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  Leeds 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. The magnetic field radiates around the world and far into space, but it is set by processes that happen deep within the Earth's core, where temperatures exceed 5,000-degress C. New research from geophysicists at the University of Leeds suggests that the way this super-hot core is cooled is key to unde ... read more |
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River deltas: Valuable and under threatStanford CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2023 The livelihoods of millions of people who live in river deltas, among the world's most productive lands, are at risk. Created where large rivers meet the ocean and deposit their natural sediment loa ... more  
Electronic skin as flexible as crocodile skinPohang, South Korea (SPX) Mar 19, 2023 The development of electronic skin with multiple senses is essential for various fields, including rehabilitation, healthcare, prosthetic limbs, and robotics. One of the key components of this techn ... more  
Giant underwater waves affect the ocean's ability to store carbonCambridge UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2023 Underwater waves deep below the ocean's surface - some as tall as 500 metres - play an important role in how the ocean stores heat and carbon, according to new research. An international team ... more 
New process could capture carbon dioxide equivalent to forest the size of GermanyGlasgow, Scotland (SPX) Mar 14, 2023 New research suggests that around 0.5% of global carbon emissions could be captured during the normal crushing process of rocks commonly used in construction, by crushing them in CO2 gas. The ... more |
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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 Finland snowstorm leaves tens of thousands without power |
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In troubled Libya, young robotics fans see hope in hi-techTripoli (AFP) March 15, 2023 Youssef Jira, a fresh-faced 18-year-old in a hoodie, has big ambitions in a Libyan society where youthful creativity has long been sacrificed to dictatorship and violence. ... 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  
3D radar scan provides clues about threats to iconic Alaskan glacierTucson AZ (SPX) Mar 19, 2023 A detailed "body scan" of Malaspina Glacier, one of Alaska's most iconic glaciers, revealed that its bulk lies below sea level and is undercut by channels that may allow ocean water to gain access, ... more  
Unwanted visitor ruins spring break in Florida - toxic algaeSarasota, United States (AFP) March 19, 2023 With its brilliant sun, white sand and turquoise water, Lido Key Beach would make for a perfect postcard of Florida beaches if it weren't for the dozens of dead fish lying on the shore, killed by a toxic algae bloom known as red tide. ... more |
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Ecuador, Peru quake victim death toll rises to 15Quito (AFP) March 19, 2023 The death toll after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador and Peru, has risen to 15, authorities said Sunday. ... more  
Fossil site is 'Rosetta Stone' for understanding early lifeEdinburgh 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-cach ... more 
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  
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 |
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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 
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  
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  
IPCC: the climate handbook for a 'liveable' futureParis (AFP) March 15, 2023 Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years, but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be but a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a "liveable" future at risk. ... more 
NASA selects L3Harris to develop imager for NOAA satelliteWashington 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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 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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 Broomfield Co (SPX) Mar 14, 2023 
Ball Aerospace successfully powered and launched a prototype payload on January 3, 2023, on Loft Orbital's (Loft) YAM-5 mission aboard a SpaceX rocket. The payload is functioning as planned and is equipped with Ball Aerospace-built Linux-based software, which features containerized applications that can be changed on-orbit, as well as real-time data processing functions.
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 Rio Verde Foothills, United States (AFP) March 20, 2023 
With its cactus-filled garden and breathtaking views of the rocky peaks of the Arizona desert, Wendy and Vance Walker's home in the Rio Verde Foothills seemed to be a little slice of paradise.
Until the water was cut off.
The neighboring city of Scottsdale decided it could no longer afford to sell its dwindling supply from the Colorado River, as a decades-long drought bites the American ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 19, 2023 
A detailed "body scan" of Malaspina Glacier, one of Alaska's most iconic glaciers, revealed that its bulk lies below sea level and is undercut by channels that may allow ocean water to gain access, should its coastal barrier erode. This makes the glacier more vulnerable to seawater intrusion than previously thought and may cause it to retreat faster than predicted.
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 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 could position the state at the forefront of a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approach using an emerging sustainable practice called biochar.
Though it sounds like a nu-metal band name, scienti ... 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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 Paris (AFP) March 15, 2023  Earth is hotter than it has been in 125,000 years, but deadly heatwaves, storms and floods amplified by global warming could be but a foretaste as planet-heating fossil fuels put a "liveable" future at risk.
So concludes the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which started a week-long meeting Monday to distill six landmark reports totalling 10,000 pages prepared by more tha ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2023 
Rapid access to information is one of the largest barriers we have to deal with as a group of people in the Internet Age. Earth Map is a free application designed to be easily used and accessible to anyone with an internet connection and the desire to observe any environment at any time, with zero expertise (or travel) required.
This new tool features an intuitive point-and-click way of in ... more |
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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 preser ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) March 15, 2023 
Germany kept greenhouse gas emissions under its target level in 2022 despite a coal-driven increase in pollution in the energy sector, figures published Wednesday showed.
Europe's largest economy reduced its emissions by 1.9 percent in 2022 compared with the previous year, the federal environment agency said in a statement.
In total, Germany pumped out 746 million tonnes of greenhouse g ... 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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