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  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 01, 2023 As part of the long-standing partnership between NASA and Google, NASA worked with Google Arts and Culture and artist Yiyun Kang to create an interactive digital experience around global freshwater resources titled "A Passage of Water." This immersive experience leverages data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites and new high-resolution data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to illustrate how climate change is impacting Earth's water cycle. " ... read more |
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Map highlights environmental and social costs of rare earths extractionBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Nov 28, 2023 A recently released map by the Debt Observatory in Globalization, in collaboration with the EJAtlas of Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ICT ... more  
Taking climate action with Earth observationParis (ESA) Dec 01, 2023 As global temperatures records are smashed and greenhouse gas emissions reach new highs, a new report from the UN Environment Programme finds that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the w ... more  
Tufts University launches world's first Degree in Cellular AgricultureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2023 Tufts University has taken a significant leap in academic innovation by introducing the world's first and only undergraduate minor in cellular agriculture (cell ag). This new program, part of both t ... more  
COP28 opens with 'historic' launch of loss and damage fundDubai (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 Nearly 200 nations agreed Thursday to launch a fund to support countries hit by global warming, in a "historic" moment at the start of UN climate talks in the oil-rich UAE. ... more |
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 Climate and Gaza crises share spotlight as world leaders attend COP28  
Climate change could upturn world malaria fight: WHOGeneva (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 Climate change is making the fight against malaria even harder, with the campaign already struggling to make up ground lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization warned Thursday. ... more |
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Horn of Africa floods displace more than two millionMogadishu (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 More than two million people across the Horn of Africa have been forced from their homes by torrential rains and floods, according to an AFP tally compiled Thursday from government and UN figures. ... more  
Global warming forced Greenland's polar bears to adapt: studyCopenhagen (AFP) Nov 29, 2023 Polar bears in Greenland have shown considerable flexibility as climate change forced them to drastically adapt their diet and habitat, but the current shift could still prove a daunting challenge, researchers said Wednesday. ... more 
Analysis of carbon cycle during last glacial period can help monitor climate crisisSao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Nov 30, 2023 Gas exchanges between the atmosphere and the ocean are a key part of the carbon cycle, playing a vital role in climate regulation and maintenance of the planet's ecological equilibrium. The oceans a ... more  
Fish and Wildlife Service designates North American wolverine as threatened speciesWashington DC (UPI) Nov 29, 2021 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday designated the North American wolverine as a threatened species, extending federal protection to the population under the Environmental Protection Act. ... more |
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 Singapore mulls artificial islands for coastal defence  
'It destroys everything': Amazon community fights carbon credit projectPiara Parana, Colombia (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 Chewing on psychoactive coca leaves in a traditional ritual, Colombian Indigenous leader Fabio Valencia seeks the advice of jungle spirits and ancestors about a project sold to his community as a planet-saving initiative. ... more |
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Poland takes Germany to EU court over illegal wasteWarsaw (AFP) Nov 29, 2023 Poland's government said Wednesday it had filed a complaint against Germany with an EU court, accusing its western neighbour of having failed to clean up waste deposited illegally on Polish territory. ... more 
'I feel safe': the school for environmental defendersChiang Mai, Thailand (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 On a sun-dappled spot of sandy land along Thailand's east coast, class is in session, as a group of environmental defenders listens to local activists describe battling an industrial park. ... more  
Climate change worsened Chinese extreme heat and flooding event in 2020: studyWashington (AFP) Nov 29, 2023 Man-made global warming exacerbated an incident of extreme flooding and heat in eastern China in 2020, according to a study released Wednesday, which highlighted the need to prepare for increasingly intense episodes of such weather in the country. ... more  
UAE to pump CO2 into rock as carbon capture debate ragesFujairah, United Arab Emirates (AFP) Nov 29, 2023 High in remote mountains in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, a new plant will soon take atmospheric CO2 and pump it into rock - part of controversial attempts to target planet-heating emissions without abandoning fossil fuels. ... more |
