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March 17, 2023
SHAKE AND BLOW
Cyclone Freddy death toll in Malawi hits 326



Blantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 16, 2023
The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy has risen to 326, the country's president said Thursday, bringing the total number of victims across southern Africa to more than 400 since February. Rescuers were unearthing more bodies as the chances of finding survivors faded after the cyclone followed a highly unusual course by returning to lash southern Africa's mainland a second time. "As of yesterday, the death toll from this disaster has risen from 225 to 326," Malawi's President Lazarus Chakw ... read more

WAR REPORT
Nobody crossed Lebanon-Israel border in recent days: UN peacekeepers
Beirut (AFP) March 16, 2023
The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Thursday it had not observed any border crossings after Israel said it killed a suspect wearing an explosive belt who may have entered from Lebanon. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
'Revolutionary': Scientists create mice with two fathers
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2023
Scientists have created eggs using the cells of male mice for the first time, leading to the birth of seven mice with two fathers, according to research Wednesday hailed as "revolutionary". ... more
EPIDEMICS
Doctor who exposed China's 2003 SARS cover-up dies at 91
Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2023
The doctor who exposed China's cover-up of the SARS epidemic in 2003 has died aged 91, his family confirmed on Wednesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Security Council renews UN S.Sudan mission for one year
United Nations, United States (AFP) March 16, 2023
The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to extend for another year its mission in South Sudan, the world's youngest state, which is undertaking a fragile peace process but remains plagued by post-civil-war violence. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS
Guinea court postpones trial of three former ministers
Conakry (AFP) March 15, 2023
A court in Guinea on Wednesday postponed the trial of three former senior political figures accused of corruption after none of the defendants or their lawyers appeared at the hearing. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Quake restrictions muzzle Turkish media ahead of elections: monitor
Ankara (AFP) March 16, 2023
A state of emergency imposed in Turkey's quake-hit southeast is shackling reporters, a top media rights campaigner told AFP, expressing fears they will be pressured in the run-up to May's crunch elections. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
UK trophy hunting bill irks African conservationists
Johannesburg (AFP) March 16, 2023
A bid to ban the import of hunting trophies to Britain has upset conservationists in southern Africa, with some saying the bill is counterproductive and smacks of colonialism. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Mali influencer arrested after denouncing junta's 'failure'
Bamako (AFP) March 15, 2023
A prominent social media influencer in Mali was detained Wednesday after lambasting the ruling military junta as a "failure" with regards to insecurity and inflation, prosecutors told AFP. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Their time to slime: who will be 'Mollusc of the Year'?
Paris (AFP) March 17, 2023
Will you choose beauty? The carnivorous Wavy Bubble Snail, perhaps, with its billowing skirts shimmering under UV light. Or will it be age? Like the venerable 500-year-old Methuselah oyster. ... more
WATER WORLD
Majority of coral reefs examined suffer from low oxygen levels, study says
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 16, 2021
A vast majority of 32 coral reefs examined around the world are suffering from low oxygen levels because of global warming, and the threat to marine ecosystems is expected to get worse, according to a study published Thursday. ... more
WATER WORLD
Half of bottled water sales enough to provide safe tap water to all: UN report
Ottawa (AFP) March 16, 2023
Half of the money spent globally on bottled water - sales of which have exploded in recent decades - would be enough to provide universal access to clean drinking water from taps, according to a UN study released Thursday. ... more
FARM NEWS
NOAA spring report says drought conditions will improve, thanks to recent floods, heavy snow
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 16, 2021
A winter of extreme weather, including deadly flooding and historically heavy snow, will pull much of California out of drought for the first time in almost three years. ... more



SHAKE AND BLOW
'No longer safe' from quakes: fear of 'Big One' grips Istanbul
Istanbul (AFP) March 17, 2023
The helmet-topped engineer drove his pointy instrument into the concrete to test whether Durmus Uygun's building will crumble when the feared big quake finally strikes Istanbul. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Greece shuts down popular beach over landslide fears
Athens (AFP) March 16, 2023
Greece's tourism ministry said Thursday that it was blocking access for safety reasons to one of the country's most popular beaches, where seven people were hurt in a landslide in 2018. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Sorrow in Peru as mudslides destroy homes
Chaclacayo, Peru (AFP) March 16, 2023
One mudslide after another finally destroyed the house of Elvis Palomino in Chaclacayo, east of Peru's capital Lima, where others are stacking sandbags they hope will save them from a similar fate. ... more
FARM NEWS
Biochar offers new promise for climate-smart agriculture
Storrs CT (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
UConn researcher Wei Ren sees the interconnections between the systems in nature and how each component impacts the others. In Connecticut, rich in forests and farmland, Ren sees the potential that ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Warming makes droughts, extreme wet events more frequent, intense
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
Scientists have predicted that droughts and floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but detecting this on regional and continental scales has proven diff ... more


