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  Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 Over four percent of deaths in cities during the summer months are due to urban heat islands, and one third of these deaths could be prevented by reaching a tree cover of 30%, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet and led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation. The study results, obtained with data from 93 European cities, highlight the substantial benefits of planting more trees in cities to attenuate the impact of cli ... read more |
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Beijing has hit 'temporary herd immunity': officialBeijing (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 Beijing has reached "temporary herd immunity" and its Covid outbreak is nearing an end, a city health official said Tuesday, in another sign China's unprecedented virus wave is waning. ... more  
Regional armies pound jihadist bases in Lake Chad basinNiamey (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Government forces from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger have bombarded jihadist bases in the Lake Chad basin with support from a US drone, the armies of the four nations announced Monday. ... more  
Study suggests dolphins in Brazil are training humans to fishWashington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2023 Bottlenose dolphins that have herded mullet for fishermen in southeastern Brazil for more than a century are now helping scientists unlock the deeper mystery behind the collaboration between animals and humans - with a new study suggesting the ocean mammals may actually be training their terrestrial counterparts. ... more  
Vanuatu on alert as submerged volcano eruptsPort Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) Feb 1, 2023 Vanuatu's East Epi underwater volcano erupted Wednesday, hurtling ash into the sky and leading authorities to warn ships and aircraft to avoid the area. ... more |
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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 Storm Bert wreaks havoc across UK and Ireland IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood |
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In drought-stricken Ethiopia, the herders' heartacheK'Elafo, Ethiopia (AFP) Feb 1, 2023 Mohammed Hassan Gureh has made up his mind: he's going to sell the last of his goats and leave his village to find a new life. ... more 
After drought, winter rains revive Iraq's famed marshlandsChibayish Marshes, Iraq (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 Black buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds. After years of drought, winter rains have brought some respite to herders and livestock in the famous wetlands. ... more  
With rapidly increasing heat and drought, can plants adapt?Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 At a time when climate change is making many areas of the planet hotter and drier, it's sobering to think that deserts are relatively new biomes that have grown considerably over the past 30 million ... more  
EPA blocks Alaska mining project in salmon-rich Bristol BayWashington (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 US environmental authorities on Tuesday blocked a huge gold and copper mine project in Alaska's pristine salmon-rich Bristol Bay. ... more |
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Politics, cash, fame: what motivates climate change deniersParis (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 Right-wing ideologues funded by fossil fuels, fame-seeking narcissists and doubt mongers monetising their content are pushing climate disinformation that undermines the fight against global warming, researchers say. ... more 
Climate disinfo surges in denial, conspiracy comebackParis (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk's Twitter takeover. ... more  
Ancient fossils shed new light on evolution of sea wormDurham UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 Ancient fossils have shed new light on a type of sea worm linking it to the time of an evolutionary explosion that gave rise to modern animal life. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and No ... more  
Esri signs Space Act Agreement with NASARedlands CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 The science community at large is undertaking critical work, researching solutions to the world's most pressing challenges, many of which require a geographic approach. The ability of scientists and ... more |
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US states miss water share agreement deadlineLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 Seven US states that rely on the Colorado River on Tuesday missed a federal government deadline to agree on reducing water consumption from a watercourse that has been overused for decades. ... more  
Lebanese villagers try to stem illegal logging scourgeAinata, Lebanon (AFP) Feb 1, 2023 Braving the bitter cold, Lebanese villagers have been patrolling a mountainside in the country's north, trying to protect trees from loggers who roll in under the cover of darkness. ... more 
Planting more trees could decrease deaths from higher summer temperatures in cities by a thirdLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 One third of premature deaths attributable to higher temperatures in European cities during summer 2015 could have been prevented by increasing urban tree cover to 30%, reveals a modelling study pub ... more 
Chinese national killed in Ethiopia's Oromia regionNairobi (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 A Chinese national was killed in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region, Beijing's embassy in Addis Ababa said on Tuesday, ordering its citizens to evacuate from high-risk areas. ... more  
Myanmar streets empty in protest on coup anniversaryYangon (AFP) Feb 1, 2023 Streets emptied and shops closed in protest across Myanmar on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government, with the junta hinting it may extend a state of emergency and delay new elections. ... more |
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 Heijningen, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
Seventy years after the worst natural disaster to strike the Netherlands, Chiem de Vos, seven at the time, still hears his neighbour's desperate cries of "My children are drowning!" ringing in his ears.
