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  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 RDARS Inc. (CSE: RDRS) (OTCQB: RDRSF), an autonomous robotics and drone technology company developing advanced systems for alarm system augmentation and surveillance, is pleased to announce its successful integration of the SpaceX Starlink High Speed internet services into its Eagle Nest Drone-in-a-Box product. This achievement provides RDARS with a unique Eagle Watch data transmission platform that delivers extremely reliable internet connectivity even in areas where cellular and other networks m ... read more |
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Rethinking mountain water securityBirmingham UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 Water security in mountain regions relies on a broader understanding of the complex interlinks of water supply and demand that goes far beyond the study of glacier melt. Current information on ... more  
An easier way to remove medical devicesBoston MA (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 By taking advantage of a phenomenon that leads to fractures in metal, MIT researchers have designed medical devices that could be used inside the body as stents, staples, or drug depots, then safely ... more  
Keysight combines 5G and SatNav systems to accelerate location based servicesSanta Rosa CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2022 Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced ... more  
Climate change to impact mountains on a global scaleJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 Under the threat of climate change, mountain landscapes all over the world have the risk of becoming more hazardous to communities surrounding them, while their accelerated evolution may bring furth ... more |
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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 Landslide kills nine in DR Congo Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK |
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Farmers in China, Uganda move to high-yielding, cost-saving perennial riceUrbana IL (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 After more than 9,000 years in cultivation, annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial. The advancement means farmers can plant just once and reap up to eight harvests without sacr ... more  
Republican 'red wave' hopes fizzle in US midterm voteWashington (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 President Joe Biden's agenda hung in the balance early Wednesday as a predicted Republican wave failed to materialize in congressional elections fought against a backdrop of stubbornly high inflation and fears for US democracy. ... more 
Nile is in mortal danger, from its source to the seaAlty, Sudan (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile. ... more  
Heatwaves could kill 90,000 Europeans per year by 2100: EEACopenhagen (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency said. ... more |
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Colonists nibble at Gran Chaco, South America's other big forestResistencia, Argentina (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 Dwarfed by its more prestigious sibling, the Amazon, South America's second largest forest is a little-known victim of 25 years of gradual invasion by agriculture. ... more 
Pressure mounts on Egypt to release hunger-striking dissidentSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 International pressure mounted Tuesday for the "immediate release" of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, whose family fears for his life after he escalated his hunger strike by refusing water too as COP27 opened. ... more 
Colombia, Venezuela launch COP27 call to save AmazonSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro, launched a call Tuesday at the COP27 climate summit for a wide-ranging alliance to protect the Amazon, the planet's biggest tropical forest. ... more  
France to unveil shift in West Africa anti-jihadist fightParis (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron will announce Wednesday a strategic shift for its military forces deployed in the Sahel region of Western Africa which are helping several countries contain jihadist insurgencies, his office said Tuesday. ... more |
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Global South needs $2 trillion a year to tame, cope with climateSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 Developing and emerging countries - excluding China - need investments well beyond $2 trillion annually by 2030 if the world is to stop the global warming juggernaut and cope with its impacts, according to a UN-backed report released Tuesday. ... more 
Tough choices as Brazil's Lula gets down to businessBras�lia (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 Fresh off a celebratory beach holiday, Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got down to uglier business Monday: figuring out how to govern with a hostile Congress, nasty budget crunch and impossible-looking to-do list. ... more 
Africa facing climate impact 'nightmare': Kenyan presidentSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 The crushing impacts of climate change are already a "living nightmare" for people across Africa, Kenyan President William Ruto told world leaders at UN talks on Monday. ... more
At least 15,000 killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHOCopenhagen (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 At least 15,000 people have died in Europe because of hot weather in 2022 so far, the World Health Organization said Monday, with Spain and Germany among the worst-affected countries. ... more 
Military leaders of Ethiopia warring parties talk disarmamentNairobi (AFP) Nov 7, 2022 Ethiopian government officials met with representatives of the Tigrayan authorities in Kenya on Monday to discuss plans for disarming the rebels following a peace deal signed last week between the warring sides. ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still.
