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  Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 A satellite lifted off Friday from California on a mission to survey nearly all bodies of water on Earth, offering key insights on how they influence or are impacted by climate change. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a billion-dollar project jointly developed by NASA and France's space agency CNES, took off at 1146 GMT atop a SpaceX rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base. According to a statement from NASA, it will start collecting scientific data in about six month ... read more |
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NASA sensors to help detect methane emitted by landfillsPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2022 Observations from the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) and other NASA science instruments will be part of a global survey of point-source emissions of methane from solid waste ... more  
Nature at risk of 'cascading' species extinction: studyParis (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Climate change and habitat degradation will cause extinctions that cascade through communities of animals and plants and drive dramatic biodiversity loss, according to new research published on Friday. ... more  
Shedding light on photosynthesis at seaOsaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 Plants that live on land, such as spinach, grow by using sunlight to perform photosynthesis. How, then, do algae photosynthesize in the deep sea, an environment where only a little light reaches the ... more 
SpaceX launches NASA's water topography satellite into orbitWashington DC (UPI) Dec 16, 2021 The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite launched Friday morning from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ... more |
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Shifting tales renew pressure on Spain flood region leader
Over 20 missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas: rescuers Over 40 missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas: rescuers Proposed 'weather control' bans surge across US states Indonesia residents run outside as shallow quake hits Magnitude 6.1 offshore quake hits near Indonesian island: USGS Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rain Latin American classics get the streaming treatment Santorini seismic activity down but schools stay shuttered: Greece Fishermen, sailing champions clean up trash-covered Rio island |
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How SERVIR is helping Southeast Asia adapt to variable rainfallGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 In the United States, the agriculture sector is not immune to floods and droughts. But when these disasters hit, the system is designed to be robust enough to bounce back quickly. With an economy th ... more 
NanoAvionics to supply Constellr with two satellites to help saving 60 billion tons of water globallyVilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 Kongsberg NanoAvionics has signed a contract with thermal data provider Constellr to supply it with two of its flagship MP42 microsatellite buses. Having recently raised 10 million euros, Germany-ba ... more 
Countries agree historic deal to protect natureMontreal (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 Countries approved a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit early Monday. ... more  
China reports first Covid deaths since hardline policy easedBeijing (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 China on Monday reported its first deaths from Covid-19 since loosening its hardline containment policy, as hospitals and crematoriums struggle with an outbreak authorities say is impossible to track. ... more |
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China megacity says people with symptomatic Covid can work 'as normal'Beijing (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 People with Covid-19 symptoms in one of China's largest cities can now go to work "as normal", state media reported Monday, a dramatic reversal in a country where a single case could previously send thousands into lockdown. ... more  
China recalls six diplomats over Manchester violence: UKLondon (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 China has removed six diplomats from the UK, including its consul-general in Manchester, after they were accused of assaulting a Hong Kong protester in the northern English city, Britain said Wednesday. ... more 
Egypt seeks US help in reviving Ethiopia dam dealWashington (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday sought US help in pressing Ethiopia into an agreement on a mega-dam that the parched Arab country sees as an existential threat. ... more  
Brazil sees area burned by fire nearly double in NovemberBrasilia (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 Fires scorched almost two million acres of territory in Brazil in November, according to data released by an NGO group Wednesday, nearly 90 percent more than in the same month last year. ... more |
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China nursing homes struggle to keep residents safe from Covid waveBeijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 China's nursing homes are fighting an uphill battle to keep their elderly residents safe as a wave of Covid-19 infections sweeps the country following a relaxation of the government's zero-tolerance virus policy. ... more  
Uganda forces kill 11 ADF rebels after incursionKampala (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 Ugandan forces killed 11 ADF rebels after they crossed into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Tuesday, in the first known incursion by the group this year. ... more 
Hong Kong author Xi Xi dies aged 85Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 Hong Kong author Xi Xi, whose whimsical tales became a defining portrait of a city transitioning away from British rule, died on Sunday, according to a publisher she co-founded. She was 85. ... more 
Hong Kong police wrong to ban Tiananmen vigil, court rulesHong Kong (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 Hong Kong police's decision to ban a Tiananmen vigil last year was unlawful, a court ruled on Wednesday, as it overturned the conviction of jailed democracy activist Chow Hang-tung. ... more  
Almost 10,000 trapped amid Colombia rebel "armed strike"Bogota (AFP) Dec 17, 2022 Rebels in Colombia who have launched an armed strike have essentially trapped thousands of people in the northwest, authorities said Friday. ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 
As the world's environment ministers try to thrash out a new deal for nature, youth activists gathered at a UN summit in Montreal are making it clear that actions taken today will affect generations to come.
