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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 With nearly 170 million residents, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated nations in the world. Nearly half of its residents work on or live around farms, and rice crops are critical to feeding that population. So when researchers from the University of Washington and Bangladesh's Ministry of Agriculture joined forces to use data from NASA and its partners to help the country's rice farmers, the potential benefit was substantial. Through their IRAS program, short for the Integrated Rice A ... read more |
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Top fundraiser offers defense of climate protests; Pope tells youths to tackle crisisNew York (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 For years, Margaret Klein Salamon labored behind the scenes to try to convince politicians about the existential threat posed by climate change. ... more  
Ionospheric study reveals surprising protection by Earth's magnetic fieldSendai, Japan (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 The ionosphere, that expansive layer suspended between 60 and over 600 kilometers above Earth, plays a pivotal role in safeguarding crucial communication systems, satellites, and the vital ozone lay ... more  
Counting wildfires across the globeParis (ESA) Aug 03, 2023 In recent weeks, devastating wildfires have spread in Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Tunisia and Canada, causing human casualties as well as massive environmental and economic damage. ... more  
Earth's most ancient impact craters are disappearingWashington DC (SPX) Aug 03, 2023 Earth's oldest craters could give scientists critical information about the structure of the early Earth and the composition of bodies in the solar system as well as help to interpret crater records ... more |
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  Scores dead across northern China in wide scale flooding 
Dune patterns reveal environmental change on Earth and other planetsStanford CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2023 Dunes, the mounds of sand formed by the wind that vary from ripples on the beach to towering behemoths in the desert, are incarnations of surface processes, climate change, and the surrounding atmos ... more |
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IBM collaborates with NASA to launch Geospatial AI on Hugging FaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2023 IBM, in partnership with Hugging Face, has released its advanced geospatial foundation model developed using NASA's satellite data, marking it as the most extensive geospatial model on the Hugging F ... more  
Loch Ness struggles with Scotland's shifting climateInverness, United Kingdom (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 Around Scotland's Loch Ness, famous for hosting a mythical monster in its murky depths, another prolonged dry spell earlier this year has heightened fears of a different kind. ... more  
Lula to host S.American summit on saving the AmazonBelem, Brazil (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will host a regional summit next week with planetary stakes, as leaders of the countries that share the Amazon seek a roadmap to save the world's biggest rainforest. ... more  
Opposition mounts in Nigeria over possible Niger interventionLagos (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger, ahead of a Sunday deadline to reinstate the country's elected government. ... more |
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 21 injured, buildings collapse as 5.4 quake hits east China  
At least 16 killed in landslide in GeorgiaTbilisi (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 At least 16 people were killed and dozens were missing after a landslide at a resort town in northwestern Georgia, officials said Saturday. ... more |
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China says natural disasters caused 147 deaths or disappearances in JulyBeijing (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 China said Friday that natural disasters had caused 147 deaths or disappearances in July, after the heaviest rains since records began hit the country's capital at the end of the month. ... more 
Record floods 'worst natural disaster' in Slovenia in over 30 years: PMLjubljana (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 Clean-up operations in Slovenia were in full flow Saturday after torrential rains and severe floods brought havoc to the Alpine country in its worst natural disaster since independence, officials said. ... more  
Two men arrested over wolf shooting in HungaryBudapest (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 Two men have been arrested in Hungary over the shooting of a wolf, officials said Friday, with the nine-year-old son of one of them suspected of having killed the protected animal. ... more  
German city deploys snowploughs after hail stormFrankfurt, Germany (AFP) Aug 5, 2023 A Germany city had to deploy snowploughs at the height of northern hemisphere summer after a violent storm dumped huge quantities of hail in the streets. ... more |
  US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree 
Fire near Spain's border with France spreading rapidlyMadrid (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 A forest fire on Spain's Mediterranean coast near the French border was spreading rapidly on Friday, fed by strong winds and surrounding a popular tourist site. ... more |
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Abortion standoff leaves top US Army job unfilledWashington (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 The US Army's chief of staff stepped down Friday, leaving a second military branch without a confirmed leader as a lawmaker stalls the approval of Pentagon nominations to protest efforts to aid abortion access for troops. ... more 
