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  Beirut (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 A devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria killed more than 50,000 people, in a toll revised by AFP that includes figures from both government and rebel-controlled parts of war-torn Syria. A total of 5,951 people were killed across Syria, while Turkey recorded 44,374 deaths after the February 6 earthquake. The new tally brings to 50,325 the total number of deaths caused by the disaster across both countries. The Syrian government said 1,414 people had been killed in areas under it ... read more |
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Countries meet to halt wide-ranging threats against oceansPanama City (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 The world's oceans and the multiple threats they face, from climate change and pollution to overfishing and mining, will be the focus of a global conference in Panama this week. ... more  
Fighting for their lives: the world's forests in figuresParis (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 Forests are central to biodiversity and the fight against climate change, as well as being a big money spinner for national economies. ... more 
Carbon credits: a contested tool to fight deforestationParis (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 Planting trees or safeguarding tropical rainforests have become popular tools for companies seeking to offset their carbon emissions and proclaim their commitment to the environment. ... more  
The effects of Aurora Borealis on energy grids with the addition of renewablesNorman OK (SPX) Feb 24, 2023 As the world transitions toward more renewable energy resources and deals with the consequences of a changing climate, the resiliency of energy infrastructure is becoming ever more urgent. Universit ... 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 Sierra Leone, the people fighting the sea to build a homeFreetown (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 Off a path in Cockle Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, lies the squat, tin-roofed house where Lamrana Bah lives and works. ... more  
Curse or blessing? In Uganda, oil project gets mixed reviewsMurchison Falls National Park, Uganda (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 On the teeming savannah of northwest Uganda, antelopes gaze beyond a metal fence as a giant rig is raised above cleared tracts of grasslands to make way for oil drilling. ... more  
Satellite successfully monitors power plant CO2 emissions from spaceBeijing, China (SPX) Feb 27, 2023 The CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants are a major source of carbon emissions in China. However, the existing emission inventory does not accurately reflect current emissions because of a la ... more  
Conflicts of interest need to be avoided in publishing publicly available crop informationBeijing, China (SPX) Feb 27, 2023 The study is led by Prof. Bingfang Wu (Aerospace Information Institute , the Chinese Academy of Sciences), leader of the CropWatch team and co-chair of Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultura ... more |
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Capella Space announces Analytics Program to accelerate access to EO insightsSan Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2023 Capella Space, the world's leading provider of best quality, high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery for a wide range of government and commercial applications, today announced the la ... more  
Eating insects, drinking urine: Bolivian recounts month lost in AmazonLa Paz (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 A Bolivian who claimed to have been missing in the Amazon alone for a month, on Tuesday recounted eating insects and worms, collecting water in his boots and drinking his own urine to stay alive. ... more 
Earth from Space: The Triple FrontierParis (ESA) Feb 27, 2023 The Triple Frontier, a region where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet, is featured in this false-colour image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Zoom in to explore this image at ... more  
Sea ice in Antarctic at record low: US data centerWashington (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 Antarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite record-keeping. ... more |
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Antarctic Peninsula glaciers on the runParis (ESA) Feb 28, 2023 Like many places, the Antarctic Peninsula is falling victim to rising temperatures. However, when scientists used radar images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission acquired between 2014 and 2021, ... more  
New York gets biggest snowfall of unusually mild winterNew York (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 New Yorkers woke Tuesday to something they have barely seen this winter: snow. ... more  
Climate trends in the west, today and 11,000 years agoDavis CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2023 People often say things like Phoenix has always been dry; Seattle has always been wet; and San Francisco has always been foggy. But "always" is a strong word. A study from the University of C ... more  
Far-reaching UN treaty a must to cut global plastic use: expertsParis (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 Only a bold and ambitious UN treaty with sweeping reforms of the entire plastic life cycle can stem the world's waste crisis, experts said Monday. ... more 
Damaged buildings collapse after fresh quake in eastern TurkeyIstanbul (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Monday, causing some buildings already damaged by a powerful tremor earlier this month to collapse, the government's disaster agency said. ... more |
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 La Paz (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 
A Bolivian who claimed to have been missing in the Amazon alone for a month, on Tuesday recounted eating insects and worms, collecting water in his boots and drinking his own urine to stay alive.
