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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2024 Capella Space Corp., an American space technology firm known for its advanced data and satellite solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Floodbase, a key player in the parametric flood insurance market. This collaboration is set to introduce high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data into Floodbase's comprehensive solution for parametric flood insurance, a move that is expected to significantly enhance the accuracy and reliability of flood insurance products. In ... read more |
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CNSA launches Gaofen 5-01A satellite for advanced earth observationSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2024 The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has achieved a new milestone in its space endeavors with the formal commissioning of the Gaofen 5-01A, an advanced Earth-observation satellite. This si ... more  
Injectable water filtration system could improve access to clean drinking water around the worldAustin TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2024 More than 2 billion people, approximately a quarter of the world's population, lack access to clean drinking water. A new, portable and affordable water filtration solution created by researchers at ... more  
AiDash secures $50M for enhancing climate resilience in critical infrastructureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2024 AiDash, an enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company specializing in making critical infrastructure industries more resilient and sustainable against climate change, has recently announced a s ... more 
Water, water everywhere and now we may have drops to drinkNew York NY (SPX) Jan 24, 2024 Researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering achieved a major breakthrough in Redox Flow Desalination (RFD), an emerging electrochemical technique that can turn seawater into potable drinking wat ... more |
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  World's largest database of weeds lets scientists peer into the past, and future, of global agriculture 
Brazil town still feels trauma of mine dam collapse five years onBrumadinho, Brazil (AFP) Jan 24, 2024 Nathalia de Oliveira, an intern at Brazilian mining giant Vale in the town of Brumadinho, was talking on the phone with her husband when she noticed a rush of birds overhead and felt the ground shake beneath her. ... more |
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Why European farmers are up in armsParis (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 The European Commission is due on Thursday to begin "strategic" talks with farmers' federations, agri-business firms, NGOs and experts on ways to assuage the ire on farms in several countries. ... more  
3 dead, dozens injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan borderAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 Three people were killed and dozens injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the mountainous China-Kyrgyzstan border on Tuesday, authorities said. ... more 
Brazil hit by record 1,161 natural disasters in 2023Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 Brazil was hit by more than three natural disasters a day last year, surpassing an annual total of 1,000 for the first time on record, a grim statistic experts blamed on climate change Tuesday. ... more  
Carbon-cutting benefit of cookstoves vastly overestimated: studyParis (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 The greenhouse gas-reducing benefit of replacing highly polluting cookstoves has been overestimated by up to 10-fold, researchers reported Tuesday. ... more |
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  Denmark's prime minister slams asylum status for presumed pirate  
Jan. 6 role-play film 'War Game' brings 'terrifying' warning to SundancePark City, United States (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 It is January 6, 2025, and the US president looks on in horror as his narrowly defeated rival calls on the armed forces to help overthrow the "fraudulent" election result. ... more |
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Nigeria's polluted economic hub Lagos bans styrofoam, plasticsLagos, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Nigeria's Lagos State, which includes the country's sprawling economic capital of more than 20 million people, has announced a ban on styrofoam and single-use plastics to curb pollution. ... more 
Palau becomes first nation to ratify UN high seas treatyUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 24, 2024 The island nation of Palau made history this week when it became the first country to ratify last year's historic United Nations treaty for the protection of the Earth's oceans. ... more 
Study shows high air pollution in three Paris metro stationsParis (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Three Paris metro stops show "high particle pollution", according to a study released Monday, raising air quality concerns for underground transport months ahead of the Paris Olympics. ... more  
UN expert slams Britain's 'severe crackdown' on climate activistsGeneva (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 Environmental activists face a severe crackdown in Britain, a UN expert warned Tuesday, lamenting that peaceful protesters face long prison terms and are the targets of "toxic discourse". ... more |
 China, Nauru formally resume diplomatic relations: state media  
Scientists warn missing Russian data causing Arctic climate blind spotsParis (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Loss of scientific data from Russia's Arctic monitoring stations following the invasion of Ukraine has worsened information gaps that could have serious implications for tracking and predicting climate change globally, researchers warned Monday. ... more |
