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  Birmingham UK (SPX) May 11, 2023 A tiny flightless midge which has colonised Antarctica's Signy Island is driving fundamental changes to the island's soil ecosystem, a study shows. Research by experts at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey has revealed that a non-native midge species is significantly increasing rates of plant decomposition, resulting in three to five-fold increases in soil nitrate levels compared to sites where only native invertebrates occur. The paper, published ... read more |
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Climate maths 'doesn't add up' without carbon capture: COP28 chiefAbu Dhabi (AFP) May 10, 2023 The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Wednesday the world must get "serious" about new emission-capturing technology, rather than focussing only on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. ... more  
World near positive 'tipping point' on climate solutions: expertParis (AFP) May 10, 2023 With climate-enhanced droughts, heatwaves and fires ravaging three continents and the threat of a new surge in global warming, the world urgently needs to ramp-up solutions for slashing carbon pollution. But which solutions are most critical? ... more  
Scientists discover plastic-degrading microbes in Alps and ArcticZurich, Switzerland (SPX) May 10, 2023 Finding, cultivating, and bioengineering organisms that can digest plastic not only aids in the removal of pollution, but is now also big business. Several microorganisms that can do this have alrea ... more  
Study reveals presence of Hunga Tonga eruption aerosols in northern hemisphere stratospheric westerliesBeijing, China (SPX) May 10, 2023 An international team led by researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has detected aerosols from the Hunga Tonga eruption in the Northern Hemisp ... more |
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Tracking whales as they cruise the ArcticTrondheim, Norway (SPX) May 10, 2023 Fibre-optic cables line the coasts of the continents and criss-cross the oceans, carrying signals that are the backbone of communication in the modern world. While their main job is telecommunicatio ... more 
Dark clouds on the horizonTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 10, 2023 Our industrialized society releases many and various pollutants into the world. Combustion in particular produces aerosol mass including black carbon. Although this only accounts for a few percent o ... more  
Evidence of Ice Age human migrations from China to the Americas and JapanWashington DC (SPX) May 10, 2023 Scientists have used mitochondrial DNA to trace a female lineage from northern coastal China to the Americas. By integrating contemporary and ancient mitochondrial DNA, the team found evidence of at ... more  
Nature favors creatures in largest and smallest sizesMontreal, Canada (SPX) May 11, 2023 Surveying the body sizes of Earth's living organisms, researchers from McGill University and University of British Columbia found that the planet's biomass - the material that makes up all living or ... more |
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Australian bushfires likely contributed to multiyear La NinaBoulder CO (SPX) May 11, 2023 The catastrophic Australian bushfires in 2019-2020 contributed to ocean cooling thousands of miles away, ultimately nudging the Tropical Pacific into a rare multi-year La Nina event that dissipated ... more  
A primal forest encircled by Ecuador port faces ruinationGuayaquil, Ecuador (AFP) May 11, 2023 A hilly forest that is a bastion of exceptional flora and fauna next to Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, is now threatened by mining, urbanization and deforestation. ... more  
Climate change raising heat risks for workers, experts warnDoha (AFP) May 10, 2023 Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from labouring in extreme heat, an international conference has been told. ... more 
Landslide kills 10 in east DR CongoGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) May 10, 2023 Ten people have been killed in a landslide after heavy rain hit eastern DR Congo, officials said Wednesday, in a conflict torn-region where hundreds were died last week after catastrophic flooding. ... more |
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Vietnam warns heatwaves to strain power supplyHanoi (AFP) May 10, 2023 Vietnam's state electricity company warned on Wednesday that the national power system would come under strain this summer due to anticipated heatwaves, days after the country recorded its highest ever temperature. ... more 
Top court orders French govt to take more climate stepsParis (AFP) May 10, 2023 France's top administrative court on Wednesday ordered the government for a second time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within a year, in a case brought by a town threatened by rising sea levels. ... more 
Cyclone Mocha heads for Myanmar, BangladeshYangon (AFP) May 11, 2023 Myanmar and Bangladesh deployed thousands of volunteers and ordered evacuations from low-lying areas on Thursday as the Bay of Bengal's first cyclone of the year approached. ... more  
Wildfires abate slowly in western CanadaEntwistle, Canada (AFP) May 10, 2023 A lull in high temperatures brought some relief on Wednesday from wildfires in Alberta in western Canada as reinforcements arrived to help battle the blazes. ... more |
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Six troops killed in rare west Mali attack: local sourcesBamako (AFP) May 10, 2023 Six Malian soldiers have been killed and nine wounded after a rare attack in the country's west, police and local sources told AFP on Wednesday. ... more 
Australia told to shoot kangaroos before they starveSydney (AFP) May 10, 2023 Australia's kangaroos could die in "catastrophic" numbers if a population boom is left unchecked, ecologists have warned, while backing the industrial-scale culling of the marsupials. ... more 
7.6-magnitude quake rattles TongaWellington (AFP) May 11, 2023 A 7.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the Pacific island nation of Tonga in the early hours of Thursday but there were no reports of injuries or damage. ... more  
Japan okays GPS tracking for bail after Ghosn caseTokyo (AFP) May 10, 2023 Japan on Wednesday enacted a law authorising courts to use GPS for tracking defendants on bail, a measure pushed for after the dramatic 2019 escape of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn. ... more |
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