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  Paris (AFP) April 3, 2023 Their power to dissolve the ozone layer shielding Earth from the Sun prompted a worldwide ban, but scientists on Monday revealed that some human-made chlorofluorocarbons have reached record levels, boosting climate-changing emissions. Despite being banned under the Montreal Protocol, the five chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) measured increased rapidly in the atmosphere from 2010 to 2020, reaching record-high levels in 2020, according to the study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. It said the ... read more |
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Scientists in Arctic race to preserve 'ice memory'Paris (AFP) April 3, 2023 Scientists camped in the Arctic are set to start drilling to save samples of ancient ice for analysis before the frozen layers melt away due to climate change, mission organisers said on Monday. ... more  
Storm death toll rises to 32 as US braces for more fierce weatherWashington (AFP) April 3, 2023 The death toll from weekend storms that raked across parts of the US South and Midwest has risen by three to 32, according to official counts, with more extreme weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday. ... more  
Japan to scrap virus tests on arrival from ChinaTokyo (AFP) April 3, 2023 Japan will stop testing travellers arriving from mainland China for the coronavirus, the government said Monday, ending a Covid policy previously slammed as "discriminatory" by Beijing. ... more 
Austria glaciers retreat 'more than ever': measurementVienna (AFP) March 31, 2023 Austrian glaciers last year retreated "more than ever", the country's Alpine Club said Friday, as climate change threatens glaciers around the globe. ... 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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Earth's anisotropic inner core structure driven by dipole geomagnetic field: StudyGuiyang, China (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 A geomagnetic field is generated in Earth's interior and extends into outer space to protect Earth from cosmic radiation and the charged particles of solar wind. The magnetic field is generated by t ... more  
NGOs slam missed chance to prevent seabed miningUnited Nations, United States (AFP) April 1, 2023 Ocean advocates warned on Friday that the door may fly open for undersea mining in the near future in the absence of solid environmental rules that more and more nations demand. ... more 
Thales Alenia Space wins contracts for IRIDE radar and optical satellitesRome, Italy (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won contracts from the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply a first batch of six small satellites with synthetic ... more  
Parched Tunisia imposes water rationingTunis (AFP) March 31, 2023 Tunisia announced tight restrictions on water usage, including rationing tap water, on Friday, as the drought-hit country braces for another baking summer. ... more |
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UN raises quarter of $1 bn Turkey quake funds targetGeneva (AFP) March 31, 2023 The United Nations said Friday it has so far raised a quarter of the money it needs for relief work in Turkey after the earthquake that killed more than 55,000 people. ... more  
7.0-magnitude quake hits western Papua New Guinea: USGSSydney (AFP) April 3, 2023 A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook a remote region of northwestern Papua New Guinea before dawn Monday, toppling a few homes but with no immediate reports of casualties. ... more 
Two views of Las VegasBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 These two images show a large part of the city of Las Vegas and parts of its surroundings. One is a true colour representation (left) and one is a false colour representation (right). The imag ... more 
Deadly storms and tornadoes sweep through USWashington (AFP) April 2, 2023 The death toll from a major storm system that lashed the south-central and eastern United States with devastating winds and destructive tornadoes rose to at least 29 by Sunday, officials said. ... more |
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US sues Norfolk Southern over toxic train derailmentNew York (AFP) March 31, 2023 US officials filed suit Friday against Norfolk Southern, seeking financial penalties after the company's toxic rail derailment in Ohio led to residential evacuations in early February. ... more 
Climate activists turn landmark Rome fountain blackRome (AFP) April 1, 2023 Climate activists in Italy turned a Baroque-style fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps black on Saturday, in a protest they said evoked an "end of the world" scenario. ... more 
Ecuador landslide death toll climbs to 27Quito (AFP) April 1, 2023 The number of people killed in a massive landslide in Ecuador has risen to 27, authorities said on Saturday, adding that rescue teams are still searching for dozens of missing people after the tragedy struck nearly a week ago. ... more 
Volcano that wiped out Colombian town active againBogota (AFP) March 31, 2023 Seismic activity has increased at Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which killed 25,000 people in an eruption 38 years ago, authorities said Friday, warning of a "probable" new outbreak. ... more 
Iraq's first sandstorm of the year blankets BaghdadBaghdad (AFP) March 31, 2023 A sandstorm enveloped central Iraq, including Baghdad, on Friday, the first such weather event to hit the arid country this year. ... more |
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 Miami (AFP) March 31, 2023 
Residents in the US state of Florida will be able to carry concealed firearms without a license, according to legislation approved Thursday by the state's Republican-led Senate and supported by Governor Ron DeSantis.
