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  Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart - the oldest ever found - alongside a separate fossilised stomach, intestine and liver in an ancient jawed fish, shedding new light on the evolution of our own bodies. The new research, published in Science, found that the position of the organs in the body of arthrodires - an extinct class of armoured fishes that flourished through the Devonian period from 419.2 million years ago to 358.9 million years ago - is similar to modern shark anato ... read more |
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Planet announces new details of hyperspectral offeringSan Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced new details of its commercial hyperspectral constellation, which is being brought to market throu ... more 
ESA selects Harmony as 10th Explorer missionParis (ESA) Sep 25, 2022 Following preparatory activities and a stringent process ESA Member States today formally selected Harmony for implementation as the tenth Earth Explorer mission within the FutureEO programme. This ... more 
Hyperspectral imaging camera ready for assembly into spacecraftAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and cosine has announced that the hyperspectral imaging camera, HyperScout 2 Flight Model instrument, will be onboard the South Australia state satellite a ... more 
China launches new satellite for environment detectionJiuquan (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China sent a new satellite into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert on Wednesday. The Yunhai-1 03 satellite was launched at 7:15 a.m. (Beiji ... more |
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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 At least 15 dead, 113 missing, after Uganda landslides Indonesia's North Sumatra landslide death toll rises to 27 One dead, thousands displaced as floods hit southern Thailand At least 30 feared dead after Uganda landslides: official Senegal signs off on ruling party's parliament landslide Spain govt defends flood response and offers new aid |
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AiDash overhauls utility industry's hazard tree identification with satellite technology and AISan Jose CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 AiDash, a leading provider of satellite- and AI-powered solutions, has announced new hazard tree identification capabilities in its Intelligent Vegetation Management System (IVMS). The innovat ... more  
Marshall Islands halt negotiations with US over nuclear testing legacyMajuro (AFP) Marshall Islands (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 The Marshall Islands halted key negotiations with the US on Friday over ongoing grievances relating to nuclear testing dating back 70 years on the atolls in the heart of the Pacific. ... more  
Indigenous activists raise climate awareness on sidelines of UNGANew York (AFP) Sept 24, 2022 Uyukar Domingo Peas, an Ecuadorian Indigenous activist, says if there are still "reservoirs of natural resources" in the world, it is "because we have protected them for thousands of years." ... more 
Seismic device made for extraterrestrial research can help tackle climate change on earthFukuoka, Japan (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Underground carbon sequestration is a promising approach to fight climate change, yet there are major obstacles to overcome before this technology can be applied on a large scale. A new study from J ... more |
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Why are climate activists calling for reparationsNew York (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Pakistan's catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels, to compensate developing countries for the devastating impacts caused by the climate crisis. ... more 
NASA, First Street Foundation announce collaboration on climate risk researchNew York NY (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, along with the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, have partnered with science and technology nonprofit First St ... more 
China's Yunhai 1-03 satellite set to perform various space tasksJiuquan (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket to send a multitasking satellite into orbit on Wednesday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned space ... more  
Earth from Space: UK heatwaveParis (ESA) Sep 22, 2022 This summer, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the US and Asia with temperatures reaching over 40 C in places - breaking many long-standing records. Images from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 missio ... more |
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Snow: Two weeks less on average in mountain areas than in 1982Bolzano, Italy (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 Two years ago, an initial study of global snow cover announced how in 78 percent of mountain areas, snowfall had declined over the past 20 years. To bolster these observations, the same author has n ... more  
Six people killed in Philippine typhoonSan Ildefonso, Philippines (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year left at least six people dead, authorities said Monday, after heavy rain and fierce winds battered the country's most populous island. ... more 
Pakistan's dire floods signal global climate crisis, PM tells UNUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned Friday that his country's worst-ever floods were a sign of climate catastrophes to come around the world, as he urged justice for developing nations that bear little responsibility for warming. ... more 
The Earth's newest secretSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 It isn't every day that we learn something that fundamentally changes how we understand our world. But for UC Santa Barbara Earth scientist Matthew Jackson and the thousands of volcanologists across ... more 
Canada counts damage after Fiona; Cuba and Florida brace for storm IanMontreal (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Parts of eastern Canada suffered "immense" devastation, officials said Sunday after powerful storm Fiona swept houses into the sea and caused major power outages, as the Caribbean and Florida braced for intensifying Tropical Storm Ian. ... more |
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 Islamabad (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
The water-borne diseases and malnutrition that are plaguing swathes of Pakistan after record monsoon floods threaten to be more deadly than the initial deluge, UN officials warned on Wednesday.
