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  Ife, Nigeria (SPX) Dec 09, 2022 President Joe Biden is hosting the Second US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December 2022. The focus will be on eight areas: economic engagement; peace, security and good governance; democracy and human rights; regional and global health security (including recovery from COVID-19 and pandemic preparedness); food security; climate change; diaspora ties; and education and youth leadership. Of the 55 African heads of governments, 49 have been invited to the summit. Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and ... read more |
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Symbiotic CO2 sequestrationWashington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2022 Photosynthesis is a valuable natural system for sequestering carbon dioxide. However, simply forming biomass does not fully exploit this system. A Chinese team of researchers, whose study is publish ... more  
ICEYE announces a framework contract with European Maritime Safety AgencyHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 08, 2022 ICEYE, the global leader in satellite persistent monitoring of the planet and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, has announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the European ... more  
Assessing El Nino 'flavors' to unravel past variability, future impactManoa HI (SPX) Dec 12, 2022 As with many natural phenomena, scientists look to past climate to understand what may lie ahead as Earth warms. By assessing so-called 'flavors' of El Nino events in past climate records and model ... more  
Still no major progress toward 'peace pact with nature' at COP15Montreal (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 The world had just eight days to seal a historic deal to stem the destruction of nature. ... 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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Nature guardians: Why Indigenous people are vital for saving biodiversityWashington (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 For countless generations prior to European colonization, Canada's Indigenous people relied on caribou both as a source of subsistence and as an integral part of their cultural practices. ... more 
Franco-US satellite set for unprecedented survey of Earth's waterParis (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 A Franco-US satellite is due for launch this week on a mission to survey with unprecedented accuracy nearly all water on Earth's surface for the first time and help scientists investigate its impact on Earth's climate. ... more  
Climate activist who blocked Sydney Harbour Bridge freed on bailSydney (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 An Australian climate activist who was sentenced to 15 months in jail for blocking traffic on Sydney's Harbour Bridge was ordered released on bail Tuesday, pending her appeal. ... more  
France bets on tech and transparency to beat Chinese caviarSaint-Fort-Sur-Gironde, France (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 At the fish farm near Bordeaux, Christophe Baudon is running an ultrasound device over the belly of a large sturgeon to check its eggs. ... more |
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China faces soaring Covid cases as hardline policy easesBeijing (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 Covid cases are surging in the Chinese capital, officials said Monday, as the country navigates a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy. ... more 
Hong Kong further eases Covid curbs, but many rules remainHong Kong (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 Hong Kong announced Tuesday it would no longer require residents to use a scanning app to enter venues and that overseas arrivals could now visit bars and restaurants from the moment they land in a further easing of Covid restrictions. ... more  
Guatemala volcano eruption eases after forcing airport closureGuatemala City (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 One of the most active volcanoes in Central America erupted over the weekend, spewing lava and ash and forcing Guatemalan authorities to briefly close the country's largest airport before activity eased on Sunday. ... more 
Three boys die after falling into frozen lake in UK: policeLondon (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 Three boys aged eight, 10 and 11 have died and another boy remains in critical condition after they fell into an icy lake near Birmingham, central England, police said Monday. ... more |
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Rights groups decry 'repressive' jail term for Australia's activistSydney (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 More than 100 Australian rights groups and leading activists on Monday pilloried "outrageous" and "repressive" anti-protest laws used to jail a climate protester for 15 months for blocking traffic. ... more  
Hong Kong court delays Jimmy Lai security trial by ten monthsHong Kong (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 The national security trial of pro-democracy Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was pushed to September 2023 by a court on Tuesday, as authorities seek to have his overseas lawyer barred from the defence. ... more  
China retires major Covid tracking app as virus rules easeBeijing (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 China said Monday it would retire an app used to track travel to areas with Covid-19 cases, a milestone in the country's rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy. ... more 
Hong Kong leader says Google has 'moral obligation' to remove wrong anthemHong Kong (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 Google has a "moral obligation" to stop a democracy protest song appearing in search results, Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday, as row over China's national anthem widened to include the tech giant. ... more 
China protester detained for nine days: motherBeijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 A young protester has been held in police detention in southern China for nine days after taking part in rallies against Covid restrictions, her mother told AFP, expressing fear and anguish over her daughter's safety. ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 08, 2022 
ICEYE, the global leader in satellite persistent monitoring of the planet and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, has announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to support their efforts in managing various aspects of maritime operations with SAR data.
