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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 An international team of researchers has analyzed the causes and consequences of the catastrophic October 2023 flood along the Teesta River in Sikkim, India. The study, which included experts from nine countries, including the University of Zurich (UZH), examined the complex factors behind the disaster and provided a detailed reconstruction of the event's timeline. On October 3, 2023, a massive 14.7 million cubic meters of frozen moraine material collapsed into South Lhonak Lake, generating a tsun ... read more |
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GMV teams up with +Atlantic CoLAB in AIR4Health project to enhance public health forecastingLisbon, Portugal (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 GMV, a leader in systems and services integration, has joined the AIR4Health project, an initiative spearheaded by +ATLANTIC CoLAB, a Portuguese non-profit R and D collaborative laboratory. The proj ... more  
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously knownLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 A modest flow of groundwater moving through Alaska's tundra is releasing substantial amounts of carbon into the ocean, contributing to climate change at a scale previously underestimated, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. ... more  
How satellites and AI help fight wildfires todayBoulder CO (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 As wind-driven wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area in January 2025, fire-spotting technology and computer models were helping firefighters understand the rapidly changing environment they ... more 
Aerospace Corp and Google collaborate to enhance space weather forecasting with AILos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2025 The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace), a national nonprofit operating the only federally funded research and development center dedicated to the space enterprise, has partnered with Google Public Se ... more |
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'I'm out of here': French town waits for flood to recedeRedon, France (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 Residents of a flooded French town on Thursday waited for the water to drain away from its streets, after a nearby river did not rise out of its bed quite as high as expected. ... more |
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Seven Iraqi pilgrims killed, dozens hurt in road accidentDiwaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 A bus carrying Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims collided with a car, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 40 on Friday in the country's south, officials said. ... more 
Trump blames deadly Washington air collision on 'diversity'Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 US President Donald Trump - speaking as the bodies of 67 people were being pulled from Washington's Potomac River - launched a political attack Thursday blaming diversity hires for the midair collision between an airliner and a military helicopter. ... more 
Typhoons, drought wreck Philippine economic growth targetManila (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 The Philippine economy fell well short of its 2024 growth target, officials said Thursday, as deadly typhoons and drought dampened economic activity. ... more  
France hands over last base in Chad amid withdrawalN'Djamena (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of both countries announced Thursday. ... more |
Sudan army says retakes key southern city from paramilitariesPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 The Sudanese army said Thursday that it had retaken a key city in the southern state of North Kordofan from rival paramilitaries, who had held it since May 2023. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Thailand orders stubble burning crackdown as pollution spikesBangkok (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 The Thai government has ordered a crackdown on farmers flouting a ban on crop burning, as pollution in Bangkok spiked on Friday a week after toxic air forced hundreds of schools to close. ... more  
Viral Chinese tourist spot stokes nostalgia with staged rural scenesXiapu, China (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 A wizened farmer leads a buffalo through a misty copse of gnarled trees in eastern China, closely followed by a woman in a straw hat heaving pails of water. ... more  
Scottish court rules against two new North Sea oil and gas fieldsLondon (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 A Scottish court on Thursday ruled against the development of two oil and gas fields in the North Sea in a "historic win" for two environmental groups. ... more  
Climate Change Accelerates Species Shuffling, New Study RevealsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 A study led by Malin Pinsky, an ecology and evolutionary biologist at UC Santa Cruz, reveals that rising temperatures caused by climate change have a profound and dual impact: they destabilize anima ... more |
A Dream Deferred Why Is Traveling Across Africa So Hard for AfricansJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, carries his frustration as visibly as he carries his passport. To travel across the continent he calls home, he needs 35 visas - each a bureaucratic hurdle ... more  
Hidden 'Highways' Allow Species to Travel Between Brazil's RainforestsLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 New research reveals that forests along Brazil's rivers serve as "highways," enabling tree species to migrate between the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests over millions of years. These two vast rainf ... more  
Oceanic Plate Breaking Away Beneath Zagros Mountains in IraqBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 An international team of researchers, led by the University of Gottingen, has uncovered how forces from the Zagros Mountains in Iraq have influenced the deformation of the Earth's surface over the p ... more 
Otago Researchers Uncover Climate Influences on Antarctic Fast IceSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 Scientists at the University of Otago have uncovered valuable insights into the dynamics of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, a crucial finding for understanding potential climate chan ... more |
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Europe torn between bigger airports and climate goalsParis (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 European airports must add terminals and runways to cope with growing air traffic despite concerns about the sector's climate impact, according to industry insiders, as Britain backed expansion plans for Heathrow. ... more  
Revolutionary Irrigation System Unearthed in Amazon Linked to Neolithic RevolutionMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 A groundbreaking discovery by an international research team has revealed the existence of an advanced irrigation and drainage system used by the pre-Columbian Casarabe society in the Amazon. This s ... more 
Bereaved, threatened: Priest exposing Italy's toxic mafia firesCaivano, Italy (AFP) Jan 30, 2025 Father Maurizio Patriciello lost four relatives to cancers he blames on toxic waste dumps operated by the mafia in southern Italy, but despite death threats he has never stopped campaigning for justice. ... more  
Warm weather breaks Moscow records; Avalanche kills 4 Norwegian skiers in FranceMoscow (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 January 2025 is on track to be one of the warmest in Moscow on record, meteorologists reported on Wednesday, with two of the past days breaking all-time daily temperature highs. ... more |
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The pioneering science linking climate to weather disastersParis (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 Extreme weather is becoming more destructive as the world warms, but how can we say that climate change intensified the fires in Los Angeles, typhoons in the Philippines, or flooding in Spain? ... more |
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Climate activists appeal long UK jail terms for 'peaceful protest'London (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 Sixteen British climate protesters Wednesday began an appeal against tough jail terms imposed for their activist campaign, as two others faced court for damaging Stonehenge. ... more  
UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debateLondon (AFP) Jan 28, 2025 Britain's first teacherless AI classroom may be an "outlier", but it underlines the potential benefits and risks of a UK government drive to rollout artificial intelligence in education, experts say. ... more  
Blurred posts, banned accounts: Abortion groups decry Meta 'suppression'Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2025 Blurred posts, downranked searches and deleted accounts: Since President Donald Trump's election, groups sharing information about abortion pills say they have faced a surge in online censorship-hindering their ability to reach women urgently seeking the procedure. ... more 
Danish PM says received European support over Trump's Greenland bidParis (AFP) Jan 28, 2025 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday said she had received strong support from Europe as she sought backing to counter US President Donald Trump's threats to take over Greenland. ... more |
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