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  Paris (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion tonnes of carbon emissions while preserving enough cropland to feed a booming population, research suggested Tuesday. More than half of people globally currently live in cities and this proportion is set to rise markedly by 2050. According to some estimates, the infrastructure needed to accommodate up to 10 billion people by mid-century could exceed that constructed since the dawn of the indust ... read more |
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Pakistan floods 'worst in country's history', aid efforts gather paceSukkur, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on Tuesday to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives. ... more 
Misery mounts for millions in Pakistan's 'monsoon on steroids'Mingora, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 Army helicopters flew sorties over cut-off areas in Pakistan's mountainous north Wednesday and rescue parties fanned out across waterlogged plains in the south as misery mounted for millions trapped by the worst floods in the country's history. ... more  
Lives swept away: rescued tourists recount Pakistan flood horrorMingora, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 It was midnight when Yasmin and her family were ordered to urgently evacuate their room at the Honeymoon Hotel, perched above the picturesque ice-blue waters of the Swat river. ... more  
'Burning with pain': Pakistan floods threaten major health crisisSukkur, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 At a charity clinic in a southern Pakistani village, dozens of people affected by relentless rains and floods crowd around the door waiting to talk to a volunteer doctor. ... more |
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A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be? 'I'm out of here': French town waits for flood to recede 'I'm out of here': French town braces for rising floods Typhoons, drought wreck Philippine economic growth target Avalanche kills four Norwegian skiers in French Alps Avalanche kills three Norwegian skiers in French Alps Avalanche kills three Norwegian skiers in the French Alps EU sends power generators to Ireland after Storm Eowyn Ireland, parts of UK fight to restore power after Storm Eowyn |
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Norwegian, German firms team up for CO2 capture projectOslo (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 Two energy firms announced Tuesday a project to take carbon dioxide captured in Germany through a pipeline to an offshore storage site in Norway. ... more  
UN forecasts rare 'triple-dip' La Nina climate effectGeneva (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 The La Nina weather phenomenon is likely to last until at least the end of the year, the United Nations forecast Wednesday, becoming the first "triple-dip" La Nina this century. ... more  
Pakistan floods fuel 'back-breaking' food inflationLahore, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 Catastrophic monsoon floods in Pakistan have sent food prices skyrocketing, putting many staples out of the reach of the poor as the cash-strapped nation battles shortages. ... more 
Scientists have calculated what can unbalance El NinoYekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Aug 26, 2022 Physicists and mathematicians of the Ural Federal University (UrFU) have calculated how external factors affect the behavior of El Nino - atmospheric and oceanic processes in the Pacific region. In ... more |
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Zapped survivors: Some tropical trees won't be defeated by lightningPanama City, Panama (SPX) Aug 29, 2022 Sheltering under a tall tree during a thunderstorm is not a great idea, given that lightning often strikes the tallest thing around. However, we may not think much about the fate of the trees themse ... more  
Significant increase in freshwater entering Arctic Ocean through Bering StraitSolomons MD (SPX) Aug 29, 2022 A new study has confirmed that over the past 30 years the volume of freshwater flowing through Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean has increased by 40-50%, which means that the Arctic Ocean is becom ... more  
Crucial evidence explains anomalously fast convergence between India and Asia in MesozoicBeijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2022 Closure of the Neo-Tethys Ocean and the subsequent formation of the Tibetan Plateau is one of the most significant tectonic events on Earth. How the Indian subcontinent drifted northward anomalously ... more 
Mississippi declares drinking water emergency for state capitalWashington (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 Mississippi officials declared a health emergency Tuesday after historic flooding damaged treatment systems and left 180,000 people in the state capital Jackson without safe drinking water. ... more |
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UN ship arrives in Africa with grain for Ethiopia's hungryDjibouti (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 A UN-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat destined for millions of hungry people in Ethiopia docked in neighbouring Djibouti on Tuesday. ... more 
Powerful typhoon nears southern Japan islandsTokyo (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 Japan's weather agency said Tuesday "very strong" typhoon Hinnamnor was nearing several remote southern islands, prompting warnings for local residents to seek shelter before it becomes too dangerous. ... more  
France sweltered under 2nd-hottest summer on recordParis (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 Three heatwaves since June produced France's second-hottest summer since records began in 1900, the Meteo France weather service said Tuesday, warning that scorching temperatures will be increasingly common. ... more  
China's Communist Party Congress to open October 16Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 China's ruling Communist Party will begin its 20th Party Congress on October 16, state media reported Tuesday, a landmark meeting at which President Xi Jinping is expected to be anointed as the country's most powerful leader in decades. ... more  
Last member of Brazilian indigenous community found deadBras�lia (AFP) Aug 29, 2022 The last of his people, a Brazilian indigenous man known only as "the man of the hole" has been found dead, decades after the rest of his uncontacted tribe were killed off by ranchers and illegal miners, officials said. ... more |
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 Mingora, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 
It was midnight when Yasmin and her family were ordered to urgently evacuate their room at the Honeymoon Hotel, perched above the picturesque ice-blue waters of the Swat river.
