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  Stockholm (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due to levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS that exceed the latest guidelines, according to a new study by Stockholm University scientists. Commonly known as 'forever chemicals' because they disintegrate extremely slowly, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) were initially found in packaging, shampoo or makeup but have spread to our entire environment, including water and air. "There is nowhere on Earth where the rain would be safe t ... read more |
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Lowest July Antarctic sea ice on record: monitorParis (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 Last month saw the lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice on record for July, according to the European Union's satellite monitoring group. ... more  
Climate deniers use past heat records to sow doubt onlineBarcelona (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 With Europe gripped by successive heatwaves, climate-change deniers are spreading scepticism by publishing data on social media on extreme temperatures allegedly recorded decades ago to imply scientists are exaggerating global warming. ... more  
Kurdish Iraqi farmer sprouts online advice, green awarenessHalabja, Iraq (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 Kurdish Iraqi farmer Azad Muhamad has become a social media star by sharing tips on growing fresh fruit and vegetables in the sun-parched country that is highly vulnerable to climate change. ... more  
Study shows environmental impact of 57,000 products sold in supermarketsWashington (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 Eating fruits and vegetables is better for the planet than eating meat and cheese, but a new study by scientists released Monday showed chips and sugary drinks also have a very low environmental impact. ... more |
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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 'Nothing left': Flood-hit Spanish town struggles one month on |
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Fleet Space' Exosphere Earth Scanning Technology tested at lithium exploration siteAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Fleet Space Technologies is delighted to announce the successful completion of a trial using its proprietary Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) technology to faster and non-invasively find critical lith ... more  
Biden tries to heal Kentucky flood victims -- and countryLost Creek, United States (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 In Lost Creek, Kentucky, Joe Biden promised flood victims Monday that their shattered lives will be restored - a message of optimism he hopes to beam right through a divided America three months before elections that will decide the fate of his presidency. ... more  
Heat, drought rekindle huge wildfire in southwest FranceBordeaux (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 A fire that destroyed thousands of hectares of tinder-dry forest in southwest France has flared again amid a fierce drought and the summer's latest heat wave, officials said Wednesday. ... more  
South Korea flooding death toll rises to nineSeoul (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 At least nine people were killed and seven others missing in South Korea after record downpours flooded major roads, metro stations and homes, officials said Wednesday. ... more |
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UK meteorologists, water firms issue warnings as extreme heatwave loomsLondon (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 The UK's meteorological agency on Tuesday issued an "amber" warning for extreme heat while the country's biggest water provider said restrictions loom, as Britain braces for another punishing heatwave later this week. ... more  
Researchers ID the high-efficiency hacks cannabis cells use to make cannabinoidsVancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 For the first time, plant biologists have defined the high-efficiency "hacks" that cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids (THC/CBD). Although many biotechnology companies are currently trying to en ... more  
Balloon fleet senses earthquakes from the stratosphereParis, France (SPX) Aug 01, 2022 A new study in AGU's Geophysical Research Letters reports on the first detection of a large, distant earthquake in a network of balloon-bound pressure sensors in the stratosphere. The technique coul ... more  
US not trying to 'outdo' world powers in Africa, says BlinkenPretoria (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 The United States is seeking a "true partnership" with Africa and not trying to "outdo" other world powers in vying for influence on the continent, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. ... more |
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US says new Africa strategy will engage leaders, rethink military roleWashington (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 The White House on Monday unveiled broad new policy goals for sub-Saharan Africa, with administration officials seeking to tie the region's democratic, economic and security progress to US national security. ... more 
After 'historic' US climate bill, scientists urge global actionParis (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 Scientists on Monday welcomed the passing of US President Joe Biden's "historic" climate bill while calling for other major emitters - namely the European Union - to follow suit and implement ambitious plans to slash emissions. ... more  
Cambodian PM scraps development project threatening wildlife sanctuaryPhnom Penh (AFP) Aug 7, 2022 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday cancelled a controversial satellite-city development around a wildlife sanctuary and zoo near the capital following growing online appeals to halt the project. ... more 
Mexico wants to reduce beer production in drought-hit areasMexico City (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday called on brewers to reduce beer production in drought-hit areas in the north of the country, a major exporter of the beverage. ... more  
Suspended sediment reduced by rapid revegetation after Fukushima decontaminationTsukuba, Japan (SPX) Aug 04, 2022 Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that soil decontamination efforts in Fukushima result in constant, high levels of suspended sediments and a rapid decline in radiocesium particles, an ... more |
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 San Salvador (AFP) Aug 4, 2022 
Every time it rains, Blanca Arias in El Salvador and Sandra Ramos in Honduras fear that flooding will raze their precarious homes and leave their families destitute. Again.
