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November 07, 2025
EARLY EARTH
Half-billion-year-old parasite still threatens shellfish



Riverside, CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
A new study has unexpectedly discovered that a common parasite of modern oysters actually started infecting bivalves hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs went extinct. The research, published in iScience, used high-resolution 3D scans to look inside 480-million-year-old shells from a Moroccan site known for its exceptionally well-preserved sea life. The scans revealed a series of distinctive patterns etched both on the surface of the fossils and hidden inside them. "The marks w ... read more

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EARTH OBSERVATION
China increases lead in global remote sensing research as US share slips
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
A new study from NYU Tandon School of Engineering finds China now produces nearly half of all peer-reviewed remote sensing publications, while the US accounts for just 9 percent - a reversal from si ... more
ROBO SPACE
Robots gain guarded acceptance in elderly care if safety and trust align
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
A major survey by Chiba University researchers reveals that a significant portion of people are prepared to accept home-care robots, provided these systems secure privacy and safety and maintain use ... more
WATER WORLD
Threat from mining waste disrupts twilight zone ocean food webs
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
A new study led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, published in Nature Communications, presents the first evidence that waste discharged from deep-sea mining in the Pacific's Clarion-Clipperton Z ... more
TECH SPACE
Earth-Based 3D Printing Technology Offers New Path to Affordable Housing in Australia
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology are developing a 3D printing system that constructs durable homes using earth, plant fibers, and natural materials. Led by Dr Mohamed Gomaa, the app ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
A new patch could help to heal the heart
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025
MIT engineers developed a programmable drug-delivery patch that can promote tissue healing and blood vessel regrowth following a heart attack. MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-deli ... more
ICE WORLD
Cosmic dust reveals dynamic shifts in central Arctic sea-ice coverage over the last 30,000 years
Seattle, WA (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
Arctic sea ice has declined by more than 42% since 1979, when regular satellite monitoring began. As the ice grows thinner and recedes, more water is exposed to sunlight. Ice reflects sunlight but d ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
EU launches LAND project to transform landscapes for sustainable Earth living
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
Professors Jun Borras, Esteve Corbera, Ian Scoones and Anna Tsing, who lecture and conduct research at universities in the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and Denmark, have been awarded an euro 8.33 mil ... more
ICE WORLD
URI climate scientist contributes to research illustrating future impacts of Antarctic ice sheet melting
Providence, RI (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important implications for people around the world. Spatial patterns of sea level change fr ... more

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Wits expands earth science with new observatory and CORES center
London, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
The University of the Witwatersrand has launched two initiatives positioning Africa centrally in global earth-science advancement. The Earth Observatory, housed at the Wits School of Geoscienc ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Operation Cloudburst: Dutch train for 'water bomb' floods
Ijsselstein, Netherlands (AFP) Nov 7, 2025
A twin-prop Chinook helicopter shatters the calm of the Dutch countryside, hovering just metres from a canal before dumping four huge sandbags into the water: welcome to Operation Cloudburst. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi ravages Vietnam, Philippines
Vietnam (AFP) Nov 7, 2025
Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines where the death toll rose to 188. ... more
ICE WORLD
Big leap in quest to get to bottom of climate ice mystery
Kon Chukurbashi, Tajikistan (AFP) Nov 7, 2025
Stanislav Kutuzov felt the drillhead he was controlling smash into the rock more than 100 metres below him high on a glacier in the Pamir peaks of Tajikistan. The ice core samples it took could help solve one of climate science's great mysteries. ... more
WOOD PILE
World leaders launch fund to save forests, get first $5 bn
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world's forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees. ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Zuckerbergs put AI at heart of pledge to cure diseases
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a nonprofit launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife aimed at curing all disease, on Thursday announced it was restructuring to focus on using artificial intelligence to achieve that goal. ... more
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CLIMATE SCIENCE
'Moral failure': Leaders seek to rally world at Amazon climate talks
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Fears of a fracturing global resolve loomed over climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as world leaders acknowledged their failure to contain global warming to agreed limits. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Hurricane left millions of tons of debris in Jamaica: UN
United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Hurricane Melissa's violent pass over Jamaica spread nearly five million tons of debris, creating road blockages and disrupting access to basic services, the United Nations warned Thursday. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
UN says 2025 to be among top three warmest years on record
Geneva (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
An alarming streak of exceptional temperatures has put 2025 on course to be among the hottest years ever recorded, the United Nations said Thursday, insisting though that the trend could still be reversed. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Guinean opposition leader to take exclusion from election to court
Conakry (AFP) Nov 6, 2025
Exiled Guinean opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo told AFP on Thursday he would file a complaint to the West African bloc ECOWAS's courts for having been excluded from running in next month's presidential election. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
US Navy veterans battle PTSD with psychedelics
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Nov 2, 2025
Suicide is a tragic epidemic among US military veterans, but a new documentary charts how psychedelic drugs offer a glimmer of hope to elite soldiers battling post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Protein Production Tested in Microgravity for Sustainable Space Missions
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 04, 2025
European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated the study phase of the HOBI-WAN project, aimed at addressing astronaut food supply on extended Moon or Mars missions without Earth resupply. Funded by ... more
WATER WORLD
New research identifies greater winter carbon dioxide emissions from Southern Ocean
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 07, 2025
A collaborative research team has discovered that the Southern Ocean releases substantially more carbon dioxide during the dark austral winter than previously thought. Their new study reveals that t ... more
FARM NEWS
Texas Tech scientists develop novel acceleration technique for crop creation
Lubbock, Texas (SPX) Nov 6, 2025
A team of plant biotechnologists led by Gunvant Patil at Texas Tech University has developed a groundbreaking method that could dramatically speed up the development of regeneration process and gene ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Heriot-Watt unveils carbon dioxide removal course
London, UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh has launched an online course focused on removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, marking a first in global university education. The Carbon Dioxide Rem ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Reflectivity of ocean clouds drops as air pollution falls and global temperatures climb
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025
A recent study by University of Washington researchers explains that Earth is absorbing more heat than it did several decades ago, due to rapidly declining cloud reflectivity over ocean regions. Glo ... more
UAV NEWS
Drones measure wastewater treatment plants greenhouse emissions at greater levels than official estimates
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Greenhouse gas emissions from many wastewater treatment plants may be more than twice as large as previously thought. A new study from Linkoping University demonstrates this using drones equipped wi ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Japan deploys troops after wave of deadly bear attacks
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
Japan began deploying soldiers on Wednesday to a northern region hit by a spate of deadly bear attacks, which have risen to record levels this year. ... more
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WOOD PILE
UN says forests should form key plank of COP30
Geneva (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
The United Nations warned Wednesday that climate change poses a threat to the world's northern forests, saying it was putting the planet's most powerful natural defence at serious risk. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Jamaica still 'digging out' from hurricane, but Red Cross hopes toll stays low
Geneva (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
Disaster planning, including mass evacuations and prepositioning aid in Jamaica before Hurricane Melissa hit, explains the storm's relatively low death toll, the Red Cross said Wednesday. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
US strike on alleged drug boat kills two in eastern Pacific
Washington (AFP) Nov 5, 2025
US forces killed two people in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Brazil's Lula urges less talk, more action at COP30 climate meet
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 4, 2025
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for less talk and more action ahead of UN climate talks in the Amazon, as the world struggles to curb catastrophic global warming. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter
Khulm, Afghanistan (AFP) Nov 4, 2025
Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes in Afghanistan into rubble are now wondering where they can they find shelter from pouring rain and the coming winter cold. ... more
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