Pakistan has been lashed by unprecedented monsoon downpours flooding a third of the country - an area the size of the United Kingdom - and killing nearly 1,600 people, according to the latest govern ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
The technology, which has been tested in the lab, could ultimately be used for manufacturing and building in difficult-to-access or dangerous locations such as tall buildings or help with post-disaster relief construction, say the researchers.
3D printing is gaining momentum in the construction industry. Both on-site and in the factory, static and mobile robots print materials for use in c ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 
Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare on Friday told the United Nations his South Pacific country remains neutral despite growing ties with China, charging that he has been "vilified" for the relationship with Beijing.
The sprawling archipelago switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 2019 and signed a security pact with Beijing in April, with some critics warning of auth ... more |
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 Tromso, Norway (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Using satellites, we are now able to measure the ice thickness - also in the summer. This is of great importance for the shipping in Arctic and future weather and climate forecasts. The solution is developed by an international team, led by researchers at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the University of Bristol.
"The Arctic ice is melting faster than ever. We need knowledge about ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2021 
Scientists have discovered the earliest-known residue of opioids, according to research conducted at the University of Tel Aviv published Tuesday.
Researchers found the residue in ceramic vessels discovered at Tel Yehud, a city in the Central District of Israel.
Excavation was done at the request of the Israel Antiquities Authority, while the research was done in conjunction with ... more |
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 San Ildefonso, Philippines (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year left at least six people dead, authorities said Monday, after heavy rain and fierce winds battered the country's most populous island.
Typhoon Noru toppled trees, knocked out power and flooded low-lying communities as it swept across Luzon on Sunday and Monday.
There have so far been no reports of widespread severe damage from the st ... more |
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 Yaounde (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
Two civilians were killed in Cameroon after being shot by soldiers, the army said Wednesday, the latest violence in a region hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state.
The army said that the "unfortunate incident" happened on Monday in Nylbat-Andek in country's North West - one of Cameroon's two English-speaking regions - after three soldiers disobeyed orders and ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
As an undergraduate, Mitch Murdock was a rare science-humanities double major, specializing in both English and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Yale University. Today, as a doctoral student in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, he sees obvious ways that his English education expanded his horizons as a neuroscientist.
"One of my favorite parts of English w ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2022  Uyukar Domingo Peas, an Ecuadorian Indigenous activist, says if there are still "reservoirs of natural resources" in the world, it is "because we have protected them for thousands of years."
Peas has been fighting against the destruction of forests for three decades and regrets that states and companies continue to destroy the Amazon despite the urgency of the climate crisis.
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 Vienna VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), has been awarded as part of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order 5 of the contract issued by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), for commercially available space-based radio occultation (RO).
The award, valued at $9.9 million, is the third multi-million dollar NOAA contract Spire has received in FY22.
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense which predates the origin of land plants and modern animals and provides new insight into the early diversification of the plant kingdom.
Discovered at a site in China, this 541-million-year-old fossil is the first and oldest green alga from this era to be preserved in three dimensions, enabling the ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 
Around 200 health organisations and more than 1,400 health professionals on Wednesday called for governments to establish a binding international treaty on phasing out fossil fuels, which they said pose "a grave and escalating threat to human health".
A letter proposing the "fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty" said it could work similarly to the World Health Organization's Framework Conven ... more |
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 Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2022 
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is largely involved in a new battery recycling project. LiBinfinity focuses on a holistic concept for recycling materials of lithium-ion batteries. A mechanico-hydrometallurgical process without energy-intensive process steps will be transferred from the lab to an industry-relevant scale.
KIT will then check whether the recycled materials are suited ... more |
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 East Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Nitrogen may not get the same level of attention as its neighbors on the periodic table, carbon and oxygen. But like its neighbors, it's an element we can't live without.
Nitrogen compounds have important roles in biology, including lowering blood pressure, helping relay signals in our bodies and providing nourishment for plants. In fact, industrially made fertilizers rich in nitrogen have ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2022 
Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes - acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad.
Savvy businesses have started offering crash courses in subjects like home repair and hairdressing, capitalising on a wave of people departing Hong Kong as China cracks down on dissent and strict pan ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Researchers have identified a new reason to protect mangrove forests: they've been quietly keeping carbon out of Earth's atmosphere for the past 5,000 years.
Mangroves thrive in conditions most plants cannot tolerate, like salty coastal waters. Some species have air-conducting, vertical roots that act like snorkels when tides are high, giving the appearance of trees floating on stilts.
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