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  Paris (AFP) March 21, 2023 Susan Solomon, a leading scientist in the fight to tackle the Antarctic ozone hole, says people are now getting worried enough to spur climate action. The former expert for the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said the organisation's final instalment of a major series of reports, released Monday, would not be the "last word" on warming. IPCC warned that climate change impacts are hitting faster than expected and the key 1.5 degree-Celsius warming limit could be reached in the early ... read more |
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Humanity has 'broken the water cycle,' UN chief warnsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 22, 2023 The future of humanity's "lifeblood" - water - is under threat worldwide, the UN secretary-general warned Wednesday at the opening of the global body's first major meeting on water resources in nearly half a century. ... more  
Natural disasters, inflation upped insurers' costs in 2022: Swiss ReZurich (AFP) March 22, 2023 Natural disasters increased insurers' costs in 2022, with inflation pushing up the bill even more, reinsurer Swiss Re said Wednesday, warning of likely further rises in the future due to climate change. ... more  
Food prices quadruple in cyclone-hit Malawi: WFPBlantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 22, 2023 Prices of staples have soared fourfold in parts of Malawi ravaged by Cyclone Freddy, deepening shortages in the country where nearly four million were already food insecure, the WFP said Wednesday. ... more  
People smugglers use TikTok to promote their servicesMexico City (AFP) March 23, 2023 A photo posted to TikTok shows a group of people dressed in camouflage, hoping to blend into the shadowy vegetation dotting the nighttime landscape of the Mexican desert. The picture was not uploaded by social media influencers on an adventurous vacation - it's an advertisement by people smugglers. ... more |
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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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UN chief: rich nations must achieve net zero carbon quicker, by 2040United Nations, United States (AFP) March 20, 2023 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on wealthy countries Monday to move up their goals of achieving carbon neutrality as close as possible to 2040, mostly from 2050 now, in order to "defuse the climate time bomb." ... more  
The battle to save Cambodia's river dolphins from extinctionKratie, Cambodia (AFP) March 22, 2023 Bulging grey heads break the turbid waters of the Mekong River in Cambodia as a pod of rare Irrawaddy dolphins surfaces to breathe, drawing excited murmurs from tourists watching from nearby boats. ... more  
New eyes discovered in trilobitesCologne, Germany (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 Trilobites, prehistoric sea creatures, had so-called median eyes, single eyes on their foreheads, in addition to their compound eyes, research conducted by Dr Brigitte Schoenemann at the University ... more  
Norway vows to continue supporting Brazil's Amazon fundBrasilia (AFP) March 22, 2023 Norway's environment minister, Espen Barth Eide on Wednesday reiterated his country's commitment to an Amazon protection fund during a visit to Brazil. ... more |
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Water turmoil in Cameroon's boom city casts shadow over precious resourceDouala (AFP) March 21, 2023 Dawn breaks in Cameroon's economic hub, the seething metropolis of Douala, and a crowd gathers at the water spigots by the Guinness brewery in the run-down district of Bassa. ... more  
At least 13 killed in Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquakeJurm, Afghanistan (AFP) March 22, 2023 At least 13 people were killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by a strong earthquake felt across thousands of kilometres, but the region appeared Wednesday to have dodged the mass casualties usually associated with a tremor of such scale. ... more  
Galileo: no way without timeParis (ESA) Mar 13, 2023 Europe's Galileo is the world's most precise satellite navigation system, providing metre-level accuracy and very precise timing to its four billion users. An essential ingredient to ensure this sta ... more  
Tornado hits southern California as wild weather continuesLos Angeles (AFP) March 22, 2023 A tornado tore through a southern California city Wednesday, ripping roofs off buildings and throwing cars around, as the state's ongoing winter weather drama turned even wilder. ... more |
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Quake-hit Syrians brace for subdued RamadanShaykh Al Hadid, Syria (AFP) March 22, 2023 Umm Esmat, a mother living in war-torn Syria, is preparing for the onset of Ramadan this year with a heavy heart, after a deadly earthquake forced her from her home. ... more  
The TPLF: party at the heart of Ethiopia's warAddis Ababa (AFP) March 22, 2023 From rebels to rulers, dominating government for decades before losing power and returning to the battlefield, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has shaped Ethiopia's history for decades. ... more 
Army convoy brings food to blockaded Burkina cityOuagadougou (AFP) March 22, 2023 An army convoy has delivered desperately-needed supplies to a northern Burkina Faso city that has been blockaded by jihadists for months, locals and security sources told AFP Wednesday. ... more 
How do we make farming better for the planet? Ask womenBoston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 When a family of five-ton elephants stomps and chomps its way through your crops, there's only one winner. And in the central African nation of Gabon, farmers are getting fed up with the giant anima ... more 
Detailed images from space offer clearer picture of drought effects on plantsBoston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 "MIT is a place where dreams come true," says Cesar Terrer, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Here at MIT, Terrer says he's given the resources needed ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) March 20, 2023  Donors on Monday pledged seven billion euros to help Turkey and Syria recover from last month's devastating earthquake, as Ankara set the bill for rebuilding at well over 10 times that figure.
