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January 13, 2026
EARTH OBSERVATION
HawkEye 360 boosts RF coverage with new Cluster 13 satellites



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
HawkEye 360 has successfully launched its latest satellite trio, Cluster 13, and established initial communications with all three spacecraft, further expanding its space-based radio frequency intelligence constellation. The satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and delivered to a sun-synchronous orbit on the Twilight rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, providing regular revisit opportunities over key regions. The new cluster is designed to strengthen the companys ability to supp ... read more

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CLIMATE SCIENCE
Slow orbital wobble patterns drive ancient greenhouse climate swings
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
When audiences watched the film The Day After Tomorrow, they saw an exaggerated Hollywood depiction of abrupt climate disruption, but the underlying concept that Earth's climate can shift rapidly ha ... more
EARLY EARTH
Ordovician mass extinction cleared the way for jawed fishes to rise
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
About 445 million years ago, a global environmental crisis reshaped life in the oceans, drying out many shallow seas and driving one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's history. During this L ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Spire adds hyperspectral sounder and Myriota payloads on SpaceX Twilight launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
Spire Global Inc has successfully launched nine satellites on SpaceXs Twilight mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, further expanding its space based sensing and Internet of Things service port ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
SkyFi adds Vantor data to expand access to high resolution earth imagery
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
SkyFi has integrated Vantor, formerly known as Maxar Intelligence, into its Earth Intelligence Platform to provide on demand access to high resolution satellite imagery and spatial content products. ... more
WATER WORLD
ENSO drives synchronized shifts in global water extremes
Austin, United States (SPX) Jan 12, 2026
Water extremes such as droughts and floods strongly affect communities, ecosystems, and economies across the globe, and new research shows that a single climate pattern has largely driven these extr ... more
ICE WORLD
Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats
Copenhagen (AFP) Jan 11, 2026
Denmark's prime minister on Sunday said her country faces a "decisive moment" in its diplomatic battle with the United States over Greenland, after President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the Arctic territory. ... more
WATER WORLD
Japan aims to dig deep-sea rare earths to reduce China dependence
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 12, 2026
A Japanese research vessel on Monday began a historic voyage to attempt to dig deep-sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres to curb dependence on China. ... more
ICE WORLD
NATO chief talks Arctic security with Rubio amid US Greenland push
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
NATO chief Mark Rutte on Friday discussed efforts to bolster Arctic security with US top diplomat Marco Rubio, after President Donald Trump insisted he wants to take control of Greenland. ... more

