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  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Mar 17, 2023 Leading edge technology has uncovered secrets about a world-renowned fossil hoard that could offer vital clues about early life on earth. Researchers who analysed the 400 million-year-old-cache, found in rural north-east Scotland, say their findings reveal better preservation of the fossils at a molecular level than was previously anticipated. Fresh scrutiny of the exquisitely preserved treasure trove from Aberdeenshire has enabled scientists to identify the chemical fingerprints of the vari ... read more |
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NASA uses 30-Year record to track rising seasPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2023 Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. The average global sea ... more  
How heat flow affects the Earth's magnetic fieldLeeds UK (SPX) Mar 17, 2023 Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth's magnetic field. ... more  
Mountain forests disappearing at alarming rate: studyWashington (AFP) March 17, 2023 Logging, wildfires and farming are causing mountain forests, habitat to 85 percent of the world's birds, mammals and amphibians, to vanish at an alarming rate, according to a study published on Friday. ... more 
Millions of dead fish clog Australian riverSydney (AFP) March 18, 2023 Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian outback as a searing heatwave sweeps through the region. ... more |
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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 Tanzania's ruling party wins landslide victory in local vote |
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Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot lavaJakarta (AFP) March 18, 2023 Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted late Friday and continued to spew hot ash and other volcanic material on Saturday. ... more 
Cyclone Freddy affects 500,000 people in Malawi: UNBlantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 17, 2023 Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated this week after a record-breaking rampage, has caused more than 460 deaths in southern Africa and affected more than half a million people in Malawi, the UN said Friday. ... more  
France reports 910 dolphins washed up on Atlantic coastBordeaux (AFP) March 17, 2023 At least 910 dolphins have washed up on France's Atlantic coast since the start of the winter, an oceanographic institute reported Friday. ... more 
Cyclone Freddy death toll in Malawi hits 326Blantyre, 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. ... more |
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Nobody crossed Lebanon-Israel border in recent days: UN peacekeepersBeirut (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  
'Revolutionary': Scientists create mice with two fathersParis (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  
Doctor who exposed China's 2003 SARS cover-up dies at 91Beijing (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  
Security Council renews UN S.Sudan mission for one yearUnited 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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Guinea court postpones trial of three former ministersConakry (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  
Quake restrictions muzzle Turkish media ahead of elections: monitorAnkara (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 
UK trophy hunting bill irks African conservationistsJohannesburg (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 
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 
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 |
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 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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 17, 2023 
Integrating sensors into rotational mechanisms could make it possible for engineers to build smart hinges that know when a door has been opened, or gears inside a motor that tell a mechanic how fast they are rotating. MIT engineers have now developed a way to easily integrate sensors into these types of mechanisms, with 3D printing.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2023 
Observations from space show that the rate of sea level rise is increasing. Knowing where and how much rise is happening can help coastal planners prepare for future hazards. The average global sea level rose by 0.11 inches (0.27 centimeters) from 2021 to 2022, according to a NASA analysis of satellite data. That's the equivalent of adding water from a million Olympic-size swimming pools to the ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Blantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 17, 2023 
Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated this week after a record-breaking rampage, has caused more than 460 deaths in southern Africa and affected more than half a million people in Malawi, the UN said Friday.
The storm dumped six months' worth of rainfall in six days in southern Malawi, leaving a trail of destruction and severely damaged infrastructure as well as flooding farmland.
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 Luanda (AFP) March 17, 2023 
The Angolan parliament on Friday approved a year-long deployment of up to 500 soldiers to the Democratic Republic of Congo after a ceasefire Luanda brokered between rebels and government troops collapsed.
All 178 lawmakers present in the 220-member parliament on Friday voted to deploy the military.
General Francisco Furtado, minister of state and head of the military section in the Ango ... 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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 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 |
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 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.
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Tegucigalpa (AFP) March 15, 2023 
Honduras will establish diplomatic relations with mainland China, President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday, a move that would result in the severing of longstanding official ties with Taiwan.
Castro wrote on Twitter that she had instructed Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina "to undertake the opening of official relations with the People's Republic of China."
The move comes weeks after her gover ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 17, 2023 
Logging, wildfires and farming are causing mountain forests, habitat to 85 percent of the world's birds, mammals and amphibians, to vanish at an alarming rate, according to a study published on Friday.
Mountain forests covered 1.1 billion hectares (2.71 billion acres) of the planet in 2000, the authors of the study published in the Cell Press journal One Earth said.
But at least 78.1 mil ... more |
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