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  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Even before the summer's hottest, driest weather has arrived, wildfires have taken a heavy toll in some parts of the U.S. This spring, in collaboration with fire response teams, NASA researchers tested their prototype tools to help make the demanding job of wildland firefighters safer. One element of the solution developed by NASA's Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations (STEReO) project focuses on firefighters who operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones. Dr ... read more |
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900 firefighters battle 'mega-fire' in southern FranceBesseges, France (AFP) July 8, 2022 More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft were deployed on Friday to battle a massive blaze in France's southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres) overnight. ... more  
Russia occupies 22% of Ukraine farmland: NASAWashington (AFP) July 7, 2022 Russian forces now occupy about 22 percent of Ukraine's farmland since the February 24 invasion, impacting one of the major suppliers to global grain and edible oils markets, NASA said Thursday. ... more  
Wellington wastewater a security headache for ChinaWellington (AFP) July 7, 2022 China is insisting one of the main wastewater pipes beneath the New Zealand capital Wellington be diverted to ease security concerns for its new embassy, a city official confirmed Thursday. ... more  
Niger activists call for wood-free Eid barbecues to save treesNiamey (AFP) July 6, 2022 Non-governmental groups in Niger Wednesday urged Nigeriens to use less wood to grill their mutton during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha this year to save precious trees. ... 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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UCLA scientists develop durable material for flexible artificial musclesMenlo Park CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2022 UCLA materials scientists and colleagues at the nonprofit scientific research institute SRI International have developed a new material and manufacturing process for creating artificial muscles that ... more  
How placentas evolved in mammalsBuffalo NY (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 The fossil record tells us about ancient life through the preserved remains of body parts like bones, teeth and turtle shells. But how to study the history of soft tissues and organs, which can deca ... more  
Synspective releases First Image from its Small SAR Satellite "StriX-ss" that captures 3 cities around the worldTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic- solution provider, announced that it has successfully acquired its first image from its second SAR satellite, "StriX-ss". "StriX-ss" was la ... more  
Arctic temperatures are increasing four times faster than global warmingLos Alamos NM (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 A new analysis of observed temperatures shows the Arctic is heating up more than four times faster than the rate of global warming. The trend has stepped upward steeply twice in the last 50 years, a ... more |
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Rhinos killed, poachers arrested in S.Africa's Kruger ParkJohannesburg (AFP) July 6, 2022 Three poachers suspected of killing several rhinos in South Africa's Kruger National Park were arrested after they were tracked down by sniffer dogs, park officials said on Wednesday. ... more  
Why it is so hard for women to have a babyBath UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 New research by a scientist at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that "selfish chromosomes" explain why most human embryos die very early on. The study, published in ... more  
ICEYE expands its business to offer complete satellite missions for customersHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 ICEYE, an Earth observation company operating the world's largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, has announced the establishment of a new line of business focused solely on ... more  
Musk says doing 'best' to boost birth ratesNew York (AFP) July 7, 2022 Elon Musk said Thursday that he was helping combat falling birth rates after it was reported that he had twins last year with an executive at one of his companies. ... more |
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Belgium army steps in as asylum system overwhelmedBrussels (AFP) July 6, 2022 The Belgian army will create 750 temporary places for asylum-seekers in barracks to ease the country's overcrowded reception system, the defence ministry and asylum and migration authority said Wednesday. ... more  
Fiber optic sensing detects tremor from Icelandic subglacial volcanoAlbany CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Researchers used a fiber optic cable on the ice cap of an Icelandic subglacial volcano to detect low-frequency volcanic tremor, suggesting this technology could be useful in monitoring other ice-cov ... more  
Huge groups of fin whales sign of hope for ocean giantsParis (AFP) July 7, 2022 For the first time since whaling was banned, dozens of southern fin whales have been filmed feasting together in a "thrilling" Antarctic spectacle, hailed by scientists Thursday as a sign of hope for the world's second largest animal. ... more  
Six soldiers killed in jihadist attack in southeast NigerNiamey, 6 Juil 2022 Suspected jihadists killed six soldiers and wounded 14 others in an attack on a military post in southeast Niger near the border with Chad, the defence ministry said late Tuesday. ... more  
Colombian president-elect proposes 'ceasefire', talks with ELNBogota (AFP) July 5, 2022 Colombia's leftist president-elect Gustavo Petro on Tuesday proposed a "bilateral ceasefire" with the violence-stricken country's last active guerrilla group, the ELN, in order to restart peace negotiations. ... more |
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 Karachi (AFP) July 7, 2022 
A 12-year-old boy suspected to be working illegally at a coal mine was among at least nine people killed by a flash flood at a quarry in southern Pakistan, officials said Thursday.