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Working at giant snail's pace a boon for Ivorian farmersAzaguie, Ivory Coast (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 They may weigh a maximum 500 grams and only grow to 10 centimetres (four inches) at most - but farming of giant snails is proving big business in Ivory Coast. ... more |
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Hong Kong man charged for wearing 'seditious' shirtHong Kong (AFP) Nov 29, 2023 Hong Kong authorities charged a 26-year-old man with sedition on Wednesday after police allegedly found "seditious wording" on a shirt he wore and on flags in his possession. ... more 
How will EarthCARE shed light on cloudsParis (ESA) Nov 30, 2023 In around six months, ESA's Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission will take to the skies to advance our understanding of the interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earth ... more 
Antarctica's ancient ice sheets foreshadow dynamic changes in Earth's futureMadison WI (SPX) Dec 01, 2023 Nineteen million years ago, during a time known as the early Miocene, massive ice sheets in Antarctica rapidly and repeatedly grew and receded. The Miocene is widely considered a potential analog fo ... more 
Mission to rescue lions and hyenas in war-torn SudanCairo (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 The small menagerie of animals echoed the human suffering from seven months of war between rival generals that shattered Sudan - they were starving, traumatised and trapped in the crossfire. ... more |
US to replace all lead water lines within 10 yearsWashington (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced it would require the removal of the nation's remaining lead pipes within a decade, preventing an estimated 22 million people from potential exposure to the toxic metal in their drinking water. ... more 
German govt loses key climate court caseBerlin (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 The German government on Thursday lost a key climate case brought by environmental groups, in an embarrassing slap down the day before Chancellor Olaf Scholz was due to travel to the COP28 climate summit. ... more
Indigenous environmental activist killed in PeruLima (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 A Peruvian Indigenous leader involved in the fight against Amazon deforestation has been shot dead in the country's north, the government said Thursday. ... more  
A mineral produced by plate tectonics has a global cooling effect, study findsBoston MA (SPX) Dec 01, 2023 MIT geologists have found that a clay mineral on the seafloor, called smectite, has a surprisingly powerful ability to sequester carbon over millions of years. Under a microscope, a single gra ... more |
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Hong Kong journalist group 'concerned' about reporter's safetyHong Kong (AFP) Dec 1, 2023 A Hong Kong journalist group said Friday it was "very concerned" about the safety of an award-winning defence reporter who was reportedly missing after attending a security forum in Beijing. ... more 
Kerry says US and China must 'win climate battle' togetherDubai (AFP) Nov 29, 2023 China and the United States - the world's two biggest greenhouse gas polluters - will work together at the UN climate talks in Dubai, US envoy John Kerry said Wednesday. ... more 
Being prepared for storm surges on the Baltic sea coastBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2023 Recent studies conducted by researchers at Kiel University have shed light on the critical situation of coastal protection along the German Baltic Sea in the face of rising sea levels and increasing ... more 
Bacteria Store Memories and Pass Them on for GenerationsAustin TX (SPX) Nov 30, 2023 Scientists have discovered that bacteria can create something like memories about when to form strategies that can cause dangerous infections in people, such as resistance to antibiotics and bacteri ... more |
Cholera claims 23 lives in Ethiopia: charityNairobi (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 Cholera has claimed the lives of at least 23 people in eastern Ethiopia, an area hit by major flooding, Save the Children said Thursday, warning that the epidemic could become uncontrollable across the region. ... more 
UN climate talks open in oil-rich UAE with pressure for urgent actionDubai (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 The UN climate conference opened Thursday with nations urged to make faster cuts to planet-warming emissions and phase out fossil fuels as scepticism swirls over the oil-rich United Arab Emirates hosting the talks. ... more 
Gazans in midst of 'epic humanitarian catastrophe': UN chiefUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 29, 2023 Gazans are "in the midst of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, while calling for an expansion of the current pause in the Israel-Hamas conflict. ... more 
More than a million displaced in Somalia floodsMogadishu (AFP) Nov 30, 2023 More than a million people have been displaced in Somalia after the country was hit by severe flooding caused by torrential rains, the Somali president said. ... more |
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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 
Mussel beach: Belgium's recipe to fight erosionOstend, Belgium (AFP) Nov 28, 2023 Belgian mussels have long satisfied hungry diners, but an experiment is now underway to see if they can also protect Belgium's North Sea coast. ... more 
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 
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 |
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