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  Washington (AFP) April 7, 2023 A Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasted off from Florida into space on Friday carrying a new NASA device that can track air pollution over North America down to the neighborhood level. The launch, which took place at 12:30 am (0430 GMT), will bring into orbit the Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, which will allow scientists to monitor air pollutants and their emission sources more extensively than ever before. The data will be used by the US Environmental Protecti ... read more |
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Buffaloes kill two in BotswanaGaborone, Botswana (AFP) April 6, 2023 A 13-year-old student and a man have died after being attacked by buffaloes near Botswana's Chobe National Park game reserve, the government announced on Thursday. ... more  
Amazon Indigenous lands prevent disease, save billions: studyRio De Janeiro (AFP) April 6, 2023 Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published Thursday. ... more  
Honduras shrimp industry worried by diplomatic break with TaiwanCholuteca, Honduras (AFP) April 7, 2023 On the Pacific coast of Honduras, thousands of people working in the shrimp farming industry are worried about their futures following the government's decision to break diplomatic ties with their largest export market: Taiwan. ... more 
French govt says 'no health risk' from pesticide in waterParis (AFP) April 7, 2023 The French government said Friday there was "no health risk" from traces of a banned pesticide which were revealed in drinking water by a study from the country's consumer safety watchdog. ... 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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Work-from-home order issued as Thai city tops world pollution tableChiang Mai, Thailand (AFP) April 7, 2023 Thailand's Chiang Mai was ranked the world's most polluted city on Friday, with authorities urging people to work from home to avoid the hazardous air. ... more  
UK eco-activists rail against judge's ban on using climate defenceLondon (AFP) April 7, 2023 "We had no defence," said environmental campaigner David Nixon referring to a British judge's recent surprise ruling that barred him from using climate change as a defence for a road-blocking protest. ... more 
Amazon forests save $2bn in pollution healthcare: studyParis (AFP) April 6, 2023 Rainforests on Indigenous lands in Brazil's Amazon protect millions of people from heart and lung diseases by absorbing pollution and save $2 billion a year in healthcare costs, researchers said in a study published Thursday, urging increased protection against deforestation. ... more  
'We need to know': WHO says China has more on Covid originGeneva (AFP) April 6, 2023 The World Health Organization said Thursday it was sure China had far more data that could shed light on the origins of Covid, demanding Beijing immediately share all relevant information. ... more |
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Why are animal-to-human diseases on the rise?Paris (AFP) April 7, 2023 From Covid-19 to monkey pox, Mers, Ebola, avian flu, Zika and HIV, diseases transmitted from animals to humans have multiplied in recent years, raising fears of new pandemics. ... more  
Stress and trauma: Mental toll of Turkey's deadly quakeAntakya, Turkey (AFP) April 7, 2023 Some barely sleep. Others fear spending time indoors. And many more have developed a profound fear of the mountains that had been their source of solace and wellbeing. ... more 
In Mexican jungle, scientists prepare for future pandemicsTzucacab, Mexico (AFP) April 7, 2023 As night fell in Mexico's Yucatan jungle, veterinarian Omar Garcia extracted blood and fluids from a bat as part of an investigation aimed at preventing the next potential pandemic. ... more  
Forest plundering threatens Aka pygmies of Central AfricaMbata, Central African Republic (AFP) April 6, 2023 "We are just living with the last remaining trees," Eugene Omokomi said sadly, scanning a broad sweep of his tropical forest home that has been devastated by industrial logging and illegal woodcutters. ... more |
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IMF chief encouraged by China's 'assurances' on Zambia debtWashington (AFP) April 6, 2023 The IMF's managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, told AFP Thursday that she was given fresh assurances during a recent high-level trip to Beijing that China supports a debt restructuring program for Zambia. ... more 
NASA, SpaceX to launch air quality sensor over North AmericaWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021 SpaceX is scheduled to launch NASA's air pollution monitoring instrument TEMPO into orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida. ... more  
Ice sheets could retreat faster than expected: studyParis (AFP) April 6, 2023 Antarctic ice-sheets risk breaking into the sea faster than previously thought in stretches of up to 600 metres a day, speeding up the rise in sea levels, new research indicates. ... more 
Ice age data raises new concerns about future ice melt, rising sea levelsWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2023 A new study, looking back to the last ice age thousands of years ago, has revealed an alarming rate of ice melt, raising new concerns about future ice sheet retreat and rising sea levels. ... more 
Man charged after taking platypus on train ride, shopping tripSydney (AFP) April 6, 2023 Forget the Hollywood thriller "Snakes on a Plane", an Australian man is in trouble for taking a platypus on a train. ... more |
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 Antakya, Turkey (AFP) April 7, 2023 
Some barely sleep. Others fear spending time indoors. And many more have developed a profound fear of the mountains that had been their source of solace and wellbeing.
