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  Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2023 Armed with a smartphone in today's ever more connected world, farmers can remotely monitor the health of their fields, the level of feed in their silos or even the aging of wine in barrels. Both start-ups and agro-industry giants are exhibiting such cutting-edge tools - tools to help farmers collect and analyze data and improve decision-making - at the huge CES electronics show in Las Vegas, which closes Sunday. Thus, Olivier Lepine, who heads the French start-up Brad, has developed a sensor ... read more |
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90% of people in China province infected with Covid: officialBeijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2023 Almost 90 percent of people in China's third most populous province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top official said Monday, as the country battles an unprecedented surge in cases. ... more  
Record-breaking winter temperatures warm EuropeParis (AFP) Jan 7, 2023 Europe has seen "extreme" warm winter weather in recent days, experts have said, with 2023 already posting record temperatures for January across the region. ... more  
France tightens ad rules to take aim at 'greenwashing'Paris (AFP) Jan 5, 2023 New advertising rules in France will make it more difficult for firms to claim that their products and services are "carbon neutral", as experts push for stronger international regulation to tackle company greenwashing. ... more 
Reducing nitrogen use key to human and planetary health: studyParis (AFP) Jan 4, 2023 Better management of nitrogen-rich fertilisers through alternating crops, optimising use and other measures can yield huge environmental and health benefits, but must boost food production at the same time, researchers warned Wednesday. ... more |
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More than 122,000 people evacuated in Malaysia due to floods
Floods displace 122,000 people in Malaysia Thailand flooding kills nine, displaces thousands Jihadists, allies breach Syria's second city in lightning assault Jihadists, allies enter Syria's second city in lightning assault Rallies mark one month since Spain's catastrophic floods Traumatised Spain marks one month since catastrophic floods Death toll from Uganda landslides rises to 20: Red Cross Floods kill 8, tens of thousands evacuate in Malaysia, Thailand Spain urged to 'build differently' after deadly floods |
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Pakistan flood recovery needs 'massive' investment: UNGeneva (AFP) Jan 9, 2023 The UN chief called Monday for "massive investments" to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and better resist climate change, as financial pledges poured in. ... more 
Pakistan risks 'extraordinary misery' without flood recovery help: UNGeneva (AFP) Jan 8, 2023 The international community must help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and boost climate resilience, or the country will be locked in misery, the head of the UN development agency told AFP. ... more 
Satellogic announces expansion of Aleph-1 constellation following Transporter-6 launchNew York NY (SPX) Jan 05, 2023 Satellogic Inc. reports the deployment of four satellites, launched with SpaceX at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Each of the spacecraft have made contact with Satellogic's ground station netwo ... more 
Planet launches 36 SuperDoves on Transporter 6 missionSan Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today successfully launched 36 SuperDove satellites, its Flock 4y, to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Th ... more |
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Planet Scales Education and Research ProgramSan Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2023 Planet Labs has announced a new, scaled structure for their Education and Research (E&R) Program, aiming to increase global accessibility to their satellite data and services. Starting today, the pr ... more 
EOSDA launches first satellite on Transporter-6 missionMountain View CA (SPX) Jan 06, 2023 On January 3, 2023, EOS SAT-1, the initial satellite of EOS SAT, the first agri-focused satellite constellation launched by a remote sensing company, was successfully delivered into a low Earth orbi ... more  
Scientists discover a new way of sharing genetic information in a common ocean microbeBoston MA (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 From the tropics to the poles, from the sea surface to hundreds of feet below, the world's oceans are teeming with one of the tiniest of organisms: a type of bacteria called Prochlorococcus, which d ... more  
Fossil pollen 'sunscreen' proves role of ozone depletion in largest mass extinctionNanjing, China (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 Scientists from China, Germany and the UK led by Prof. LIU Feng from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) have revealed that pollen preserve ... more |
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New York City's greenery absorbs a surprising amount of its carbon emissionsNew York NY (SPX) Jan 06, 2023 A study of vegetation across New York City and some densely populated adjoining areas has found that on many summer days, photosynthesis by trees and grasses absorbs all the carbon emissions produce ... more 
Migrants, drugs on agenda as Biden heads to MexicoMexico City (AFP) Jan 8, 2023 US President Joe Biden will seek Mexico's help tackling illegal flows of migrants and drugs, particularly deadly opioids, during a visit beginning Sunday for a North American leaders' summit. ... more  
7.0-magnitude quake strikes Pacific nation of VanuatuSydney (AFP) Jan 8, 2023 Frightened villagers fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck late Sunday just off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. ... more  
Peru hits Spanish energy giant Repsol with new oil spill finesLima (AFP) Jan 4, 2023 Peru's environment authorities on Wednesday announced fines worth close to $6 million against Spanish energy giant Repsol over an oil spill that polluted beaches and cost thousands their livelihoods. ... more  
EU gives 'red card' to Cameroon over fishingBrussels (AFP) Jan 5, 2023 The EU on Thursday gave a "red card" to Cameroon for failing to cooperate in the international fight against illegal fishing. ... more |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Jan 8, 2023 
US President Joe Biden will seek Mexico's help tackling illegal flows of migrants and drugs, particularly deadly opioids, during a visit beginning Sunday for a North American leaders' summit.
