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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 08, 2023 The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) made the first-ever measurement of heavy atomic oxygen in Earth's upper atmosphere. Heavy oxygen is so called because it has 10 neutrons, rather than the normal eight of "main" oxygen, the form we breathe. Heavy oxygen is seen as a signature of biological activity, common in the lower atmosphere. Both forms are byproducts of photosynthesis, but main oxygen is consumed by the respiration of living things more than its heavy counterpart, l ... read more |
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The planet that could end life on EarthRiverside CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2023 A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a UC Riverside experiment. UCR astroph ... more  
Using a data cube to monitor forest loss in the AmazonParis (ESA) Mar 08, 2023 Forests hold a vast amount of Earth's terrestrial carbon and play an important role in offsetting anthropogenic emissions of fossil fuels. Since 2015, the world's tropical forests can be observed re ... more  
Tens of thousands flee Somaliland into drought-hit EthiopiaAddis Ababa (AFP) March 7, 2023 An estimated around 100,000 people have fled fighting in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region into a remote drought-hit area of Ethiopia, UN and Ethiopian refugee agencies said on Tuesday. ... more  
Beyond Pandora: Oscar films highlight man's destruction of our own planetLos Angeles (AFP) March 6, 2023 While James Cameron's ecological sci-fi fable "Avatar: The Way of Water" is vying for best picture at the Oscars, his fellow nominees in the documentary categories have been busy chronicling very real threats to our own planet. ... 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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Turkey quake damage estimated to exceed $100 bn: UNGeneva (AFP) March 7, 2023 Damage from the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last month has been estimated at over $100 billion for Turkey alone, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more 
Women deal with added burdens of Turkey's quake disasterAntakya, Turkey (AFP) March 7, 2023 The shelves of the makeshift clinic - little more than an orange storage container - offer everything women are too shy to ask for on the streets of Turkey's quake zone. ... more  
Syria medics launch cholera vaccine campaign in rebel-held northwestMaaret Masrin, Syria (AFP) March 7, 2023 Syrian medics launched Tuesday the first cholera vaccination campaign in the rebel-held northwest since a deadly outbreak began last year, amid increased fears of contagion after last month's devastating earthquake. ... more  
Death toll from Cyclone Freddy's return rises to 8 in MadagascarAntananarivo (AFP) March 7, 2023 The death toll from Cyclone Freddy's second coming to Madagascar climbed to eight on Tuesday, as the storm strengthened while moving towards Mozambique, authorities said. ... more |
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Indonesia sends more rescuers as extreme weather hampers search after landslideJakarta (AFP) March 7, 2023 More rescuers and heavy machinery will be sent to Indonesia's disaster-hit Serasan Island to search for dozens still missing after a deadly landslide, a disaster official said on Tuesday. ... more 
Two strong earthquakes rock southern PhilippinesManila (AFP) March 7, 2023 Two strong earthquakes jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said, with the second damaging buildings and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of villagers from their homes. ... more 
UN targets real-time tracking of greenhouse gasesGeneva (AFP) March 6, 2023 The United Nations announced on Monday that it had taken a step towards filling a key gap in the fight against climate change, with plans for standardised, real-time tracking of global greenhouse gases. ... more  
New treaty plots conservation course for high seasParis (AFP) March 6, 2023 Protecting life in the vast expanse of ocean beyond national jurisdictions finally has an international roadmap after UN states agreed a landmark high seas treaty at the weekend. ... more |
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Climate change could cost Germany almost one trillion euros by 2050Berlin (AFP) March 6, 2023 More frequent extreme weather events as a result of climate change could cost Germany close to one trillion euros by 2050, according to a government-commissioned study published Monday. ... more  
Pincered at sea, lobsters get new hope on land in UKWhitby, United Kingdom (AFP) March 7, 2023 The tiny lobsters are safe from predators - including each other - as they eddy in large white plastic tanks swirling with artificial currents. ... more 
Five Peru soldiers drown trying to flee protestersLima (AFP) March 6, 2023 Five Peruvian soldiers drowned after jumping into a freezing river while fleeing anti-government protesters in the country's south, the defense ministry said Monday. ... more  
Asia, Europe track Wall St losses after Powell's rate hike warningHong Kong (AFP) March 8, 2023 Markets sank Wednesday, the dollar held big gains and oil struggled to recover from hefty losses after Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell opened the door to a quicker pace of interest rate hikes as officials battle to tame inflation. ... more 
Global food system emissions imperil Paris climate goalsParis (AFP) March 6, 2023 The global food system's greenhouse gas emissions will add nearly one degree Celsius to Earth's surface temperatures by 2100 on current trends, obliterating Paris Agreement climate goals, scientists warned Monday. ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) March 4, 2023 
The UN on Saturday urged countries to speed up taking Syrian refugees from earthquake-hit zones in Turkey, saying they were facing the trauma of loss and displacement all over again.
