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  Paris (ESA) Nov 23, 2022 ESA and 22 other European space actors have come together to sign a "Statement for a Responsible Space Sector". Space exploration has allowed us to look back on our planet in a way that no human could imagine before, revealing a fragile world with limited resources. As today's statement explains, the responsibility to take care of our planet extends to and depends on, our actions in space. ESA is honoured to collaborate with space stakeholders in the signature of this Statement for a Responsible S ... read more |
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Crunch UN biodiversity meeting seeks to save 'planet in crisis'Paris (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Delegates from nearly 200 countries meet in Montreal next week to hammer out a new global biodiversity deal to protect ecosystems and species from further human destruction. ... more  
At least two dead as tornadoes, storms hammer US SouthHouston (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 Intense storms spawning dozens of tornadoes tore through large swathes of the US South leaving at least two people dead, knocking out power to thousands and damaging several homes, authorities said Wednesday. ... more  
Financing for nature must more than double by 2025: UN reportWashington (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 The world must drastically increase financing for nature-based solutions to meet key climate, biodiversity, and land degradation goals, a United Nations report said Thursday. ... more  
Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls, but up 60% under BolsonaroRio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Qatar in the 12 months through July, according to official figures released Wednesday, which showed a decline from the year before - but a sharp increase overall under outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro. ... more |
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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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Natural disaster losses hit $115 bn this year: Swiss ReGeneva (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Natural catastrophes have caused an estimated $115 billion of insured losses in 2022 to date, driven by Hurricane Ian and other extreme weather events, reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated Thursday. ... more  
Health or jobs: Peruvian mining town at a crossroadsLa Oroya, Peru (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 The Peruvian mining city of La Oroya, one of the most polluted places in the world, is seeking to reopen a heavy metal smelter that poisoned residents for almost a century. ... more 
India's Bishnoi community, the original eco-warriorsKhejarli, India (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Surrounded by deer and antelopes, Ghevar Ram caressed an injured fawn at a rescue centre run by India's Bishnoi community, who have been fighting to protect the environment for more than 500 years. ... more  
Clashes in south China as authorities warn of 'crackdown'Beijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 Clashes broke out between police and protesters in a southern Chinese city, part of a wave of Covid lockdown-sparked demonstrations across the country that have morphed into demands for political freedoms. ... more |
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China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protestsBeijing (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 China's top Covid official and multiple cities have signalled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedom. ... more 
Chile's unique Atacama desert sullied by world's junkIquique, Chile (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 It may be one of the driest places on Earth - a brutal, alien landscape where life seems impossible. ... more  
Locked and loadedParis (ESA) Nov 29, 2022 With liftoff now scheduled for 13 December, Europe's first Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I1) satellite has been fuelled - a critical and extremely hazardous milestone on the road to launch. ... more 
China has room for further 'recalibration' of zero-Covid policy: IMFWashington (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 China has room to adjust its strict zero-Covid policy, the IMF said Wednesday, while underlining that the country's tough virus restrictions have been especially hard on its people. ... more |
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U.S. classifies northern long-eared bat as an endangered speciesWashington DC (UPI) Nov 29, 2021 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday reclassified the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species, calling the need to increase the protection level for the species an "alarm bell." ... more  
Climate 'tragedy': Vanuatu to relocate 'dozens' of villagesPort Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 Vanuatu is drawing up plans to relocate "dozens" of villages within the next two years, as they come under threat from rising seas, the Pacific nation's climate chief told AFP Thursday. ... more 
'Triple-dip' La Nina could continue into March: UNGeneva (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 The exceptionally-long La Nina, which has worsened drought and flooding around the globe, is set to continue into February or even March, the United Nations warned Wednesday. ... more 
200 fishermen rescued from drifting ice in US lakeWashington (AFP) Nov 29, 2022 About 200 early-season ice fishers were caught by surprise and stranded in a Minnesota lake when the frozen slab under their feet broke free and drifted into open water - triggering a complex rescue operation. ... more 
Climate's toll on trees threatens the sound of musicLe Chenit, Switzerland (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 Stroking a tiny spruce sapling, Swiss forest ranger Francois Villard fears the tree will not withstand global warming and live to a ripe old age like its ancestors. ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 
Natural catastrophes have caused an estimated $115 billion of insured losses in 2022 to date, driven by Hurricane Ian and other extreme weather events, reinsurance giant Swiss Re estimated Thursday.