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SINO DAILY
Arrests reported, cross removed as China crackdown on unofficial churches grows
Yayang, China (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
A church in east China was scaffolded and had its cross removed, AFP reporters saw Friday, with residents and rights groups saying multiple members had been arrested as a national crackdown on unofficial Christian organisations grows. ... more
FIRE STORM
Australian firefighters warn of 'high-risk' bushfire season
Sydney (AFP) Jan 12, 2026
Australian firefighters warned people on Monday to prepare for more bushfires in a "high-risk" summer, after blazes killed one person and incinerated more than 350 buildings in the southeast. ... more
BIO FUEL
Beer yeast waste could provide scaffold for cultivated meat production
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Researchers at University College London report that spent yeast from beer brewing can be converted into edible bacterial cellulose scaffolds for cultivated meat, offering a potential route to lower ... more
WATER WORLD
Experts say oceans soaked up record heat levels in 2025
Brest, France (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
The world's oceans absorbed a record amount of heat in 2025, an international team of scientists said Friday, further priming conditions for sea level rise, violent storms, and coral death. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Storms claim another life in UK
London (AFP) Jan 10, 2026
UK police said a falling tree killed a man in England after record winds brought by Storm Goretti, and nearly 40,000 homes in France were still without power Saturday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
China opposes foreign interference in Tanzania: ministry
Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Jan 10, 2026
China's top diplomat on Saturday warned against foreign interference in Tanzania as he ended a visit where he avoided any mention of the political violence that has soured the East African country's relations with the West. ... more
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FROTH AND BUBBLE
Corn cob biochar filters pull ammonia and micro and nanoplastics from water
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Researchers at the University of Delaware have transformed discarded corn cobs and other agricultural byproducts into high performance biochar filters that capture both ammonia and tiny plastic part ... more
OIL AND GAS
Delta and beach bar sand bodies offer new framework for buried shoreline reservoirs
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
New research brings together decades of work on how delta and beach bar systems interact to form composite sand bodies that can host important subsurface reservoirs in lakes and seas. The study exam ... more
BIO FUEL
Garden and farm waste targeted as feedstock for new bioplastics
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Turning green waste, hay and algae into fully biodegradable plastics for use in medical products, car components, insulation and packaging is the aim of a new Junior Research Group at the University ... more
OIL AND GAS
Orbital cycles control Jurassic shale oil sweet spots in Sichuan Basin
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
A high resolution study of Jurassic mudstones in the Sichuan Basin in southwest China links Earth's orbital cycles to the way organic rich shale formed in a lacustrine setting, providing a framework ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Trump's withdrawal list masks US pullback from climate, security and development bodies
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
The United States is walking away from 66 international organizations and UN entities in what the White House portrays as a purge of "wasteful" and "anti-American" institutions-but only a small subs ... more
DEMOCRACY
Hong Kong court hears sentencing arguments for Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 12, 2026
A Hong Kong court began hearing sentencing arguments on Monday for pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was convicted of national security crimes that could land him in prison for life. ... more
FIRE STORM
Wildfires spread to 15,000 hectares in Argentine Patagonia
Buenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) Jan 11, 2026
Forest fires in southern Argentina have scorched more than 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) this week, authorities said, though rain began falling in parts of Patagonia on Sunday to the relief of residents. ... more
WHITE OUT
Avalanches claim three lives in French Alps
Lyon (AFP) Jan 10, 2026
Two separate avalanches claimed the lives of three off-piste skiers in the French Alps Satuday, local officials said. ... more
WATER WORLD
Ankara city hall says water cuts due to 'record drought'
Ankara (AFP) Jan 10, 2026
Water cuts for the past several weeks in Turkey's capital were due to the worst drought in 50 years and an exploding population, a municipal official told AFP, rejecting accusations of mismanagement. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Hunga eruption reshaped stratospheric water and ozone with limited climate cooling
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 05, 2026
A new international assessment details how the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano in the South Pacific altered the stratosphere, atmospheric chemistry, and radiation while ... more
ABOUT US
Moroccan fossils trace ancient African branch near origin of Homo sapiens
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
An international team has analyzed newly described hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I near Casablanca, Morocco, identifying an African population close to the base of the lineage that later gave r ... more
ICE WORLD
Oligocene deep ocean temperatures drove isotope swings in Antarctic climate record
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
New analyses of oxygen isotopes in deep-sea microfossils indicate that large shifts in the mid Oligocene benthic foraminifera record primarily reflect temperature changes in the abyssal Southern Oce ... more
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TECH SPACE
Planet delivers first light image from Pelican 6 satellite capturing Lhasa Gonggar Airport
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026
Planet Labs has released the first light image from its Pelican 6 Earth imaging satellite, highlighting Lhasa Gonggar International Airport in Tibet, China, and demonstrating the new spacecraft's im ... more
FIRE STORM
'Hectic' bushfires threaten rural towns in Australian heatwave
Sydney (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. ... more
WHITE OUT
Heavy wind, rain, snow batters Europe; Teens held as Dutch police probe 'snowball beating'
London (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
Severe winds, snow and freezing temperatures buffeted Europe with the arrival of Storm Goretti on Thursday, prompting forecasters from Britain to Germany to issue weather warnings. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Rare gorilla twins born in conflict-hit DR Congo nature park
Kinshasa (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
African Union reaffirms 'One China' policy in FM visit
Nairobi (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
The African Union reaffirmed its commitment to the "One China" policy, denying Taiwan's independence, during a visit by China's top diplomat Wang Yi to its headquarters in Ethiopia on Thursday. ... more
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