If confirmed, this could make Jhonatan Acosta, 30, one of the longest-ever lone Amazon survivors.
"It helped a lot to know about survival techniques: I had to consume insects, drink my urine, ea ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 27, 2023 
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a leading defense and space company, and Astroscale Holdings Inc., the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term sustainability across all orbits, announced today that Mitsubishi Electric has invested U.S. $25 million in Astroscale's Series G funding round.
Separate from the investment, the companies have agreed to collaborate in the joint developm ... more |
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 Nasiriyah, Iraq (AFP) Feb 26, 2023 
Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the country, officials said Sunday, pledging to take urgent measures to ease water shortages.
In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the mighty Euphrates dry in patches.
The water ministry blamed the situation in some southern pro ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 
Antarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite record-keeping.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder said that Antarctica's sea ice fell to 1.79 million square kilometers (691,000 million square miles) on February 21.
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 Damascus (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 
Landmines planted by jihadists killed 10 civilians in central Syria on Monday, state media reported, in the latest in a wave of deadly incidents involving truffle hunters.
"Nine citizens were killed and two others injured" when a landmine left by Islamic State (IS) group militants blew up, the official SANA news agency said.
It said the victims had been "on the hunt for truffles in the e ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 27, 2023  Known as COWVR and TEMPEST, the duo is demonstrating that smaller, less expensive science instruments can play an important role in weather forecasting.
NASA recently built two weather instruments to test the potential of small, low-cost sensors to do some of the work of bulkier, pricier satellites. Both instruments have exceeded expectations as trial runs, and they are already delivering ... more |
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 Algiers (AFP) Feb 27, 2023  The head of Algeria's army hosted Russia's top security official on Monday to discuss boosting their military ties, the defence ministry in Algiers said.
General Said Chengriha said the visit of National Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev reflected both countries' "firm desire to strengthen their historic and strategic partnership... in particular in the area of military cooperatio ... 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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 Davis CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2023 
People often say things like Phoenix has always been dry; Seattle has always been wet; and San Francisco has always been foggy. But "always" is a strong word.
A study from the University of California, Davis, synthesizes climate trends across the Western U.S. during a relatively young period of Earth's history - the Holocene Era, which stretches from the present day to the past 11,000 yea ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 27, 2023 
The CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants are a major source of carbon emissions in China. However, the existing emission inventory does not accurately reflect current emissions because of a lag in the statistical data and the accuracy limit for emissions factor.
A research team led by Dr. SHI Yusheng from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sc ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Feb 27, 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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 Rome (AFP) Feb 26, 2023  An Italian scheme to make homes more energy efficient has been wildly popular, but the government is seeking to rein in its "out of control" costs amid fears it could send the deficit soaring.
The "superbonus" scheme, which can be used for anything from insulation to solar panels, new boilers and windows, was introduced in May 2020 to boost the economy after the coronavirus lockdown.
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2023 
A team from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Florida State University has designed a new blueprint for solid-state batteries that are less dependent on specific chemical elements, particularly critical metals that are challenging to source due to supply chain issues. Their work, reported recently in the journal Science, could advance solid-state batteries that are efficie ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 27, 2023  The only survivor of three Asiatic cheetah cubs born in captivity was in hospital Monday, leaving Iranians fearing for the life of the endangered animal.
Named Pirouz, the cub was moved to hospital on Saturday and had become a source of national pride since its birth in May last year at a wildlife refuge in the country's northeast.
Two other cubs born with him died that same month, but P ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 
Chinese billionaire Bao Fan is "cooperating in an investigation" by authorities, his company said, almost two weeks after his disappearance sparked fears of a renewed crackdown on the nation's financial services industry.
The China Renaissance chairman rose to fame as a key player in the emergence of some of the country's biggest tech giants, supervising blockbuster IPOs and a landmark merg ... more |
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 Taez, Yemen (AFP) Feb 26, 2023 
The sound of an electric saw rips through a lush mountain landscape in southern Yemen, where years of conflict and soaring prices have left people desperate for fuel and income.
"We started cutting trees and selling them because we have no other way of making a living," said Hussein Abdulqawi from a thinning forest on the outskirts of Taez.
He and other workers lugged freshly cut wood in ... more |
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