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  New Delhi (AFP) Nov 28, 2023 Indian scientists are preparing cloud seeding technology to clean poisonous smog in the capital with rain, but environmental critics fear it is an expensive distraction from tackling root causes. It is the latest measure aimed at alleviating the toxic smog choking the lungs of 30 million residents of New Delhi and its surrounding territories - consistently ranked as the world's worst capital for air quality. Sachchida Nand Tripathi, a professor of sustainable energy engineering at the Indian I ... read more |
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NASA maps minerals and ecosystem function across US southwestWashington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2023 In September 2023, NASA aircraft began supporting an effort to find and map critical mineral deposits in Western regions of the U.S. Identifying these minerals - often used in everyday products like ... more 
Satellogic receives NOAA license to expand US Govt businessNew York NY (SPX) Nov 27, 2023 Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a frontrunner in the Earth Observation (EO) industry, has achieved a significant milestone in its U.S. expansion strategy. The company announced that it has been gran ... more 
Sun Yat-sen University develops Globe230k for enhanced land cover monitoringSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2023 Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University have made a notable stride in the field of Earth observation research by creating the Globe230k dataset, a large-scale remote sensing annotation dataset aimed ... more  
Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from airDurham NC (SPX) Nov 27, 2023 Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these and other prehistoric animals during the Mesozoic Era, starting 252 million years ago, by be ... more |
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'Dolomite Problem': 200-year-old geology mystery resolvedAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 27, 2023 For 200 years, scientists have failed to grow a common mineral in the laboratory under the conditions believed to have formed it naturally. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan ... more |
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Disease stalks Somali district ravaged by floodsDolow, Somalia (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 The floodwaters in the southwestern Somali district of Dolow may have started to recede - for now - but distraught families who have lost their homes, their livelihoods in the muddy deluge are now at risk of potentially fatal disease. ... more  
A dozen dead in storm across Russia, Ukraine and MoldovaMoscow (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 Hurricane force winds, snowfall and flooding that swept parts of southern Russia, Ukraine and Moldova left at least 13 people dead Monday and almost two million without power, authorities said. ... more  
Half of Peru's Andes glacier ice has melted: governmentLima (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 The Peruvian Andes' mountaintop ice, which represents most of the world's tropical glaciers, has lost more than half of its area due to climate change, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. ... more 
Air pollution behind over 250,000 deaths in Europe in 2021: agencyStockholm (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 Fine particle pollution caused the deaths of over 250,000 people in the European Union in 2021, according to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published Friday. ... more |
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Pope's moral force aims to 'tip' UN climate talksVatican City (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 He has used science to underpin his moral missives on climate change. Now Pope Francis hopes his historic presence at UN talks will help tip the balance in critical negotiations. ... more |
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Record COP28 carbon footprint under scrutinyParis (AFP) Nov 28, 2023 After having the world's tallest tower and the biggest shopping mall, Dubai, the city of records, is gearing up to host the largest COP ever - a feat that in itself comes with an unprecedented carbon footprint. ... more 
'Repressive state': climate activists fear COP28 clampdown in UAEParis (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 Rights groups are preparing for the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates with trepidation, fearing surveillance and detention under the oil-rich monarchy's strict criminal justice system. ... more  
Shear bliss for New Zealand's pampered sheepWanaka, New Zealand (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 Classical music, soft mattresses and the gentlest touch of a wool clipper: welcome to the New Zealand farm indulging what may be the world's most pampered sheep. ... more 
Top producer Ivory Coast fears for cocoa output after rainsHermankono, Ivory Coast (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 "Thirty years I've been in cocoa - and this is the worst season yet," said Siaka Sylla as he contemplated an almost empty warehouse at his cooperative in Ivory Coast, the world's top producer of the bean. ... more |
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Four key people to watch at COP28Dubai (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 King Charles III, Pope Francis and COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber might grab headlines at next week's COP28 in Dubai, but they are not the only people who will play an important role at the crunch UN climate conference. ... more |
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Life beyond the leak for ESA's CryoSatParis (ESA) Nov 23, 2023 On 21 November 2023, ESA's CryoSat satellite swapped to its back-up propulsion system after a fuel leak threatened to bring the mission to an end in 2025. The swap has the potential to extend ... more  
