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October 23, 2023
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Urban Sky announces $9.75M Series A funding round



Denver CO (SPX) Oct 17, 2023
Urban Sky, a stratospheric technology and remote sensing company, announced an over-subscribed $9.75 million Series A financing round co-led by New Legacy Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and Lavrock Ventures, with participation from Catapult Ventures, Union Labs VC, DA Ventures (a Denver Angels Affiliate), and TenOneTen Ventures. The company will use the funding to scale its commercial imaging operation, develop advanced stratospheric technology, and broaden its sensor portfolio. Urban Sky's technology en ... read more

WOOD PILE
Brazil president vetoes bill limiting Indigenous land claims
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 21, 2023
Brazil's president announced on Friday that he will partially veto a bill restricting Indigenous groups' claims to ancestral lands, overriding Congress's recent approval of the legislation. ... more
WOOD PILE
Race to save the Amazon leaves out Brazil's crucial savanna
Sao Desiderio, Brazil (AFP) Oct 20, 2023
People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered "sterile" land in the Brazilian savanna to farm soybeans, she says. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Climate 'loss and damage' talks end in failure
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2023
A crucial meeting on climate "loss and damages" ahead of COP28 ended in failure Saturday, with countries from the global north and south unable to reach an agreement, according to sources involved in the talks. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Drought in Brazil's Amazon reveals ancient engravings
Manaus, Brazil (AFP) Oct 22, 2023
An extreme drought in parts of the Amazon has led to a dramatic drop in river water levels, exposing dozens of usually submerged rock formations with carvings of human forms that may date back some 2,000 years. ... more
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FROTH AND BUBBLE


'Til trash do us part: Taiwan couple embraces garbage wedding shoot

FARM NEWS
In US, invasive spotted lanternflies are devastating crops
New York (AFP) Oct 21, 2023
At first glance, the spotted lanternfly looks like an elegant butterfly, speckled with black spots on white wings with a splash of bright red. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
'Don't send us back', scared Afghan quake survivors ask
Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 20, 2023
Afghan earthquake survivor Negar could hardly bear a single night in her half-demolished village, for fear of more aftershocks, before she asked to be sent back to the city. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
'Embrace discomfort' to save planet says N Macedonia pioneer
Veles, Republic Of North Macedonia (AFP) Oct 21, 2023
One day Dimche Ackov had enough of the stress and pollution of urban life and chucked in his job and headed out into the North Macedonia countryside for a fresh start. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Hurricane Norma hits Mexico coast, then weakens to tropical storm
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (AFP) Oct 22, 2023
Hurricane Norma slammed into Mexico's northwestern coast Saturday afternoon, bringing heavy rain and the threat of flash floods, but was downgraded to a tropical storm by evening, authorities said. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Scores killed in Gaza strikes as new aid convoy arrives
Rafah, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Oct 22, 2023
Scores of Palestinians were killed in central Gaza on Sunday after Israel stepped up its strikes on the war-torn enclave and another convoy of 17 aid trucks arrived as the Hamas-run territory faces "catastrophic" shortages. ... more

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WEATHER REPORT


Storm Babet triggers flooding, power cuts in northern Europe

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
World leaders at Cairo Peace Summit call for civilian safety in Gaza
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 21, 2023
World leaders attending the Cairo Peace Summit on Saturday called for an immediate end to hostilities in Gaza as well as the safe passage of aid across the border into the Palestinian enclave. ... more
WHALES AHOY
An endangered whale species is speeding towards extinction
Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
They're one of the most endangered mammals in the world, and a species you may never have even heard of: North Atlantic right whales. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Kenyans demand compensation for British army blaze ahead of king's visit
Nanyuki, Kenya (AFP) Oct 20, 2023
Residents in central Kenya on Friday denounced a lack of compensation over a devastating 2021 fire which broke out during a British military exercise, 10 days before a visit by King Charles III. ... more
WHALES AHOY
Speeding boats risk killing off North Atlantic right whales: study
Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
An overwhelming majority of large boats off the US East Coast are speeding through slow-zones designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, of which only around 340 remain. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Led by Donkeys: UK political agitators reaching millions
London (AFP) Oct 21, 2023
A persistent irritant to Britain's ruling Conservatives since its creation after Brexit, campaign group Led by Donkeys has built a big online audience with its largely humour-led attempts at political accountability. ... more
WAR REPORT