They had swapped the sticky Lahore summer for the cooler climes of the northeastern mountains last week when they became embroiled in one of Pakistan's worst disasters - one that has left more than 1,100 dead and a ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 26, 2022 
In NASA's hunt for water and resources beyond Earth, a new technology could coat the "skin" of a satellite, turning its entire surface into a sensor that tallies the chemicals present on distant planets.
Solving the mysteries of our home planet, solar system, and beyond is a key priority for NASA, and the new sensor could be a powerful tool in the investigation. Mahmooda Sultana, an instru ... more |
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 Reston VA (SPX) Aug 25, 2022 
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE 500 science and technology leader, was recently selected by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to design and build a medium-size unmanned undersea vehicle. The single award, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract holds an approximate value of $358 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Lynnwood, Washington.
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 Ottawa (AFP) Aug 26, 2022  NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday stressed the need to beef up security along the alliance's northern flank to counter Russia, as he wrapped up a visit to Canada that included a tour of its Arctic defenses.
"The high north is strategically important for Euro-Atlantic security," Stoltenberg told a news conference at an air base in Cold Lake, Alberta, noting that with Finland a ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 
Nearly 150 cats bound for slaughterhouses have been rescued by police in eastern China, an international animal welfare organisation said.
The animals were crammed into rusty cages when they were found by police in the eastern city of Jinan in Shandong province, Humane Society International (HSI) said in a statement Tuesday.
A gang placed sparrows in cages as bait and used a remote contr ... more |
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 Yola, Nigeria (AFP) Aug 30, 2022  Half a million Nigerians have been affected by floods caused by heavy rains since the start of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday.
Twenty-three of Africa's most populous country's 36 states are affected by seasonal flooding, with northeastern states particularly hard-hit this year.
Buhari's office said emergency services were providing aid and he was receiving regular u ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) Aug 27, 2022 
The UN on Saturday condemned a deadly Ethiopian air strike on a kindergarten in war-torn Tigray as fighting between rebels and government forces intensified along the region's border.
The air raid on the city of Mekele came just days after fighting returned to Ethiopia's north, shattering a five-month truce and dimming hopes of peace talks to end the brutal war.
On Saturday, the governme ... more |
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 Bras�lia (AFP) Aug 29, 2022  The last of his people, a Brazilian indigenous man known only as "the man of the hole" has been found dead, decades after the rest of his uncontacted tribe were killed off by ranchers and illegal miners, officials said.
Having lived in complete isolation for 26 years, the man - whose real name was never known to the outside world - was found in a hammock in a hut in the Tanaru indigenous t ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Aug 30, 2022 
A group of international scientists led by Cornell is - more rigorously and systematically than ever before - evaluating if and how the stratosphere could be made just a little bit "brighter," reflecting more incoming sunlight so that an ever-warming Earth maintains its cool.
Their work was published Aug. 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Aug 30, 2022 
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) received its first call order, worth $1.7 million, from NASA to evaluate accessibility, accuracy, quality and utility of the Company's imaging data services for the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.
"New discoveries in Earth science can be accelerated with innovative research methods and real-time dynamic data sets that keep up with ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Aug 30, 2022 
New Curtin research has found evidence that Earth's early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar System passed into and out of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, turning traditional thinking about our planet's formation on its head.
The new research, published in Geology, challenges the existing theory that Earth's crust was solely formed by processes inside our pl ... more |
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 Panama City, Panama (SPX) Aug 30, 2022 
Globalstar (NYSE American: GSAT), has partnered with Globalsat Group to deploy a jointly developed IoT solution powered by Globalstar's satellite network designed to monitor renewable energy stations located in remote areas of Latin America. The initial deployment will include 23,000 devices throughout the region with an expectation of additional opportunities in the short term.
The energy ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 25, 2022 
There's still plenty of room at the bottom to generate piezoelectricity. Engineers at Rice University and their colleagues are showing the way. A new study describes the discovery of piezoelectricity - the phenomenon by which mechanical energy turns into electrical energy - across phase boundaries of two-dimensional materials.
The work led by Rice materials scientists Pulickel Ajayan and H ... more |
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 Quito (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 
Prosecutors in Ecuador on Monday announced an investigation into the alleged hunting and killing of four giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands, a unique and fragile ecosystem considered a world heritage site.
The prosecutor's office said on Twitter it was investigating the "suspected hunting and killing of four giant tortoises in the Galapagos National Park wetland complex."
A unit t ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2022  China's ruling Communist Party will begin its 20th Party Congress on October 16, state media reported Tuesday, a landmark meeting at which President Xi Jinping is expected to be anointed as the country's most powerful leader in decades.
The congress in the capital Beijing comes as Xi faces significant political headwinds, including an ailing economy, deteriorating relations with the United S ... more |
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 Panama City, Panama (SPX) Aug 29, 2022 
Sheltering under a tall tree during a thunderstorm is not a great idea, given that lightning often strikes the tallest thing around. However, we may not think much about the fate of the trees themselves, at least not as much as a team of scientists whose research on the effects of lightning on tropical forests was recently published in Nature Plants.
Combining the expertise of lightning sc ... more |
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