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  Paris (ESA) Oct 05, 2023 Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year's ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an 'ozone depleting area,' reached a size of 26 million sq km on 16 September 2023. This is roughly three times the size of Brazil. The size of the ozone hole fluctuates on a regular basis. From August to October, the ozone hole increases in size - reaching a maximum between mid-September and mid-October. When temperatures ... read more |
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Carbon capture method plucks CO2 straight from the airEvanston IL (SPX) Oct 04, 2023 Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmospher ... more  
Climate change primary driver of amphibian decline: studyParis (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Climate change has become the main factor driving amphibians towards extinction as they remained the most threatened vertebrates over the past two decades, according to research published on Wednesday. ... more  
Brazil vows more aid as Amazon waters dry upSao Paulo (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Brazil's Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin said Wednesday that more help would be sent to an Amazon state where rivers are drying up in a severe drought, causing mass die-offs of fish and dolphins. ... more  
At least 10 dead, 82 missing in India glacial lake burstGuwahati, India (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 The death toll from a devastating glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India has risen to at least 10 people, with 82 others still missing, according to officials. ... more |
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  French army says to begin Niger withdrawal 'this week' 
Hawaii gets $8M for new space tech to measure Earth's chemical compositionManoa HI (SPX) Oct 05, 2023 Due to its launch expertise, University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) secured an $8 million technology demonstration mission funded by the NASA Earth Science Technology ... more |
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NASA selects Umbra for their CSDA ProgramWashington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2023 Umbra, a leader in advanced space radar technology, announced it has been selected by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a commercial provider for its Commercial Satellite D ... more 
AI of the tiger: Tiny camera 'protects' predator -- and peopleParis (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Tiger populations are on the rise in the jungles of India and Nepal and the predators are roaming ever closer to villages, sparking a race among conservationists to find ways of avoiding conflict. ... more  
Warming beaches threaten Yemen sea turtles' futureAl Ghay'Ah, Yemen (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to rising temperatures, creating a gender imbalance that brings the threat of local extinction. ... more  
'Zero income' after storms ravage famed Greek apple harvestZagora, Greece (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Engine revving, Greek apple farmer Thymios Economou strains to drive a pickup truck through a rock-strewn dirt road and reach his flood-stricken orchard. ... more |
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  Living in fear on Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano 
Typhoon Koinu brings 'record' winds, torrential rains to TaiwanTaitung, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Typhoon Koinu grazed the southern edge of Taiwan on Thursday, blanketing the region in torrential rain and bringing record-breaking winds of more than 340 kilometres an hour to an outlying island. ... more |
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DRC army officer receives death sentence over protest killingsGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 2, 2023 A military court sentenced a DR Congo army officer to death and handed 10-year prison terms to three others Monday over the August killing of more than 50 protesters in the eastern city of Goma. ... more  
Indonesian city closes schools over peatland fire hazeJambi, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 3, 2023 An Indonesian city with a population of hundreds of thousands has shut schools for three days because of haze caused by large peatland fires, its mayor said Tuesday. ... more 
Mali rebels claim capture of army campDakar (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Tuareg rebels on Wednesday claimed to have captured a camp of Mali's armed forces in the north of the country, where clashes have been escalating since August. ... more 
Wildfire on Spain's Tenerife forces 3,000 people to evacuateMadrid (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 A wildfire raging on Spain's holiday island of Tenerife amid unseasonably hot temperatures forced the evacuation on Wednesday of around 3,000 people from their homes, local officials said. ... more |
  WHO recommends second vaccine against malaria  
Dartmouth study removes human bias from debate over dinosaurs' demiseHanover NH (SPX) Oct 04, 2023 To help resolve the scientific debate over whether it was a giant asteroid or volcanic eruptions that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other species 66 million years ago, Dartmouth researchers tried ... more |
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NOAA awards $20M to research harmful algal bloomsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 3, 2023 More than $20 million has been pledged to monitor and research harmful algal blooms, along U.S. coastal waters and in the Great Lakes, which can kill fish and threaten human health. ... more 
Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to help coralBangkok (AFP) Oct 3, 2023 A coalition of 45 countries pledged Tuesday to raise $12 billion for conservation and restoration of coral reefs, which are threatened worldwide by the effects of climate change. ... more 
Largest climate fund seeks new funding for vulnerableParis (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 The world's largest multilateral climate fund will aim to boost cash flow in a donor conference on Thursday, with all eyes on what the United States will provide for vulnerable nations. ... more 
Pope warns of 'irreversible' climate change, urges UN actionVatican City (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Pope Francis warned Wednesday the world "is collapsing" due to global warming, urging participants of the upcoming COP28 climate talks to agree to binding policies on phasing out fossil fuels. ... more |
 
Libya flood relief hampered by 'turf wars' and divisionTunis (AFP) Oct 3, 2023 More than three weeks after Libya's deadly flood disaster, the divided country's two rival administrations remain bitterly at odds on how to manage the massive aid and reconstruction effort. ... more  
Last September was hottest on record by 'extraordinary' margin: EU monitorParis (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Last month was the hottest September on record by an "extraordinary" margin as the world flirts dangerously with breaching a key warming limit, the EU climate monitor said on Thursday. ... more 
Floods hit days after fires in eastern AustraliaSydney (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Emergency services warned people to flee floods threatening more than 130 homes in eastern Australia Thursday - in a region swept by bushfires just 48 hours earlier. ... more 
Humans increasingly settling in high-risk flood zones, study warnsBangkok (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Humans are increasingly settling in areas highly exposed to dangerous flooding, a study warned Wednesday, with China helping drive the rise in risky urban expansion into exposed areas. ... more |
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Bangladesh swamped by record dengue deathsDhaka (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 In the crowded fever ward in Bangladesh's Mugda hospital, every bed is taken, as the country struggles in the grip of its deadliest dengue outbreak. ... more  
Inuit hunters blame cruise ships as narwhal disappearIttoqqortoormiit, Denmark (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 To hunt the narwhal, whose long tusk was the unicorn horn of medieval myth, you need absolute silence. ... more 
Senator blocks Egypt military aid over rightsWashington (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 The new top US senator on foreign relations on Tuesday blocked some $235 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, after his predecessor was indicted in a scandal that touched on ties with Cairo. ... more  
China opposes sanctions, says fentanyl crisis 'rooted in' USBeijing (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Beijing lashed out Wednesday at Washington following US sanctions on a China-based drug network over the production of chemicals believed to fuel the fentanyl crisis, saying the opioid problem was "rooted in" the United States. ... more |
 
Colombian army apologizes for civilian executionsBogota (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Colombia's army apologized for the first time Tuesday for the deaths of civilians executed by soldiers to inflate performance numbers as they fought leftist guerrillas. ... more 
Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate changeIttoqqortoormiit, Denmark (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse. ... more 
Climate change draws great white sharks north, threatening ecosystemSanta Cruz, United States (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 There never used to be young great white sharks basking off the busy beaches of central California, but as climate change starts to bite, warmer waters are enticing them north - with possibly catastrophic consequences for a whole ecosystem. ... more  
Is planting trees to combat climate change 'complete nonsense'?Bangkok (AFP) Oct 3, 2023 Bill Gates is emphatic: "I don't plant trees," he declared recently, wading into a debate about whether mass tree planting is really much use in fighting climate change. ... more |
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Fukushima sake brewer warms shattered Japanese fishing communityNamie, Japan (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Daisuke Suzuki is helping by doing what he does best as life tentatively returns to normal for the devastated fishing communities of Japan's Fukushima region: making sake. ... more 
At least 23 Indian soldiers missing in flash floodGuwahati, India (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 The Indian army said Wednesday that 23 soldiers were missing after a powerful flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a remote valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. ... more 
Floods hit 4,000 homes in central ThailandBangkok (AFP) Oct 3, 2023 Floodwaters have inundated more than 4,000 homes in central Thailand, officials said Tuesday, after a river burst its banks following heavy monsoon rains. ... more 
Living in fear on Italy's Campi Flegrei volcanoPozzuoli, Italy (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 As a child, Alfredo Colato cooked eggs on this southern Italian volcano. Today, he is poised to flee Campi Flegrei, as experts warn earthquakes rocking his hometown could herald an eruption. ... more |
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