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  Houston TX (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Rice University scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in construction. Structural materials like steel or cement come at a high cost both in dollars and carbon dioxide emissions; building construction and use accounts for an estimated 40% of emissions. Developing sustainable alternatives to existing materials could help mitigate climate change and reduce carbon ... read more |
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Before global warming, was the Earth cooling down or heating up?Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Accurate climate models play a critical role in climate science and policy, helping to inform policy- and decision-makers throughout the world as they consider ways to slow the deadly effects of a w ... more 
Do forest trees really "talk" through underground fungiEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 The idea that forest trees can "talk" to each other, share resources with their seedlings - and even protect them - through a connective underground web of delicate fungal filaments tickles the imag ... more  
Asphalt volcano communitiesSanta 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 ... more  
Building higher islands could save the Maldives from sea-level riseNorwich UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Artificially raising island heights or building completely new higher islands have been proposed as solutions to sea-level rise in the Maldives and other low-lying nations. Researchers from th ... 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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Cornell AI tool designed to prevent online conversations from escalating into 'incendiary language'Washington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2023 Researchers at Cornell University have developed and are testing an artificial intelligence tool that can track online conversations in real time, alerting a person before conversations get too heated. ... more  
Changes in the navigability of the Arctic Northeast Passage over the past four decadesBeijing, China (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Under global warming, the Arctic has warmed almost four times faster than the rest of the globe, and the sea-ice extent and thickness have significantly decreased and thinned over the past four deca ... more  
Moisture the key to soils' ability to sequester carbonCorvallis OR (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 Soil is the Earth's second-biggest carbon storage locker after the ocean, and a research collaboration has shown that it's moisture, not temperature or mineral content, that's the key to how well th ... more  
Researchers use water treatment method to capture acids from agricultural wasteUniversity Park PA (SPX) Feb 13, 2023 Bound for the landfill, agricultural waste contains carbon sources that can be used to produce high-value compounds, such as p-coumaric acid, which is used in manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Electrod ... more |
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Botswana loses a third of rhino to poaching in five yearsGaborone, Botswana (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 Botswana revealed on Monday that it suffered a huge spike in rhino poaching during five years up to 2021, translating to about a third of its population of the endangered species. ... more 
UN tries anew to finish treaty protecting the high seasUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 21, 2023 UN member states embraced "positive energy" Monday as they launched two weeks of negotiations aimed at finally reaching a treaty meant to protect and preserve vast areas of the world's oceans. ... more 
Madrid drops tree-culling plan after protestMadrid (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 Madrid's regional government said Monday it would drop its controversial plans to fell more than 1,000 trees to extend a metro line in the Spanish capital. ... more  
Turkey to build nearly 200,000 homes in quake-hit regionHatay, Turkey (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said Turkey would build almost 200,000 new homes in the country's southeast region, devastated by a massive earthquake two weeks ago. ... more |
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How does aid get into rebel-held northwest SyriaBeirut (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 Two weeks after a deadly earthquake struck Syria, only a trickle of UN aid has entered the rebel-held northwest of the war-ravaged country, with the slow pace sparking outrage and anger. ... more 
Ukraine's forces train near Chernobyl exclusion zoneIvankiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 Deserted since the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, the exclusion zone surrounding the decommissioned Chernobyl power plant in northern Ukraine is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. ... more 
New quake hits Turkey and Syria, killing sixAntakya, Turkey (AFP) Feb 21, 2023 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria on Monday evening, killing six people and sparking fresh panic after a massive February 6 tremor that left nearly 45,000 dead in both countries. ... more 
Lula visits disaster zone after Brazil floods kill 40Sao Sebastiao, Brazil (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday toured a resort region turned disaster zone where torrential rains killed at least 40 people just as the country's famed carnival celebrations were held, with dozens remaining missing. ... more  
Two endangered pink dolphins rescued from shallow Colombia riverBogota (AFP) Feb 21, 2023 Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river where the endangered mammals were trapped in shallow water, the navy said. ... more |
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 Beirut (AFP) Feb 20, 2023  Two weeks after a deadly earthquake struck Syria, only a trickle of UN aid has entered the rebel-held northwest of the war-ravaged country, with the slow pace sparking outrage and anger.
The 7.8-magnitude quake killed more than 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria, including 3,600 in Syria, piling more misery on a population who activists say has been abandoned by the world in the midst of trag ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 
Widely tunable mid-and long-wave infrared (8-12 um) laser belongs to the atmospheric window range and the human eye safety range and has important application requirements in the field of Lidar.
A study published in Scientific Reports describes a high-efficiency mid- and long-wave optical parametric oscillator pump source: Ho: YAG laser, the system achieves high-efficiency 2.1 um laser out ... more |
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 Santiago (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 
In international waters off the coasts of Chile and Peru, the ocean teems with plant and animal species - some do not exist anywhere else and many are endangered.
Urgently seeking to prevent biodiversity loss in these waters, Chile is pushing for a new marine protected area (MPA) to be created, and hoping to seal the deal during an upcoming summit at UN headquarters in New York.
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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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 Paris (AFP) Feb 15, 2023  Dropped over their target by drone, dozens of tiny wooden "robots" twirl through the air in a balletic freefall before hitting the ground, where the work begins for these experimental self-burying seeds on an aerial replanting mission.
Inspired by natural seeds that have a curved tail to help them burrow into the soil, a study published Wednesday unveiled prototype human-designed seed carrie ... 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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 Cairo (AFP) Feb 19, 2023 
For most of their lives, children from historic Cairo's Al-Khalifa district only saw the mausoleums, mosques and madrasa schools that pepper their neighbourhood from outside heavy bronze doors.
In one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, communities were becoming increasingly separated from the centuries-old buildings they lived alongside - prompting architect and heritage management exper ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 
Global warming melts sea ice, which leads to further warming because water absorbs more heat than ice, creating what scientists call a "climate feedback loop."
A report released Friday contains what researchers believe is the most comprehensive list of feedback loops ever compiled and a stark warning that climate models may be underestimating their impact.
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 
As part of its emergency management efforts, GMV is conducting an impact assessment of the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Monday, February 6. It is already considered the deadliest earthquake in the last 10 years, with a death toll of 33,000 so far.
GMV is using optical imagery of the highest resolution to keep the EU Civil Protection Mechanism's Emergency Re ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
Researchers have used nearly half a million fossils to solve a 200-year-old scientific mystery: why the number of different species is greatest near the equator and decreases steadily towards polar regions. The results - published in the journal Nature - give valuable insight into how biodiversity is generated over long timescales, and how climate change can affect global species richness.
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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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 Rafha, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 
A desert bloom triggered by heavier than usual winter rains has carpeted the sands of northern Saudi Arabia with purple flowers, drawing sightseers from across the Arabian Peninsula.
Muhammad al-Mutairi drove nearly six hours from his hometown in the centre of the kingdom to see the rare burst of colour in the drab landscape.
"No one expects that this scene is in Saudi Arabia," the 50-ye ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2023 
With China's dropping of its "zero-Covid" policy, makeshift quarantine centres and testing booths are being repurposed as mini-libraries, information points or even housing.
Since Beijing suddenly abandoned its hardline virus control measures in December after almost three years, cities across China have been left with tens of thousands of the temporary structures.
Some of the metal or p ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) Feb 20, 2023 
Madrid's regional government said Monday it would drop its controversial plans to fell more than 1,000 trees to extend a metro line in the Spanish capital.
The announcement comes after demonstrators packed a park in Madrid on Saturday in a protest called by Spanish green group Ecologists in Action.
Organisers said over 2,000 people joined the rally which came as Spain is gearing up for r ... more |
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