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  Paris (AFP) July 20, 2022 The invasion of a remote Russian village by dozens of ravenous polar bears three years ago captured headlines around the world, with images of groups of animals gorging on rubbish in an open garbage dump. Scientists and conservationists warned Wednesday that it was just one of a growing number of incidents showing the threat food waste poses to the at-risk animals. Polar bears are acutely threatened by climate change, with the Arctic region warming about three times faster than the global aver ... read more |
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Europe heat sparks harmful ozone pollution, 'extreme' fire riskParis (AFP) July 19, 2022 Europe's searing heatwave is generating very high levels of harmful ozone pollution, the region's atmospheric monitoring service warned Tuesday, adding that large areas of western Europe also face "extreme" danger of wildfires. ... more  
Global extinction threat may be much higher than previously thoughtWashington DC (UPI) Jul 19, 2021 The threat of extinction to all species on Earth may be much higher than previously thought, a new study suggests, after a biodiversity survey found that about 30% of species have been globally threatened or driven to extinction since the year 1500. ... more  
Climate deniers sow weather-map heatwave misinfoParis (AFP) July 19, 2022 Climate-change deniers on social media have a viral way of spreading scepticism during a heatwave: by publishing weather maps out of context to imply forecasters are exaggerating climate change. ... more 
Climate protesters block UK's busiest motorway after heatwaveLondon (AFP) July 20, 2022 Climate demonstrators on Wednesday triggered a lengthy tailback on Britain's busiest motorway encircling London, warning that a record-breaking heatwave this week was a dire reminder for urgent action. ... more |
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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 Six dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods At least six dead, hospital evacuated in Argentina floods Three dead, five missing in Indonesia floods and landslides |
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Biden vows climate action as heat waves slam US, EuropeSomerset, United States (AFP) July 20, 2022 US President Joe Biden unveiled a series of executive measures Wednesday to combat climate change and pledged more to follow, seeking to advance his environmental agenda stalled by unsupportive lawmakers and a conservative Supreme Court. ... more  
French farms use huge fans to keep dairy cows coolSaint-Martin-En-Haut, France (AFP) July 19, 2022 With new record high temperatures being set across France it isn't just humans that are suffering: even cows high in the mountains need fans to get through the heatwave. ... more 
India's mango man, father of 300 varietiesMalihabad, India (AFP) July 20, 2022 Every day, Indian octogenarian Kaleem Ullah Khan wakes at dawn, prays, then ambles about a mile to his 120-year-old mango tree, which he has coaxed into producing more than 300 varieties of the beloved fruit over the years. ... more  
UN warns heatwaves will happen more often until 2060sGeneva (AFP) July 19, 2022 Heatwaves like the one stifling western Europe are becoming more frequent and the trend is set to continue until at least the 2060s, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more |
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Denmark reports July record as heatwave hits NordicsCopenhagen (AFP) July 20, 2022 Denmark on Wednesday reported the highest-ever recorded temperature for July, the country's meteorological institute said, warning that the country was nearing an all-time temperature record. ... more 
Raising temperatures: Pakistan climate catastrophist Sherry RehmanIslamabad (AFP) July 20, 2022 When Sherry Rehman speaks it seems as though the world is ending. ... more  
Macau to reopen casinos as Covid lockdown eases at weekendHong Kong (AFP) July 20, 2022 Macau is set to reopen its casinos at the weekend after a 12-day shutdown as the city's coronavirus outbreak showed signs of easing, officials announced Wednesday. ... more 
UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in FranceLondon (AFP) July 19, 2022 A punishing heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in western Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday and regional heat records tumbled elsewhere. ... more |
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Britons desperate to cool off as mercury hits historic 40CLondon (AFP) July 19, 2022 Runways melted, people struggled to sleep and the queen's guard used desk fans as they sweltered in heavy ceremonial uniforms as Britain hit record temperatures on Tuesday. ... more  
Firefighters battle wildfire in Athens; French fires coming under controlPallini, Greece (AFP) July 20, 2022 Greek planes and helicopters on Wednesday stepped up their battle against a wildfire raging for a second day that has forced hundreds of people to flee mountainside suburbs north of Athens. ... more  
Biden plans Africa summit in December as China influence growsWashington (AFP) July 20, 2022 US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will welcome African leaders to Washington in December, a new initiative to build ties with the continent where China's influence has been rising. ... more
Firefighters gain upper hand in Athens suburbs wildfirePallini, Greece (AFP) July 20, 2022 Greek firefighters on Wednesday gained the upper hand in a battle against a wildfire raging for a second day in mountainside suburbs north of Athens that had earlier forced hundreds of people to flee, an official said. ... more 
'Shocking' report lists devastation to Australia wildlifeSydney (AFP) July 19, 2022 Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species are headed for extinction. ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Fires burning for days at Beirut's port, severely damaged in 2020 by an enormous explosion, have reignited trauma among Lebanese gearing up to mark the deadly blast's anniversary.
