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  London (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 Britain on Monday backed international efforts to temporarily suspend the awarding of deep-sea licences for mineral exploration in order to boost marine biodiversity and protect the world's oceans. The announcement was timed to coincide with the first day of negotiations of the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA), an intergovernmental body tasked with protecting the seabed. "The UK government has announced its support for a moratorium on the granting of exploitation licences for d ... read more |
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China scales back 'loud and brash' Pacific funding: reportSydney (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 China's spending spree throughout the South Pacific is drying up as Beijing instead seeks to cement its footprint in a smaller number of "friendly states", Australian researchers said Tuesday. ... more  
Adding crushed rock to farmland pulls carbon out of the airDavis CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 Adding crushed volcanic rock to cropland could play a key role in removing carbon from the air. In a field study, scientists at the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University found the ... more 
COP28 wide open to private sector, says climate talks chiefAbu Dhabi (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 Upcoming UN climate talks in Dubai will be open to the private sector on an unprecedented scale, the conference's chief said on Monday, calling it a chance to "reimagine entire economies". ... more  
New study finds hidden trees across Europe: A billion tons of biomass is overlooked todayCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 Through satellite imaging a new AI driven mapping of biomass and CO2 storage from the University of Copenhagen shows that a huge number of trees are overlooked in Europe's urban, rural, and agricult ... more |
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  Finding Argoland: how a lost continent resurfaced  
Increased West Antarctic ice sheet melting 'unavoidable'London, UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 Scientists ran simulations on the UK's national supercomputer to investigate ocean-driven melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: how much is unavoidable and must be adapted to, and how much meltin ... more |
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Light, freshwater sticks to Greenland's east coastTexel, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 Meltwater that runs along the east coast of Greenland, hardly enters the open ocean before reaching the western side of the island. That is one of the conclusions NIOZ PhD-candidate Elodie Duyck dra ... more 
Seaweed was once central to many European diets for thousands of yearsLondon, UK (The Conversation) Oct 30, 2023 Seaweed isn't something that generally features today in European recipe books, even though it is widely eaten in Asia. But our team has discovered molecular evidence that shows this wasn't always t ... more 
Superdeep diamonds provide a window on supercontinent growthWashington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 Diamonds contain evidence of the mantle rocks that helped buoy and grow the ancient supercontinent Gondwana from below, according to new research from a team of scientists led by Suzette Timmerman-f ... more  
Central America braces for Tropical Storm PilarSan Salvador (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 Central American nations braced Monday for Tropical Storm Pilar, with authorities in El Salvador reporting two deaths linked to heavy rains and wind preceding the arrival of the tempest. ... more |
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  As Otis toll climbs, Mexicans criticize government response 
Company guilty over New Zealand volcano disasterWellington (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 The New Zealand firm that managed a volcanic island which erupted killing 22 people in 2019, was on Tuesday found guilty of failing to adequately protect visitors. ... more |
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Dinosaurs likely brought down by dust, not asteroid, researchers sayWashington DC (UPI) Oct 30, 2023 A new study suggests that a prolonged dust cloud may have played a larger role than previously thought in the extinction of dinosaurs approximately 66 million years ago. ... more  
Dozens of climate activists arrested after London 'slow march'London (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 Police arrested 62 climate activists in London Monday after they disrupted traffic with a "slow march", at the start of a new wave of promised action over Britain's oil and gas policies. ... more 
Drought and shrinking herds push US beef prices through the roofNew York (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 A prolonged drought is shrinking livestock herds and driving beef prices to record highs in the US, even as consumption is growing stronger. ... more  
HK students jailed for 'glorifying' attack on police; Local parties shut out of electionsHong Kong (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 Four former student leaders of a Hong Kong university were jailed for two years Monday for inciting others to wound police after they "glorified" a knife attack on an officer, said a judge. ... more |
 Producing more food and storing more carbon  
Eternal rest -- at the foot of a treeMuttersholtz, France (AFP) Oct 29, 2023 No grave, nor a wreath. Instead, eternal rest in an urn buried at the foot of a tree. ... more |