World's oceans set new surface temperature record: EU monitorParis (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 The world's oceans set a new temperature record this week, raising concerns about knock-on effects on the planet's climate, marine life and coastal communities. ... more  
Tunisian brand turns sea plastic into green coutureKerkennah, Tunisia (AFP) Aug 6, 2023 The two men in bright overalls rooting for plastic on a Tunisian beach do so to make a living, but also in the knowledge that they are helping the environment. ... more 
Discarded plastic blights Honduran mangrove islandIsla De Los Pajaros, Honduras (AFP) Aug 4, 2023 A heron chick flutters clumsily after hatching in a nest on a mangrove island littered with plastic waste in the Gulf of Fonseca, along the Pacific Coast of Central America. ... more |
Clearcut logging leads to more frequent flooding, including extreme floodsVancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 Loss of forest cover is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent floods of any size, according to new UBC research. While it's widely thought that loss of fores ... more 
Hawaii's undersea volcano Kama'ehu erupted five times in past 150 yearsManoa HI (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 Kama'ehuakanaloa (formerly Lo'ihi Seamount), a submarine Hawaiian volcano located about 20 miles off the south coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, has erupted at least five times in the last 150 year ... more 
UN vows more 'transparency' of climate talks attendanceParis (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 The UN is promising to publish more details of participants of high-stakes COP climate talks, amid criticism from campaigners that the negotiations are attracting surging numbers of fossil-fuel lobbyists. ... more 
Lula says 'world must help' Brazil save the AmazonBrasilia (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday the "world must help" Brazil protect the Amazon, ahead of a summit next week on the world's biggest rainforest, a key buffer against climate change. ... more |
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Floods for miles: swathes of China underwater after historic rainZhuozhou, China (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Swathes of northern China were submerged in filthy floodwater on Wednesday after days of historic rainfall battered the capital city of Beijing and surrounding areas. ... more  
Nuclear spin's impact on biological processes uncoveredJerusalem (SPX) Aug 01, 2023 A research team led by Prof. Yossi Paltiel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with groups from HUJI, Weizmann and IST Austria new study reveals the influence of nuclear spin on biological process ... more 
Canada wildfire smoke smashes emission record: monitorParis (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Massive wildfires in Canada have already spewed out twice the smoke emissions than the previous whole-year record, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday, with the blazes expected to continue to scorch their way through forests for weeks or even months. ... more 
Kuwait's scorching summers a warning for heating planetKuwait City (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat. ... more |
South America sweats under high temps -- in the middle of winterSantiago (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Far away from the extreme summer temperatures of the northern hemisphere, Southern Cone countries such as Chile and Argentina are also experiencing record heat, but in the middle of what is supposed to be their winter. ... more 
Court reverses Ruto's lifting of logging ban in KenyaNairobi (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 A court in Kenya has blocked President William Ruto from lifting a near six-year ban on logging, the petitioners said Wednesday, in a win for conservationists. ... more 
Gulf of Mexico's oxygen-starved 'dead zone' smaller than expectedWashington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2023 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," an area of water with oxygen so low it can kill wildlife, is smaller than expected. ... more 
Austria farmers up in arms over Brussels GMO plansSchonfeld, Austria (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 The European Commission's proposal to ease current restrictions on genetically modified crops has riled up EU organic farming leader Austria and its farmers. ... more |
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Russian drone raid hits Ukraine grain port on Danube RiverWashington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2023 Russian drone raids targeted Ukrainian industrial and port infrastructure in the Odessa region early Wednesday, including a major grain export facility on the eastern bank of the Danube River near the border with Romania, causing significant damage. ... more 
Earthquake-hit Turkey pulls out of hosting key UN nature talksParis (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Turkey has said it cannot host a major UN biodiversity meeting in 2024 as it reels from a series of devastating earthquakes this year, according to the UN body that oversees the talks. ... more 
Iceland's met office says volcanic eruption slowingReykjavik (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 Lava flowing from a volcano near Iceland's capital since July 10 has slowed significantly in the past week and could end soon, the country's meteorological office said Wednesday. ... more 
Japan's elderly 'gateball' players unbeaten by the heatTokyo (AFP) Aug 3, 2023 Under a scorching sun in Tokyo, octogenarian Katsuko Morita swings her mallet and whacks a ball through a small "gate". The diehard gateballer plays almost every day, even when the mercury soars. ... more |
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