Malawi urges global help after Cyclone Freddy kills 225

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WEATHER REPORT
US still struggling with snow, wind and flooding
Monterey, United States (AFP) March 15, 2023
A winter storm in the Northeast and flooding in the West left several hundred thousand US homes without power Wednesday, even as more rain and snow were forecast. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
What makes Cyclone Freddy an exceptional storm
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2023
Cyclone Freddy, which has twice smashed into the African coast after traversing the Indian Ocean, may be enshrined in the history books as the longest ever documented, meteorologists say. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Intelsat to operate air pollution monitoring space instrument
McLean VA (SPX) Mar 15, 2023
Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), completed testing of the operational and data coll ... more
ICE WORLD
Entire populations of Antarctic seabirds fail to breed due to extreme snowstorms
Tromso, Norway (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
The arrival of the new year is a prime time for Antarctic birds like the south polar skua, Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA selects L3Harris to develop imager for NOAA satellite
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected L3Harris Technologies Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to develop the imager for NOAA's Geostationary Extended ... more
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Malawi urges global help after Cyclone Freddy kills 225
Blantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 15, 2023
Malawi's president appealed Wednesday for global support to tackle "a national tragedy" after Cyclone Freddy pummelled the southeast African nation, causing flooding and mudslides that have killed hundreds. The storm returned to the African coast at the weekend for a second time in less than three weeks, leaving a trail of death and destruction, but it had largely spared Malawi the first tim ... more
+ Fabled Antakya fears losing 'soul' in Turkish quake ruins
+ With bare hands, Malawians dig through mud for survivors
+ Greece shuts down popular beach over landslide fears
+ Minnesota nuclear plant leaked radioactive water in November
+ Biden to sign gun control measure at site of mass shooting
+ No beds, little food await Malawi Cyclone survivors
+ UN investigators slam sluggish Syria quake aid
Antenova's tiny GNSS module with integrated antenna, high precision and low power
Hatfield UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2023
Antenova Ltd, the UK-based manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the IoT, is to reveal its latest compact high precision GNSS module at Embedded World. The new product, GNSSNova M20072, is a GNSS receiver with integrated GNSS antenna and greatly reduced power consumption. M20072 uses a MediaTek 12nm low energy chip with 1.8V power supply which uses 70% less power than ... more
+ Ball Aerospace prototype payload to provide on-orbit data processing
+ Student-built satellite uses 'beach ball' for an antenna
+ Airbus partners with Kythera for OneSat mission sizing software
+ Keysight introduces 2 GHz real-time spectrum analysis solution for satellite operators
+ Venezuela, China, Biden and extraterrestrials: the disinformation of AI
+ Maxar awards L3Harris large deployable reflectors contract
+ Momentus' Vigoride-6 spacecraft arrives at SpaceX launch site




Micronesia president accuses China of bribery, 'political warfare'
Majuro (AFP) Marshall Islands (AFP) March 10, 2023
Micronesia's president has accused China of bribery, harassment and "political warfare", in an explosive letter to his country's legislature obtained by AFP on Friday. "Simply put, we are witnessing political warfare in our country," outgoing leader David Panuelo warned lawmakers, detailing allegations of Chinese espionage, coercion of government officials and "direct threats" against his pe ... more
+ Half of bottled water sales enough to provide safe tap water to all: UN report
+ Majority of coral reefs examined suffer from low oxygen levels, study says
+ New US standards to limit 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
+ MSU research reveals how climate change threatens Asia's water tower
+ Shetland sanctuary fights to save seals as pollution takes toll
+ Micronesia president accuses China of bribery, 'political warfare'
+ ALMA traces history of water in planet formation back to the interstellar medium
Entire populations of Antarctic seabirds fail to breed due to extreme snowstorms
Tromso, Norway (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
The arrival of the new year is a prime time for Antarctic birds like the south polar skua, Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January 2022, researchers did not find a single skua nest on Svarthamaren, one of the regions where the birds go to raise their young. Similarly, the number of Antarctic petrel and snow petrel nests dropped ... more
+ Decaying biomass in Arctic rivers fuels more carbon export than previously thought
+ Elegantly modeling earth's abrupt glacial transitions
+ Antarctic sea ice cover at record low: EU monitor
+ Antarctic Peninsula glaciers on the run
+ Sea ice in Antarctic at record low: US data center
+ Blame the warmth: Famed skating rink in Ottawa won't open this year
+ New results provide close-up view of melting underneath Thwaites Glacier