Here is what some had to say.
- Prisca Daka -
Prisca Daka, a 31-year-old from Zimbabwe now based in the US, is regional coordinator for Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) A ... more |
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 Midland TX (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 
AST SpaceMobile reports that its subsidiary, AST and Science, LLC, and NASA recently signed an agreement to formalize both organizations' dedication to maintaining and improving safety in the shared environment of space.
The Space Act Agreement formalizes the prompt, detailed, and open sharing of information between AST SpaceMobile and NASA, enabling a deeper level of coordination, coopera ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 
In the United States, the agriculture sector is not immune to floods and droughts. But when these disasters hit, the system is designed to be robust enough to bounce back quickly. With an economy that depends on agriculture, many protections are in place to help farmers stay afloat, even after major disasters.
Meanwhile in Southeast Asia, increasingly variable rainfall is making life diffi ... 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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 Saint-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.
"Caviar!" he shouts as the monitor shows the right sparkle around each little round ball.
"Over-mature!" comes the next shout, indicating the fish's pregnancy cycle has gone too far and the eggs have softened - losing the crucial crunch. It will go back ... more |
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 Kinshasa (AFP) Dec 14, 2022  More than 120 people were killed Tuesday as the worst floods in years battered DR Congo's capital Kinshasa following an all-night downpour, authorities said in a provisional assessment.
Major roads in the centre of Kinshasa, a city of some 15 million people, were submerged for hours, and a key supply route was cut off.
The death toll - which was first estimated in the late afternoon to ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday shrugged off a soaring death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east, distancing his nation from mounting bloodshed on Rwanda's doorstep.
"The problem was not created by Rwanda, and it is not Rwanda's problem. It is Congo's problem," Kagame told an audience off-site from the US-Africa Summit in Washington.
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 Baghdad (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 
In an annex of Iraq's national museum, a conservator pores over a 17th-century manuscript, carrying out delicate restoration work as part of efforts to preserve and digitise 47,000 precious texts.
"Some manuscripts date back almost 1,000 years," said Ahmed al-Alyawi, who heads the House of Manuscripts body.
"There are writings in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew and Kurdish," he added, ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Wednesday "an enormous level of suffering" awaits the world in 2023 with famine spreading.
Mirjana Spoljaric, who took over at the ICRC in October, told a Geneva press conference: "We expect an enormous level of suffering.
"As the world is trending at the moment we don't see any easing of the humanitarian pressures, they wil ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 18, 2022 
ESA's wind mission continues to shine as engineers have worked their Christmas magic. With a switch back to its original laser, Aeolus is now shining more than twice as brightly with its best ever performance - just in time for the holidays.
It's another remarkable success for ESA's fifth Earth Explorer. Launched in 2018 after many technical challenges, Aeolus pioneered what none had pione ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 
Changes in Earth's orbit that favored hotter conditions may have helped trigger a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago that is considered an analogue for modern climate change, according to an international team of scientists.
"The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum is the closest thing we have in the geologic record to anything like what we're experiencing now and may experience ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 
EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday announced an agreement for a major reform to the bloc's carbon market, the central plank of its ambitions to reduce emissions and invest in climate-friendly technologies.
The deal aims to accelerate emissions cuts, phase out free allowances to industries and targets fuel emissions from the building and road transport sectors, according to a Eur ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 18, 2022 
China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, the world's largest refiner by volume and the country's biggest geothermal developer, vows to further tap geothermal energy sources as part of the widespread adoption of renewable energy nationwide.
The geothermal heating service of the oil giant will provide emissions-free heating for residential areas, adding up to nearly 85 million square meters thi ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 19, 2022  Countries approved a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit early Monday.
The chair of the COP15 nature summit, Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu, declared the deal adopted at a late-night plenary session in Montreal and struck his gavel, sparking loud applause from assembled de ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 
Hong Kong author Xi Xi, whose whimsical tales became a defining portrait of a city transitioning away from British rule, died on Sunday, according to a publisher she co-founded. She was 85.
One of the most beloved names in Sinophone literature, she published more than 30 books of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and screenplays in a career spanning six decades.
She was often credited with pu ... 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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