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February 03, 2026
WATER WORLD
Rock microbes reveal hidden groundwater carbon engine



Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026
Deep underground, microbial communities living on rock surfaces are emerging as powerful but largely overlooked drivers of groundwater chemistry and carbon storage. A team from the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse at Friedrich Schiller University Jena has now shown that these attached microbes follow fundamentally different strategies from free-floating cells in groundwater, with major implications for environmental science and water management. Previous work on groundwater microbio ... read more

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CLIMATE SCIENCE
Antarctic ice feedback limits Southern Ocean carbon sink
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026
A sediment core from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean has provided a research team led by geochemist Dr Torben Struve from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, with evidence of an unexpecte ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Stable water tables help wetlands curb methane emissions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026
Wetlands do not need to be fully submerged to deliver major climate benefits, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. The study shows that keeping the water table slightly below ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Study links bottled water to higher nanoplastic levels than tap
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2026
Some brands of bottled water contain far more microplastics and nanoplastics than municipal tap water, according to a new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University. The work compares tr ... more
EARLY EARTH
Juvenile sauropods fed a hungry Late Jurassic predator guild
London, UK (SPX) Feb 02, 2026
Babies and very young sauropods, the long necked and long tailed plant eaters that would become the largest land animals in history, were a key food sustaining predators in the Late Jurassic accordi ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NISAR radar view maps surface changes in Mississippi Delta
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026
A new radar image from the joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite shows how the mission can see through cloud cover to reveal surface features across the Mississippi River Delta region in southeastern Loui ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA Libera payload completes testing for future Earth energy tracking mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026
NASA's Libera Earth energy instrument has completed a full campaign of environmental testing and is now ready for delivery to its host satellite, marking a major milestone for the agency's long term ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Elephant kills tourist at Thai national park
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 2, 2026
A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal. ... more
WATER WORLD
Zoantharian cousins blur long held divide between Atlantic and Indo Pacific reefs
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 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

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CLIMATE SCIENCE
UN expert slams harsh sanctions on climate activists in Norway
Geneva (AFP) Feb 2, 2026
A UN expert took Norway to task Monday over "punitive and repressive" sanctions slapped on four activists who threw paint on sculptures and a government ministry to protest oil exploration. ... more
FARM NEWS
More baby milk recalls in France after new toxin rules
Paris, France (AFP) Feb 2, 2026
Two infant formula manufacturers withdrew batches from the market on Monday after France imposed stricter limits on acceptable levels of a toxin that can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Hundreds dead in DR Congo landslide; Indonesia landslide toll rises to 53
Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 1, 2026
The Democratic Republic of Congo's government said on Sunday it feared "at least 200 dead" in a "massive" landslide that struck a militia-held mine in the country's east. ... more
WHITE OUT
Death toll from heavy hits 30 in Japan, Dozens across the US
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 3, 2026
Unusually heavy snow in Japan has been blamed for 30 deaths in the past two weeks, officials said Tuesday, including a 91-year-old woman found under a three-metre pile outside her home. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Portugal pledges EUR2.5bn for deadly storm recovery as rains persist
Lisbon (AFP) Feb 1, 2026
Prime Minister Luis Montenegro on Sunday pledged 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) to support recovery efforts after Storm Kristin swept across Portugal last week, killing five people and causing widespread damage. ... more
TECTONICS
Sentinel 1 maps reveal flexible crust beneath Tibetan Plateau
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 02, 2026
A new analysis of satellite and ground data over the Tibetan Plateau indicates that Earths tectonic plates in this region behave far less rigidly than long assumed, with major fault zones acting as ... more
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Tropical cyclone kills seven in Madagascar
Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 2, 2026
A tropical cyclone that hit Madagascar at the weekend killed seven people and forced more than 20,000 to leave their homes, authorities said Monday. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Iraq parliament delays presidential vote again; Right-wing candidate set for Costa Rica election landslide
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 1, 2026
Iraq's parliament has again postponed the election of the country's new president, state media reported on Sunday, amid intense political horse-trading and US pressure over the new prime minister. ... more
SINO DAILY
Exiled Tibetans choose leaders for lost homeland
Dehradun, India (AFP) Feb 1, 2026
Exiled Tibetans began a unique global election on Sunday for a government representing a homeland many have never seen, as part of a democratic exercise voters say carries great weight. ... more
SINO DAILY
Chinese families ache for sons stolen in one-child era
Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2026
On a sweltering summer night 30 years ago, infant Li Yuanpeng was finally fast asleep, nestled between his parents, when a group of men burst into their home in southern China's Guangdong province. ... more
ICE WORLD
Polar bears bulk up despite melting Norwegian Arctic: study
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, a study said Thursday. ... more
WATER WORLD
US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its waters
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 20, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the United States a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
China executes 11 linked to Myanmar scam compounds
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
China executed 11 people linked telecom scam operations, on Thursday, state media reported, as Beijing toughens its response to the sprawling, transnational industry. ... more
ICE WORLD
NATO chief, Danish PM agree on boosting Arctic security; Danish troops were combat ready in Greenland
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
NATO chief Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen agreed Friday the alliance should boost work on Arctic security, after US President Donald Trump backed off his threats to seize Greenland. ... more
FARM NEWS
'Pesticide cocktails' pollute apples across Europe; 'Forever chemicals' could cost Europe up to 1.7 tn euros by 2050
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
Environmental groups Thursday raised the alarm after finding toxic "pesticide cocktails" in apples sold across Europe, in a new study highlighting widespread contamination. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village threatened after recordhgains
Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
Perched on a hill overlooking Carthage, Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said now faces the threat of landslides, after record rainfall tore through parts of its slopes. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
UN appeals for more support for flood-hit Mozambicans
Geneva (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
The United Nations warned Friday of severe overcrowding in temporary accommodation shelters hosting an estimated 100,000 people displaced by flooding in Mozambique, and appealed for more international support. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 44
Bandung, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 44, authorities said Friday, extending recovery efforts by a week to search for those still missing. ... more
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Cuddly Olympics mascot facing life or death struggle in the wild
Rome (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
Tina and Milo, the ermine and stoat mascots of the upcoming 2026 Olympic Games in Italy, are already everywhere - smiling on stuffed animals, posters, mugs and T-shirts. ... more
WATER WORLD
'So little we know': in submersibles revealing the deep sea
Aboard Oceanxplorer, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 28, 2026
A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines. ... more
FIRE STORM
Argentina declares emergency over Patagonia wildfires
Cholila, Argentina (AFP) Jan 30, 2026
Argentina's government on Thursday declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
G.Bissau junta leader promoted to highest army rank as Uganda army chief apologises X post
Bissau (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
Guinea-Bissau's junta leader General Horta N'Tam has been promoted to the rank of major general - the highest in the country's armed forces, according to a decree he signed and published himself on Thursday. ... more
WHITE OUT
Moscow records heaviest snowfall in over 200 years
Moscow (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
Russia's capital Moscow has this month seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday. ... more
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