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  Vienna VA (SPX) Jul 28, 2022 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) ("Spire" or "the Company"), a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has announced that it has been awarded a Commercial Weather Data Pilot (CWDP) space weather contract as part of the Commercial Data Program (CDP) issued by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA). Spire will provide near real-time radio occultation (RO) data for NOAA's space weather forecast models to measure ionospheric conditions that impact acti ... read more |
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Airbus to deliver connectivity services using its leading Zephyr High Altitude Platform StationFarnborough UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2022 Airbus has launched a connectivity services business through the creation of a dedicated HAPS Services Business based around Zephyr, Airbus' leading HAPS technology platform. This will help enable i ... more  
Scores dead in floods in Uganda, Iran and UAEKampala (AFP) July 31, 2022 Nine people have lost their lives and many more are feared dead in flooding in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale after two rivers burst their banks, leaving a trail of destruction, officials said Sunday. ... more 
Death toll from Philippine quake rises to 10Manila (AFP) July 29, 2022 The death toll from a major earthquake in the northern Philippines rose to 10 Friday after another four bodies were found in rubble, authorities said, as aftershocks continued to rock the mountainous region. ... more  
Two dead in California's largest blaze this yearYreka, United States (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 Firefighters in northern California were battling Monday to gain control over the state's largest wildfire this year, which claimed two lives after exploding in size over the weekend and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. ... more |
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Death toll from Uganda landslides rises to 20: Red Cross
Jihadists, allies enter Syria's second city in lightning assault Traumatised Spain marks one month since catastrophic floods 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 Flood-hit Spain introduces 'climate leave' for workers |
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Lockheed Martin to support severe weather and climate monitoring for NOAADenver CO (SPX) Jul 28, 2022 Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to further refine concepts for a critical instrument and the spacecraft bus for the National Ocea ... more 
EarthCARE taking wingParis (ESA) Jul 28, 2022 ESA's biggest and most complex Earth Explorer mission yet is currently being tested for space at ESA's ESTEC Test Centre, the largest satellite test facility in Europe. The Earth Cloud Aerosol ... more  
Nepal tiger population roars back after conservation driveKathmandu (AFP) July 29, 2022 Nepal has nearly tripled its wild tiger population, officials announced Friday, in a victory for the Himalayan country's efforts to help the big cats claw their way back from extinction. ... more 
Climate, collectors blamed for S.Africa's succulents declineJohannesburg (AFP) July 27, 2022 Climate change and collectors of rare plants are decimating succulents in South Africa, government researchers said Wednesday, warning hundreds of these rugged species are at risk of extinction. ... more |
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UK sea levels rising quicker than century ago: studyLondon (AFP) July 28, 2022 Sea levels are increasing around Britain at a far faster rate than a century ago, while the country is warming slightly more than the global average, leading meteorologists said on Thursday. ... more  
China launches six new satellitesJiuquan (XNA) Jul 28, 2022 China on Wednesday sent six new satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The satellites, including a new space technology test satellite and a test sa ... more  
Deal reached for generic drug to prevent HIV infectionGeneva (AFP) July 28, 2022 A deal has been reached to allow for distribution of a low-cost generic version of a long-term preventative treatment against HIV in low-income countries where most of the world's infections occur, Unitaid and the Medicines Patent Pool announced Thursday. ... more  
Togo mediates in Mali, ICoast soldiers disputeLome (AFP) July 28, 2022 Delegations from Mali and Ivory Coast met on Thursday with Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe who is mediating a dispute over the arrest of 49 Ivorian soldiers in Bamako, sources close to the talks said. ... more |
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Greek national park fire exposes policy flaws: WWFAthens (AFP) July 28, 2022 A week-long fire ravaging one of Greece's top parks has starkly exposed flaws in the country's environmental management, the local branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said Thursday. ... more  
Demolition looms for historic Shanghai neighbourhoodShanghai (AFP) July 29, 2022 Bricked-up doorways, crumbling facades and a small group of defiant locals: one of Shanghai's oldest neighbourhoods is barely clinging to life as the city presses ahead with demolition and redevelopment plans. ... more 
Hong Kong activists face years in jail for subversionHong Kong (AFP) July 29, 2022 Four Hong Kong activists on Friday pleaded guilty to subversion, a violation that could see them jailed for years under the city's Beijing-imposed national security law. ... more 
Dalai Lama urges compassion 'despite what China has done'Leh, India (AFP) July 28, 2022 The Dalai Lama on Thursday asked his followers to be compassionate "despite what China has done to Tibetans", as he visited India's remote Ladakh region. ... more  
Tensions soar as Iraq gears up for rival protests near occupied parliamentBaghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2022 Iraqi security forces were on high alert in Baghdad on Monday as tensions soared after rivals of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose supporters are occupying the parliament, called for counter-demonstrations. ... more |
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 Marsabit, Kenya (AFP) July 27, 2022 
Under an acacia tree in Kenya's drought-ravaged north, malnourished infants feed on sticky mouthfuls of a nutrient-dense peanut paste long used to prevent child starvation in disasters across the globe.