And as the Dutch this week commemorate the great flood of 1953, thoughts are inevitably turning to current-day climate change and how the low-lying country remains vulnerable to rising ocean ... more |
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 Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched Starfield, the eighth commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION), and the first one in a midinclination orbit.
The OTV lifted off January 31st, 2023, at 8:15 a.m. PT (16:15 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space ... more |
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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 
On Jan. 16, 2016, beachgoers up and down the Washington, Oregon and northern California coasts were surprised by multiple "sneaker" waves that inundated beaches, caused injuries and swamped a vehicle.
Sneaker waves, also known as wave runup events, can be perceived as a mini-tsunami because the waves surge much farther up the beach than anticipated, often catching beachgoers unaware. The r ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2023 
Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around 150 m thick, calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
This crack was first revealed to be extending in early 2012 after having be ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 30, 2023 
About 43% of honey bee colonies were lost in the span of one year, according to a new study that considered multiple factors that put a crucial part of the ecosystem at risk.
Researchers at Penn State University say climate change, parasitic mites and pesticides are among the variables that are leading to the drastic loss of the honey bee population.
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 Port Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) Feb 1, 2023  Vanuatu's East Epi underwater volcano erupted Wednesday, hurtling ash into the sky and leading authorities to warn ships and aircraft to avoid the area.
"We are telling locals to watch out for any strong explosions as the eruptions are still ongoing," senior volcano officer Ricardo William, at the meteorology and geo-hazards department, told AFP.
A 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) "danger zone" h ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) Jan 31, 2023 
A Chinese national was killed in Ethiopia's restive Oromia region, Beijing's embassy in Addis Ababa said on Tuesday, ordering its citizens to evacuate from high-risk areas.
Nine Chinese citizens came under attack on Monday evening in Gebre Guracha, some 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of the capital, the embassy said in a statement.
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
Southwest China's Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.
China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data released this month showed, and the nation of 1.4 billion has seen birth rates plunge to record lows as its work ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 
At a time when climate change is making many areas of the planet hotter and drier, it's sobering to think that deserts are relatively new biomes that have grown considerably over the past 30 million years. Widespread arid regions, like the deserts that today cover much of western North America, began to emerge only within the past 5 to 7 million years.
Understanding how plants that invaded ... more |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 
LeoLabs, the leading commercial provider of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) services and low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping, announced the commissioning of the LeoLabs West Australian Space Radar (WASR). This radar site, located in Western Australia, adds critical coverage of the Southern Hemisphere in the Indo-Pacific region.
WASR is the latest addition to LeoLabs network of phased array space ra ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 
Meteorites have told Imperial researchers the likely far-flung origin of Earth's volatile chemicals, some of which form the building blocks of life.
They found that around half the Earth's inventory of the volatile element zinc came from asteroids originating in the outer Solar System - the part beyond the asteroid belt that includes the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. This material i ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) Jan 30, 2023  Saudi Arabia plans to invest more than $266 billion to produce cleaner electricity and expand its power grid, the kingdom's energy minister said Monday.
Speaking at a forum organised by Saudi oil giant Aramco, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the world's biggest crude exporter was also looking to become a global leader in hydrogen production.
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2023 
New lithium metal batteries with solid electrolytes are lightweight, inflammable, pack a lot of energy, and can be recharged very quickly, but they have been slow to develop due to mysterious short circuiting and failure. Now, researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory say they have solved the mystery.
It comes down to stress - mechanical stress to be more ... more |
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 Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Feb 1, 2023 
A Sumatran tiger attacked and injured two farmers in a small Indonesian town Wednesday, the second such attack in days, as officials vowed to capture the big cat or cats responsible.
The latest attack took place in a protected forest reserve in Aceh province - which sits on the the northern tip of Sumatra island, in the country's west - at about 2 am (2100 GMT Tuesday).
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 London (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Monday said the Chinese state's razing of his studios still fails to make "any sense" to him, as he launched his first design-focused exhibition, due to open in London in April.
Ai's love of artefacts and traditional craftsmanship will be at the heart of the show which will feature hundreds of thousands of objects collected by the Chinese artist since the 1990s ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2023 
One third of premature deaths attributable to higher temperatures in European cities during summer 2015 could have been prevented by increasing urban tree cover to 30%, reveals a modelling study published in The Lancet. The study also found that tree cover reduced urban temperatures by an average of 0.4 degrees during the summer.
"We already know that high temperatures in urban environment ... more |
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