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  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 Australia, home to the most unusual animal species on the planet that defy imagination, can now lay claim to being the wellspring of modern mammal evolution. Published in the Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, Alcheringa, lead authors Professors Tim Flannery and Kris Helgen from the Australian Museum, along with Dr Thomas Rich from Museums Victoria and Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich from Monash University, and Dr E. Grace Veatch of the Smithsonian Institution, argue that the ancestors of Theria (pl ... read more |
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New theory on timing for human settlement of some parts of tropical PacificMedford MA (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 Spread across vast distances, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean are thought to have been populated by humans in two distinct migrations beginning approximately 3,330 years ago. The fir ... more  
Greek woodcutters give energy crisis the chopGrevena, Greece (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 Huddled around a campfire sipping hot tea, a group of Greek lumberjacks take a badly needed break in an oak forest not far from the Albanian border. ... more  
AFRL Guardian software team reports busy yearRome NY (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 When disaster strikes in the world, chaos can ensue, but Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, scientists are working on software applications that provide clear situational awareness to help resp ... more 
Dam plans threaten China's migratory bird havenPoyang, China (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 Spooked by a historic drought, local authorities in China have renewed controversial plans to dam the country's biggest freshwater lake. ... 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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Two dead after powerful quake hits CaliforniaSan Francisco (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 At least two people died after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday, triggering rockslides and cutting power to tens of thousands. ... more  
Christmas comes early for AeolusParis (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 p ... more  
East DR Congo rebel crisis threatens endangered mountain gorillasGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 M23 rebel activity in volatile eastern DR Congo is threatening mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park and leaving the endangered species vulnerable to poachers, a spokesman said on Tuesday. ... more 
'Progress destroying nature': Brazil dam fuels fears for riverAltamira, Brazil (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Holding a dead fish, Junior Pereira looks grimly at a puddle that used to be part of Brazil's Xingu river, a mighty Amazon tributary that has been desiccated here by the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. ... more |
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China says no new Covid deaths after changing criteriaBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 China said Wednesday that not a single person had died of Covid-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria for recording virus deaths to mean most are no longer counted. ... more 
Malaysia landslide death toll rises to 25Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 The death toll from a landslide at an unauthorised campsite in Malaysia rose to 25 as search and rescue teams continued to comb muddy terrain on Wednesday. ... more 
US offers Covid vaccines to China to stem outbreakWashington (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 The United States on Tuesday offered to share vaccines with China to stem soaring Covid cases, saying containing the outbreak was in the interest of the world. ... more 
India steps up Covid genome sequencing as China cases soarNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 India's federal health ministry instructed state authorities on Tuesday to step up genome sequencing of Covid cases in view of a "sudden spurt" in cases in China and elsewhere. ... more |
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Beloved 'Hollywood Cat' mountain lion euthanized in Los AngelesLos Angeles (AFP) Dec 18, 2022 Los Angeles residents and animal lovers Sunday were mourning the death of the sprawling US city's most famous feline, a wild mountain lion whose often erratic encounters with people prompted reflections about humanity's connection with nature. ... more  
EU reaches deal on major carbon market reformBrussels (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. ... more 
How Chinese diplomacy helped seal historic nature dealMontreal (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 Expectations heading into a UN biodiversity conference in Montreal were about as low as they could be. ... more 
Global 'peace pact' signed to protect natureMontreal (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 Countries reached a historic deal on Monday to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems, in what the UN chief hailed as "a peace pact with nature." ... more 
Things to know about global biodiversity agreementMontreal (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 After years of negotiations, the world has agreed a landmark deal to protect vanishing species and ecosystems. ... 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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 
NASA's Near Space Network enables spacecraft exploring the solar system and Earth to send back essential science data for researchers and scientists to investigate and make profound discoveries.
Now, the network has integrated four new global antennas to further support science and exploration missions. In December 2022, antennas in Fairbanks, Alaska; Wallops Island, Virginia; Punta Arenas ... 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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 Wellington (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 
New Zealand's government on Wednesday outlined changes to controversial plans to tax the farts and burps of livestock, but a leading farmers group said it was still opposed to the emissions reduction scheme.
New Zealand is planning a "world first" levy on emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, produced by the nation's six million cows and 26 million sheep as a step towards tackling climate ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 
At least two people died after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday, triggering rockslides and cutting power to tens of thousands.
The relatively shallow 6.4-magnitude quake hit overnight, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of the port city of Eureka, in Humboldt County, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
County emergency officials said there wa ... more |
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 Kampala (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.
The Allied Democratic Forces - which the Islamic State group claims as its Central African offshoot - is accused of slaughtering thousands of Congolese civilians and carrying out bombings in Uganda.
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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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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 
Australia, home to the most unusual animal species on the planet that defy imagination, can now lay claim to being the wellspring of modern mammal evolution. Published in the Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, Alcheringa, lead authors Professors Tim Flannery and Kris Helgen from the Australian Museum, along with Dr Thomas Rich from Museums Victoria and Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich from Mo ... more |
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 Kramatorsk, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 
It has become a daily struggle for Ukrainian technicians: mending pipes damaged by Russian airstrikes in a desperate bid to keep the energy grid working in freezing temperatures, even as attacks continue.
"We repair. And if they destroy, we will repair it again. That's the job," Oleksandr, who declined to give his full time, told AFP while completing a welding task for a municipal company in ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 
To meet the growing energy needs of the internet of things (IoT) and wireless communication systems, University of Central Florida researchers have developed a technology for converting radio frequency signals into direct current electricity.
The technology can reduce the electronic industry's reliance on batteries and broaden the expansion of the internet of things and its energy needs. ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 19, 2022 
After years of negotiations, the world has agreed a landmark deal to protect vanishing species and ecosystems.
Here are some of the strengths of the pact agreed at the UN meeting in Montreal called COP15, as well as where it fell short.
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The cornerstone of the agreement is the so-called 30 by 30 goal - a pledge to protect 30 percent of the world's land and seas by 2030 ... 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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 Grevena, Greece (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 
Huddled around a campfire sipping hot tea, a group of Greek lumberjacks take a badly needed break in an oak forest not far from the Albanian border.
With petrol and gas bills increasing, loggers in northern Greece say they are doing their best to keep up with rising demand for wood, considered a more affordable option for people to heat their homes.
Many Greeks, still reeling from their ... more |
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