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  Boston MA (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 On a cold winter day, the warmth of the sun is welcome. Yet as humanity emits more greenhouse gases, the Earth's atmosphere traps more and more of the sun's energy, which steadily increases the Earth's temperature. One strategy for reversing this trend is to intercept a fraction of sunlight before it reaches our planet. For decades, scientists have considered using screens or other objects to block just enough of the sun's radiation - between 1 or 2 percent - to mitigate the effects of global warm ... read more |
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Deep-sea mining noise pollution threatens whales: studyParis (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 Scientists warned on Tuesday that controversial seabed mining could significantly threaten ocean ecosystems, especially blue whales and other cetaceans already stressed by shipping, pollution and climate change. ... more  
Experts back more robust US estimates of social cost of carbonWashington (AFP) Feb 16, 2023 Some 400 scientists and climate experts expressed support on Monday for a US government proposal to revise a key metric that estimates the damage from carbon dioxide emissions. ... more  
New land creation on waterfronts increasing, study findsSouthampton UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 Humans are artificially expanding cities' coastlines by extending industrial ports and creating luxury residential waterfronts. Developers have added over 2,350 square kilometers of land (900 square ... more 
Can clay capture carbon dioxideAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide - a gas that is great at trapping heat, contributing to climate change - is almost double what it was prior to the Industrial Revolution, yet it only constitu ... more |
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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 Malaysia floods kill 4, force over 80,000 to evacuate Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification |
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How did ancient extreme climate affect sand in the deep sea?Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 Geologists are interested in the sedimentary cycle - erosion from mountains that forms sand that is carried out to the ocean - because it's foundational for understanding how the planet works. It's ... more  
Maxar awarded $192M Foreign Commercial Imagery Program IDIQ ContractWestminster CO (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to $192 million ... more 
Whale warning as clock ticks towards deep-sea miningExeter UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 Seabed mining could soon begin in the deep ocean - but the potential impact on animals including whales is unknown, researchers have warned. Commercial-scale deep seabed mining in internationa ... more  
Carbon emissions from fertilizers could be reduced by as much as 80% by 2050Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint for the full life cycle of fertilisers, which are responsible for approximately five percent of total greenhouse gas emissions - the first time this ... more |
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Major firms not doing enough to curb deforestation: reportParis (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 Many major global firms and financial institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to deforestation do not have any policies in place to protect forests, increasing the risk for catastrophic nature loss, a report said Wednesday. ... more  
Hundreds of retirees protest in China's WuhanBeijing (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 Several hundred retirees staged a protest in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday, according to witnesses and images on social media, following local anger over reforms to the public health insurance system. ... more 
New hope for forests of ancient Athens' silver hillsAgios Konstantinos, Greece (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 It was once the source of Athens' fabulous golden-age wealth before its hillsides were blackened by fire after fire and scandalously torched by a foreign mining company. ... more  
Sinkholes sow fear in former Polish mining townTrzebinia, Poland (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 Two decades after the local coal mine closed, residents in a southern Polish town live in fear that the ground will collapse under their feet after 20 sinkholes appeared in the past two years. ... more |
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Uprooted: Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral landManoko, Peru (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral home in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. ... more  
Too warm in Canada: world's largest ice rink may not openOttawa (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 The Canadian capital's iconic Rideau Canal Skateway - the largest outdoor rink in the world and a UNESCO heritage site - may not open this winter for the first time in five decades, due to a lack of ice. ... more  
Most trafficked Sahel firearms are from national armies: UNDakar (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Sahel countries need to do more to fight the trafficking of firearms, which largely originate from national stockpiles within Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more 
COP28 host UAE vows 'inclusive roadmap' for climate talksDubai (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Tuesday he will introduce an "inclusive" plan for the meeting in Dubai, amid criticism by activists over his appointment. ... more 
Sri Lanka bans single-use plastics to save elephantsColombo (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 Sri Lanka will ban single-use plastics, the government said Tuesday, in a move that follows a series of wild elephant and deer deaths from plastic poisoning. ... more |
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 Aleppo, Syria (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in second city Aleppo Tuesday - the first in more than a decade of war, a transport ministry official told AFP.
Planeloads of foreign aid have landed in Syria since a 7.8-magnitude quake struck the war-torn country and neighbouring Turkey killing more than 35,000 people.
