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  Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 Protecting land and water is essential to preserving habitats for wildlife and mitigating harmful climate change effects. This is why many countries - as well as the U.S. federal government and state of California, have pledged to protect 30% of all land and water by 2030, also known as the "30x30" initiative. Achieving this target at the global level will require most countries to rapidly expand their protected area network. A team of researchers at the Princeton School of Public and Internationa ... read more |
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As climate impacts grow, so do calls for 'loss and damage' fundsBonn (AFP) June 15, 2022 From crop-wilting drought to the creeping devastation of rising seas, climate change is already bringing death, destruction and hefty costs to vulnerable nations, spurring growing calls for richer countries to help them cope in a warming world. ... more  
Airbus-built Earth observation satellite SARah-1 ready for launchVandenberg, CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 The Airbus-built "SARah-1" Earth observation satellite, under subcontract to OHB System AG, has been transported from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Vandenberg, California, USA, and is currently being ... more 
Unravelling the mysteries of cloudsNoordwijk, 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' t ... more  
New insights into major transitions on the tree of lifeWashington 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 organi ... 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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Scientists provide explanation for exceptional Tonga tsunamiCardiff UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 Scientists say they have identified the exact mechanism responsible for the exceptional tsunami that spread quickly across the world after the colossal eruption of the Tonga volcano earlier this yea ... more 
Lab earthquakes show how grains at fault boundaries lead to major quakesPasadena CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2022 By simulating earthquakes in a lab, Caltech engineers have provided strong experimental support for a form of earthquake propagation now thought responsible for the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that dev ... more  
New insights into the interaction of ocean, continent and atmosphere 2.7 billion years agoBremen Germany (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 What did the Earth look like 2.7 billion years ago and what were the differences compared to today? What was the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere? When did life evolve on Earth, tha ... more  
Healthy human brains are hotter than previously thought, exceeding 40 degreesLondon, 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 t ... more |
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What happened before, during and after solar system formationOkayama, Japan (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 Asteroids and comets represent the material that was left over after the formation of the planets that orbit the Sun. Such bodies would have initially formed in a vast disk of gas and dust (protosol ... more  
China Covid pass system allegedly used to block protestBeijing (AFP) June 15, 2022 Authorities in central China allegedly used the country's powerful Covid tracking system to stop an anticipated protest, state media reported, sparking furious condemnation online on Wednesday. ... more  
Iraq swept by tenth sandstorm in weeksBaghdad (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". ... more 
Dozens still missing two months after S.Africa's worst floodsDurban, South Africa (AFP) June 12, 2022 Nearly 90 people are still missing two months after the worst floods in living memory swept through South Africa's third largest city of Durban and surrounding areas, killing hundreds, government said Sunday. ... more |
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Volcano ash blankets Philippine towns after second eruption this weekJuban, Philippines (AFP) June 12, 2022 A volcano in the Philippines spewed a huge column of ash into the sky on Sunday, blanketing a region still recovering from last week's eruption. ... more  
Iraqi MPs from firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc resign: officialBaghdad (AFP) June 12, 2022 Iraqi lawmakers from firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc resigned Sunday, the parliamentary speaker said, in a move ostensibly designed to up pressure to end an eight-month political paralysis. ... more 
Hong Kong school quarantine request hints at Xi handover visitHong Kong (AFP) June 13, 2022 A Hong Kong primary school is looking for pupils to spend a week in hotel quarantine ahead of next month's handover anniversary, fuelling speculation a strict "closed-loop" system will allow Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit. ... more  
At least six killed in Burkina suspected jihadist attacksOuagadougou (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. ... more 
Beijing tightens Covid restrictions over 'ferocious' bar clusterBeijing (AFP) June 13, 2022 Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital. ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) June 14, 2022 
Raging floods, devastating fires, powerful thunderstorms and a dangerous heat wave affecting a third of the population: the United States was being walloped Tuesday by climate-related catastrophes.
A series of slow motion disasters is gripping the country as it enters summer, with warnings of misery for months to come in some areas.
Around 120 million people were under some sort of advis ... 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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 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.
This weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue, which brings together defence ministers from around the world, has seen sparring between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan while delegates also ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 14, 2022 
Canada and Denmark have finally settled a largely good-natured "war" fought for decades with weapons such as flags, whiskey and schnapps over a tiny, barren, and uninhabited outcrop in the Arctic.
The two sides were to formally announce Tuesday a deal to split Hans Island and effectively create the first land border between Canada and Europe at a signing ceremony in Ottawa with Canadian and ... 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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 Paris (AFP) June 15, 2022 
French troops in Mali have captured a senior member of the Sahel affiliate of the Islamic State group, the French military said Wednesday.
"In the night of 11-12 June, an operation of the Barkhane force allowed the capture of Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior figure in the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS)," a spokesman for the chief of staff told AFP.
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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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 Mogadishu (AFP) June 15, 2022 
Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as her malnourished toddler Ifrah awaits treatment in a Mogadishu hospital.
Barely out of her teens, Qasim is among dozens of weary parents crowding Banadir Maternity & Children Hospital, which has become ground zero for the starvation crisis sweeping across Somalia ... more |
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 
The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal. However, a new study that pieces together evidence stretching back 9,000 years, suggests that the current changes aren't unique, and that a reversal may not be in the cards after all. The study is p ... more |
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 Bremen Germany (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 
What did the Earth look like 2.7 billion years ago and what were the differences compared to today? What was the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere? When did life evolve on Earth, that produced enough oxygen to permanently change the environment? How did the interaction of the Earth's mantle and crust work? These are all crucial questions for understanding our planet.
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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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 Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2022 
Bloomberg News said Tuesday it was "encouraged" to learn that Chinese authorities had apparently released its employee Haze Fan on bail, more than a year after she was detained on suspected national security violations.
A Chinese member of staff at the US news outlet's bureau in Beijing, Fan was detained in December 2020, a few months after Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei was detained on simi ... 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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