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  Sheffield UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 Gas emissions are the manifestation of activity occurring beneath the surface of a volcano. Measuring them lets researchers see what can't be seen from the surface. This knowledge is vital for hazard monitoring and the prediction of future eruptions. Since the mid-2000s, ultraviolet SO2 cameras have become important tools to measure emissions. The measurement campaigns, however, must be accompanied by a user, making SO2 cameras unsuitable for acquiring long-term datasets. Building and operating this typ ... read more |
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Quantifying carbon leakage from enhanced rock weatheringAtlanta GA (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 A technique known as "enhanced rock weathering" may help remove carbon from the atmosphere, and a model shows the method will only leak minimal carbon if its products are stored in the ocean. Constr ... more  
Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs in a communal nestFrankfurt, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 In millions of years and with a long sequence of small changes, evolution has shaped a particular group of dinosaurs, the theropods, into the birds we watch fly around the planet today. In fact, bir ... more  
California's beetle-killed, carbon-storing pine forests may not come backLos Alamos CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 Ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles during the 2012-2015 megadrought won't recover to pre-drought densities, reducing an important storehouse for ... more  
Chinese FY-3 satellites enrich global soil moisture datasetBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 Surface soil moisture (SSM) plays an important role in drought and flood monitoring, weather forecasting, among other natural resource activities, and is also critical in water and heat exchanges be ... more |
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Indonesia residents run outside as shallow quake hits
Magnitude 6.1 offshore quake hits near Indonesian island: USGS Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rain Latin American classics get the streaming treatment Santorini seismic activity down but schools stay shuttered: Greece Fishermen, sailing champions clean up trash-covered Rio island CORRECTED: Two jailed for 18 years over tower block collapse in Turkey quake Two jailed for 18 years over tower block collapse in Turkey quake Islanders keen to return to Santorini even as quakes continue UN watchdog chief visits Fukushima as Japan returns to nuclear power |
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Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO)Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 Each year, thousands of wildfires release large amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and burn roughly 1.5 million acres of forests and grasslands throughout the country, acco ... more 
Russian volcano spews ash across Kamchatka PeninsulaMoscow (AFP) April 11, 2023 Russia's Shiveluch volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing a cloud of ash across a vast swath of the Kamchatka Peninsula and potentially posing a risk to flights, according to local volcanology authorities. ... more  
UN rights chief 'concerned' as China jails rights lawyersGeneva (AFP) April 10, 2023 UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday he was "very concerned" after China sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to more than a decade in jail. ... more  
Ranchers battle wolves in Colorado wilds as reintroduction loomsWalden, United States (AFP) April 10, 2023 With wolves descending from the mountains of Wyoming to feast on his cattle, and his home state of Colorado preparing to reintroduce its own wild packs soon, rancher Don Gittleson says he has tried everything to protect his herd. ... more |
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U.S. Southeast, Gulf coasts experiencing record-breaking sea-level riseWashington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2023 The coasts of the southeastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico are seeing record sea-level rise caused by man-made climate change and a peak in natural weather variability, according to a new study out Monday. ... more 
India's tiger population rises above 3,000New Delhi (AFP) April 9, 2023 India's wild tiger population - by far the largest in the world - has risen above 3,000, according to a census released Sunday, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species. ... more  
Ethiopia PM vows to dismantle regional military forcesAddis Ababa (AFP) April 9, 2023 Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed Sunday to dismantle regional forces established by some states, warning that law enforcement measures would be taken against any "destructive" opposition. ... more 
Despite Lula's promises, deforestation still rampant in BrazilBrasilia (AFP) April 7, 2023 Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures released on Friday. ... more |
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As Colombian volcano rumbles to life, villagers resist evacuationMurillo, Colombia (AFP) April 8, 2023 Smoke billows from the crater of a snow-capped Andean volcano, reminding local inhabitants of the threat of another potential deadly eruption. ... more 
World Bank could lend $50bn more over decade with reform: YellenWashington (AFP) April 8, 2023 The World Bank's ongoing reform could result in a $50 billion lending boost over the next decade, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told AFP ahead of stakeholders' meetings next week where key changes are expected to be announced. ... more 
Ethiopia starts dismantling regional military forcesAddis Ababa (AFP) April 7, 2023 Ethiopia has begun dismantling regional forces established by some states, aiming to integrate them into the federal army, police or civilian life, a government spokeswoman said Friday, in a move expected to arouse opposition. ... more 
Smelly seaweed bloom heads to FloridaParis (ESA) Apr 11, 2023 A large mass of Sargassum 'seaweed' circling around the Gulf of Mexico may soon wash up along the US west coast near Florida - depending on the right combination of currents and wind. The bloom, whi ... more  
Rocket Lab to launch NASA's cyclone-tracking satellite constellation from New ZealandLong Beach CA (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) will launch NASA's TROPICS constellation across two dedicated Electron missions lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand next month. The TROPICS con ... 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.
