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  Geneva (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday. Heatwaves are predicted to "exceed human physiological and social limits" in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and south and southwest Asia, with extreme events triggering "large-scale suffering and loss of life", the organisations said. Heatwave catastrophes this year in countries like Somalia and Pakistan foreshadow a future ... read more |
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Hurricane Ian death toll climbs above 100 in Florida aloneMiami (AFP) Oct 11, 2022 The death toll from Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, soared above 100 in Florida alone on Monday, officials said. ... more  
China moves to stamp out Covid outbreaks before Communist Party CongressShanghai (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 China recorded more than 2,000 Covid cases on Monday, its highest level for a month, as officials imposed new lockdowns and restrictions to stop outbreaks from spreading to the capital ahead of the Communist Party Congress. ... more  
Iraq drought displaces 1,200 families in parched southNasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought ravages swathes of the country. ... more 
Climate refugees flee as Bangladesh villages washed awayBangla Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 For generations Paban Baroi's family guarded a temple to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, until Bangladesh's mighty Padma river wreaked havoc of its own, wiping out the shrine, their home, and 200 other houses in their village. ... more |
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Angry at Spain's flood response, 100,000 rally in Valencia
More than 122,000 people evacuated in Malaysia due to floods Floods displace 122,000 people in Malaysia Thailand flooding kills nine, displaces thousands Jihadists, allies breach Syria's second city in lightning assault Jihadists, allies enter Syria's second city in lightning assault Rallies mark one month since Spain's catastrophic floods Traumatised Spain marks one month since catastrophic floods Death toll from Uganda landslides rises to 20: Red Cross Floods kill 8, tens of thousands evacuate in Malaysia, Thailand |
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Why the Salton Sea is turning into toxic dustRiverside CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2022 The Salton Sea, California's most polluted inland lake, has lost a third of its water in the last 25 years. New research has determined a decline in Colorado River flow is the reason for that shrink ... more  
Neighbors, rescuers search for missing after Venezuela landslideLas Tejerias, Venezuela (AFP) Oct 11, 2022 Neighbors helped rescue teams comb through mud and debris Monday for signs of dozens of people missing after a landslide swept through a town in Venezuela, killing at least 36. ... more 
As oceans rise, are some nations doomed to vanish?United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 If rising seas engulf the Maldives and Tuvalu, will those countries be wiped off the map? And what happens to their citizens? ... more  
At the gateway to the Arctic, a world in turmoilChurchill, Canada (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 Sled dog breeder David Daley lives at the gateway to the Canadian Arctic, occupying a front-row seat to the march of global warming, and he senses calamity ahead. ... more |
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Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for coralsMarsa Alam, Egypt (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 Beneath the waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world's "last coral refuge" as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say. ... more 
Taking salt out of the water equationThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 Ultrathin polymer-based ordered membranes that effectively remove salt from seawater and brine could provide a promising alternative to existing water desalination systems, a KAUST-led team demonstr ... more 
Protesters glue hands to cover of Picasso paintingSydney (AFP) Oct 9, 2022 Two climate activists glued their hands to the perspex cover of Picasso's anti-war painting "Massacre in Korea" in a Melbourne art gallery on Sunday, police, protesters and the gallery said. ... more  
250 pilot whales die in remote New Zealand strandingWellington (AFP) Oct 8, 2022 About 250 pilot whales have died after beaching on New Zealand's remote Chatham Island where the shark risk makes attempts to refloat them too dangerous, the government said Saturday. ... more |
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Doubts over Ethiopia peace talks as Kenya envoy says won't attendNairobi (AFP) Oct 7, 2022 Kenya's former president Uhuru Kenyatta, one of the key players in African Union-led efforts to bring peace to Ethiopia, said Friday he would not be attending negotiations expected to begin this weekend, raising doubts over whether the talks would go ahead. ... more 
Deadly Burkina jihadist attack, catalyst for latest coupOuagadougou (AFP) Oct 8, 2022 Haulier Aziz falters as he describes how jihadists attacked a convoy of lorries laden with food for a starving town in northern Burkina Faso on September 26, events which contributed to the country's latest coup. ... more  
Rights champions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus win Nobel Peace PrizeOslo (AFP) Oct 7, 2022 Human rights watchdogs from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, with the jury criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin's "authoritarian" regime as he waged war in Ukraine. ... more  
UN rights vote Pyrrhic victory for China, say campaignersGeneva (AFP) Oct 8, 2022 The UN Human Rights Council damaged its credibility by dodging a discussion on Xinjiang, experts say, but campaigners brand it a Pyrrhic victory for China with Beijing's impunity finally dented. ... more 
Poverty, climate, space: China's progress in 10 years under XiBeijing (AFP) Oct 6, 2022 Xi Jinping's China has dragged millions out of extreme poverty, sent spacecraft to the Moon and committed itself to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 
As a declaration of its firm commitment to innovation-led, progress-seeking sustainable development, technology multinational GMV has joined the United Nations Global Compact, a worldwide initiative. With this step, GMV takes up and assumes the legacy of one of its subsidiaries, which joined the Global Compact in 2014.