It is a fate that strikes all too often in parts of Central America and, experts say, ever more frequently and severely due to climate change.
Corruption, crumbling infrastructure, uncontrolled urbanization and povert ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 08, 2022 
Although this pure gold pin is not much bigger than the tip of a pencil, it is the 'pulsing heart' of ESA's Low Earth Orbit Facility, LEOX. Part of the Agency's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory, based at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, this test facility is vital for developing materials capable of withstanding the highly-erosive individual oxygen atoms prevailing ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) Aug 7, 2022 
A top US diplomat warned Pacific Islands of a new struggle against violent power-hungry regimes Sunday, as she visited the Solomon Islands to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II's Battle of Guadalcanal.
With China's military conducting drills around Taiwan and Russia bombarding Ukraine, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman hit out at a new crop of world leaders reviving "bankrupt" i ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 9, 2022  Last month saw the lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice on record for July, according to the European Union's satellite monitoring group.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) found Antarctic sea ice extent reached 15.3 million square kilometres (5,900,000 square miles) - some 1.1 million km2, or seven percent, below the 1991-2020 average for July.
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 8, 2022 
Four more ships loaded with grain set off from Ukrainian ports on Sunday, as Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for a new strike at a Russian-occupied nuclear plant.
Odessa regional authorities, meanwhile, announced that another two grain shipments were due to leave on Monday.
Kyiv's infrastructure ministry wrote on Telegram on Sunday that a convoy of Ukrainian supplies had left, with th ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Aug 10, 2022 
At least nine people were killed and seven others missing in South Korea after record downpours flooded major roads, metro stations and homes, officials said Wednesday.
The rain that began Monday is the heaviest since South Korea's weather observations began 115 years ago, according to President Yoon Suk-yeol, who apologised for the "inconveniences".
Images shared on social media earlie ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 
Mali on Tuesday received five military jets and a combat helicopter from Russia, which has become a close ally in its fight against a long-running jihadist insurgency, an AFP journalist saw.
The head of the military junta, Assimi Goita, joined Russian diplomats at a ceremony for the handover of five L-39 and Sukhoi-25 jets and an Mi-24P helicopter.
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 
Similar to humans, chimpanzees use communication to coordinate their cooperative behavior - such as during hunting. When chimpanzees produce a specific vocalization, known as the "hunting bark", they recruit more group members to the hunt and capture their prey more effectively, researchers at the University of Zurich and Tufts University have now shown.
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2022 
After 18 months of arduous negotiations and a marathon night of debate, the US Senate on Sunday passed Joe Biden's ambitious climate, tax and health care plan - a significant victory for the president ahead of crucial midterm elections.
Voting as a unified bloc and with the tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats approved the $430-billion spending plan, which will ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 05, 2022 
A UNSW Canberra Space satellite mission, known as M2, is now delivering Australia's first high-resolution remote sensing image of the Earth. UNSW Canberra Space Director Professor Russell Boyce said the capture of the image is an important step forward for Australia's sovereign space capabilities, with the same mission also successfully collecting and transmitting commercial aviation identificat ... 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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 Sydney (AFP) Aug 4, 2022 
Australia enshrined deeper cuts to carbon emissions in new legislation Thursday, aiming to shed its decade-long reputation as a fossil-fuel-addicted climate laggard.
Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voted 89-55 in favour of a 43 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 from 2005 levels, on the path to reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
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 Guildford UK (SPX) Aug 04, 2022 
Thirty seconds of sunlight could boost the battery life of future smartwatches and other wearables by tens of minutes, thanks to a renewable and rechargeable battery prototype developed by the University of Surrey.
Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) has demonstrated how its new photo-rechargeable system, which merges zinc-ion batteries with perovskite solar cells, could allow wea ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 4, 2022 
More than half of species whose endangered status cannot be assessed due to a lack of data are predicted to face the risk of extinction, according to a machine-learning analysis published Thursday.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently has nearly 150,000 entries on its Red List for threatened species, including some 41,000 species threatened with extinction. ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 2, 2022 
A Hong Kong court delivered a landmark ruling on Tuesday that will help lift the lid on secrecy-shrouded pre-trial hearings held under a national security law.
The security law was imposed by Beijing after huge democracy protests and has largely snuffed out dissent in the city.
About 100 people have been charged under the law with the vast majority denied bail, held for months - some mo ... more |
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 Lome (AFP) Aug 4, 2022 
Day and night, Komlatse Koto watches over the forest near his village in southern Togo, hoping to prevent the diminishing patch of woodland from being turned bit by bit into a treeless clearing.
For years, inhabitants of Ando-Kpomey village, around 65 kilometres (40 miles) north of Togo's capital Lome, have anarchically cut down trees for firewood and charcoal.
Koto and his fellow watchd ... more |
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