schools must sign a dec ... more |
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 Atalaia Do Norte, Brazil (AFP) June 13, 2022 
Human remains have been found in the search for a British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert who disappeared deep in the Amazon after receiving threats, Brazil's president confirmed Monday.
Relatives of veteran correspondent Dom Phillips and respected indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira meanwhile said authorities informed them two bodies had been found - though police and local indi ... more |
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