Aiming to tame criticism over what he has called a "broken" immigration system, Biden will stop off in the southern US state of Texas for his first trip to a border overwhelmed by record numbers of migr ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 
The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads, aqueducts, ports, and massive buildings, whose remains have survived for two millennia. Many of these structures were built with concrete: Rome's famed Pantheon, which has the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome and was dedicated in A.D. 128, is still intact, and some ancient Roman aqueducts still deliver ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Jan 5, 2023 
The EU on Thursday gave a "red card" to Cameroon for failing to cooperate in the international fight against illegal fishing.
The European Commission said in a statement it had identified Cameroon as a "non-cooperating country," earning the "red card" designation, and would ask EU member states to add the country to the bloc's blacklist.
It said that was because Cameroon continues to reg ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 01, 2023  Black carbon aerosols are produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, and are characterized by strong light absorption. Black carbon deposition in snow/ice reduces the albedo of snow/ice surfaces, which may accelerate the melting of glaciers and snow cover, thus changing the hydrological process and water resources in the region.
The South Asia region adjacent to the ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 4, 2023 
Better management of nitrogen-rich fertilisers through alternating crops, optimising use and other measures can yield huge environmental and health benefits, but must boost food production at the same time, researchers warned Wednesday.
Reducing nitrogen pollution from global croplands is a "grand challenge," the group of international researchers said in a study in Nature outlining a dozen ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 
One of the world's most active volcanoes has burst into life again in Hawaii, a month after it stopped erupting.
Fountains of lava spewed out of Kilauea, flooding the crater at its peak with molten rock.
Scientists at the US Geological Survey said the first stirrings were recorded on Thursday afternoon when occasionally intense sprays of lava gushed through the crater floor - the result ... more |
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 Lalibela, Ethiopia (AFP) Jan 7, 2023 
"I was able to come this year because there is peace," says Asme Mamo as he joins crowds of worshippers celebrating Orthodox Christmas in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela.
Two months after a ceasefire deal between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels to end two years of devastating war, Africa's largest Christian site is alive with excitement and religious fervour as the faithfu ... more |
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 La Jolla CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2023 
Young children sometimes believe that the moon is following them, or that they can reach out and touch it. It appears to be much closer than is proportional to its true distance. As we move about our daily lives, we tend to think that we navigate space in a linear way. But Salk scientists have discovered that time spent exploring an environment causes neural representations to grow in surprising ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 5, 2023  Extinction Rebellion climate campaigners have announced a temporary halt to public disruption in the UK as they seek broader support, even as other activist groups vow to maintain radical tactics.
A loosely linked network that originated in the UK in 2018, Extinction Rebellion has pushed businesses and the government to take action on the climate crisis with eye-catching but non-violent acts ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today successfully launched 36 SuperDove satellites, its Flock 4y, to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Planet team has established contact with all 36 SuperDoves and has kicked off their automated commissioning process. This marks the company's 32nd successful launch, totaling over 500 satellites lau ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 
New research has uncovered that pollen preserved in 250 million year old rocks contain compounds that function like sunscreen, these are produced by plants to protect them from harmful ultraviolet (UV-B) radiation. The findings suggests that a pulse of UV-B played an important part in the end Permian mass extinction event.
Scientists from the University of Nottingham, China, Germany and th ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil's president, vowing to fight for the poor and the environment and "rebuild the country" after far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro's divisive administration.
The 77-year-old veteran leftist, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took the oath of office before Congress, capping a remarkable political comeback for the me ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 
At ITER - the world's largest experimental fusion reactor, currently under construction in France through international cooperation - the abrupt termination of magnetic confinement of a high temperature plasma through a so-called "disruption" poses a major open issue. As a countermeasure, disruption mitigation techniques, which allow to forcibly cool the plasma when signs of plasma instabilities ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 
From the tropics to the poles, from the sea surface to hundreds of feet below, the world's oceans are teeming with one of the tiniest of organisms: a type of bacteria called Prochlorococcus, which despite their minute size are collectively responsible for a sizable portion of the oceans' oxygen production. But the remarkable ability of these diminutive organisms to diversify and adapt to such pr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 
An LGBT activist who was detained last month after some of China's biggest protests in years was released on bail this week, their mother said, but 11 more demonstrators remain in custody.
Yang Zijing, 25, was released from police detention in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou on Tuesday, mother Gao Xiusheng told AFP, declining to add further details for fear of retribution.
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 150 percent in December from the previous year, according to government figures released Friday, a final bleak report for far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in his last month in office.
Satellite monitoring detected 218.4 square kilometers (84.3 square miles) of forest cover destroyed in Brazil's share of the world's biggest rainforest last month ... more |
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