The metropolis of Mumbai, one of India's biggest, grew by some eight million people in the past 30 years - the rough equivalent of the whole of New York City - to a population of 20 million, and is forecast to ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, has announced the completion of an ~5% investment in Officina Stellare ("OS"). This includes an option for Satellogic to expand its ownership to up to 12% in the next 36 months and the appointment of Emiliano Kargieman, CEO and Co-Founder of Satellogic, to the OS Board of Directors.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 07, 2022 
Each year, hundreds of meteorites - rocky bodies left over from the formation of the solar system - bombard Earth, delivering minerals, metals and water to our planet. Analyzing the crevices and mineral-rich deposits inside meteorites not only reveals the early history of planet formation but may provide clues about how the young Earth acquired water and other ingredients essential for life.
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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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 Urbana IL (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 
After more than 9,000 years in cultivation, annual paddy rice is now available as a long-lived perennial. The advancement means farmers can plant just once and reap up to eight harvests without sacrificing yield, an important step change relative to "ratooning," or cutting back annual rice to obtain second, weaker harvest.
A new report in Nature Sustainability chronicles agronomic, economi ... more |
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 Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) Nov 9, 2022 
Dawn is just breaking over the Central African Republic's capital Bangui as Pacome Koyeke glides his dug-out canoe over the silent misty waters of the Ubangui river.
The tributary of the mighty Congo often floods during the rainy season, but this year the water levels have been catastrophic for the nation at the heart of the African continent.
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
French President Emmanuel Macron will announce Wednesday a strategic shift for its military forces deployed in the Sahel region of Western Africa which are helping several countries contain jihadist insurgencies, his office said Tuesday.
Macron will travel to a naval base at Toulon to officially mark the end of the Barkhane operation, following the pull-out of French forces from Mali earlier ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 8, 2021  Archaeologists in Italy have discovered more than 20 bronze statues dating back over 2,000 years, which could help rewrite a part of history, Italy's cultural ministry confirmed Tuesday.
The 24 Etruscan figures were discovered inside an ancient Tuscan Thermal spring in San Casciano die Bagni, about 100 miles north of Rome, the ministry said in a statement.
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 
Under the threat of climate change, mountain landscapes all over the world have the risk of becoming more hazardous to communities surrounding them, while their accelerated evolution may bring further environmental risks to surrounding areas.
This is according to a scientist from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, who, on the eve of the COP27 climate meeting ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 
New research uses NASA satellite observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe.
From Lake Pontchartrain to the Texas border, Louisiana has lost enough wetlands since the mid-1950s to cover the entire state of Rhode Island. Using a first-of-its-kind model, NASA-funded researchers quantified those wetlands losses at nearly 21 square miles (54 squ ... more |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 
A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end of the Ediacaran Period some 550 million years ago.
The research spearheaded by Scott Evans, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geosciences, part of the Virginia Tech ... more |
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 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
Developing and emerging countries - excluding China - need investments well beyond $2 trillion annually by 2030 if the world is to stop the global warming juggernaut and cope with its impacts, according to a UN-backed report released Tuesday.
A trillion dollars should come from rich countries, investors and multilateral development banks, said the analysis commissioned by Britain and Egypt ... more |
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 Notre Dame, IN (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 
Yanliang Zhang, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and collaborators Alexander Dowling and Tengfei Luo have developed a machine-learning assisted superfast new way to create high-performance, energy-saving thermoelectric devices.
The novel process uses intense pulsed light to sinter thermoelectric material in less than a second (con ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 4, 2022 
The future of the platypus, a unique duck-billed, egg-laying mammal only found in Australia, is under threat because they cannot climb over tall river dams, according to a new study.
The platypus is an oddity in many ways. As well as its duck-like bill and egg-laying, it is a rare venomous mammal, brandishing centimetre-long poisonous spurs on its hind legs.
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2022 
Canada's public broadcaster said it has closed its China news bureau after more than 40 years of operating in the country, saying their journalist's "repeated requests" for a work visa had been ignored.
CBC News Editor-in-Chief Brodie Fenlon wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the China correspondent for French-language counterpart Radio-Canada had not received a visa since applying in O ... more |
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 Resistencia, Argentina (AFP) Nov 8, 2022 
Dwarfed by its more prestigious sibling, the Amazon, South America's second largest forest is a little-known victim of 25 years of gradual invasion by agriculture.
The Gran Chaco indigenous forest that spans one million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) across Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia is at the mercy of ravenous soybean and sunflower crops, as well as pasture land.
Comprisi ... more |
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