Critically endangered Sumatran rhino born in IndonesiaJakarta (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 A Sumatran rhino has been born in western Indonesia, officials said Monday, a rare sanctuary birth for the critically endangered animal with only several dozen believed to be left in the world. ... more  
Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming: studyWashington (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday that signals a future of more frequent catastrophic floods unless humanity curbs greenhouse emissions. ... more 
Climate change gets in the way of French oyster cultureMarennes, France (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 Rising sea temperatures due to climate change are forcing oyster farmers in France's southwest to take a break from summer maturation, traditionally a key step in the production of the tasty molluscs. ... more |
UN chief urges COP28 to break 'deadly cycle' of global warmingUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 The United Nations chief on Monday urged world leaders to take decisive action to tackle ever-worsening climate change when they gather at the COP28 summit in Dubai starting this week. ... more 
Experts trash Hong Kong's 'throwaway culture' ahead of plastic banHong Kong (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 Unlike her fellow Hong Kong urbanites toting plastic or paper cups filled with coffee, pet groomer Lucine Mo takes her caffeine hit in a thermal mug with a QR code. ... more 
Some farmers in drought-hit Iraq forced to reduce crops: NGOBaghdad (AFP) Nov 26, 2023 Sixty percent of farmers surveyed in four provinces of drought-hit Iraq reported having to reduce cultivated areas or water used, an international rights group said Sunday. ... more  
Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes north of Papua New GuineaSydney (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with one witness saying the ground swayed "like you are on a boat". ... more |
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Study: Climate change making vampire bats with rabies migrate toward U.S.Washington DC (UPI) Nov 27, 2023 Vampire bats are migrating farther northward, due to climate change, to seek more stable environments, and could end up carrying rabies into the United States, according to research published Monday. ... more  
Lightning strikes kill 18 people in IndiaAhmedabad, India (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 At least 18 people were killed in lightning strikes across western India's Gujarat state during unseasonably intense storms on Sunday, officials said. ... more  
French navy ship arrives in Egypt to treat Gaza wounded: port sourceCairo (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 A French warship arrived Monday in the Egyptian town of El-Arish near the border with the conflict-torn Gaza Strip to serve as a hospital for wounded civilians, a port source said. ... more 
COP28 host UAE ready for rising heat risk, says ministerDubai (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 The United Arab Emirates is ready for soaring temperatures that are feared to make parts of the Gulf uninhabitable by the end of the century, the oil power's climate change minister told AFP. ... more |
'Still suffocated': Mourning China's zero-Covid protests a year onShanghai (AFP) Nov 26, 2023 A year after historic protests broke out on Shanghai's bustling Wulumuqi Road, only a subtly increased police presence on main junctions betrays anything out of the ordinary. ... more  
Families of Malaysia Airlines plane crash victims call for new searchBeijing (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 Relatives of dozens of Chinese passengers who died when a Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared almost 10 years ago called Monday for a new investigation, as a Beijing court began hearing their fresh appeal for compensation. ... more  
French government urges calm after teen's killingCr�pol, France (AFP) Nov 27, 2023 The French government urged calm Monday after the killing of a teenage boy at a village dance party this month was followed up with violent demonstrations by the extreme right. ... more 
What we know so far about surging respiratory illnesses in ChinaParis (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 Cases of respiratory illnesses have been surging in northern China, particularly among children, sparking speculation online of a new pandemic threat four years after Covid-19 first emerged in the country. ... more |
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Kentucky train derailment spills molten sulfur, prompts evacuationsWashington (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 More than 15 train cars have derailed in the southern US state of Kentucky, spilling molten sulfur, sparking a fire, and prompting authorities to encourage nearby communities to evacuate on the eve of a major national holiday. ... more 
Texas Republicans take aim at climate change in textbooksHouston (AFP) Nov 25, 2023 The scorching summer in Texas this year was the second hottest on record - but students in the southwestern US state might have a hard time understanding why. ... more 
Kenya's Ruto pledges action to tackle deadly flood emergencyNairobi (AFP) Nov 25, 2023 Kenya is drawing up measures to tackle a flood disaster that has killed 70 people and driven tens of thousands from their homes, President William Ruto said on Saturday, describing it as an "emergency situation". ... more 
Arctic Weather Satellite in shapeParis (ESA) Nov 21, 2023 Embracing the New Space approach, it has taken just 36 months to develop and build ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite. Now complete, this remarkable microsatellite has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to ... more |
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