Indonesian farmers fight for their land in nickel mining boom
Wawonii, Indonesia (AFP) March 13, 2023
Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on Indonesia's Wawonii Island, directing their blades towards the nickel miners working in the forest clearing below. "I pointed the machete at their faces. I told them: 'If you scratch this land, heads will fly, we will defend this land to the death'," said 42-year-old villager Royani, recounting a recent encounter with some of the ... more
+ NOAA spring report says drought conditions will improve, thanks to recent floods, heavy snow
+ Esri and Pollen Systems provides agriculture analytics to farms
+ Biochar offers new promise for climate-smart agriculture
+ Dutch farmer party hopes to reap election gains
+ Agmatix partners with NASA Harvest to support sustainable agricultural
+ NASA engages US farmers to bring satellite data Down to Earth
+ Pincered at sea, lobsters get new hope on land in UK
California scrambles to fix levee as another storm looms
Los Angeles (AFP) March 14, 2023
Emergency workers scrambled Monday to stabilise a California levee after a breach forced thousands from their homes, as another major storm loomed, threatening more flooding. Houses were inundated and vehicles submerged when the Pajaro River burst over a crumbling levee overnight Friday into Saturday, with firecrews going door-to-door to rouse sleeping residents. By Monday morning, the h ... more
+ Cyclone Freddy death toll in Malawi hits 326
+ Cyclone Freddy returns killing 70 in Malawi, Mozambique
+ What makes Cyclone Freddy an exceptional storm
+ 'No longer safe' from quakes: fear of 'Big One' grips Istanbul
+ Cyclone toll passes 200 in Malawi, Mozambique as hopes for survivors fade
+ Syrian castle among quake-hit ancient sites at risk
+ Freddy may break tropical cyclone record: UN




EMURGO Africa and Kepple Africa establish JV to further Web3 partnership
Dubai, UAE (SPX) Mar 10, 2023
EMURGO Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures has announced the establishment of a business joint venture EMURGO Kepple Ventures to further accelerate its strategic partnership investing in African Web3 businesses. EMURGO Africa and Kepple signed an MoU in September 2022 to jointly spearhead Web3 investment opportunities including token investments in Africa. Despite recent challenges such as the cry ... more
+ Angola parliament okays 500 troops for DR Congo
+ Mali gets warplanes, drones from Russia, Turkey
+ Security Council renews UN S.Sudan mission for one year
+ Africa pays the price as China and Russia muscle in
+ Mali influencer arrested after denouncing junta's 'failure'
+ Guinea court postpones trial of three former ministers
+ Rights group accuses Burkina forces of 'massacring' 21 civilians
Vast cemetery in Iraq echoes 14 centuries of life and death
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
+ In Old Cairo, residents reconnect with their heritage
+ Back to the time of the first Homo Sapiens with a futuristic clock, the new Radiocarbon 3.0
+ Iraq dig uncovers 5,000 year old pub restaurant
+ People can tell whether they like a song within seconds, study finds
+ Changing climate conditions likely facilitated human migrations to the Americas
+ The chemistry of mummification - Traces of a global network
+ Superhighways of first Australians reveals a 10,000-year journey through the continent




U.N. secretary-general warns world is at a global warming crossroads
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 13, 2021
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that the world is at a crossroads on actions about global warning despite years of warnings and studies by the organization's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Guterres spoke in a video message at the opening of the IPCC's meeting to approve the final component of its sixth assessment report on the climate in Interla ... more
+ Governments to vet crucial UN climate science report
+ Governments vet crucial UN climate science report
+ IPCC: the climate handbook for a 'liveable' future
+ Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa: WHO
+ Scientists use TikTok to explain, fight climate change
+ Tens of thousands flee Somaliland into drought-hit Ethiopia
+ Conservatives at big US conference divided on climate change
Record early start again for Tokyo's cherry blossoms
Tokyo (AFP) March 14, 2023
Japan announced the official start of Tokyo's cherry blossom season on Tuesday, 10 days earlier than usual and tied with a record early start seen only twice before. In past years the country's meteorologists have linked the increasingly early blooms to climate change, and temperatures in Tokyo have been unseasonably mild in recent days. Tokyo's official cherry bloom records go back 70 y ... more
+ The world's atmospheric rivers now have an intensity ranking like hurricanes
+ Warming makes droughts, extreme wet events more frequent, intense
+ Intelsat to operate air pollution monitoring space instrument
+ NASA selects L3Harris to develop imager for NOAA satellite
+ Earth Map and users work together for an eco-friendly world
+ ATLAS triples in size following integration with Viasat Real-Time Earth
+ Ozone pollution linked to increased heart disease: study




