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  Hatay, Turkey (AFP) Feb 7, 2023 Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved freezing darkness, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by a string of earthquakes that killed at least 4,800 people. Disaster agencies said several thousand buildings were flattened in cities across a vast border region - pouring misery on an area already plagued by war, insurgency, refugee crises and a recent cholera outbreak. Through the night, survivors used their bare hands to pick over the twisted ruins of multi ... read more |
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Global land rushNewark DE (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 Since the beginning of the century, the world has experienced a global land rush with thousands of transnational land investments being made by foreign entities resulting in a surge of large-scale l ... more  
More frequent atmospheric rivers hinder seasonal recovery of Arctic sea iceUniversity Park PA (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 The Arctic is rapidly losing sea ice, even during winter months when temperatures are below freezing and ice should be recovering from the summer melt. A new study found powerful storms called atmos ... more  
Superhighways of first Australians reveals a 10,000-year journey through the continentAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 New research has revealed that the process of 'peopling' the entire continent of Sahul - the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today ... more  
Prehistoric human migration in Southeast Asia driven by sea-level rise, NTU Singapore study revealsSingapore (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU, Singapore) has found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia to migrate during t ... 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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On the water with Myanmar's 'river cleaners'Yangon (AFP) Feb 7, 2023 Ma Yu launches her makeshift polystyrene boat into a Yangon creek for another day of trawling the filthy waters for plastic and tin cans with her team of "river cleaners". ... more  
Study reveals salps play outsize role in damping global warmingGloucester Point VA (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 Humans continue to amplify global warming by emitting billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. A new study reveals that a distant human relative plays an outsize role in dam ... more  
Silent phones, freezing rain and anguish in Turkey quakeSanliurfa, Turkey (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 A stream of cars crawled north out of the shattered city of Sanliurfa, taking traumatised residents a little further from the scene of Turkey's most powerful earthquake in decades. ... more 
Syria says quake aid will reach all its peopleUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 War-torn Syria said Monday that aid sent after the earthquake will reach all its population, even though Damascus does not control all of its territory. ... more |
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At least 15 dead in landslides in southern PeruLima (AFP) Feb 7, 2023 Landslides in southern Peru have left at least 15 people dead, 20 injured and two missing, authorities said Monday, warning that the toll from the disaster could rise. ... more 
Sixteen killed in China highway pile-upBeijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2023 A highway pile-up in central China has killed 16 people and injured dozens, authorities said Sunday, with footage aired on local media showing burning trucks and smashed cars. ... more 
Biden 'deeply saddened' by Turkey, Syria quake; pledges US aidWashington (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 President Joe Biden said he was "deeply saddened" and promised US assistance Monday after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people. ... more  
Scientists detect molten rock layer hidden under earth's tectonic platesAustin TX (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth's crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates move. Researchers had previously id ... more |
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World powers rush to offer Turkey, Syria aid over quakeParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 International offers to help Turkey and Syria with rescue efforts poured in on Monday after a massive earthquake killed more than 1,200 people and wreaked devastation. ... more  
International help arrives for fire-hit Chile; Makeshift clinic works to save petsConcepci�n, Chile (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 International experts on Monday joined Chile's frantic fight against devastating, drought-fueled forest fires that have killed 26 people, injured hundreds and destroyed more than 1,100 homes in less than a week. ... more 
Chileans who survived deadly forest fire fear flames will returnSanta Juana, Chile (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 Maria Ines Hernandez described forest fires ravaging central Chile with the death so far of 24 people as hell on Earth. ... more  
China's mega-rich move their wealth, and partying, to SingaporeSingapore (AFP) Feb 4, 2023 Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with suspicion. ... more 
Study details timing of past glacier advances in Northern Antarctic PeninsulaLaramie WY (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 Receding glaciers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula are uncovering and reexposing black moss that provides radiocarbon kill dates for the vegetation, a key clue to understanding the timing of past ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 03, 2023 
Creeping from just a finger's width up to a few feet per year, slow-moving landslides occur naturally throughout the world. They typically are detected inching downslope in rocky areas with high seasonal precipitation and clay-rich soil, and they can take months to years - even centuries - to develop. Yet they can also bring sudden violence. Thousands of landslides are flowing, slipping, topplin ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 
NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) has successfully completed its critical space environment tests. Planned for launch to the International Space Station, AWE will study gravity waves in Earth's atmosphere to gain a deeper knowledge of the connections caused by climate systems throughout our atmosphere and between the atmosphere and space.
