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  Leeds UK (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 There are several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary from a model where the impacting object strikes the newly formed Earth a glancing blow and then escapes, through to one where the collision is so energetic that both the impactor and the Earth are vaporized. Now scientists at the University of Leeds and the University of Chicago have analysed the dynamics of fluids and electrically conducting fluids and concluded that the Earth must ha ... read more |
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EnMAP is ready for scienceMunich, Germany (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 Since its launch seven months ago, the German Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite has been busy collecting data. It has recorded more than 11.4 million square kilometres of ... more  
AIR lofts heavy payload balloon into near-space heightBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 A high-altitude scientific balloon containing 1.2-ton payloads was lifted into the sky and reached an altitude of 30km in a demonstration test that helped validate the payload capacity of a near-spa ... more  
NASA laser project benefits animal researchers, UW scientists showLaramie WY (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow, placing and baiting camera traps to learn about ani ... more  
NASA fieldwork studies signs of climate change in Arctic boreal regionsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 From the window of a NASA Gulfstream III research aircraft, Alaska looks like a pristine wilderness untouched by humans. The land is covered in lush, green vegetation and dotted with bright blue lak ... more |
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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 Spain govt defends flood action as it offers new aid Moderately strong quake hits off central Japan Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20 16 dead, seven missing in Indonesia flood: disaster agency Storm Bert bring widespread flooding in Britain |
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Geophysicist Leigh Royden looks at Earth from the top downBoston MA (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has counted some of the greatest scientists in history among its ranks. Founded in 1652, and named in honor of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, the scienti ... more  
Rice from space promises robust new varietiesBeijing (XNA) Nov 03, 2022 Mutated rice seeds brought from space may provide new species on Earth and result in higher yields than their terrestrial counterparts. At a scientific research demonstration base in Wuhan, Hubei pr ... more  
Underwater heat 'inferno' ravages Mediterranean coralsMarseille (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 In the temperate shallows of the Mediterranean, once-vibrant red and purple coral forests that provide a crucial haven for biodiversity now stand bleached and brittle, transformed into skeletons by record summer temperatures, scientists say. ... more  
Bye-Bye Biomass: forest monitoring satellite departs for final testing before launchParis (ESA) Nov 03, 2022 Biomass, the European Space Agency's (ESA) forest measuring satellite has left the Airbus Defence and Space site in Stevenage and is on its way to Toulouse for final testing ahead of launch. T ... more |
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Colombia declares rainfall disasterBogota (AFP) Nov 1, 2022 Colombia's president decreed a national disaster Tuesday after record-breaking rainfalls killed more than 200 people in recent months. ... more  
Floods wash away salt industry and tourism at Senegal's 'Pink Lake'Rufisque, Senegal (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 Maguette Ndiour stands on the edge of Senegal's Lake Retba, famous for its pink-hued waters, and points to a mound of salt slowly being shovelled into bags by men toiling under the hot midday sun. ... more  
More rain on the way as Philippine storm death toll hits 150Manila (AFP) Nov 3, 2022 The death toll from a powerful storm that triggered flooding and landslides across the Philippines has reached 150, disaster officials said Thursday, as more rain was forecast in some of the hardest-hit areas. ... more  
US targets Somali arms network for sanctionsWashington (AFP) Nov 1, 2022 The US Treasury slapped sanctions on arms suppliers for Islamic State-Somalia and the Al-Shabaab rebels Tuesday, two days after Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for bombings that killed at least 100 in Mogadishu. ... more |
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AU mediator to give update on Ethiopia peace talksJohannesburg (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 The African Union mediator leading negotiations aimed at ending a devastating two-year conflict between the Ethiopian government and rebel authorities in Tigray, will give an update later on Wednesday, Pretoria said. ... more 
Ethiopia warring parties agree to cease hostilitiesPretoria (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 The warring sides in Ethiopia announced Wednesday an agreement to silence their guns after two years of devastating conflict that have claimed thousands of lives and left millions needing aid in Africa's second most populous country. ... more 
Burkina Faso says 'fighting for survival' against jihadistsOuagadougou (AFP) Nov 1, 2022 Burkina Faso's defence minister on Tuesday declared the country was fighting for "survival" in its seven-year-old battle with jihadists as he urged the public to throw itself into the campaign. ... more  
Scholz vows not to ignore 'controversies' on China visitBerlin (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged on Wednesday not to ignore "controversies" during a high-stakes trip to China this week, which has sparked a storm of criticism. ... more  
Nobel laureates urge Egypt to release jailed dissidentCairo (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 Fifteen Nobel laureates called on COP27 host Egypt to release jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, in an open letter published Wednesday ahead of the global climate summit. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 2, 2021 
As most of the United States prepares to fall back from daylight saving time on Sunday, a new study claims year-round daylight would save nearly 37,000 deer that would otherwise die every year in traffic collisions.
