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October 13, 2023
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Space set to keep people safer during emergencies



Paris (ESA) Oct 13, 2023
Governments and international disaster response teams have long relied on satellites to assess the impacts of disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. Now ESA has partnered with ICEYE, a Finnish microsatellite manufacturer, to improve early warning systems for floods and wildfires and extend their geographical coverage globally. Using synthetic aperture radar technology enables ICEYE's satellites to see through the smoke while the fires are still burning, so emergency teams can pinpoint indiv ... read more

ICE WORLD
Over 40% of Antarctica's ice shelves lost mass in 25 years: study
Paris (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
More than 40 percent of Antarctica's ice shelves lost volume in 25 years, increasing the risk of sea levels rising and with human-induced warming the likely cause, scientists said on Thursday. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
DICT transforms Northern Luzon with 438 satellite broadband sites
Manila, Philippines (SPX) Oct 12, 2023
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in the Philippines has successfully collaborated with internet service provider Stellarsat Solutions Inc. and its partner Kacific B ... more
ICE WORLD
Over 40 percent of Antarctica's ice shelves reduced in volume over 25 years
Leeds UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2023
71 of the 162 ice shelves that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, with a net release of 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater into the oceans, say scientists. ... more
WOOD PILE
Kenya court blocks lifting of logging ban
Nairobi (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
A Kenyan court on Thursday barred the government from lifting a ban on logging but allowed the felling of several thousand hectares of mature forest. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE


Climate 'countdown clock' report launched ahead of key UN talks

FROTH AND BUBBLE
Senegal awash in plastic from popular water sachets
Dakar (AFP) Oct 13, 2023
Moussa Ndoye, a 28-year-old beachgoer in Senegal's capital Dakar, gulps down the water from two plastic sachets in quick succession and throws them in the sand. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
UK govt's climate advisers issue warning over net-zero shift
London (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak softening the pace of Britain's net-zero agenda will make its targets harder to achieve while costing people more, his own government's climate advisers said Thursday. ... more
FARM NEWS
Burp tax causes pre-poll stink with New Zealand farmers
Wellington (AFP) Oct 13, 2023
New Zealand has a plan to tax farmers for their livestock's burps and farts - and it's causing a stink ahead of Saturday's general elections. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Philippine capital: USGS
Manila (AFP) Oct 13, 2023
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the Philippines on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings in the capital, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Fiji minister urges 'quicker' plastic pollution treaty
Bangkok (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
The world must move faster on a plastic pollution treaty that is currently not expected to be finalised before the end of next year, Fiji's deputy prime minister told an international summit on Thursday. ... more

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT


Nepal quake sparks revival of traditional craft skills

DEMOCRACY
Prices, crime, environment: key issues in New Zealand's election
Wellington (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
New Zealanders vote in a general election on Saturday with the centre-left Labour government seeking a third-straight term in office. ... more
NUKEWARS
'Large number' of N. Koreans likely deported by China: Seoul
Seoul (AFP) Oct 13, 2023
A "large number" of North Koreans appear to have been repatriated from China, Seoul's unification ministry said Friday, confirming claims made by multiple rights groups. ... more
SINO DAILY
China says US 'must not interfere' over lawyer deportation
Beijing (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
China said Thursday the United States "must not interfere" in its judicial affairs, hitting back at criticism from Washington over the repatriation of a Chinese human rights lawyer from neighbouring Laos. ... more
FARM NEWS
Measuring nutrition in crops from space
Paris (ESA) Oct 11, 2023
With many people around the world suffering from various forms of malnutrition it's important that the absolute basics such as rice, soya and wheat are as nourishing as possible. ESA-funded research ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Hurricane Lidia leaves two dead in Mexico
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
Hurricane Lidia left at least two people dead in Mexico after making landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm, causing flooding, damage and blocked roads before dissipating, authorities said Wednesday. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW


