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  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 Food production is already one of the biggest stressors to our planet, but it's made substantially more challenging by the interaction of Earth system processes, according to new research. Earth system processes refer to the natural activities that keep the planet in a habitable and useful state. This includes processes occurring in the different biospheres like carbon sequestration in forests or nutrient run off into freshwater systems. The interactions between these processes challenge the ... read more |
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Deep concern about food security in East AfricaGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 The rains have failed in Eastern Africa for four consecutive seasons. That has not happened in 40 years of satellite records. Scientists and aid agencies are now alerting the world to an unprecedent ... more 
22 million face starvation in Horn of Africa: WFPNairobi (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday. ... more  
Geological carbon sequestration in mantle may prevent large San Andreas earthquakesWoods Hole MA (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 The San Andreas Fault in California is renowned for its large and infrequent earthquakes. However, some segments of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) instead are characterized by frequent quakes of small ... more  
Sleeping giant could end deep ocean lifeRiverside CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 A previously overlooked factor - the position of continents - helps fill Earth's oceans with life-supporting oxygen. Continental movement could ultimately have the opposite effect, killing most deep ... more |
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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 One dead, seven missing in Indonesia floods and landslides Acquittal of Fukushima operator ex-bosses finalised Rain, snow offer hope in Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years |
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Swiss glaciers shrink in half since 1931: studyGeneva (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 Swiss glaciers have shed half their volume since 1931, Swiss researchers said Monday, following the first reconstruction of the country's ice loss in the 20th century. ... more 
Greenland treads softly on tourism as icebergs meltIlulissat, Denmark (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking icebergs and natural beauty, authorities are mulling ways to control crowds to protect the fragile environment, already threatened by global warming. ... more 
Flash flooding hits US parks, southern states in latest weather disastersLos Angeles (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 A hiker swept away in flash floods and torrential rain was still missing Monday as a weekend of storms forced hundreds to evacuate in the latest weather disasters to hit national parks in the United States. ... more 
Flash floods kill 20 in eastern Afghan provinceKabul (AFP) Aug 21, 2022 Heavy rains triggered flash floods in the eastern Afghan province of Logar, killing at least 20 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, officials said Sunday. ... more |
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Storm forces Philippine schools to shut day after reopeningManila (AFP) Aug 23, 2022 Schools were ordered shut across the northern Philippines Tuesday - a day after many resumed in-person learning for the first time since Covid-19 hit - as torrential rain and strong winds pounded the main island of the archipelago. ... more  
After 'doomsday' floods, Sudanese fear worse to comeMakaylab, Sudan (AFP) Aug 23, 2022 In the Sudanese village of Makaylab, Mohamed Tigani picked through the pile of rubble that was once his mud-brick home, after torrential rains sparked heavy floods that swept it away. ... more  
Region outside Moscow declares wildfire state of emergencyMoscow (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 Riazan, a Russian region to the east of Moscow, announced a state of emergency Monday after a spate of forest fires laid waste to more than 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) of land. ... more 
Algeria fires burned UNESCO-listed park; Evacuation lifted as Spain fire stabilisedAlgiers (AFP) Aug 20, 2022 More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday. ... more |
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Portugal hopes cooler temperatures will tame wildfiresLisbon (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 Portugal, hit by a third heatwave after weeks of wildfires, said Monday that it hoped cooler temperatures and increased air humidity in the coming days would help tame the blazes. ... more  
Brazil's Bolsonaro a 'cheap copy of Trump': LulaSao Paulo (AFP) Aug 23, 2022 President Jair Bolsonaro is a "cheap copy" of former US counterpart Donald Trump for his constant criticism of Brazil's election system, the rival running to replace Bolsonaro said Monday. ... more 
Myanmar junta chief says military open to negotiations with Suu Kyi after her trialYangon (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 Myanmar's military chief said Friday the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the crisis sparked by its coup after her trials in a junta-run court have concluded. ... more  
Wales declares drought in several regionsLondon (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 A drought was officially declared Friday in parts of Wales, days after several regions in England, following a lengthy period of dry weather without rain and record temperatures. ... more  
Hungary sacks weather service chief over inaccurate forecastsBudapest (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 The Hungarian government on Monday fired the head of the national weather service and her deputy, two days after a fireworks display to celebrate Hungary's national holiday was delayed for fear of storms. ... more |
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 Lviv, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 18, 2022  Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief.
A flare up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders and UN chief Antonio Gu ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
At a time when astronomers around the world are reveling in new views of the distant cosmos, an experiment on the International Space Station has given Cornell researchers fresh insight into something a little closer to home: water.