Their foreboding compou ... more |
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 Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 
SatixFy Communications Ltd. (NYSE AMERICAN: SATX) has completed a contracted demonstration with OneWeb Technologies ("OWT"), and the Air Force Research Lab ("AFRL"), to demonstrate SatixFy's new antenna for use by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), under its initiative Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI). This program was executed in partnership with the ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2023 
Using two decades of NASA satellite measurements stored in the cloud, scientists recently assessed the vulnerability of Belize's renowned coral reefs to bleaching and collapse. The findings could help management authorities protect the reefs from human impacts such as development, overfishing, pollution, and climate change.
The 185-mile-long (298-kilometer-long) barrier reef system off the ... more |
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 Cincinnati OH (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 
At least five ice ages have befallen Earth, including one 635 million years ago that created glaciers from pole to pole.
Called the Marinoan Ice Age, it's named for the part of Australia where geologic evidence was first collected in the 1970s.
Scientists say the Marinoan Ice Age was one of the most extreme in the planet's history, creating glacial ice that persisted for 15 million y ... 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.
Adding to inflation of nearly ... more |
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 Sheffield UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 
Gas emissions are the manifestation of activity occurring beneath the surface of a volcano. Measuring them lets researchers see what can't be seen from the surface. This knowledge is vital for hazard monitoring and the prediction of future eruptions. Since the mid-2000s, ultraviolet SO2 cameras have become important tools to measure emissions. The measurement campaigns, however, must be accompan ... more |
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 Mogadishu (AFP) April 11, 2023 
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday at the start of a brief visit to Somalia, a country scarred by protracted armed conflict and climate disasters.
Guterres was given a red carpet welcome at the capital city's airport by Somalia's Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse who posted pictures of the event on Twitter.
Somalia has imposed a security lockdown on M ... 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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 Irvine CA (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 
Human activities emit many kinds of pollutants into the air, and without a molecule called hydroxide (OH), many of these pollutants would keep aggregating in the atmosphere.
How OH itself forms in the atmosphere was viewed as a complete story, but in new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team that includes Sergey Nizkorodov, a University of C ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 
In millions of years and with a long sequence of small changes, evolution has shaped a particular group of dinosaurs, the theropods, into the birds we watch fly around the planet today. In fact, birds are the only descendants of dinosaurs which survived the catastrophic extinction 66 million years ago that ended the Cretaceous period.
Troodon was such a theropod. The carnivorous dinosaur w ... 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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 Niversity Park PA (SPX) Apr 11, 2023 
A research lab at Penn State will equally share a three-year, $2.55 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) with three other teams at Carnegie Mellon University and the Adolphe Merkle Institute of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. The multidisciplinary research collaboration aims to develop a framework for the design and production of soft, self-charging, ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) April 9, 2023 
India's wild tiger population - by far the largest in the world - has risen above 3,000, according to a census released Sunday, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species.
The largest of all cats, tigers once roamed throughout central, eastern and southern Asia.
But in the past 100 years the tiger has lost more than 93 per cent of its historic range and now only survives in sc ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 10, 2023  UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday he was "very concerned" after China sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to more than a decade in jail.
Xu Zhiyong and fellow campaigner Ding Jiaxi were convicted of "subversion of state power" following closed-door trials.
Both were leading figures in the New Citizens' Movement, a civil rights group that called for constitutional ref ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 6, 2023 
When it comes to what some call his most important job - saving the Amazon rainforest - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been talking the talk, vowing "Brazil is back" in the fight against climate change.
Now, environmentalists say it is time for him to walk the walk - and for the international community to put its money where its mouth is by ramping up funding to protect the Amazo ... more |
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