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October 02, 2025
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The first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, study suggests



Boston MA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. In a study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers report that they have identified "chemical fossils" that may have been left by ancient sponges in rocks that are more than 541 million years old. A chemical fossil is a remnant of a biomolecule that originated from a living organism that h ... read more

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FIRE STORM
Wildfire-induced thunderstorms recreated in Earth system models for first time
Reno NV (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
On September 5, 2020, California's Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing it's own weather system. The fire's extreme heat produced an explosive thunderhead that spewed lightning strikes ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Fengyun satellite strengthens China global weather forecasting capacity
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
China successfully launched the Fengyun 3H meteorological satellite early Saturday to enhance forecasting, climate monitoring, and atmospheric research. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off at 3:28 am ... more
WATER WORLD
Satellite partnership advances AquaWatch water quality monitoring
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has announced progress on AquaWatch-AUK, a joint UK-Australia satellite development project addressing global water quality challenges. The initiative, sup ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NRL coronagraph on NOAA SWFO L1 will enhance space weather forecasts
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Compact Coronagraph-2 launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT on September 24 as the primary instrument on NOAA's Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 observatory from NASA's Ke ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Small Satellite Contracted to Probe Climate Effects of Space Radiation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
The University of Alberta has contracted SFL Missions Inc. to develop the RADICALS small satellite, a mission designed to study how energetic particles from space interact with Earth's atmosphere an ... more
ICE WORLD
Carbon feedback loops could plunge Earth into deep freeze
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
Until now, the slow weathering of silicate rocks has been considered the planet's primary climate regulator. Rain absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), dissolves exposed rocks, and carries disso ... more
TECH SPACE
Responding to the climate impact of generative AI
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
In part 2 of our two-part series on generative artificial intelligence's environmental impacts, MIT News explores some of the ways experts are working to reduce the technology's carbon footprint. ... more
WATER WORLD
Crocodile skin inspires resilient solar desalination breakthrough
Nanchang China (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
More than 3.6 billion people face water scarcity, and conventional desalination consumes large amounts of energy. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) offers a sustainable option, but perform ... more

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Invisible asteroids near Venus may pose long-term danger to Earth
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
An international team led by Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) has uncovered a population of asteroids that may threaten Earth but remain effectively hidden from current surveys. These objects, whi ... more
IRON AND ICE
Asteroid strike confirmed as cause of Silverpit Crater in North Sea
London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
New research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater, buried beneath the southern North Sea, was created by a hypervelocity impact about 43 to 46 million years ago. The findings resolve a long-runni ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Santorini and Kolumbo Magma Link Raises Concerns for east Mediterranean Eruptions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Santorini's volcanic system, long known for the catastrophic Minoan eruption around 1600 BCE, may be more dangerous than previously understood. A new study in Nature shows that the island's volcano ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
NATO drone competition highlightes use of autonomous technology in disaster relief
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
This summer, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, hosted the SAPIENCE Drone Competition, an international Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) event s ... more
WATER WORLD
Cracked coatings unlock new pathway for solar-powered clean water systems
Nanchang, China (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
More than 3.6 billion people worldwide face water scarcity, and conventional desalination still depends on energy-intensive methods. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) offers a greener alte ... more
FARM NEWS
Farming transformed mammal communities worldwide over 50,000 years
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
Fossil evidence from six continents shows that humans reshaped global mammal communities over the last 50,000 years, according to new research published in Biology Letters. During the Ice Age, anima ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Israel intercepts 13 vessels of humanitarian flotilla heading for Gaza
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 1, 2025
Israeli forces intercepted at least 13 boats of a humanitarian flotilla heading for Gaza on Wednesday, attracting international concern and condemnation. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals
Bogo, Philippines (AFP) Oct 1, 2025
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose above 50 on Wednesday, with injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Typhoon Bualoi inflicts death, lasting floods on Vietnam
Hanoi (AFP) Sept 30, 2025
Lingering flooding from Typhoon Bualoi devastated homes, infrastructure and farmland across swaths of Vietnam on Tuesday, with the death toll rising to 26 and dozens more missing. ... more
ICE WORLD
Antarctic sea ice hits its third-lowest winter peak on record
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2025
Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet's southern pole. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
South Asia monsoon: climate change's dangerous impact on lifeline rains
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
South Asia's annual monsoon rains sustain more than a billion people, but climate change is making them increasingly erratic and deadly, with poor infrastructure only exacerbating the impact. ... more
ICE WORLD
Swiss glaciers shrank by a quarter in past decade: study
Gletsch, Switzerland (AFP) Oct 1, 2025
Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost a quarter of their volume in the past decade alone, a study warned Wednesday, heightening concerns over accelerating melting. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 29, 2025
Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union's environment agency warned on Monday. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Tails of the city: Paris rats find unlikely political ally
Paris (AFP) Sept 29, 2025
It has black button eyes and long, thin whiskers that tremble when it looks around curiously. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Wolf attack in Greece prompts calls for hunting rights
Thessaloniki, Greece (AFP) Sept 30, 2025
Hunters and farmers in Greece are demanding the right to cull wolves after one attacked a child on a beach this month, warning that the protected species is multiplying in the wild. ... more
WATER WORLD
Pacific islands youth group wins prize for climate legal action
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 1, 2025
A youth-led student group and a human-rights lawyer that took the issue of climate to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) received the Right Livelihood prize on Wednesday, dubbed an "alternative Nobel". ... more
WATER WORLD
Sitting ducks: Venezuelan fishermen wary of US warships
Caraballeda, Venezuela (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
Venezuelan fishermen in the south Caribbean keep a nervous eye on the horizon as they ply their trade in the same waters where US forces have recently blown up small, alleged drug boats, occupants and all. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
Mumbai (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW
Torrential downpours kill nine in Ukraine's Odesa; Flash floods shut beaches on Spain's Ibiza
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 1, 2025
A severe rainstorm killed at least nine people in Ukraine's Odesa, emergency services said early on Wednesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
'Dozens' of civilians killed in Niger airstrikes: witnesses
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
Dozens of civilians were killed this week after Nigerien airstrikes against jihadists near the country's western border with Mali, witnesses told AFP on Friday. ... more
FIRE STORM
Wildfire in Namibia's flagship park contained, says minister
Windhoek (AFP) Sept 29, 2025
A massive fire that has scorched through more than a third of Namibia's best-known national park has been contained, the environment minister said Monday. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Quake-hit Myanmar city becomes epicentre of junta election offensive
Mandalay, Myanmar (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
Six Myanmar war widows speak softly of their grief as they walk inside the crumbling walls of Mandalay Palace, fresh arrivals in an earthquake-wracked city strained anew by conflict. ... more
SINO DAILY
Singapore denies entry to HK activist, citing 'national interests'
Singapore (AFP) Sept 29, 2025
Singapore said Monday it had refused entry to Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law over the weekend as his presence would not be in the city-state's "national interests". ... more
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