Specifically, the space station's microgravity environment illuminated the ways that water droplets oscillate and spread across solid surfaces - knowledge that ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 16, 2022  Water supplies to some US states and Mexico will be cut to avoid "catastrophic collapse" of the Colorado River, Washington officials said Tuesday, as a historic drought bites.
More than two decades of well below average rainfall have left the river - the lifeblood of the western United States - at critical levels, as human-caused climate change worsens the natural drought cycle.
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 Geneva (AFP) Aug 22, 2022 
Swiss glaciers have shed half their volume since 1931, Swiss researchers said Monday, following the first reconstruction of the country's ice loss in the 20th century.
Rapid glacier melt in the Alps and elsewhere, which scientists say is driven by climate change, has been increasingly closely monitored since the early 2000s. However, until now there has been little insight into how glaciers ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 
The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday.
Years of insufficient rainfall across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have caused the worst drought in 40 years and conditions akin to famine in the hardest-hit areas, aid groups say.
An unprecedented four failed rainy seasons has kill ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 22, 2022  A hiker swept away in flash floods and torrential rain was still missing Monday as a weekend of storms forced hundreds to evacuate in the latest weather disasters to hit national parks in the United States.
Heavy rains were also causing havoc in parts of Texas on Monday as forecasters predicted more precipitation throughout the southern part of the country for the rest of the week.
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 
The Pentagon said Wednesday that US forces killed 13 fighters of the al-Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in Somalia.
The strike took place on August 14 near Teedaan in the central-southern part of the country while Shabaab fighters were attacking Somali National Army forces, the Pentagon's Africa Command said in a statement.
"US forces are authorized to conduct strikes in defense o ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 19, 2021 
The remains of dozens of medieval British Augustine friars discovered by the University of Cambridge were plagued with twice the parasitic intestinal worms of the general population at the time, according to a new study published Friday.
"It is striking that the friars had nearly double the infection rate of parasites spread by poor hygiene, compared with the general population," the Ca ... more |
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 Silver Spring, United States (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 
The phone's home screen shows 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32C) in Silver Spring, a suburb of Washington, on a mid-August day. But the reality is more complex - in terms of heat exposure, not all parts of the city are equal.
Maria Velez, 53, knows she is lucky to live next to a creek. A stone's throw from her house, other neighborhoods with small apartment buildings are far more built-up and much ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic solutions provider, reports that the official launch schedule of StriX-1, the company's third SAR satellite.
StriX-1 has a launch window starting from mid-September (UTC). Exact lift-off target date and time will be confirmed soon.
Please note that the launch may be postponed or canceled due to unforeseen weather conditions or compl ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 18, 2021 
Scientists now believe more than one asteroid could have impacted Earth, contributing to the extinction of dinosaurs, according to new research.
Researchers discovered evidence of an asteroid impact crater on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean, outlined in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday.
Named the Nadi Crater after a nearby underwater mountain or seamount, the site ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2022 
Chinese lithium hub Sichuan province will ration electricity supply to factories until Saturday, state media reported, as a heatwave sends power demands soaring and dries up reservoirs.
Temperatures in the province - home to nearly 84 million people - have hovered above 40-42 degrees Celsius (104-108 degrees Fahrenheit) since last week, according to data from China's Meteorological Adminis ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 15, 2022 
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed a new method to improve solid-state hydrogen fuel cell charging times.
Hydrogen is gaining significant attention as an efficient way to store 'green energy' from renewables such as wind and solar. Compressed gas is the most common form of hydrogen storage, however it can ... more |
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 Nicosia (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 
A row has erupted in Cyprus after a community leader threatened to dig up the nests of protected turtles because his village is missing out on land development compensation.
On Thursday the authorities said his "inexcusable" threat would undo decades of conservation efforts if it went ahead.
Yiangos Tsivikos, leader of the Ineia community in the Akamas region in the west of the Mediterra ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2022  Reporting restrictions blanketing Hong Kong's largest national security prosecution were lifted on Thursday following an earlier a High Court ruling, shedding new light on pre-trial hearings that have dragged on for more than a year.
Beijing imposed a sweeping security law on Hong Kong after huge and sometimes violent democracy protests.
The law has criminalised most dissent and transfor ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 12, 2022 
From space, parts of the Amazon rainforest that have previously been logged or burned may look fully recovered with a healthy, lush, and green canopy. They may seem to be places buzzing with activity and full of sounds. But inside the rainforest the animal life may tell a different story of damage to their environment through a quieter soundscape.
Scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Fligh ... more |
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