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  Riverside CA (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year. New research suggests environmental changes caused the first such event in history, which occurred millions of years earlier than scientists previously realized. Most dinosaurs famously disappeared 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period. Prior to that, a majority of Earth's creatures were snuffed out between the Permian and Triassic periods, roughly 252 million years ago. Thanks to ... read more |
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Satellites cast critical eye on coastal dead zonesEast Lansing MI (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 A dead zone in the ocean is as bad as it sounds. Being clueless about dead zones scope and path is worse. Scientists at Michigan State University (MSU) have discovered a birds-eye method to predict ... more  
Russia unveils new icebreaker in push for energy marketsSaint Petersburg (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw the launch of a new nuclear-powered icebreaker as Russia pushes to develop the Arctic and seeks new energy markets amid sanctions over Ukraine. ... more 
Tibetan bottom ice might be younger than previously believed by two orders of magnitudeShanghai, China (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 From September to October of 2015, a 60-person team were gathering on the Guliya ice cap in the Kunlun Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, with the purpose to retrieve the world's oldest ice. In a FEA ... more  
FSU researchers find decrease in crucial trace element preceded ancient mass extinctionTallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 A decline in the element molybdenum across the planet's oceans preceded a significant extinction event approximately 183 million years ago, new research from Florida State University shows. Th ... more |
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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 are Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK |
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Machinery of the stateBoston MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 In Mai Hassan's studies of Kenya, she documented the emergence of a sprawling administrative network officially billed as encouraging economic development, overseeing the population, and bolstering ... more  
Using satellites for faster flood informationBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 Researchers at The University of Queensland have used satellites with radar imaging sensors to see through clouds and map flooding and say the technique could provide faster, more detailed informati ... more  
Turning wastewater into fertilizer is feasible and could help to make agriculture more sustainablePhiladelphia PA (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering researchers at Drexel University. ... more  
Glass-like shells of diatoms help turn light into energy in dim conditionsMontreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 A new study has revealed how the glass-like shells of diatoms help these microscopic organisms perform photosynthesis in dim conditions. A better understanding of how these phytoplankton harvest and ... more |
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Barcelona to impose water restrictions due to droughtBarcelona (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 Barcelona will impose water use restrictions such as banning swimming pools from being filled due to a drought affecting large parts of Spain, local officials said Tuesday. ... more  
Tehran school pupils told to stay home as air pollution spikesTehran (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Schoolchildren in the Iranian capital Tehran were told to stay home on Wednesday because of a spike in air pollution levels in the metropolis of more than nine million people. ... more 
At least 50 hurt after magnitude-6.1 quake in TurkeyIstanbul (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northwest Turkey during Wednesday's early hours, injuring at least 50 people. ... more 
Sixteen dead in DR Congo landslipsBukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 Sixteen people in a mining town in eastern DR Congo have died in landslips triggered by torrential rain, local officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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Indonesia quake survivors appeal for supplies as rain hampers rescueCianjur, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Survivors of an Indonesian earthquake that killed at least 268 people appealed for food and water Wednesday, as heavy rain and aftershocks hampered rescue efforts among the rubble of devastated villages. ... more  
'Sick of everything': Beijingers fed up with tightening restrictionsBeijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 Schools and businesses closed, restaurants empty, and the fear of being locked down at any moment - the Chinese capital is a cauldron of dread and fatigue as Covid curbs tighten nearly three years into the pandemic. ... more  
Germany to pull troops from UN Mali mission by May 2024Berlin (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 Germany will withdraw its troops from the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman said Tuesday, becoming the latest country to announce its pullout from the jihadist-hit country. ... more 
Burkina Faso pounds patriotic drum in anti-jihadist fightOuagadougou (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 With flags, appeals to patriotism and reminders of its revered revolutionary leader, Burkina Faso has been calling for volunteers to join a battered civilian force fighting ruthless jihadis. ... more  
Iran intensifies deadly crackdown in Kurdish regions: rights groupsParis (AFP) Nov 21, 2022 Iranian security forces on Monday intensified a crackdown in western Iran's Kurdish-populated regions that killed a dozen people over 24 hours, directly shooting at protesters and using heavy weapons, rights groups said. ... more |
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 Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
The United States is pressing China and other G20 members to do more on debt relief for the world's poorest countries, a senior US official said Tuesday.
The issue will be highlighted in the final joint statement when the summit in the Indonesian resort island of Bali ends this week, the official said, but there will not be unanimity.