The University of Washington study, published Wednesday in the journal Current Biology, estimates permanent daylight saving time would also save dozens of people involved in ... more |
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 Laramie WY (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 
Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow, placing and baiting camera traps to learn about animals' behavior in relation to their habitat.
In recent years, this on-the-ground work has received a big boost from what might seem to be an unlikely source: NASA.
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 Punaca Tinta Maria, Bolivia (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 
An abandoned boat rests on the cracked earth where formerly it floated. Lake Poopo, once Bolivia's second-largest, has mostly disappeared - taking with it a centuries-old culture reliant entirely on its bounty.
Felix Mauricio, a member of the Uru Indigenous community, used to be a fisherman. Now 82, he gazes over a barren landscape and chews coca leaf to suppress the hunger pains.
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 3, 2022  Glaciers at many UNESCO World Heritage sites including Yellowstone and Kilimanjaro National Park will likely vanish by 2050, the UN agency warned Thursday, urging leaders to act fast to save the rest.
The warning followed a study of 18,600 glaciers at 50 World Heritage sites - covering around 66,000 square kilometres (25,000 square miles) - which found glaciers at a third of the sites were ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 
Cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on Monday despite Russia's decision to pull out from a landmark deal designed to ease the global food crisis.
As one of the brokers of the grain deal, Turkey has stepped up diplomacy with the two warring countries in a bid to save it as Russia warned that continuing to enforce the agreement without its partici ... more |
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 Rufisque, Senegal (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 
Maguette Ndiour stands on the edge of Senegal's Lake Retba, famous for its pink-hued waters, and points to a mound of salt slowly being shovelled into bags by men toiling under the hot midday sun.
"This is the last of what we were able to save as the waters rose," Ndiour, the head of an association of artisanal salt collectors, says of the 200-tonne pile.
In two months, he says, they wil ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 
The African Union mediator leading negotiations aimed at ending a devastating two-year conflict between the Ethiopian government and rebel authorities in Tigray, will give an update later on Wednesday, Pretoria said.
The negotiations began last Tuesday in South Africa, the first formal dialogue to try to end a war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed a desperate huma ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 25, 2021 
Scientists have sequenced the oldest human DNA discovered in Britain and discovered two unique population groups that lived in Britain after the last ice age.
A sample discovered in Gough's Cave in Somerset, England, from approximately 14,000 years ago, was compared to a sample from approximately 1,000 years later, which was discovered in Kendrick's Cave, Wales.
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 London (AFP) Nov 2, 2022  Britain's new prime minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday announced he will join the UN climate conference in Egypt after all, having provoked anger for refusing to attend the global event early into his tenure.
Sunak had argued that "pressing domestic commitments" would keep him away from COP27 in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh - after inheriting an economic crisis from predecessor Liz ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 01, 2022 
There are times when we could all do with a bit of magic in our lives. And, with the Global Climate Observing System announcement of 'terrestrial water storage' as a completely new Essential Climate Variable, the world of climate research and climate crisis response would certainly benefit from a satellite mission called MAGIC.
The Global Climate Observing System - or GCOS for short - is a ... more |
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 Leeds UK (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 
There are several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary from a model where the impacting object strikes the newly formed Earth a glancing blow and then escapes, through to one where the collision is so energetic that both the impactor and the Earth are vaporized.
Now scientists at the University of Leeds and the University of Chicag ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 1, 2022 
The United States announced a clean energy partnership on Tuesday with the United Arab Emirates worth $100 billion, the White House said.
The Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy (PACE) will aim to develop low-emission energy sources to distribute 100 gigawatts of clean energy worldwide by 2035, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
The two countries will a ... more |
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 Saint Petersburg (AFP) Nov 1, 2022 
Russia on Tuesday dispatched one of six giant magnets needed for the ITER nuclear fusion programme in France, one of the last international scientific projects Moscow participates in despite the Ukraine conflict.
The ship carrying the Russian-made magnet - or "poloidal field coil" - departed Saint Petersburg on Tuesday under grey skies.
On board, the massive nine-metre-wide coil, whic ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Nov 3, 2022 
From Colombia to Sweden, applicants are lining up for what has been touted as a dream job in the ruggedly beautiful New Zealand wilderness watching over a shy flightless bird.
The job, like the bird, hardly got off the ground when it was first advertised by New Zealand's Department of Conservation last month, attracting just three applicants.
But then word seeped out that the position of ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 
Hong Kong's US-sanctioned leader said political stability and business confidence have been restored following the crushing of democracy protests, as he opened a summit on Wednesday attended by global bankers including leading Wall Street executives.
The Asian business hub is hosting a week of high-profile events after years of political unrest and pandemic travel curbs tarnished the city's ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Nov 2, 2022 
Germany said Wednesday it was ready to resume sending financial aid to Brazil to combat deforestation following Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election triumph, after a similar move by Norway.
"We are in principle prepared to release the frozen funds," said a development ministry spokesman in Berlin. "We will now talk to the transition team in Brazil about the details."
He was referring to ... more |
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