This wonder food can mean the difference between life and death for a child in hard-hit Marsabit, where aid workers say young children are perishing in conditions that border on famine.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 29, 2022 
Debris of the recently launched Long March 5B carrier rocket of China fell back to the Earth and ended up in the Pacific Ocean early Sunday morning, with most of the remnants burnt up during the reentry process, the China Manned Space Agency said.
The debris' atmospheric reentry and crash took place around 12:55 am (Beijing time), the agency said in a brief statement, noting the touchdown ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 02, 2022 
Utah's Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded water level last month as a megadrought persists across the US southwest, forcing the fast-growing city to curb its water use. From space, satellite images show how water levels have fallen from 1985 to 2022 - exposing large expanses of lakebed.
According to data from the US Geological Survey, the Great Salt Lake's surface water elevati ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) July 31, 2022 
Little snow cover and glaciers melting at an alarming rate amid Europe's sweltering heatwaves have put some of the most classic Alpine hiking routes off-limits.
Usually at the height of summer, tourists flock to the Alps and seek out well-trodden paths up to some of Europe's most iconic peaks.
But with warmer temperatures speeding up glacier melt and thawing permafrost - which scientis ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 
Larger organic farms operate more like conventional farms and use fewer sustainable practices than smaller organic farms, according to a new Cornell University study that also provides insight into how to increase adoption of sustainable practices.
"We wanted to look at how the practices differ between small-scale organic farms like the ones you see scattered around the Finger Lakes, which ... more |
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 Karachi (AFP) July 26, 2022  Shazad Akbar carried his four-year-old daughter on his shoulders Tuesday as he and his wife waded through knee-high water flooding a street in Surjani, a poor part of Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
His wife fell sick overnight, but Akbar couldn't take her to a doctor as heavy monsoon rains fell until morning, causing misery for the city of 15 million.
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 Lagos (AFP) July 29, 2022 
Nigeria's military command has ordered a major reshuffle of senior officers, an army statement said on Friday, as the government faces pressure over the country's growing insecurity.
Nigeria's security forces are overstretched on several fronts, battling a grinding 13-year jihadist war in the northeast, bandit militias in the northwest and separatist agitation in the southeast.
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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 26, 2022 
From farmers to fishermen, boat owners to ordinary households, communities across France are struggling with a severe drought that has seen an unprecedented number of regions affected by water restrictions this summer.
Like much of western Europe, the country is going through a punishing hot season of record temperatures and forest fires that have led to renewed focus on climate change.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2022 
On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has selected two firms for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Spacecraft Phase A Study. These contracted firms will help meet the objectives of NOAA's GeoXO Program.
The firms selected are Lockheed Martin Space of Littleton, Colorado, and Maxar Space LLC of Palo Alto, California. The total value of e ... more |
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 Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 
Trilobites- extinct marine arthropods that roamed the world's oceans from about 520 million years ago until they went extinct 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period - may have grown in a similar fashion and reached ages that match those of extant crustaceans, a new study has found.
In a paper published in the journal Paleobiology, researchers from the University of British ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) July 29, 2022 
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called on office workers to throw sartorial caution to the wind and ditch their ties amid scorching summer temperatures.
In a move some might be surprised was even necessary given Spain's famously hot climate, Sanchez urged office workers to follow his own tie-free lead.
"I would like you to see that I am not wearing a tie," said Sanchez, sm ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world harness the power of the sun to create electricity without producing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
The scientists found a way to build hi ... more |
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 Zurich (AFP) July 29, 2022 
A deadly virus has swept through Zurich's zoo, killing three Asian elephants in a month and leaving experts stumped as to how to stop its spread.
The zoo overlooking Switzerland's largest city now has only five of the majestic creatures roaming its 11,000-square-metre (118,400-square-foot) elephant enclosure.
Two-year-old bull Umesh was the first to fall victim to the Elephant endothelio ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 29, 2022 
Four Hong Kong activists on Friday pleaded guilty to subversion, a violation that could see them jailed for years under the city's Beijing-imposed national security law.
China is remoulding Hong Kong in its authoritarian image, using the wide-ranging security law to silence dissent.
The latest international criticism of the law came this week from the UN Human Rights Committee, which sai ... more |
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 Athens (AFP) July 26, 2022 
Hundreds of firefighters on Tuesday fought for a sixth day to save one of Greece's most important national parks from a fire that has already devastated vast swathes of forest.
"Firebreaks are being broadened (at the Dadia national park)," Dimitris Petrovits, deputy governor of the Evros region in northeast Greece, told reporters.
More than 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of pine forest are ... more |
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