U.S. and Iran seek to gain Vatican's favor amid Israel-Hamas war

WOOD PILE
Deforestation caused by rubber vastly underestimated: study
Bangkok (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
Deforestation for rubber cultivation has been "substantially underestimated", and is two to three times higher than generally assumed, a new study said Wednesday. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Dust in the air worsened in 2022: UN
Geneva (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
The amount of dust in the world's air worsened in 2022, the United Nations said on Thursday, as it called for more research into how climate change may increase sandstorm hotspots. ... more
IRON AND ICE
Psyche's 3.6 billion kilometre journey to the centre of the Earth via it's namesake
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
Psyche was the Greek goddess of the soul, born a mere mortal and later married to Eros, the God of love. Who knows why the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis gave her name to a celestial object ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Chinese satellite cluster utilizes InSAR technology for advanced terrain mapping
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
China's PIESAT-1, a unique constellation of remote-sensing satellites arranged in a wheel-like formation, has successfully acquired high-precision topographic data using multi-baseline interferometr ... more
ROBO SPACE
Do humans get lazier when robots help with tasks?
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
Now that improvements in technology mean that some robots work alongside humans, there is evidence that those humans have learned to see them as team-mates - and teamwork can have negative as well a ... more
EARLY EARTH
Ancient diamonds shine light on the evolution of Earth
Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
The analysis of ancient, superdeep diamonds dug up from mines in Brazil and Western Africa, has exposed new processes of how continents evolved and moved during the early evolution of complex life o ... more
ICE WORLD
Retreating glaciers reveal new pastures for conservationists
Les Contamines, France (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
Water surged through a desolate canyon of grey rock into a blue-grey lake, an ancient landscape only revealed to humanity in recent decades because France's glaciers have retreated so far. ... more
WATER WORLD
EU 'cannot accept' Israel illegally halting water to Gaza: Borrell
Strasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
The European Union "cannot accept" Israel stopping water supplies to Gaza's population, which "clearly" violates international law, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday. ... more
WATER WORLD
IAEA tests fish near Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant amid water release
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 19, 2023
A task force with the International Atomic Energy Agency tested fish near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan Thursday to assess the potential impact on marine life as treated water drains from the damaged facility into the Pacific Ocean. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Dutch criminal probe against US firm DuPont over 'forever chemicals'
The Hague (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
Dutch authorities on Thursday launched a criminal investigation into US chemical giant DuPont and its spinoff Chemours over years of pollution from so-called "forever chemicals" at a plant south of Rotterdam. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Atlantic hurricanes strengthening faster: study
Paris (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
Atlantic hurricanes are now more likely to quickly strengthen from weak storms than during the 1970s and 80s, according to new research published Thursday, which warned of an increasing risk to coastal communities. ... more
ICE WORLD
A simulation to visualize the evolution of Alpine ice cover over the last 120,000 years
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
The last glacial period began around 115,000 years ago, and was punctuated by cold and warmer cycles, resulting in the advance and retreat of glaciers that shaped the landscape of the European Alps ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
California supervolcano is cooling off but may still cause quakes
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
Since the 1980s, researchers have observed significant periods of unrest in a region of California's Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains characterized by swarms of earthquakes as well as the ground infl ... more
WATER WORLD
ETH Zurich researchers study one of the world's darkest rivers
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
When the researchers came upon the Ruki River, they were quite taken aback. The water in this river, a tributary of the mighty Congo River, is so dark that you literally can't see your hand in front ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
How to help save plants from extinction
Riverside CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
Now is the time to identify the conditions that cause plants to die. Doing so will allow us to better protect plants by choosing conservation targets more strategically, UC Riverside botanists argue ... more
WATER WORLD
International ocean satellite monitors how El Nino is shaping up
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 19, 2023
Not all El Nino events are created equal. Their impacts vary widely, and satellites like the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich help anticipate those impacts on a global scale by tracking cha ... more
TECH SPACE
Protecting polar bears aim of new and improved radar technology
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
Research testing new technology to more effectively locate polar bear dens across the Arctic is showing promising results. Researchers from Simon Fraser University and Brigham Young University (BYU) ... more
ABOUT US
The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 19, 2023
About 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years in the western part of the Eurasian continent, gave way to Homo sapiens, who had arrived from Africa. This repl ... more
ICE WORLD
Reversing warming may stop Greenland ice sheet collapse: study
Paris (AFP) Oct 18, 2023
Breaching the global warming limits of the world's climate goals could see the melting of Greenland's ice sheet add more than a metre to rising sea levels, according to new research on Wednesday. ... more
ABOUT US
Tech breathes new life into endangered Native American languages
Bloomington, United States (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
Linguistics experts are turning to cutting-edge technologies to revitalize threatened Native American languages - and rejuvenate generations of Indigenous tradition - through new approaches such as children's books and smartphone apps. ... more
WATER WORLD
UN inspectors test Fukushima fish
Iwaki, Japan (AFP) Oct 19, 2023
UN inspectors took samples from a fish market near the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday following the release of wastewater from the wrecked facility in August. ... more
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