An EU-hosted conference sought to generate funds six weeks after the 7.8-magnitude quake that killed over 55,000 people across southeastern Turkey and parts of war-torn Syria.
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 23, 2023 
Metaspectral, a remote sensing software company advancing computer vision using deep learning and hyperspectral imagery, is announcing that it has been selected to join Venture Catalyst Space.
Venture Catalyst Space is a leading commercial space accelerator and incubator program delivered by the University of South Australia's Innovation and Collaboration Centre (ICC) and is funded by the ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 23, 2023 
China and Australia held defence talks focused on regional security issues, officials said Thursday, just days after Beijing condemned Canberra's plan to deploy a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
Australian defence officials hosted a team from the People's Liberation Army for the discussions in Canberra on Wednesday, an Australian defence spokesperson said.
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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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 Blantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 22, 2023  Prices of staples have soared fourfold in parts of Malawi ravaged by Cyclone Freddy, deepening shortages in the country where nearly four million were already food insecure, the WFP said Wednesday.
Compared to the same time last year, the price of maize, the country's staple food, "has soared to record levels and is now 300 percent" just over a week after the deadly tropical storm lashed sou ... more |
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 Bentiu, South Sudan (AFP) March 22, 2023 
It had not rained properly for months but the floods kept coming, inching up the mud-earth fortifications that stood between Bentiu's marooned and starving people and the endless water beyond.
Four straight years of flooding, an unprecedented phenomenon linked to climate change, has swamped two-thirds of South Sudan but nowhere more dramatically than Bentiu, a northern city besieged by water ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 22, 2023  Ethiopia's parliament on Wednesday removed the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) from an official list of terrorist groups, a key step in the peace process that ended a brutal conflict in the country's north.
"The house has approved the decision to lift the TPLF's terrorist designation with a majority vote," the parliament said on Facebook.
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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 20, 2023  From leaders of islands threatened by rising seas to climate activists and diplomats, many of those reacting to Monday's UN report on climate change said it's a wake up call for world leaders.
The UN's climate panel warned the world is set to cross the key 1.5-degree Celsius global warming limit in about a decade, but noted it's not too late to take action.
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 Paris (AFP) March 21, 2023 
Susan Solomon, a leading scientist in the fight to tackle the Antarctic ozone hole, says people are now getting worried enough to spur climate action.
The former expert for the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said the organisation's final instalment of a major series of reports, released Monday, would not be the "last word" on warming.
IPCC warned that climate change impac ... more |
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 Cologne, Germany (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 
Trilobites, prehistoric sea creatures, had so-called median eyes, single eyes on their foreheads, in addition to their compound eyes, research conducted by Dr Brigitte Schoenemann at the University of Cologne's Institute of Zoology and Professor Dr Euan Clarkson at the University of Edinburgh has now found out. Such single eyes are found in all arthropods and also in many relatives of the extinc ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 20, 2023  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on wealthy countries Monday to move up their goals of achieving carbon neutrality as close as possible to 2040, mostly from 2050 now, in order to "defuse the climate time bomb."
Introducing a capstone report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts and trajectory of global warming, Guterres delivered a blunt assessment of th ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2023 
Whether in an e-car, cell phone, or cordless screwdriver, many devices used on a daily basis now use rechargeable batteries. However, the trend also has its downsides. For example, certain cell phones were banned from being carried on airplanes, or e-cars
caught fire. Modern commercial lithium ion batteries are sensitive to mechanical stress.
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 Washington (AFP) March 21, 2023 
President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two giant wilderness areas in Nevada and Texas as national monuments and said a new marine sanctuary could be created in the Pacific.
Biden said in a speech at the Department of the Interior that preserving the lands meant "protecting the heart and soul of our national pride, protecting pieces of history."
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 Washington (AFP) March 22, 2023 
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday on Congress to agree to $150 million to rejoin the UN culture agency UNESCO, saying the US absence was letting China write rules on artificial intelligence.
Congress, then fully controlled by Blinken's Democratic Party, in December paved the way for the United States to restore funding to the Paris-based agency that was suspended in 2011 ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) March 22, 2023 
Norway's environment minister, Espen Barth Eide on Wednesday reiterated his country's commitment to an Amazon protection fund during a visit to Brazil.
Barth Eide said Norway, which contributes more than 90 percent of the Amazon Fund, would also help Brazil find new donors.
The fund is worth more than three billion reis (around $530 million) according to the Brazilian government.
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