Police said torrential monsoon rain inundated the mine in Jhampir, 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of Karachi.
Poverty and the weak implementation of labour laws see millions of children exploited in often haza ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support is proud to announce that Dhruva Space's Satellite Orbital Deployer successfully achieved space-qualification on June 30.
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 Lake Mead, United States (AFP) July 5, 2022  Millions of gallons of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover Dam every day, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes.
But the mega drought affecting the western United States is sending reservoir levels plummeting towards deadpool - the point at which the dam can no longer produce power.
"We are 23rd year of drought here in the Colorado River Basin and Lake Mea ... more |
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 Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
A new analysis of observed temperatures shows the Arctic is heating up more than four times faster than the rate of global warming. The trend has stepped upward steeply twice in the last 50 years, a finding missed by all but four of 39 climate models.
"Thirty years is considered the minimum to represent climate change," said Petr Chylek, a physicist and climate researcher at Los Alamos Nat ... more |
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 New York (AFP) July 6, 2022 
Amazon Prime customers in the United States will be able to receive a year of free restaurant delivery through Grubhub+ under a deal announced Wednesday by Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Prime members will have access to hundreds of thousands of restaurants on Grubhub, the American affiliate of Anglo-Dutch company Just Eat Takeaway.
The deal should expand Grubhub+ membership while having a neut ... more |
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 Lowell MA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
As it captivated people around the world, the January eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano gave scientists a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study how the atmosphere works, unlocking keys to better predict the weather and changing climate.
The volcano, located in the South Pacific nation of Tonga, became active Dec. 20, 2021, and erupted Jan. 15, 2022. The blast obliterated one o ... more |
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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.
In 2008, the Security Council amended the sanctions regime to appl ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
New research by a scientist at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that "selfish chromosomes" explain why most human embryos die very early on. The study, published in PLoS, Biology, explaining why fish embryos are fine but sadly humans' embryos often don't survive, has implications for the treatment of infertility.
About half of fertilised eggs die very earl ... more |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Projected changes in wintertime precipitation make agriculture in the Iberian region some of the most vulnerable in Europe, according to a new study that links the changes to increased anthropogenic greenhouse gases.
These changes in precipitation are tied to a subtropical high-pressure system known as the Azores High that is more often significantly larger in the industrial era (since 185 ... more |
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 Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
An ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, is currently sitting over tropical regions and has been since the 1980s, according to a Canadian researcher.
In AIP Advances, by AIP Publishing, Qing-Bin Lu, a scientist from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, reveals a large, all-season ozone hole - defined as an area of ozone loss larger than 25% compared with t ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
The fossil record tells us about ancient life through the preserved remains of body parts like bones, teeth and turtle shells. But how to study the history of soft tissues and organs, which can decay quickly, leaving little evidence behind?
In a new study, scientists use gene expression patterns, called transcriptomics, to investigate the ancient origins of one organ: the placenta, which i ... more |
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 Frankfurt (AFP) July 8, 2022 
The European Central Bank on Friday called on banks to improve their preparations for future environmental risks as it published the results of its first "climate stress test".
Banks in the eurozone "must urgently step up efforts to measure and manage climate risk", the ECB's supervisory chief, Andrea Enria, said in a statement.
Launched in January, the stress test gauged the impact of ... more |
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 Salzgitter, Germany (AFP) July 7, 2022 
Volkswagen celebrated Thursday the beginning of work on its first in-house battery factory, as the German auto giant looks to head off competition from US and Chinese electric vehicle upstarts.
The firm plans to "steer the worldwide battery offensive" from the new plant in Salzgitter in central Germany, CEO Herbert Diess told a ceremony attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
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 Indramayu, Indonesia (AFP) July 7, 2022 
In a small Indonesian fishing village, a man with a fake rhino head perched atop his own puts on a puppet show for a group of eager children.
Former teacher Samsudin is educating the kids about the plight of the critically endangered Javan rhino - the world's rarest - using cardboard figures, comical expressions and exaggerated voices to spread his message of conservation one story at a ti ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 4, 2022 
Canadian-Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua is standing trial on Monday, Ottawa's embassy in Beijing said in a statement, after the businessman disappeared from a Hong Kong hotel five years ago.
Xiao vanished from Hong Kong's Four Seasons hotel in January 2017, with local media reporting that he was snatched by mainland Chinese agents - fuelling fear at the time over Beijing's tightening influence ... more |
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 Niamey (AFP) July 6, 2022 
Non-governmental groups in Niger Wednesday urged Nigeriens to use less wood to grill their mutton during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha this year to save precious trees.
They pleaded with them to replace wood with locally mined coal at barbecues to mark the festival due to start at the weekend, called Tabaski in West Africa.
The capital Niamey alone consumes "around 50,000 tonnes" of ... more |
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