The Global Compact is the world's leading corporate sustainability init ... more |
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 Santa Fe NM (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent in-orbit communications available, announced its currently in development, Deke Space Communicator will provide a cost-effective and easy communications solution to support end-of-life decommissioning of spacecraft. When installed on satellites prior to initial launch, the Solstar Deke Space Communicator will give satellite operators persist ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 7, 2022 
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Friday he has assured Australia that his nation will not allow a Chinese military presence in its territory.
The island nation has been at the centre of a diplomatic tussle in the southern Pacific Ocean between the United States, Australia and their allies on one side and an increasingly assertive China on the other.
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 Churchill, Canada (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 
Sled dog breeder David Daley lives at the gateway to the Canadian Arctic, occupying a front-row seat to the march of global warming, and he senses calamity ahead.
"For all the devastation that we're doing to her, she's not going to sit still, our planet Mother Earth will punish us," Daley says.
Daley's hometown of Churchill is an isolated settlement at the edge of the Hudson Bay where gl ... more |
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) has introduced its next-generation displays for precision agriculture applications-the Trimble GFX-1060 and GFX-1260 displays. Trimble's portfolio of innovative displays enables farmers to complete in-field operations quickly and efficiently while also mapping and monitoring field information in real time with precision. With a range of functionality and price points, farm ... more |
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 Miami (AFP) Oct 11, 2022 
The death toll from Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, soared above 100 in Florida alone on Monday, officials said.
Homes, restaurants and businesses were ripped apart when Ian roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on September 26.
The confirmed number of storm-related fatalities rose to 102 statewide, the Florida Medical Examiners Co ... more |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) Oct 8, 2022  Haulier Aziz falters as he describes how jihadists attacked a convoy of lorries laden with food for a starving town in northern Burkina Faso on September 26, events which contributed to the country's latest coup.
Aziz was driving his lorry carrying rice and grain near the back of the 207-vehicle convoy under military escort when gunfire broke out near Gaskinde.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 3, 2021 
A Swedish scientist has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his groundbreaking research that proved modern humans once procreated with ancient Neanderthals.
Svante Paabo, an evolutionary geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, received the award for sequencing the ancient genome of the human-like species that went extinct about ... more |
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 Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 
Some 1,200 Iraqi families have been forced out of southern marshes and farmlands over the past six months, a local official told AFP, as drought ravages swathes of the country.
The Mesopotamian Marshes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, have been battered by low rainfall and reduced flows in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers due to dams built upstream in Turkey and Iran.
Oil-rich Iraq, battere ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Earth Blox, the no-code Earth observation platform for data analysts, has announced a low-touch SaaS offering at Google's Geo for Good Summit in Mountain View, California and invited delegates to register for early access.
Launching early in the new year, the program will give data scientists and analysts access to the software for free for a limited time. Participants will be asked to par ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 
Fish fossils dating back 440 million years are helping to "fill some of the key gaps" on how humans evolved from fish, researchers said on Wednesday.
Two fossil deposits of ancient fish in Guizhou, southern China, and Chongqing in the southwest were discovered by scientists during a field study in 2019.
The fossils "help to trace many human body structures back to ancient fishes, some 44 ... more |
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 Zurich (AFP) Oct 7, 2022 
The world will meet its goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions nearly two decades later than planned at its current investment rates, Swiss Re said in a report Friday.
The reinsurer calculated that since nations set the goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 in the 2015 Paris agreement, only two percent of the needed investments have been made.
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 11, 2022 
NASA researchers are making progress with developing an innovative battery pack that is lighter, safer, and performs better than batteries commonly used in vehicles and large electronics today.
Their work - part of NASA's commitment to sustainable aviation - seeks to improve battery technology through investigating the use of solid-state batteries for aviation applications such as electric ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 07, 2022 
Trying to decipher all of the factors that influence the behavior of complex ecological communities can be a daunting task. However, MIT researchers have now shown that the behavior of these ecosystems can be predicted based on just two pieces of information: the number of species in the community and how strongly they interact with each other.
In studies of bacteria grown in the lab, the ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 7, 2022 
President Xi Jinping has embarked on a "final round of purges" ahead of a major Chinese Communist Party congress, wielding his long-running anti-corruption campaign to cement his grasp on power, analysts say.
When he became leader a decade ago, Xi vowed to root out dishonest officials, both senior "tigers" and low-ranking "flies".
More than 1.5 million officials have been punished since ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 7, 2022  Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon broke the monthly record for September, according to official figures released Friday, triggering calls from environmentalists to vote far-right President Jair Bolsonaro out of office later this month.
In the latest worrying news on the rainforest, satellite monitoring showed 1,455 square kilometers (562 square miles) of forest cover was destroyed in the ... more |
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