Among its many missions, the European Maritime Safety Agency, a European ... more |
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 Cracow, Poland (SPX) Dec 09, 2022 
Together with the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis I mission, as part of the MARE experiment, two human phantoms equipped with numerous cosmic rays detectors are to land on Earth. The information gathered by the detectors will for the first time verify the knowledge, crucial for the presence of humans in deep space, of the effects of cosmic rays on the health of the astronauts who are to live and ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 9, 2021 
Human activity including illegal fishing and pollution, along with climate change and disease, are threatening tens of thousands of marine species around the world with more than 42,000 facing extinction, according to a report released Friday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The IUNC's Red List of Threatened Species said the populations of dugongs - large herbivor ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
The lakes on the roof of the world show a trend of later freezing-up, earlier breaking-up and thus shorten ice-covered duration since late 1970s, researchers report in the 2nd December Nature Scientific Data. The findings explicitly reflect the changes in thermodynamics of lakes under a warmer climate and implicate substantial associated alteration in biogeochemical processes in the region.
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 Amherst MA (SPX) Dec 08, 2022 
In a discovery that has repercussions for everything from domestic agricultural policy to global food security and the plans to mitigate climate change, researchers at the University of Massachusetts recently announced that the rate of soil erosion in the Midwestern US is 10 to 1,000 times greater than pre-agricultural erosion rates. These newly discovered pre-agricultural rates, which reflect t ... more |
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 Guatemala City (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 
One of the most active volcanoes in Central America erupted over the weekend, spewing lava and ash and forcing Guatemalan authorities to briefly close the country's largest airport before activity eased on Sunday.
The volcano named Fuego - Spanish for fire - rumbled into activity overnight Saturday into Sunday, with molten rock oozing down its slopes and ash belching two kilometers (more t ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 11, 2022 
When Barack Obama welcomed African leaders to Washington in 2014, many viewed the summit as historic, not just due to the US president's background but for the pledges to make the partnership deeper and such events routine.
The sequel took eight years - the equivalent of two presidential terms - but on Tuesday, Joe Biden will host a second US-Africa summit.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 6, 2021  South African archaeologists say they have proof that a close relative of humans used fire for both light and cooking meat, despite having a much smaller brain than ours.
The claims around Homo naledi haven't been published or peer-reviewed yet, but the discovery made by paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team is drawing a lot of attention to the small Rising Star cave system in Sou ... more |
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 San Francisco FL (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, have announced a new contract with ZEP-RE, a reinsurance company based in Nairobi, Kenya, to leverage Planet's Basemaps products to enhance drought risk protection in the Horn of Africa (HOA).
ZEP-RE aims to leverage PlanetScope 3-5 meter resolution imagery through Planet's analysis-ready, Surface Reflec ... more |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Dec 08, 2022 
New research, based on two decades' worth of data, shows that in the ten years after its onset in 2000, the Southwestern North American (SWNA) megadrought caused a 30% change in gravity wave activity in Earth's upper atmosphere.
More than 30 years ago, Chester Gardner of UIUC's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chiao-Yao She of Colorado State University's Department of ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
A research project undertaken by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Institute of Geoscience (IGEO, CSIC-UCM) identified various marine worms from the Palaeozoic era (Ordovician period) 455 million years ago at the Tafilalt Biota site in Morocco. They correspond to the new genus and species Anguiscolex africanus, and the new species Wronascolex superstes.
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 Abu Dhabi (AFP) Dec 9, 2022 
Next year's UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates must work towards a just and equitable energy transition, the oil-rich host country, seeking a gradual move from fossil fuels, said Friday.
The UAE is one of the world's biggest oil producers.
It wants to "bring diverse and different thoughts to the table from all around the world and in particular the countries of the global south ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 13, 2022  US researchers announced a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough on Tuesday, hailing a "landmark achievement" in the quest for a source of unlimited, clean power and an end to reliance on fossil fuels.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California said an experiment it conducted this month "produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it."
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 8, 2022  Lobbyists for pesticide and fertiliser producers are pushing "behind the scenes" against stronger protection for species and ecosystems at the COP15 biodiversity conference, research showed Thursday.
Delegates in Montreal for the meeting, which started this week and runs until December 19, aim to finalise a new framework for "living in harmony with nature", with key goals to preserve Earth's ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 6, 2022  Sirens wailed across China as the Communist Party eulogised late leader Jiang Zemin Tuesday, hailing him as a patriot who "dedicated his life" to the country.
China's rulers orchestrated a day of mourning across the country, with security services ensuring there were no large gatherings on the streets following rare protests in recent weeks.
Jiang died in Shanghai last Wednesday at the ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 6, 2022 
The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday to ban the import of products including coffee, cocoa and soy in cases where they are deemed to contribute to deforestation.
The draft law, which aims to ensure "deforestation-free supply chains" for the 27-nation EU, was hailed by environmental groups as "groundbreaking".
It requires companies importing into the EU to guarantee products ar ... more |
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