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  London, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2025 Oxford Net Zero and Carbon Balance researchers highlight risks in the UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) strategy and propose an innovative mandate for fossil fuel producers to fund CO2 storage, ensuring climate targets are met without undue public financial strain. A report published this week tackles a pressing issue in UK climate policy: developing carbon storage infrastructure sustainably without burdening public budgets. Authored by Oxford Net Zero and Carbon Balance Initiative researchers ... read more |
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Clean hydrogen in minutes with microwave energy innovationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 A pioneering research team at POSTECH, led by Professor Gunsu S. Yun and doctoral candidate Jaemin Yoo from the Department of Physics and Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, alongside Professo ... more  
UAE's earth observation satellite MBZ-SAT on oribitMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 26, 2025 The UAE's MBZ-SAT Earth observation satellite was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on January 14, marking a significant achievement for the country's space progra ... more  
Bangkok air pollution forces 352 schools to closeBangkok (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. ... more  
Bamboo farm gets chopping for US zoo's hungry new pandasFront Royal, United States (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 On a snow-blanketed field in Virginia, a handful of workers were silent but for the groan of a chainsaw chopping through bamboo - a delicacy for their furry clients down the road in the US capital of Washington. ... more |
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Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 25Jakarta (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 The death toll from a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java rose to 25 as rescuers found three more bodies on Friday, a search and rescue agency official said. ... more |
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Sudan army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitariesPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex, which paramilitaries had encircled since the war erupted in April 2023. ... more  
Tractors, forests, nuclear weapons: Five things about BelarusMinsk (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 Belarus is holding a presidential election on Sunday that will certainly secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over three decades and crushed all opposition. ... more  
Scores of dying dolphins wash ashore beach in SomaliaMogadishu (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Scores of dead and dying dolphins have washed ashore on a beach in Somalia, local officials said Friday, with horrified residents saying they had never witnessed anything like it. ... more  
Despite truce, Lebanese from devastated Naqura cannot go homeNaqura, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 All signs of life have disappeared from the bombed-out houses and empty streets of the Lebanese border town of Naqura, but despite a fragile Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire that has held since November, no one can return. ... more |
Director of apocalyptic Sundance film lost home in LA firesPark City, United States (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Driving up to the Rocky Mountains for the Sundance premiere of her new movie would be a joyful experience for Meera Menon - if she weren't leaving behind the scorched rubble of her Los Angeles home, where much of it was filmed. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Dutch researchers employ unique e-bike to make cycling saferDelft, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 27, 2025 Dutch university researcher Holger Caesar heads out into the afternoon traffic on a bicycle like no other, equipped to collect data he believes may one day save lives. ... more  
Rocket Lab to launch wildfire detection satellites for OroraTechLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2025 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has announced a contract with Orora Technologies (OroraTech) to launch a mission dedicated to wildfire dete ... more 
Italy defends expulsion of wanted Libya police chiefRome (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Italy's government said Thursday a Libyan police chief arrested on a war crimes warrant was flown home after a court found no basis to detain him - and he was too dangerous to remain. ... more  
Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin islandParis (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 The world's biggest iceberg - more than twice the size of London - could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals. ... more |
French city Nice limits big cruise shipsNice, France (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 The mayor of Nice issued Friday an order limiting visits large cruise ships to avoid overtourism in the French Riviera city. ... more
Sudan army breaks paramilitary siege on Khartoum HQ, reclaims oil refineryPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 The Sudanese army said Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which had encircled it since war broke out in April 2023. ... more  
China travel peaks as millions head home for Lunar New YearBeijing (AFP) Jan 25, 2025 Train stations and airports across China saw the biggest peak in travellers on Saturday ahead of the Lunar New Year, as millions of people returned home to spend the holidays with their families in an annual migration that is expected to be a record. ... more 
How is Antarctica meltingHobart, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2025 The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise global ... more |
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WWF blasts Sweden, Finland over logging practicesStockholm (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Sweden and Finland, Europe's most forested countries, are not doing enough to protect their primary and old-growth forests, falling short of EU commitments, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report Thursday. ... more
Bangkok air pollution forces 352 schools to closeBangkok (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. ... more  
Billionaire Bloomberg to fund UN climate body after US withdrawalWashington (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation will step in to fund the UN climate change body after President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for the second time. ... more 
Ice in the sky: Thailand's fight against air pollutionHua Hin, Thailand (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Flying through Bangkok's cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below. ... more |
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Scientists predict what crops may thrive in the UK by 2080 due to climate changeLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 24, 2025 Climate change, while posing major challenges to agriculture, could also expand the range of crops grown in the UK by 2080. According to a study led by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH ... more |
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Smog chokes Baghdad as oil-fired factories belch out smokeBaghdad (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Iraqi grocery store owner Abu Amjad al-Zubaidi is grappling with asthma, a condition his doctor blames on emissions from a nearby power plant that fills his Baghdad neighbourhood with noxious smoke. ... more 
Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock'Tokyo (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Japan's much-loved "tonkatsu" pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings. ... more 
Pakistan drought dents winter harvestLahore, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 A winter drought is ravaging crops in Pakistan's breadbasket, farmers said Thursday, with the region parched by a 40 percent drop in rainfall. ... more 
Record wind gusts lash Ireland as violent storm hitsDublin (AFP) Jan 24, 2025 Ireland recorded its strongest-ever wind gusts on Friday as "destructive" Storm Eowyn barrelled in from the Atlantic, cutting power, grounding flights and shutting schools, officials said. ... more |
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