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  Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 The fossil record over the last half a billion years shows biodiversity as a zigzagging pattern of species births and extinctions. For decades scientist have attempted to answer the question: Which rules supreme - life or the environment? To explain this macroevolution, scientists have used two opposing theories: the Red Queen versus the Court Jester theory, inspired by the story Alice in Wonderland. New research by McGill University and Vilnius University puts these two theories to the test. ... read more |
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Dinosaurs took over amid ice, not warmth, says a new study of ancient mass extinctionNew York NY (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Many of us know the conventional theory of how the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago: in Earth's fiery collision with a meteorite, and a following global winter as dust and debris choked the atmos ... more 
Italy blames climate change for glacier collapse, 7 deadCanazei, Italy (AFP) July 4, 2022 Italy's prime minister on Monday linked the collapse of the country's biggest Alpine glacier to climate change, as hopes faded of finding further survivors from a disaster that killed at least seven people. ... more  
Pacific islands research yields new findings on world's earliest seafarersBoston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and culture of the world's earliest seafarers, including family structure, social customs, and the anc ... more  
Weathering sandstorms, Iraqis grit teeth and battle on; As sandstorm hits TehranBaghdad (AFP) July 4, 2022 Another sandstorm has darkened Iraqi skies and it's hard to breathe, but Baghdad motorcycle delivery rider Milad Mitti doesn't have the luxury of missing a day's work. ... more |
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Jihadists, allies breach Syria's second city in lightning assault
Jihadists, allies enter Syria's second city in lightning assault Rallies mark one month since Spain's catastrophic floods Traumatised Spain marks one month since catastrophic floods Death toll from Uganda landslides rises to 20: Red Cross Floods kill 8, tens of thousands evacuate in Malaysia, Thailand Spain urged to 'build differently' after deadly floods Malaysia floods kill 4, force over 80,000 to evacuate Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification Tanzania's ruling party wins landslide victory in local vote |
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Spain, Portugal dryness 'unprecedented' in 1,200 yearsParis (AFP) July 4, 2022 Parts of Portugal and Spain are the driest they have been in a thousand years due to an atmospheric high-pressure system driven by climate change, according to research published Monday, warning of severe implications for wine and olive production. ... more  
Developers let Chinese farmers pay for homes with watermelonsBeijing (AFP) July 3, 2022 Struggling developers in China have started taking payment for homes in watermelons, peaches and other agricultural produce, state media reported Sunday, as they attempt to lure buyers deterred by a property market slump. ... more 
Wildfire threatens major Greek olive groveAthens (AFP) July 5, 2022 Two dozen water bombers and helicopters backed by more than 100 firefighters on Tuesday battled a fierce fire threatening one of central Greece's largest olive groves, the fire service said. ... more 
China mulls dipping into pork reserves to rein in costsBeijing (AFP) July 5, 2022 Chinese authorities said Tuesday they could dip into pork reserves and ordered suppliers to slaughter more pigs in a bid to rein in the cost of the staple meat, after prices soared by almost a third year-on-year. ... more |
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Sydney floods force thousands more to fleeSydney (AFP) July 5, 2022 Rain-swollen rivers spilled mud-brown waters across swathes of Sydney on Tuesday, swamping homes and roads while forcing thousands to flee. ... more  
12 bodies found after South China Sea typhoon shipwreck: officialBeijing (AFP) July 4, 2022 Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left the crew of 30 missing, Chinese authorities said Monday. ... more 
Tropical Storm Bonnie becomes hurricane, kills 3 in Central AmericaSan Salvador (AFP) July 4, 2022 Tropical Storm Bonnie was upgraded to a category one hurricane on Sunday as it swept towards Mexico after killing three people in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the US National Hurricane Center said. ... more 
Rescuers gather body parts after Italy glacier collapseCanazei, Italy (AFP) July 5, 2022 Emergency services at the scene of a deadly avalanche in the Italian Dolomites recovered what body parts they could on Tuesday, with the dangers of venturing under the partially collapsed glacier slowing the search. ... more |
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US drought exposes murky mob past of Las VegasLas Vegas (AFP) July 4, 2022 Mobsters who end up sleeping with the fishes are usually never seen again. ... more  
1.7 million locked down in China's Anhui provinceBeijing (AFP) July 4, 2022 China placed 1.7 million people under lockdown in central Anhui province, where authorities reported nearly 300 new cases Monday in the latest of a string of outbreaks testing Beijing's no-tolerance approach to Covid-19. ... more  
EU's Takuba anti-terror force quits junta-controlled MaliParis (AFP) July 1, 2022 The French-led Takuba task force of EU special forces has officially ceased operating in Mali, France announced Friday, ending a year-long anti-jihadist effort that soured after two military coups overthrew the civilian government. ... more  
China urges Myanmar junta to hold talks with opponentsBeijing (AFP) July 3, 2022 China's foreign minister called for Myanmar's junta to hold talks with its opponents Sunday during his first visit to the country since the 2021 coup that plunged it into turmoil. ... more  
Tenoumer Crater, MauritaniaParis (ESA) Jul 01, 2022 Deep within the Sahara Desert lies one of the best-preserved craters on Earth. On Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the almost-perfectly circular Tenoumer Crater in Mauri ... more |
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 Las Vegas (AFP) July 4, 2022 
Mobsters who end up sleeping with the fishes are usually never seen again.