Vast majority of dead in Afghan quakes women and children

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Chinese scientists join Fukushima water review
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
Chinese scientists will this month take part in extensive sampling of Fukushima's coastal waters for the first time since the release of treated wastewater from its stricken nuclear plant began, Japanese officials said Wednesday. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Planet's Pelican tech demonstration satellite ready for launch
San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2023
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) reports that its Pelican tech demonstration satellite, Pelican-1, along with 36 SuperDoves, have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for launch next mont ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Brazil's Lula calls to protect children in Israel-Gaza war
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called Wednesday for urgent international action to protect children and civilians in the Israel-Gaza war, urging Hamas to free child hostages and Israel to halt its air strikes. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
'Cuter in real life': South Korea names its twin panda 'treasures'
Yongin, South Korea (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
South Korea got its first up-close look at its new pair of baby giant pandas Thursday at a name-revealing ceremony that doubled as an early celebration of the 100 days since their birth. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
UNESCO mission in Libya to inspect damaged heritage sites
Tripoli (AFP) Oct 9, 2023
Experts from the United Nations cultural agency on Monday arrived in Libya to inspect ancient sites hit by last month's flooding that devastated parts of the country's east. ... more
SINO DAILY
US condemns 'forced repatriation' of Chinese human rights lawyer
Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
The United States denounced Wednesday the deportation of a prominent human rights lawyer from Laos to his native China, calling for details on his whereabouts and assurances on the ailing activist's access to medical care. ... more
TECTONICS
Boom, crackle, pop: Sounds of Earth's crust
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2023
If you could sink through the Earth's crust, you might hear, with a carefully tuned ear, a cacophany of booms and crackles along the way. The fissures, pores, and defects running through rocks are l ... more
FARM NEWS
Beer faces unbitter future due to climate change: study
Paris (AFP) Oct 10, 2023
Climate change threatens the cultivation in Europe of aromatic hops which gives beer its bitterness, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
One dead as new quake shakes west Afghanistan
Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Wednesday, claiming at least one life and causing panic among residents already traumatised by a series of tremors that killed around 2,000 people at the weekend. ... more
ICE WORLD
The village at the end of the world
Ittoqqortoormiit, Denmark (AFP) Oct 11, 2023
The last Inuit hunters of Ittoqqortoormiit are a resilient bunch. ... more
WATER WORLD
Wastewater beer aims to help quench US drought
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 9, 2023
With its golden hue and light fruity flavor, the beer being sipped by Aaron Tartakovsky looks and tastes just like many others. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
THEOS-2 Airbus-built satellite for Thailand successfully launched
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 09, 2023
The Airbus-built THEOS-2 Earth observation satellite has been successfully launched on a Vega rocket from Kourou, Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Develo ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Injured tortoises make slow recovery from Greece fires
Kalyvia Thorikou , Greece (AFP) Oct 9, 2023
In an animal shelter near Athens, veterinarian Kleopatra Gkika gently smears soothing cream on the leg of a tortoise, one of hundreds singed in Greece's devastating summer wildfires. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Elephant slaughtered and eaten in DR Congo
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 9, 2023
An elephant that escaped Virunga National Park in volatile eastern DR Congo was slaughtered and eaten on Monday, the conservation authority and a local resident said. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Climate change main culprit for S.America's winter heat wave: study
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 10, 2023
A wave of unusually extreme heat at the end of South America's winter was made 100 times more likely by climate change, according to a study published Tuesday. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Taiwan leader vows island will be democratic 'for generations'
Taipei (AFP) Oct 10, 2023
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday that democracy has thrived on the island despite increased Chinese pressure, and vowed that its people would remain "free for generations". ... more
WATER WORLD
The river disappearing in drought-hit France
Villers-Le-Lac, France (AFP) Oct 10, 2023
The once deep and coursing waters of the Doubs river in eastern France have shrunken to a dry bed that locals can cross almost without getting their feet wet. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Hypergravity odyssey of Earth's tiniest plant
Paris (ESA) Oct 09, 2023
The smallest flowering plant on Earth might become a nutritious foodstuff for astronauts in the future, as well as a highly efficient source of oxygen. To help test their suitability for space, floa ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA selects Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition contractors
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2023
NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data in support of the agency's Earth science research. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program will acquire Earth observation ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Afghan rescuers still digging as hope fades for quake villagers
Siah Ab, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 10, 2023
Rescue workers scrabbled through rubble Tuesday for villagers buried in their homes by a series of earthquakes that killed more than 2,000 people in rural western Afghanistan, but hope of finding survivors was fading fast. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Mass funeral held for Afghan quake victims, families still missing
Siah Ab, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 9, 2023
A mass funeral ceremony for around 300 earthquake victims was held Monday in rural western Afghanistan, as families remained trapped in the rubble of their ruined homes two days after high-magnitude tremors killed more than 2,000 people. ... more
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