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  Washington (AFP) July 21, 2022 A relentless US heat wave that has triggered health alerts for more than 100 million people is set to intensify this weekend, with temperatures and humidity forecast to surge to suffocating highs in many parts of the country. The devastating heat - which has also hit Europe, causing hundreds of deaths there - highlights the direct threat climate change poses to even the wealthiest countries on the planet. "So far this week, 60 daily high temperature records have been tied/broken as dangerous h ... read more |
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Wild tiger numbers higher than previously thoughtGeneva (AFP) July 21, 2022 There are 40 percent more tigers in the wild than previously thought, but with a maximum of 5,578 on the prowl, they remain an endangered species, conservationists said Thursday. ... more 
Storks give up migrating to live on landfill in SpainPinto, Spain (AFP) July 22, 2022 At a sprawling landfill near Madrid, hundreds of white storks dodge garbage trucks as they look for scraps of food among the mountains of multicoloured garbage bags. ... more 
Rhino orphans get new South African homeMokopane, South Africa (AFP) July 22, 2022 Moving home is stressful for anyone - and rhinoceroses are no exception. ... more  
Satellite images show dramatic water level change at Lake MeadWashington DC (UPI) Jul 21, 2021 NASA on Thursday released new satellite images depicting the dramatic changes in the water levels of Lake Mead over the past two decades. ... more |
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Rallies mark one month since Spain's catastrophic floods
Jihadists, allies enter Syria's second city in lightning assault 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 At least 15 dead, 113 missing, in Uganda landslides |
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Millions hungry but drought overlooked as Kenya prepares to votePurapul, Kenya (AFP) July 22, 2022 In the dust bowl of Kenya's drought-stricken north, the people of Purapul are edging closer to starvation, surviving on nothing but wild berries as their children waste away from hunger. ... more  
Climate change drives Europe towards record fire yearParis (AFP) July 21, 2022 The fires that have torched through Europe are on course to make 2022 a record year for forest loss on the continent, as scientists warn climate change is already contributing to ever fiercer blazes. ... more  
US citizen detained in Myanmar: embassy; Villagers accuse junta troops of massacreYangon (AFP) July 22, 2022 An American citizen is being wrongfully detained in junta-ruled Myanmar, a US embassy spokesperson told AFP on Friday. ... more  
Human food waste 'threat' to polar bears: reportParis (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. ... 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 
Longest-living male giant panda in captivity An An dies at 3Hong Kong (AFP) July 21, 2022 The world's longest-living male giant panda under human care, An An, has died at the age of 35, the Hong Kong zoo where he spent most of his life said Thursday. ... 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 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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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 
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 
Flights, ferries cancelled as high winds batter New ZealandWellington (AFP) July 21, 2022 High winds and multi-storey waves battered New Zealand's east coast Thursday, forcing airports and seaports to halt operations and ripping the roof off at least one building. ... 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  
Vienna's horse-drawn carriages feel the heatVienna (AFP) July 21, 2022 As much of Europe stifles under record high temperatures, Vienna's "fiaker" horse carriage drivers fear for their future with animal rights activists turning up the heat. ... more |
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 London (AFP) July 18, 2022  British MPs on Monday told the government there was "no clear evidence" that its controversial policy to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda would stop Channel crossings in small boats.
The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee said "much more clarity" was needed on the plan, including how much it will cost.
Instead, the MPs urged ministers to look at less eye-catching solutions to th ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 15, 2022 
The pressure is on at ESA's mission control. An ESA satellite dodges out of the way of a mystery piece of space junk spotted just hours before a potential collision.
Now a crucial step in the spacecraft's ongoing journey to safer skies has to be quickly rescheduled, as violent solar activity related to the ramping up of the solar cycle warps Earth's atmosphere and threatens to drag it down ... more |
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 Fort Collins CO (SPX) Jul 17, 2022 
Milky seas - the rare phenomenon of glowing areas on the ocean's surface that can cover hundreds of square miles - are not new to scientists at Colorado State University. They have previously demonstrated the use of satellites to see these elusive phenomena. What was missing were photographic observations of milky seas observed from the Earth's surface and from space at the same time.
Unti ... more |
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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.
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 Almere, Netherlands (AFP) July 21, 2022  An artist's house is perched in a tree, shipping containers have been turned into homes and caravans house people who have been quicker to grow vegetables than build.
Welcome to Oosterwold in the Netherlands, a commune where so long as you follow certain rules, including dedicating at least half your land to farming, you can build your home any way you chose.
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 Niamey (AFP) July 21, 2022 
Flooding and landslips during Niger's rainy season have so far left 15 people dead and affected more than 23,000 others, the civil protection services said on Thursday.
The worst-hit regions are Zinder in the south of the arid Sahel state, followed by Maradi and Diffa, also in the south.
Niger, the world's poorest country by the benchmark of the UN's Human Development Index, is often hit ... 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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 Brussels (AFP) July 18, 2022 
Researchers at the European Commission warned on Monday that nearly half of the EU's territory is currently at risk of drought, as southwest Europe wilted under a punishing heatwave.
In a report for July, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre said that 46 percent of the EU's territory was exposed to warning-level drought, with 11 percent at an alert level, with crops already suffer ... more |
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 
Satellite Vu, the UK satellite firm set to become the world's global thermometer from space, has commissioned a new clone of its original satellite in collaboration with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to double its data collection capacity.
The deal sees SSTL begin construction on the second of Satellite Vu's Mid Wave Infra-Red (MWIR) thermal imaging satellite's which will collect ... more |
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 Nanjing, China (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 
The so-called Triassic-Jurassic Extinction (~202 million years ago) killed off the big reptiles that up until then had ruled the planet, thus clearing the way for dinosaurs to take over. But why did dinosaurs thrive when other creatures died?
Now a new study led by researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) and Columbia U ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 21, 2022 
When high school senior Tuba Balta emailed MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) Director Dennis Whyte in February, she was not certain she would get a response. As part of her final semester at BASIS Charter School, in Washington, she had been searching unsuccessfully for someone to sponsor an internship in fusion energy, a topic that had recently begun to fascinate her because "it's not ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 21, 2022 
Every spring, migratory birds arrive in the continental United States from south and central America to breed. But precisely when they arrive each spring varies from year to year. In a NASA-led study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, scientists have linked this variability to large-scale climate patterns originating thousands of miles away.
Migratory birds b ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 15, 2022 
Hong Kong on Friday jailed seven people who were part of a failed 2020 attempt to flee to Taiwan by speedboat to dodge protest-related prosecutions.
The seven, aged between 19 and 32, were sentenced to 10 months in prison for perverting the course of public justice - the first time in Hong Kong that the charge has been applied to absconding fugitives.
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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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