Oldest sea reptile from age of dinosaurs found on arctic island
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
For nearly 190 years, scientists have searched for the origins of ancient sea-going reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs. Now a team of Swedish and Norwegian palaeontologists has discovered remains of the earliest known ichthyosaur or 'fish-lizard' on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen. Ichthyosaurs were an extinct group of marine reptiles whose fossils have been recovered worldwide. Th ... more
+ Rare isotopes help unlock mysteries in the Argentine Andes
+ Hollow bones that let dinosaurs become giants evolved at least three times
+ Major North American oil source yields clues to one of earth's deadliest mass extinctions
+ Mineral particles and their role in oxygenating the Earth's atmosphere
+ Large-scale fossil study reveals origins of modern-day biodiversity gradient 15 million years ago
+ Early Cretaceous shift in the global carbon cycle affected both land and sea
+ Dinosaur print found in England belonged to 'Megalosaurus-like Theropod'
Corporate transparency on emissions falls short: report
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2023
Global corporations are not adapting fast enough to safeguard the environment or their own businesses from global warming and looming climate regulations, according to a report released Wednesday. Most companies are failing to provide a full picture of their carbon footprints and environmental impacts, slowing progress toward a net zero economy and exposing themselves to climate risk. ... more
+ Germany hits emissions-reduction target in 2022
+ Hot spring baths block Japan's geothermal potential
+ Indonesians seeking climate justice take aim at Swiss concrete giant
+ EU green tech plan not protectionist: von der Leyen
+ UK announces two-decade clean energy plan
+ EU agrees deal to reduce 2030 energy consumption
+ US pick for World Bank says 'emission heavy' growth model outdated




Crab shells could help power the next generation of rechargeable batteries
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
Anybody who has ever enjoyed fresh crab legs or lobster tails can attest to how difficult it is to get through their tough shells. But instead of just throwing them away, researchers are "upcycling" these shells into porous, carbon-filled materials with a wide variety of uses. Now, a team reporting in ACS Omega has used this "crab carbon" to create anode materials for sodium-ion batteries - an u ... more
+ Development of a self-resonant smart energy harvester
+ Electric vehicle batteries could get big boost with new polymer coating
+ China probes mining practices in 'lithium capital of Asia'
+ On the road to better solid-state batteries
+ Salt could play key role in energy transition
+ The race to develop the battery of the future
+ Quantum geometry found to be newest twist in superconductivity
'Revolutionary': Scientists create mice with two fathers
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2023
Scientists have created eggs using the cells of male mice for the first time, leading to the birth of seven mice with two fathers, according to research Wednesday hailed as "revolutionary". The technique pioneered in the proof-of-concept experiment is a long way from potentially being used in humans, with obstacles including a low success rate, adaptation concerns and wide-ranging ethical co ... more
+ Their time to slime: who will be 'Mollusc of the Year'?
+ UK trophy hunting bill irks African conservationists
+ Cheetahs back in wild in India after seven decades
+ Belarus says Polish border fence threatens bison
+ Gabriela Schlau-Cohen: Illuminating photosynthesis
+ Half of UK native plants in decline: major study
+ Caterpillars easy prey in artificial light: study
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Li Qiang appointed Chinese premier as Xi asserts influence
Beijing (AFP) March 11, 2023
Li Qiang, one of Chinese President Xi Jinping's most trusted allies, was confirmed as premier on Saturday, as Xi cements his influence on the country's top leadership. Li, the former Shanghai party chief who oversaw the city's gruelling two-month lockdown last spring, was named the successor of outgoing premier Li Keqiang at a meeting of the country's rubber-stamp parliament. The 63-year ... more
+ Honduras to establish diplomatic ties with China
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+ A look at China's new structural reforms
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+ Who is China's President Xi Jinping
+ Asia, Europe track Wall St losses after Powell's rate hike warning
+ China's rubber-stamp parliament to begin meetings, hand Xi third term
Climate-stressed Iraq says will plant 5 million trees
Basra, Iraq (AFP) March 12, 2023
Iraq's prime minister on Sunday announced a campaign to combat the severe impacts of climate change on the water-scarce country, including by planting five million palms and trees. Oil-rich but war-battered Iraq suffers from extreme summer heat, frequent droughts, desertification and regular dust storms, problems that are all exacerbated by a heating planet. Prime Minister Mohammed Shi ... more
+ NASA to measure forest health from above
+ Record deforestation in Brazilian Amazon in February
+ Brazil's new Indigenous affairs chief sets sights on illegal gold
+ 'More important than rainforests': UK pioneers peat partnership
+ Using a data cube to monitor forest loss in the Amazon
+ France, NGOs pledge 100 mn euros to protect tropical forests
+ Boreal forest fires a 'time bomb" of carbon emissions






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