The bill, which passed Florida's House of Representatives last week, cleared the Senate on a 27-13 vote, at the state legislature in Tallahassee.
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 Rome (AFP) March 31, 2023 
Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial robot ChatGPT, saying the artificial intelligence app did not respect user data and could not verify users' age.
The decision "with immediate effect" will result in "the temporary limitation of the processing of Italian user data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian Data Protection Authority said.
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 29, 2023 
To address the climate crisis, world leaders "need to react and react very quickly - urgently," warned Vanuatu's prime minister during an AFP interview in New York.
Ishmael Kalsakau responded to AFP questions on Tuesday, a day before the UN General Assembly was expected to adopt a resolution led by his Pacific archipelago nation calling on the International Court of Justice to issue an opin ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 
Antarctic sea ice is an important component of the climate system, and may act as an early indicator of climate change. Under global warming, significant changes in Antarctic sea ice have been observed. Specifically, it experienced a slow increase during 1979-2014, but a rapid decline thereafter. Despite a modest recovery after the record minimum in 2017, the sea ice area during austral summer 2 ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) March 31, 2023 
The devastating earthquake that hit southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria in February damaged more than 20 percent of Turkey's agricultural production, the UN's food agency said Friday.
The 7.8-magnitude quake on February 6, and its aftershocks, killed more than 55,000 people and left many more in dire conditions.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said initial assessments in T ... more |
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 Lilongwe, Malawi (AFP) March 30, 2023  The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in Malawi is slated to surpass 1,200 after authorities said Thursday hundreds of missing people would be declared dead as hopes of finding survivors fade.
Freddy dumped six months' worth of rainfall on southern Malawi in six days earlier this month, triggering floods and mudslides that swept away homes, roads and bridges in a record-breaking deluge.
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 Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 2, 2023 
South Sudanese soldiers arrived in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, an AFP journalist saw, joining a regional military force in an area battered by the M23 rebellion.
At least 45 soldiers touched down in the city of Goma in the late morning, with further contingents expected to arrive at later dates.
The South Sudanese soldiers are part of the seven-nation East African Co ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 31, 2023 
Routine tasks that require working memory, like baking, involve remembering both some general rules (e.g., read the oven temperature and time from the recipe and then set them on the oven) and some specific content for each instance (e.g., 350 degrees for 45 minutes for a loaf of rye, but 325 degrees for eight minutes for cookies). A new study provides a novel explanation for how the brain disti ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) April 1, 2023  Climate activists in Italy turned a Baroque-style fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps black on Saturday, in a protest they said evoked an "end of the world" scenario.
Three activists from the anti-climate change organisation Last Generation poured a vegetable-based carbon liquid into the landmark 17th-century fountain, known to Romans as La Barcaccia, before being escorted away by p ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Mar 29, 2023 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, has announced its partnership and integration with SkyFi, a leading provider of EO data. This partnership will allow SkyFi's customers to task Satellogic satellites directly through the platform either at https://app.skyfi.com or on the SkyFi app. This capability is available to both busine ... more |
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Mar 30, 2023 
Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a study published March 29, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by David P. Groenewald of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and colleagues.
During the Late Permian Period, just over 250 million years ago, South Africa was home to rhinesuchid temnospondyls, large predatory ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 29, 2023 
After a "lost decade" of minimal planning, Britain must do a lot more towards mitigating the worst effects of climate change, a panel of government advisors said Wednesday.
Record-breaking heat and wildfires last year, and recurrent flooding, are a portent of worse to come even if the UK meets its goal of "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050, the experts said in a 340-page report.
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 Bangalore, India (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 
Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have designed a novel ultramicro supercapacitor, a tiny device capable of storing an enormous amount of electric charge. It is also much smaller and more compact than existing supercapacitors and can potentially be used in many devices ranging from streetlights to consumer electronics, ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 
As Earth's population grows, the demands of modern lifestyles place mounting strain on the global environment. Proposed solutions to preserve and promote planetary sustainability can sometimes prove more harmful than helpful. However, technologies that harness natural processes could be more successful.
Such technologies are the focus of the latest issue of the open access journal PLOS Bio ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) March 25, 2023  Brazil's leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was due to head to China for key talks with President Xi Jinping, has indefinitely postponed his trip to recover from pneumonia, the government said Saturday.
Lula, who succeeded the far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro at the start of the year, had hoped to use the trip next week to reclaim his country's role in global diplomacy, with discus ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 
Increasing summer heat and drought are affecting European forests - some years, trees brown prematurely and some even start to die back. Researchers from ETH Zurich and the WSL are showing how exceptional weather conditions over several years are turning forests brown.
It was as though autumn had arrived in July. Anyone hiking through the Swiss or German forests in the summer of 2018 could ... more |
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