Hurricane Ian, the single largest loss-causing event so far this year, caused an estimated insured loss of $50-65 billion alone, with total insured losses topping $100 billion for a second consec ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 
at AWS re:Invent 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it successfully ran a suite of AWS compute and machine learning (ML) software on an orbiting satellite, in a first-of-its-kind space experiment. The experiment, conducted over the past 10 months in low Earth orbit (LEO), was designed to test a faster, more efficient method for customers to collect and analyze valuable space data dir ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Nov 29, 2022 
Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, according to UN experts who warned the fading wonder has been "significantly impacted" by climate change.
A UNESCO-tasked report said on Monday warming seas and agricultural pollution had put the reef at risk and that its resilience had been "substantially compromised".
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 29, 2022 
A decade ago, scientists on a NASA-sponsored ocean expedition found massive populations of phytoplankton blooming beneath sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Now scientists using underwater instruments and a NASA satellite have found evidence of potentially significant blooms beneath the sea ice encircling Antarctica. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal Frontiers.
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 Al-Messahag, Iraq (AFP) Nov 27, 2022 
Jamil al-Juburi, 53, has never left his village in northern Iraq, where his family has worked the land for generations - but a dam will soon swallow his home, forcing them out.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis are threatened by the Makhoul dam, which the government hopes will be operational on the mighty Tigris in five years.
"I was born here and I grew up here," said Juburi, whose village o ... more |
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 Cianjur, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 27, 2022 
The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's island of Java this week has risen to 321 as rescuers found more bodies on Sunday, the national disaster mitigation agency said.
The shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit the West Java town of Cianjur on Monday, where most of the victims were killed as buildings collapsed or landslides were triggered.
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 Libreville (AFP) Nov 27, 2022 
Four people were killed in a failed coup attempt on Sao Tome, the state news agency STP-Press said on Sunday reporting a toll from the armed forces chief of staff.
The military, which on Friday thwarted a coup bid in the tiny Portuguese-speaking archipelago off central Africa considered a beacon of democracy, announced "four human lives were lost" after "exchanges of fire" at a military site ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 24, 2022 
It's well-known that carrying one copy of the APOE4 gene variant increases one's risk for Alzheimer's disease threefold and two copies about tenfold, but the fundamental reasons why, and what can be done to help patients, remain largely unknown. A study published by an MIT-based team Nov. 16 in Nature provides some new answers as part of a broader line of research that has demonstrated APOE4's c ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 
Fictional films and TV have immense power to shift attitudes on political issues, yet they remain little-used in debates over climate change.
Analysing a database of 37,453 film and TV scripts from 2016 to 2020, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that just 1,046 - 2.8 percent - included any keywords related to climate, and only 0.6 percent mentioned "climate c ... more |
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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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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 
Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains evolved. A study published in Science - led by Nicholas Strausfeld, a Regents Professor in the University of Arizona Department of Neuroscience, and Frank Hirth, a reader of evolutionary neuroscience at King's College London - provides the first detailed description of ... more |
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 London (AFP) Nov 28, 2022  Britain on Monday unveiled an energy-saving campaign to encourage lower consumption this winter - a policy U-turn - and increased financial help for home insulation.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative government announced the publicity blitz just two months after his short-lived predecessor, Liz Truss, ruled out such a move and ran into immediate criticism from opposition politician ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 29, 2022 
Owners of electric vehicles (EVs) are accustomed to plugging into charging stations at home and at work and filling up their batteries with electricity from the power grid. But someday soon, when these drivers plug in, their cars will also have the capacity to reverse the flow and send electrons back to the grid. As the number of EVs climbs, the fleet's batteries could serve as a cost-effective, ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2022 
Scientists often study the grim impacts of losing wildlife to hunting, habitat destruction and climate change. But what happens when endangered animals are brought back from the brink?
Research has shown restoring so-called "keystone" species - those with an outsized impact on their environment - is vital for the health of ecosystems, and can come with unexpected benefits for humans.
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 Ottawa (AFP) Nov 29, 2022 
Canadian federal police are investigating widespread interference by China in Canadian affairs, including its "democratic processes," the nation's top cop has said in a letter to a parliamentary committee but without detailing the allegations.
The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs is looking into possible foreign interference in Canadian elections.
The letter obtained by ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Qatar in the 12 months through July, according to official figures released Wednesday, which showed a decline from the year before - but a sharp increase overall under outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro.
In the latest grim news on the world's biggest rainforest, satellite monitoring showed 11,568 square kilometers (4,466 squ ... more |
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