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 
As the number of rocket launches, planetary missions and satellite activities continues to grow, so does junk in space, and many have been pondering the question of how to reduce the amount of debris orbiting Earth. Now, China may have found a solution with its newly deployed "sail" technology.
Hundreds of millions of items of human-made debris are continually circling Earth, including bro ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 18, 2021 
Nearly 200 countries have voted to extend protection to more than 50 species of sharks at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Tuna and Flora (CITIES), the world's largest wildlife summit.
The measure, which was introduced by host nation Panama, offers protection to approximately two-thirds of the species that are targeted in the global shark fin trade. Th ... more |
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 Shanghai, China (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
From September to October of 2015, a 60-person team were gathering on the Guliya ice cap in the Kunlun Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau, with the purpose to retrieve the world's oldest ice. In a FEATURES article published in Science (29/01/2016) entitled "Tibet's Primeval Ice: the quest for the world's oldest ice could yield a Rosetta Stone for how Asia responds to a changing climate", it was wr ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 
The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering researchers at Drexel University. A new study, looking at a process of removing ammonia from wastewater and converting it into fertilizer, suggests that it's not only technically viable, but also could help to reduce the environmenta ... more |
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 
Two days of flooding and landslides in eastern DR Congo have claimed more than 20 lives, officials and police said Saturday.
At least 13 people were killed Friday at an illegal gold mine at Rubaya, in the North Kivu province territory of Masisi.
"The victims were 'diggers' who were in wells and people who were nearby," Jean-Paul Barindikije, secretary of an association of artisanal miner ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 
Germany will withdraw its troops from the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman said Tuesday, becoming the latest country to announce its pullout from the jihadist-hit country.
The government will propose to parliament that Germany's commitment to the MINUSMA operation be extended "in May 2023 for the last time by a year, in order to bring this mission to a st ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 16, 2021 
Wearing a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic presented identification issues at airports and with smartphones, but a new study finds those wearing a mask are also impacted when it comes to recognizing friends and co-workers - even if those people have nothing covering their face.
New research from York University, published Wednesday in the journal Cognitive Research: Principles an ... more |
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 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 20, 2022  Vulnerable nations least responsible for planet-heating emissions have been battling for three decades to get wealthy polluters to pay for climate damages.
Their final push took barely two weeks.
The "loss and damage" inflicted by climate-induced disasters was not even officially up for discussion when UN talks in Egypt began.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
Rain gauges are plentiful around the United States, but that's not the case elsewhere in the world - particularly over oceans and sparsely populated areas. That means scientists and other data users have to rely on satellite measurements - such as those provided by NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission - to fill in the gaps.
The list of data users now includes the U.S. Air ... more |
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 Tallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 
Rapid changes in marine oxygen levels may have played a significant role in driving Earth's first mass extinction, according to a new study led by Florida State University researchers.
About 443 million years ago, life on Earth was undergoing the Late Ordovician mass extinction, or LOME, which eliminated about 85% of marine species. Scientists have long studied this mass extinction and con ... more |
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 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 20, 2022  A fraught UN summit wrapped up Sunday with a landmark deal on funding to help vulnerable countries cope with devastating climate impacts - but also anger over a failure to be more ambitious on cutting emissions.
The two-week talks in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, which at times appeared to teeter on the brink of collapse, delivered a major breakthrough on a fund for climate "lo ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
Along with bitterly cold temperatures, winter usually brings dry air and the occasional zap of static electricity. Those shocks might be annoying, but researchers are working to harness that otherwise wasted energy with triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) to power everyday devices.
Now, in ACS Omega, a team describes an easy way to manufacture these tiny generators out of materials as sim ... more |
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 Panama City (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 
A global wildlife summit in Panama will decide whether to take measures to protect the translucent glass frog and 12 types of freshwater turtles in its final week, which kicked off Monday.
Conservation experts and delegates from more than 180 nations began the week with a decision to maintain a ban on the trade of white rhinoceros horn, despite a request from Eswatini that was backed by Japa ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
Chinese dissident Bao Tong, a top Communist Party official imprisoned in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who became a vocal critic of Beijing, has died at 90 years old, his son said on Twitter.
Bao had spent much of the past three decades under home surveillance or in prison following the Chinese military's violent crackdown on the student movement, which called for democratic ... more |
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 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 17, 2022 
UN climate talks got a boost Wednesday after Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed to fight Amazon deforestation and global leaders reaffirmed key pledges.
While G20 leaders meeting in Indonesia issued a final communique committing to pursue the more ambitious limits on global heating, action on the sidelines of fraught COP27 negotiations in Egypt generated momentum at th ... more |
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