On August 4, Lebanon will mark two years since the explosion that killed more than 200 people. It was caused by a stockpile of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrate fertiliser catching fire.
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 Glasgow UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 
Researchers have shown that a quantum-inspired technique can be used to perform lidar imaging with a much higher depth resolution than is possible with conventional approaches. Lidar, which uses laser pulses to acquire 3D information about a scene or object, is usually best suited for imaging large objects such as topographical features or built structures due to its limited depth resolution. ... more |
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 Suva, Fiji (AFP) July 13, 2022 
The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China's advances in the region, with Vice President Kamala Harris announcing the opening of two new embassies at a key regional summit.
Washington will open missions in Tonga and Kiribati and also appoint its first-ever Pacific regional envoy, Harris said as she pledged $600 million in funding for the ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 
Over the next two weeks, a handful of NASA scientists will be living very different lives from the rest of us: they will board a research plane in Greenland alongside laser instruments to help calibrate NASA's space-based measurements of Arctic ice.
The ice researchers and instrument scientists will board NASA's Gulfstream V jet and fly out of Thule Air Base in northwestern Greenland to he ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) July 13, 2022 
Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday held their first direct negotiations since March in a bid to break an impasse over grain exports that has seen food prices soar and millions face hunger.
The high-stakes meeting involving UN and Turkish officials in Istanbul came with Russia and Ukraine locked in a furious long-range shooting battle that is destroying towns and leaving people with nothing.
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 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany (AFP) July 14, 2022 
Germany on Thursday paid tribute to more than 180 people killed in severe floods a year ago, as those left behind charged that help with the reconstruction effort has been too slow to arrive.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier embarked on a tour of the Ahr valley, while Chancellor Olaf Scholz joined a human chain in the hard-hit town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and took part in a minute's silen ... more |
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 Rabat (AFP) July 18, 2022  Israel's army chief arrived in Morocco on Monday for meetings with senior defence officials, military sources said, as cooperation between the countries expands following a normalisation of ties.
Aviv Kohavi's three-day trip is the first official visit of an Israeli army chief to the North African kingdom.
Kohavi will meet Morocco's minister delegate in charge of defence administration, ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during elementary school. That is the key finding from our recent peer-reviewed study.
We analyzed data from 1,070 U.S. elementary school children who had displayed above-average behavioral, academic or executive functioning the year before their initial ADHD diagnoses. We ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 18, 2022 
Hotter, longer, more frequent. Heatwaves such as the one currently roasting much of Europe, or the record-shattering hot spell endured by India and Pakistan in March, are an unmistakable sign of climate change, experts said Monday.
- Humans to blame -
"Every heatwave that we are experiencing today has been made hotter and more frequent because of human induced climate change," said Frie ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 17, 2022 
China on Saturday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket to place two satellites in space.
The pair of satellites, Siwei 03 and 04, were lifted at 6:57 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered the preset orbit.
They will provide commercial remote sensing services for sectors such as land resources investigation, ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 12, 2022 
Although the Earth has long been studied in detail, some fundamental questions have still to be answered. One of them concerns the formation of our planet, about whose beginnings researchers are still unclear. An international research team led by ETH Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS is now proposing a new answer to this question based on laboratory experiments an ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 
To spur decarbonization, public investments must go beyond government support of research and development and expand into the manufacturing and deployment of new technology. To do this, governments must move beyond the myths surrounding public investment in clean energy that discourage use of public funds, a newly published Yale School of the Environment-led commentary in "Nature Energy" explain ... more |
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 Richland WA (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 
Cheap and abundant, sodium is a prime promising candidate for new battery technology. But limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered their large-scale applications.
Now, a research team from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a sodium-ion battery with greatly extended longevity in laboratory tests. An ingenious shift in the ingredie ... more |
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 Herne Bay, United Kingdom (AFP) July 18, 2022  As the sun rose on Monday over southeast England, three bison emerged from a corral into a new woodland home as part of an ambitious project to transform the natural environment.
The trio immediately began munching birch tree leaves in the ancient woods near Canterbury, to restore and manage the area with their behaviour - and minimal human interference.
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 Washington (AFP) July 14, 2022 
US lawmakers have introduced legislation that would call Tibet's legal status unresolved, distancing Washington from past statements that recognized the territory as part of China.
Amid mounting alarm in the United States over the treatment of minorities in the People's Republic of China, the proposed act would state that "the conflict between Tibet and the PRC is unresolved" and that "the l ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) July 18, 2022 
The Brazilian Amazon lost about 18 trees per second in 2021 as deforestation in the country increased by more than 20 percent, according to a satellite data-based report released Monday.
The Mapbiomas report said the country lost some 16,557 square kilometers (1.65 million hectares) of indigenous vegetation in 2021 - an area bigger than Northern Ireland.
In 2020, the area lost was 13,78 ... more |
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