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is soliciting flight projects for in-space production applications focused on advanced materials and manufacturing. This research announcement seeks concepts to utilize the space-based environment of the orbiting laboratory to further applications that can bring value to humanity and enable business models in space.
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
The UN Secretary-General warned Tuesday that global warming could force a mass exodus "on a biblical scale" as people flee low-lying communities and called for legal frameworks to be implemented in preparation, especially for refugees.
"The danger is especially acute for nearly 900 million people who live in coastal zones at low elevations - that's one out of ten people on Earth," Antonio G ... more |
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 Boca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 
About 40 percent of interior Alaska is underlain by ice-rich permafrost - permanently frozen grounds made up of soil, gravel and sand - bound together by ice. Certain conditions, such as climate warming, have intensified tundra wildfires which have profound implications for permafrost thaw.
Surface vegetation plays a dominant role in protecting permafrost from summer warmth, so any alterat ... more |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
Agriculture is considered a major disturbance for ecological systems - the recovery of degraded or formally used agricultural land might take a long time. However, without any active restoration interventions, this recovery can take an exceedingly long time and is often incomplete, as shown by a team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig Un ... more |
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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 
Santa Barbara Channel's natural oil seeps are a beach-goer's bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, several jet-black mounds interrupt the featureless sea floor. These asphalt volcanoes, virtually unique in the world, provide a rare habitat in a region known for ... more |
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 Dakar (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
Sahel countries need to do more to fight the trafficking of firearms, which largely originate from national stockpiles within Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday.
In a report released Tuesday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said most of the trafficked firearms in the West African region come from elsewhere on the continent.
"While there is evidence of long-range firearms tr ... more |
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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human migration from Asia to North America late in the last ice age, a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows.
The findings align with a growing body of evidence that the most likely path for the first Americans was a Pacific coastal r ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) Feb 14, 2023 
The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Tuesday he will introduce an "inclusive" plan for the meeting in Dubai, amid criticism by activists over his appointment.
Rights group Amnesty International has said Sultan Al Jaber is "unfit" for the COP28 presidency, being the CEO of state-owned oil giant ADNOC, while Western officials have defended his role in the crucial tal ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 
EagleView, a leading provider of aerial imagery, data, and analytics announces the expansion of its EagleView Cloud offering to all customers following a successful launch to Government customers. EagleView Cloud for enterprise is a one-stop shop for customers who want access to high-quality and frequently captured aerial imagery that can be used to improve their capacity to make data-driven dec ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 
About 250 million years ago, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction killed over 80 per cent of the planet's species. In the aftermath, scientists believe that life on earth was dominated by simple species for up to 10 million years before more complex ecosystems could evolve. Now this longstanding theory is being challenged by a team of international researchers - including scientists from McGill ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
Because GHG emissions are causing harmful climate change, scientists and philosophers have been wrestling with who has the right to produce greenhouse gases at all, and to what extent. Ever since this debate began in the 1990s, most people have been in agreement that while it is both fair and reasonable for people to refrain from inessential consumption, you cannot require people to stop produci ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 
Semiconductors are a key component in smartphones, televisions, and other devices used in daily life using these devices generates heat, resulting in performance degradation and a shorter product life due to the rise in temperature. Therefore, there is a demand for new materials with high thermal conductivity.
Silicon carbide (SiC) is attracting significant attention as a semiconductor mat ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2023 
The elusive Eurasian lynx is at risk of vanishing completely from France, according to a study Monday that called for urgent measures to boost the population of isolated wild cats.
There are at most 150 adult lynx hidden in the mountains of northeastern France, cut off from healthier wild cat populations in Germany and Switzerland, according to the scientists behind the genetic study publish ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 15, 2023  Several hundred retirees staged a protest in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday, according to witnesses and images on social media, following local anger over reforms to the public health insurance system.
Protests are rare in China, where authorities strictly enforce public order laws and opposition is quickly snuffed out.
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 Manoko, Peru (AFP) Feb 15, 2023 
They call themselves "the multicolored people," or Siekopai, after the eye-catching traditional body paint and adornments they used to wear in their ancestral home in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
But the feathered crowns and animal tooth necklaces are now stored away for special occasions as the Siekopai live scattered between villages straddling the Ecuador-Peru border, far from thei ... more |
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