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  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, Montana to test new drone-based technology for localized forecasting, or micrometeorology. Researchers attached wind sensors to a drone, NASA's Alta X quadcopter, aiming to provide precise and sustainable meteorological data to help predict fire behavior. Wildfires are increasing in number and severity around the world, including the United States, and wind is a major factor. It leads to unexpected and unpredictable fire g ... read more |
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BlackSky Secures Multi-Year Contracts to Enhance India's Earth Observation CapabilitiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2025 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has secured multiple long-term contracts valued in the eight-figure range to support the advancement of India's commercial Earth observation sector. These agree ... more  
'What would you have us do?': the plastic credits problemBangkok (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 Twice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst mountain that overlooks the sprawling industrial site. ... more  
WWF legal challenge against Norway deep-sea mining failsOslo (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 An Oslo court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge by the WWF environmental group against Norway's bid to mine its seabed for minerals crucial to the green energy transition. ... more 
Cook Islands says in talks with China on deep-sea miningSydney (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Cook Islands officials said Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. ... more |
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French mineral water companies face new investigationsParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 A French magistrate has opened a fraud inquiry into mineral water giants Nestle and Sources Alma over suspicions of illegal processing of water, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. ... more |
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Greece announces measures to support businesses on quake-hit islandsAthens (AFP) Feb 16, 2025 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday announced economic support measures for businesses and employees in Santorini and nearby islands rattled by thousands of earthquakes recorded since the end of January. ... more  
India capital shaken by 4.0-magnitude quakeNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 17, 2025 India's capital New Delhi was jolted awake Monday by powerful tremors from a magnitude 4.0 earthquake, with its epicentre on the edge of the sprawling megacity an hour before dawn. ... more 
Los Angeles fire zones hit by mudslides after heavy rainLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Mudslides blocked roads around Los Angeles on Friday after heavy rain pounded areas burned by last month's wildfires, sending denuded hillsides tumbling. ... more  
Storms in eastern US claim nine lives: officialsNew York (AFP) Feb 16, 2025 At least nine people have died in the eastern United States, including eight in Kentucky, as powerful storms brought flooding and exceptionally powerful winds, downing trees and cutting power, local officials announced Sunday. ... more |
 
Nigeria airforce kills 6 civilians in northeast by mistakeKano, Nigeria (AFP) Feb 16, 2025 An army jet killed at least six civilians after mistakenly attacking them while pursuing gangs in northern Nigeria's Katsina state, residents told AFP on Sunday. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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AP barred from Air Force One in 'Gulf of America' rowWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 The White House said Friday it was indefinitely blocking Associated Press journalists from Air Force One and the Oval Office, escalating a row with the US news agency over its refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." ... more  
Hitmen mow down cartel-busting colonel in violence-torn EcuadorGuayaquil, Ecuador (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 Hitmen on Friday gunned down an Ecuadoran colonel in charge of anti-drug operations in a city hard-hit by the narco crime that has plunged this once-peaceful South American country into violence. ... more  
Efforts to find ET gains momentum with new technique that detects microbial movementBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 The search for life beyond Earth is among the most ambitious scientific quests. One promising method is to locate motile microorganisms, capable of self-propelled movement, which serves as a strong ... more 
How Early Earth Supported the Formation of Polyester ProtocellsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A leading hypothesis about the origins of life suggests that simple chemical compounds gradually evolved into complex structures, ultimately giving rise to protocells-primitive precursors to living ... more |
Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility TestBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 The search for extraterrestrial life remains one of humanity's most ambitious scientific pursuits. A promising approach to identifying life is through detecting motile microorganisms, which demonstr ... more 
ATLAS bolsters radio frequency network through new HawkEye 360 allianceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 ATLAS Space Operations(R) has formed a strategic alliance with HawkEye 360, a leader in space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics. This partnership incorporates ATLAS' ground stations in M ... more  
Concern as orangutan seen roaming Indonesia coal siteJakarta (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Footage of a seemingly confused orangutan roaming the desolate site of an Indonesian coal mine, metres from excavators, has sparked renewed concern about the future of the critically endangered species. ... more 
Arid Athens turns to ancient aqueduct as climate crisis bitesAthens (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an aqueduct built almost 2,000 years ago. ... more |
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Colombia taxes online gambling to fund humanitarian responseBogota (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Colombia imposed a tax Friday on online gambling to help fund its humanitarian response to mass displacements in a region gripped by a wave of guerrilla violence. ... more  
Bordeaux wine harvest drops to lowest level since 1991Bordeaux (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 Cold weather, disease and capacity cuts pushed wine production in France's Bordeaux region last year to a low not seen in three-and-a-half decades, the local industry body said Friday. ... more 
Pesticides causing widespread harm to animals and plants: studyParis (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing behavioural changes in animals not meant to be targeted, according to a large-scale study published on Thursday. ... more  
UK engineers warn on AI risks to environmentLondon (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Governments need to start acting over the environmental risks, including potential water shortages, posed by the development of artificial intelligence, a UK body advising on engineering policy warned Friday. ... more |
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Indonesia halts Trump development; as 100s protest Beijing 'mega embassy' in LondonJakarta (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 The Indonesian government has blocked a billion-dollar real estate development outside Jakarta that was to include luxury properties under US President Donald Trump's brand, citing environmental damage, officials said Friday. ... more |
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New Zealand voices 'concern' as Cook Islands seeks China deal Sydney (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 New Zealand's foreign minister voiced "significant concern" on Sunday as close Pacific partner the Cook Islands prepared to sign a cooperation deal with China. ... more  
Corruption threatens climate action, watchdog warns; World may have entered era of 1.5C warming, scientists sayBerlin (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 Corruption threatens to "derail" global cooperation to tackle climate change, graft watchdog Transparency International warned in a report on Tuesday. ... more 
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 President Donald Trump on Friday raged against eco-friendly paper straws promoted by his predecessor Joe Biden, and pledged that the United States would return to plastic ones. ... more  
UK MPs warn billions spent on carbon capture may hit billsLondon (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 British MPs on Friday called on the government to assess the impact on energy bills of its multibillion-pound investment into "risky" technology to capture and store carbon. ... more |
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