Turkish earthquake survivors clinging to the foot of soaring cliffs ringing ancient Antakya are quietly suffering the lingering toll of a disaster that killed more than 50,000 people two months ago.
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 04, 2023 
In 2020, the thrusters on ESA's Integral spacecraft failed. To keep the scientific mission alive, the Integral team at ESA's ESOC mission control centre quickly set to work developing a new series of specialised manoeuvres that would enable them to continue flying the spacecraft using only its reaction wheels - the rotating wheels inside a satellite that allow it to store and use angular momentu ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 4, 2023  Researchers in Japan set a new record for the deepest-caught and observed fish in the world, Guinness World Records confirmed Tuesday.
Researchers, from the University of Western Australia and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, observed a Pseudoliparis, or snailfish, at a depth of 27,349 feet in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench off the coast of Japan.
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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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 Lima, Argentina (AFP) April 6, 2023  Argentina's already fragile economy is now taking a beating from nature, as the worst drought in almost 100 years decimates critical soy, wheat and corn production.
Soy and wheat crops were halved this year, while corn yield was cut by more than a third, according to official projections, slashing Argentina's exports in a sector crucial for the public purse.
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 Panama City (AFP) April 4, 2023  A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Panama's Pacific coast on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of fatalities or damage.
The quake was relatively shallow, at a depth of 12 kilometers (seven miles), the US agency said.
Panama's civil protection agency Sinaproc said the quake had a magnitude of 6.7, hit 72 km from the coast and was felt in much o ... more |
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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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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 6, 2023  Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published Thursday.
The decade-long study analyzed the health impacts of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, which release huge amounts of parti ... more |
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 Dadaab, Kenya (AFP) April 6, 2023  Ugash Adan Abdulahi shook a jerry can. Inside rattled a few grains of sorghum - the only food to last his family another 10 days in Kenya's overwhelmed Dadaab refugee camp.
Every day hundreds of desperate people arrive at Dadaab seeking food and shelter, most from across the border in Somalia, where violent instability and a record-bad drought has made life impossible for many.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 04, 2023 
With the advancement of global civilization, monitoring and managing dumpsites have become essential parts of environmental governance worldwide. However, dumpsite locations are difficult to pinpoint in a timely manner by local government agencies and environmental groups.
A study published in Nature Communications describes an efficient and intelligent dumpsite detection technique and ana ... 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) April 3, 2023 
Just five percent of Britain's top firms have issued net-zero plans that would be "credible" under government guidelines, according to a study published on Monday.
Consultancy EY revealed the key finding after examining net-zero ambitions of companies listed on London's benchmark FTSE 100 index.
Britain is targeting carbon neutrality by 2050 and wants businesses to outline how they will ... more |
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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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 Paris (AFP) April 4, 2023 
Ask any pet owner if their beloved companion has a personality and you'll most often get an emphatic "yes". But now tiger researchers can nod along too - a study published Wednesday reveals that the world's largest felines have individual character traits.
The behaviour of the 248 Siberian tigers observed through a personality test showed that the endangered cats had unique traits influenci ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 5, 2023 
China feels it has the "right to redefine the global world order", Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei told AFP on Wednesday ahead of the opening in London of his first design-focused exhibition.
The show at the capital's Design Museum features hundreds of thousands of objects collected by the Chinese artist since the 1990s, from Stone Age tools to Lego bricks, and draws on his love of artefa ... 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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