From its unique vantage point on the Intern ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Feb 4, 2023 
How do we go from protecting eight percent of marine areas to 30 percent in less than 10 years? This question is at the heart of a global forum in Canada this weekend aiming to save marine ecosystems under threat from overfishing, pollution and climate change.
On the heels of the historic biodiversity agreement signed at COP15 in Montreal late last year, about 3,000 officials, scientists, NG ... more |
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 Laramie WY (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 
Receding glaciers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula are uncovering and reexposing black moss that provides radiocarbon kill dates for the vegetation, a key clue to understanding the timing of past glacier advances in that region.
A University of Wyoming researcher led a study that determined the black moss kill dates coincide with evidence of glacier advances from other studies that foun ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 
North Korea's ruling party will hold a key meeting this month to discuss agricultural development, citing the need for "radical change", state media reported Monday.
The isolated, nuclear-armed nation - which is under multiple sets of sanctions over its weapons programmes - has long struggled to feed itself.
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 Hatay, Turkey (AFP) Feb 7, 2023 
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved freezing darkness, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by a string of earthquakes that killed at least 4,800 people.
Disaster agencies said several thousand buildings were flattened in cities across a vast border region - pouring misery on an area already plagued by war, insurgency, refugee crises and a recent ch ... more |
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 Mogadishu (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 
More than 10 people were killed as heavy fighting erupted between government forces and armed militias in a contested town in the self-declared Somaliland republic, local elders said Monday.
The town, Las Anod, is claimed by both Puntland, a northern state in Somalia, and Somaliland, which broke away from the rest of the country in 1991 but has not been recognised internationally.
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 
New research has revealed that the process of 'peopling' the entire continent of Sahul - the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today - took 10,000 years.
New, sophisticated models combined recent improvements in demography and models of wayfinding based on geographic inference to show the scale of the challenges faced by the ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 
Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help control Earth's climate over thousands of years - like a thermostat - through a process called weathering. A new study led by Penn State scientists may improve our understanding of how this thermostat responds as temperatures change.
"Life has been on this planet for billions of years, so we know Earth's temperature has remained consistent enough for the ... more |
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 Redlands CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 
In an increasingly digital and automated world, geospatial data plays a critical role in understanding the physical environment and powering the next generation of location technologies. For geospatial developers and professionals, the ability to access reliable open map data is vital to understanding communities and building innovative services and solutions.
To support this demand, Esri, ... more |
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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 
A 319-million-year-old fossilised fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain. CT-scanning, where X-rays are used to reveal internal features, shows the skull of the creature contains a brain and cranial nerves that are roughly an inch long.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham (UK) and the Un ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 3, 2023 
Already struggling without electricity for hours a day, many South Africans are now having to do also without water, as power outages batter the supply system.
A power failure at a pump station feeding reservoirs and water towers caused taps to run dry in parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria, provincial utility Rand Water said this week.
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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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 Marigot (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 
French officials on the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin are seeking ways to battle an invasion of green monkeys, blamed for threatening the tropical tourism hotspot's fragile biodiversity, local authorities said.
The primates, which originate from Africa, are reproducing at an alarming rate, threatening the survival of some indigenous species, they said.
The island of Saint-Martin, spli ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 3, 2023 
The trial of 47 of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy figures begins on Monday, in the largest prosecution under a national security law that has crushed dissent in the city.
The proceedings are expected to last more than four months, and the defendants face sentences of up to life imprisonment if convicted.
Authorities have accused the 47 of trying to topple Hong Kong's China-appr ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 6, 2023 
Brazil said Monday it was deploying hundreds of police and soldiers in preparation to evict gold miners accused of causing a humanitarian crisis on the Yanomami Indigenous reservation, as thousands of the illegal miners fled.
Justice Minister Flavio Dino said authorities estimate at least 15,000 people have illegally invaded the protected Amazon rainforest reservation, where Indigenous leade ... more |
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