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Extreme cold waves in East Asia and North America linked to mid-latitude ocean frontsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 Researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Yonsei University have unveiled a novel understanding of extreme weather patterns experienced in East Asia and North America ... more 
Food from urban agriculture has carbon footprint 6 times larger than conventional produce, study showsAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventiona ... more
At least 50 injured in major earthquake on China-Kyrgyzstan borderAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 At least fifty people were injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the mountainous China-Kyrgyzstan border on Tuesday, authorities said. ... more  
Malaria jab rollout in Cameroon a 'turning point': GaviGeneva (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 The rollout of malaria vaccines in a regular immunisation programme marks a "turning point" in the fight against the disease, Aurelia Nguyen, chief programme officer of the Gavi vaccine alliance, told AFP. ... more |
 
Storm Isha batters Britain, cutting power and diverting flightsLondon (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Tens of thousands of people across Britain and Ireland were without power on Monday after Storm Isha lashed the countries with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving two people dead. ... more 
Twenty dead in southwest China landslideBeijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2024 The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China reached 20 on Tuesday, state media said, as rescuers raced to find those still trapped under the debris. ... more  
OpenAI bans bot impersonating US presidential candidateWashington (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 ChatGPT creator OpenAI removed a bot impersonating a longshot US presidential candidate's voice, enforcing limits on how political campaigns can use its AI capabilities. ... more  
Activists decry Tibet 'cultural genocide' ahead of China rights reviewGeneva (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Activists accused China of seeking to "erase" Tibetan cultural and religious identities, urging a review of Beijing's rights record at the UN on Tuesday to focus on its "cultural genocide" in the region. ... more |
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Years after civil war, security wall holds back Iraqi citySamarra, Iraq (AFP) Jan 21, 2024 Khaled Ibrahim dreams of a home on the outskirts of Samarra, but a concrete wall built to protect the Iraqi city is stopping him and hampering sorely-needed urban expansion. ... more 
Colombian mission to Antarctica analyzes climate change footprintsAboard The Arc Simon Bolivar, Antarctica (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 Colombia's 10th Antarctic Expedition is making its way to the far reaches of the continent, exploring remote and almost untouched places inhabited by penguins, whales and the occasional seal. ... more 
World's biggest iceberg 'battered' by waves as it heads northParis (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 It was impossible to see through the snow and fog on the Antarctic seas but expedition leader Ian Strachan knew his ship was approaching a true behemoth: the world's biggest iceberg lay somewhere ahead. ... more
47 buried in southwest China landslideBeijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Forty-seven people were buried in a landslide in China's southwestern Yunnan province on Monday, state media reported. ... more |
Extreme Congo floods leave 350,000 needing aid: UNBrazzaville (AFP) Jan 19, 2024 The worst floods in six decades have left more than 350,000 people in need of urgent aid in the Republic of Congo where many villages can be reached only by boat, the UN said Friday. ... more  
Fierce winter weather slams US, dozens deadWashington (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 Unrelenting storms have pummelled the United States over the past week, leading to at least 50 weather-related deaths, officials and US media reported Friday, as large swathes of the country brace for new winter wallops. ... more 
India's Kashmir ski industry melts as temperatures riseGulmarg, India (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 Winter in the Himalayas should mean blanketing snow, and for Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir, one of the highest ski resorts in the world, that usually means thousands of tourists. ... more 
Volcanic eruption in Iceland over: officialsReykjavik (AFP) Jan 19, 2024 Iceland officials said Friday that the volcanic eruption that began last weekend near a fishing village was over, but warned that the area was still dangerous. ... more |
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Wounded Gazans get medical care on French hospital shipEl-Arish, Egypt (AFP) Jan 21, 2024 On a French warship off the Egyptian coast, wounded Palestinians receive the healthcare that has become largely unobtainable in the besieged Gaza Strip after months of war. ... more  
13 students dead in China school fire while 8 killed in factory explosionYanshanpu, China (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 Thirteen schoolchildren died in a dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. ... more 
Chad's junta-named MPs vote for new PMN'Djamena (AFP) Jan 19, 2024 Chad's former opposition leader Succes Masra won a resounding vote of confidence as prime minister on Friday from MPs appointed by the military government. ... more
Investigation under way after China school fire kills 13Yanshanpu, China (AFP) Jan 21, 2024 Authorities in central China's Henan Province were on Sunday looking into the cause of a night-time fire that killed 13 schoolchildren as they slept in a dormitory. ... more |
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