But climate change has a way of messing even with the mafia, and a watery grave outside Las Vegas is starting to cough up Sin City's darkest secrets.
Lake Mead, which can be reached from the Las Vegas Strip by a short ride in the trunk of a car with your hands and feet bound, is drying up in a grueling decades-lon ... more |
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 Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
US Company Turion Space, building spacecraft for space logistics services including space debris removal and space situational awareness data, has selected Exolaunch, a global provider of launch, deployment and integration services for small satellites, to provide launch services for their first DROID spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 Transporter rideshare mission.
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 Paris (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the creatures of the deep oceans exist in a world of unlikely profusion, surviving on scant food and under pressure that would crush human lungs.
This extremely hostile environment, which will come under the spotlight at a major United Nations oceans summit in Lisbon this week, has caused its inhabitants to develop a prodigious array of alien characteristics ... more |
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 Barentsburg, Svalbard (AFP) June 29, 2022 
Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!"
No, this is not some time warp Soviet settlement lost in the Arctic wastes, but a corner of Norway where Moscow can - theoretically at least - mine, build, drill and fish what it likes.
Welcome to Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archip ... more |
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 Athens (AFP) July 5, 2022 
Two dozen water bombers and helicopters backed by more than 100 firefighters on Tuesday battled a fierce fire threatening one of central Greece's largest olive groves, the fire service said.
The wildfire approaching the Amfissa olive grove has already destroyed 300 hectares (740 acres) of farmland and 900 hectares of brush, fire service spokesman Yannis Artopios told reporters.
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 Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 
The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike. The eruption was especially important as it provided geologists with a unique opportunity to study magmas that were accumulated in a deep crustal magma reservoir but ultimately derived from the Earth's mantle (below 20 km).
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 Kinshasa (AFP) July 4, 2022  Politicians in the Democratic Republic of Congo urged improved weapons monitoring Monday to avoid UN restrictions on procuring weapons, as violence rages in the country's east.
The DRC has been subject to a United Nations arms embargo since 2000, originally imposed over widespread violence in the central African nation.
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 Kent UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
Research by the University of Kent and the University of St Andrews has found that rainforest chimpanzees are digging wells for cleaner water and that the behaviour is spreading.
Digging small wells to access or filter drinking water is a relatively rare behaviour in the animal kingdom - only a handful of species have been documented to do so, and most of those live in very arid or desert ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) July 2, 2022 
The city of Verona, in northeast Italy, on Saturday announced restrictions on the use of drinking water, due to an ongoing drought in the Mediterranean country.
"Due to the weather situation and its impact on the water supply, the mayor has signed an order restricting the use of drinking water for domestic purposes," read a message on the city's website.
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference a major new contribution to international efforts to monitor, track and intercept illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities using satellite technology.
MDA is providing Global Fishing Watch (GFW) - an interna ... more |
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 Cork, Ireland (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History examined the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ago) that eliminated almost every species on Earth, with entire ecosystems collapsing. The researchers discovered a sharp spike in wildfire activity from this most devastating of mass extinctions.
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 London (AFP) June 29, 2022  Environmental campaigners, business groups and opposition politicians all urged the UK government Wednesday to ramp up delivering climate change policies after an expert panel warned it was failing to make adequate progress.
Britain's Climate Change Committee (CCC) last year praised the government for its new net-zero strategy to be carbon neutral by 2050, and a series of targets to be met a ... more |
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 Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 
Locally available, emission-free and baseload-capable: geothermal energy is an essential component of the energy transition. With GeoLaB, a new and unique underground research infrastructure, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) are looking to expedite research and prepare the techn ... more |
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 Dover, United States (AFP) June 30, 2022 
On a bright moonlit night, a team of scientists and volunteers head out to a protected beach along the Delaware Bay to survey horseshoe crabs that spawn in their millions along the US East Coast from late spring to early summer.
The group make their way up the shoreline laying a measuring frame on the sand, counting the individuals inside it to help generate a population estimate, and settin ... more |
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 Lok Ma Chau, China (AFP) June 29, 2022 
From the hill in northernmost Hong Kong where Jasper Law stood, the border with China was obvious - a narrow river dividing farmlands and fishponds from the gleaming skyscrapers of megacity Shenzhen.
Friday is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's transition from British to Chinese rule.
While the view from the hilltops of Lok Ma Chau suggests Hong Kong remains clearly distinct from mainl ... more |
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 Banjul, Gambia (AFP) July 1, 2022 
The Gambia on Friday suspended all timber exports, following reports the West African state is serving as a transit point for the illegal smuggling of endangered rosewood.
"All existing permits issued for the export/re-export of timber are permanently revoked," the information ministry said in a statement, instructing port authorities to prevent any logs from being loaded onto ships.
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