The United Nations made the call as 89 Syrian refugees arrived in Madrid from Turkey.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake on February 6 killed over 45,000 people in Turkey and thousands more in neighbouring Syria a ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 08, 2023  An ensemble of microscopes, medical-style equipment, and other 3D scanners is providing insights that could help human and robotic explorers survive the harsh environments of deep space, the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Earth's atmosphere protects us from the threat of tiny meteors - micro-meteorites no bigger around than the thickness of a fingernail and traveli ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 5, 2023 
UN member states finally agreed Saturday to a text on the first international treaty after years of negotiations to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.
"The ship has reached the shore," conference chair Rena Lee announced at the UN headquarters in New York shortly before 9:30 pm (0230 GMT Sunday), to loud and lengthy applause from delegates ... more |
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 Paris (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, they were taken aback to discover just how the fast 105 glaciers on the west coast are flowing in the summer months.
The Antarctic Peninsula is the most northern and warmest region of Antarctica ... more |
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 Whitby, United Kingdom (AFP) March 7, 2023  The tiny lobsters are safe from predators - including each other - as they eddy in large white plastic tanks swirling with artificial currents.
In a few weeks' time, as part of a conservation project, they will leave their small shed in the northeastern English port of Whitby for the open sea.
Whitby, whose dramatic abbey ruins were an inspiration for "Dracula" author Bram Stoker, is E ... more |
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 Antananarivo (AFP) March 7, 2023 
The death toll from Cyclone Freddy's second coming to Madagascar climbed to eight on Tuesday, as the storm strengthened while moving towards Mozambique, authorities said.
The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that Freddy, which began life off northwestern Australia in the first week in February, was set to become the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record.
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 Mogadishu (AFP) March 7, 2023 
Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday attacked a military base in a Somali town recently recaptured from the Islamists, killing several soldiers, according to local army officials.
The troubled Horn of Africa nation has witnessed a surge in attacks as government forces and allied militias wage a declared "all-out" war against the Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
The jihadists stormed the base at Jan ... more |
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 Najaf, Iraq (AFP) March 1, 2023 
Tombstones stretch as far as the eye can see across Iraq's Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries.
Flowers, photographs and religious banners honour many of the millions buried in the ochre desert sands of the "Valley of Peace" - victims of war and disease, accidents and old age.
"Oh my father!" lame ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 7, 2023 
An estimated around 100,000 people have fled fighting in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region into a remote drought-hit area of Ethiopia, UN and Ethiopian refugee agencies said on Tuesday.
Citing authorities in Doolo, located in the southeastern tip of the country, more than 1,300 kilometres (more than 800 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa, the UN refugee agency said it believes more tha ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2023 
In the office of remote sensing scientist Liu Shaochuang, there is a huge photograph of a camel he snapped a decade ago in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Wearing camouflage clothing, he crouched for hours by a pool of water in the Gobi Desert to capture an image of the wild animal. This is the subject of his research.
Since 2012, he has led a team in tracking and studying wild camel ... more |
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 Leeds UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2023 
Mineral particles played a key role in raising oxygen levels in the Earth's atmosphere billions of years ago, with major implications for the way intelligent life later evolved, according to new research.
Up to now, scientists have argued that oxygen levels rose as the result of photosynthesis by algae and plants in the sea, where oxygen was produced as a by-product and released into the a ... more |
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 Doha (AFP) March 7, 2023 
Denmark, an active foreign aid donor, on Tuesday slammed as a "total embarrassment" the fact rich nations have failed to raise a promised $100 billion a year to help poor countries battle climate change.
Dan Jorgensen, Denmark's development minister, told the UN Least Developed Countries summit that "trillions" would be needed in coming decades to control the fallout from rising temperatures ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2023 
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a conductive polymer coating - called HOS-PFM - that could enable longer lasting, more powerful lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
"The advance opens up a new approach to developing EV batteries that are more affordable and easy to manufacture," said Gao Liu, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab's Ene ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 8, 2023 
Artificial light is providing predatory insects with an unfair advantage in hunting caterpillars, potentially decimating butterflies and moth populations already suffering from a global insect decline, according to a study published Wednesday.
When researchers glued fake clay caterpillars to forest leaves and punched holes in the leaves to mimic their eating habits, the dummy green larvae ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 4, 2023 
China's rubber-stamp parliament kicks off nine days of meetings Sunday, with lawmakers set to hand Xi Jinping a third term as president as well as unveil fresh growth targets and an increase in defence spending.
There will be few surprises at the carefully choreographed National People's Congress, analysts say, with thousands of politicians flown in from across China to vote on laws and pers ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 08, 2023 
Forests hold a vast amount of Earth's terrestrial carbon and play an important role in offsetting anthropogenic emissions of fossil fuels. Since 2015, the world's tropical forests can be observed regularly at an unprecedented 6 to 12 day interval thanks to the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Millions of gigabytes of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data are acquired both day and night, regard ... more |
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