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Trump reinstates commercial fishing in protected Atlantic watersWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 7, 2026 US President Donald Trump on Friday issued a proclamation reopening commercial fishing in protected waters off the Atlantic coast, in a region renowned for its rich biodiversity. ... more 
Brazil suspends dredging of Amazon river after Indigenous protestsSao Paulo (AFP) Feb 7, 2026 Brazil announced on Friday the suspension of dredging operations on a major Amazon tributary, after Indigenous communities protested the work on rivers they see as vital to their way of life. ... more  
Chile's climate summit chief to lead plastic pollution treaty talksGeneva (AFP) Feb 7, 2026 Countries on Saturday elected Chile's COP climate summit chief negotiator to revive stalled talks on striking a landmark global treaty tackling the scourge of plastic pollution. ... more 
Pakistan's capital picks concrete over trees, angering residentsIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 8, 2026 Pakistan's capital Islamabad was once known for its lush greenery, but the felling of trees across the city for infrastructure and military monuments has prompted local anger and even lawsuits. ... more |
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Ancient trilobite shells reveal durable chitin and long term carbon storageLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 A UT San Antonio led international team has identified chitin in trilobite fossils more than 500 million years old, marking the first confirmed detection of this organic molecule in the extinct arth ... more 
Some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphereBoston MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that has not always been the case. It was not until around 2.3 billion years ago that oxygen became a permanent fixture in the atmosphere, ... more  
Norway says Russia, China seek to up presence on SvalbardOslo (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 While global tensions have focused on Greenland, Norway's military intelligence service said on Friday that Russia and China were looking to increase their presence on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. ... more  
Scientists trace Covid era methane surge to shifts in air chemistry and wetlandsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 With fewer cars on the road, planes in the air and factories running during the Covid 19 pandemic, skies over many regions appeared cleaner even as a key greenhouse gas unexpectedly accelerated. Met ... more |
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When Earth's magnetic field took its time flippingSalt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Earth's magnetic field is generated by the churn of its liquid nickel-iron outer core, but it is not a constant feature. Every so often, the magnetic north and south poles swap places in what ... more  
French duo reach Shanghai, completing year-and-a-half walkShanghai (AFP) Feb 7, 2026 Two French adventurers reached the end of an epic walk from their hometown to Shanghai on Saturday, after nearly a year and a half crossing 16 countries almost entirely on foot. ... more  
UK zoo says tiny snail 'back from brink' of extinctionChester, United Kingdom (AFP) Feb 7, 2026 A minuscule snail once thought to have disappeared has been saved from the edge of extinction, a British zoo said Saturday. ... more  
Engineered biochar harnesses sunlight to speed pollutant breakdownTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Researchers have unveiled a solar-responsive biochar that shows greatly enhanced light-driven chemical activity, offering a new tool for environmental cleanup and pollutant transformation in natural ... more |
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Climate activist group files second lawsuit against SwedenStockholm (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 A group of climate activists said Friday they were filing another lawsuit against the Swedish state for alleged climate inaction, after the Supreme Court threw out their case last year. ... more  
Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticideWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 7, 2026 US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday re-approved the use of pesticide dicamba for spraying on top of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops, drawing swift backlash from environmental groups and the Make America Healthy Again movement. ... more  
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 74; Spain, Portugal face fresh storms, torrential rainJakarta (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia has climbed to 74, authorities said Friday, extending the search for missing people and bodies nearly two weeks since it began. ... more  
Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward ruptureTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Researchers at Kyoto University have outlined a new physical model in which disturbances in the ionosphere can generate electrostatic forces inside Earths crust that may help trigger large earthquak ... more |
 
North China factory explosion kills 8Beijing (AFP) Feb 8, 2026 An explosion at a biotech factory in northern China has killed eight people, Chinese state media reported Sunday, increasing the total number of fatalities by one. ... more  
Berlin flights scrapped, delayed by icy winter weatherBerlin (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 Winter weather forced many flight cancellations and delays on Friday at Berlin's international airport, which struggled to clear runways and de-ice planes to restart normal air travel. ... more  
Pentagon to cut academic ties with Harvard: statementWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 7, 2026 The Pentagon is to cut all academic ties with Harvard University, ending military education, fellowships and certificate programs, it said in a statement on Friday. ... more 
No fences needed: GPS collars show 'virtual fencing' is next frontier of livestock grazingColumbia, MO (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 For generations, farmers have spent backbreaking hours tearing down and rebuilding fences just to move livestock to fresh grazing fields. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking project at the University of ... more |
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Scaling rules for metamaterials promise better implants and safer devicesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Metamaterials are engineered composites whose internal architecture, rather than their base substances, governs how they respond to forces and deformation. In these systems, repeating building block ... more  
Experts warn of urgent need to address human reproduction risks in spaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 As commercial spaceflight moves closer to routine operations and missions extend in duration, a new expert report argues that reproductive health in space has shifted from a theoretical concern to a ... more  
Indigenous Brazilians protest Amazon river dredging for grain exportsRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting in northern Brazil for two weeks outside the port terminal of US agribusiness giant Cargill, angered over the dredging and development of Amazonian rivers for grain exports. ... more 
Wildfire smoke kills more than 24,000 Americans a year: studyWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 4, 2026 Wildfires are growing larger, lasting longer and happening more often as the climate warms - but the toll from their toxic smoke, especially from long-term exposure, remains poorly understood. ... more |
 
Engineered microbes use light to build new moleculesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Researchers are developing new ways to reprogram the cellular machinery of microbes such as yeast and bacteria so they can manufacture useful products for medicine and industry. A team at the Carl R ... more 
Zoantharian cousins blur long held divide between Atlantic and Indo Pacific reefsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 For decades, marine biogeography has treated the Atlantic and Indo Pacific oceans as distinct biological worlds, with reef communities and coral assemblages thought to share little overlap across th ... more  
IAEA board meets over Ukraine nuclear safety concernsVienna (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors will meet Friday to discuss nuclear safety in Ukraine, with several countries expressing "growing concern" over volatile conditions at Ukrainian power plants. ... more 
Targeted northern tree planting could deliver major carbon drawdown for CanadaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 A new study shows that Canada could remove at least five times its current annual carbon emissions by strategically planting trees along the northern edge of the country's boreal forest. Researchers ... more |
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Smartphone kit offers low cost on site radiation dose checksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Prompt, individual dose assessment is a critical part of protecting people after large scale nuclear or radiological incidents, but traditional dosimetry relies on expensive instruments or laborator ... more  
Anger mounts in Senegal over sanitary pad scandalDakar (AFP) Feb 4, 2026 Anger is mounting in Senegal over the alleged use of expired materials in sanitary pads and diapers by a leading Chinese firm, which denies any wrongdoing or bribery. ... more 
Hong Kong to sentence media mogul Jimmy Lai on MondayHong Kong (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced on Monday following his national security trial, a court website showed. ... more 
Ancient lungfish fossils refine early vertebrate storySydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 New research from Australian and Chinese scientists is filling key gaps in the evolutionary story of some of the oldest fishes on Earth, including early lungfishes closely related to land vertebrate ... more |
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