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Smart irrigation technology covers "more crop per drop"Boston MA (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 In agriculture today, robots and drones can monitor fields, temperature and moisture sensors can be automated to meet crop needs, and a host of other systems and devices make farms more efficient, r ... more 
Oman revives CO2-busting mangroves as climate threat lurksMuscat (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 In a muddy wetland in Oman's capital, environmental scientist Zakiya al-Afifi measures the bark of a mangrove tree, estimating its capacity to absorb the carbon dioxide that is slowly heating the planet. ... more  
Heavy industry turns to carbon capture to clean up its actRety, France (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 For decades heavy industry around Dunkirk in northern France has belched out millions of tonnes of climate-heating gases. ... more  
The Paris deal climate initiative that could escalate greenwashingParis (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 Can a country well versed in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions "sell" its efforts to a bad actor? Critics fear Article Six of the Paris Agreement will mean an increase in greenwashing. ... more |
How to run a climate COP, according to the grandfather of the Paris dealParis (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 Paris, 2015 and the warnings of climate breakdown were growing ever louder. ... more 
Northern China chokes under severe pollutionBeijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 Tens of millions of people across northern China were under severe pollution warnings Tuesday, with authorities urging them to reduce outdoor activities as a greyish smog enveloped the region. ... more 
Bjork, Rosalia team up against Iceland fish farmsParis (AFP) Oct 30, 2023 Two of pop's biggest disruptors, Bjork and Rosalia, have teamed up to fight industrial fish farms in Iceland, with a duet, "Oral", to be released on November 9. ... more 
Brazil's booming ag sector draws cash and controversyRio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 With its massive output of soybeans, beef, cotton and now corn, Brazil has become one of the world's top agricultural powers. But its agribusiness industry also faces criticism, especially over destruction of the Amazon rainforest. ... more |
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Flooding, heavy rain kill three in VietnamHanoi (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 Three people died after days of heavy rain in central and north Vietnam that flooded homes and submerged roads, disaster management authorities said Tuesday. ... more 
Despite record low ice, nations again fail to agree Antarctic reservesBangkok (AFP) Oct 27, 2023 A multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to break a years-long deadlock and agree new marine reserves in the region, despite record low ice, environmental groups said Friday. ... more 
Meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers may be accelerating their retreatSan Diego CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2023 A new Antarctic ice sheet modeling study from scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests that meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers is making th ... more 
Can factory chicken really help save the climate?Josselin, France (AFP) Oct 29, 2023 Stephane Dahirel doesn't exactly say eat chicken and save the planet, but that is what he's hinting at as he opens a shed door on his intensive farm in Brittany, western France. ... more |
Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang dies at 68Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2023 Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang, a reform-minded bureaucrat once tipped as the country's future leader only to be eclipsed by President Xi Jinping, died Friday. He was 68. ... more  
Divisive legacy of a British army base in KenyaNanyuki, Kenya (AFP) Oct 28, 2023 When he was barely a teenager, Kenyan goatherder Lisoka Lesasuyan lost both arms to an unexploded bomb while crossing a field used in joint military exercises with the British army. ... more  
Top Chinese virus expert dead at 60Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2023 One of China's foremost virus experts died on Friday, Beijing's top disease-control body said, after he helped shepherd the country through a hardline zero-Covid policy and its ultimately chaotic end. ... more 
Climate group's Israel-Hamas posts cause German uproarBerlin (AFP) Oct 27, 2023 Fridays for Future's German branch was under growing pressure on Friday to cut ties with the international climate movement over controversial social media posts about the Israel-Hamas conflict. ... more |
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New oil leak from grounded Swedish ferryStockholm (AFP) Oct 29, 2023 A passenger ferry that ran aground in the Baltic Sea last weekend causing a large oil spill has sprung a new leak of oil, the Swedish coast guard said Sunday. ... more  
UI professors build instruments for space mission set to launch with SpaceX in 2025Ames IA (SPX) Oct 23, 2023 David Miles, a University of Iowa associate professor of physics and astronomy, recently took over as the principal investigator on a satellite mission that will study the near-Earth orbit. Miles is ... more 
International summit in Congo mulls future of tropical forestsBrazzaville (AFP) Oct 26, 2023 Twelve years after its first edition, a second summit devoted to the world's three major tropical forest basins - essential for climate regulation - opened in Brazzaville on Thursday. ... more 
'Time bomb': Tree-killing bugs threaten France's lush forestsLa Teste-De-Buch, France (AFP) Oct 26, 2023 Last year, ferocious wildfires destroyed thousands of hectares of one of France's most picturesque forests. ... more |
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