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October 15, 2025
EARLY EARTH
Nickel and urea hints reshape story of early Earth oxygen rise



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the environment and setting the stage for complex life. This event, known as the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), occurred roughly 2.1 to 2.4 billion years ago. Yet, although oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria is thought to have evolved hundreds of millions of years earlier than this event, oxygen levels in the atmosphere remained low for a prolonged period. Scientists have debated why ... read more

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ICE WORLD
Patagonian ice sheet followed its own climatic rhythm
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Patagonia's immense ice fields, stretching hundreds of kilometers along the Andes, are relics of a vast ice sheet that once blanketed southern South America. New research from the University of Brem ... more
TECTONICS
Earthquake damage at deeper depths occurs long after initial activity
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Earthquakes often bring to mind images of destruction, of the Earth breaking open and altering landscapes. But after an earthquake, the area around it undergoes a period of post-seismic deformation, ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
U.S. military kills 6 in fifth drug boat strike near Venezuela
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 14, 2025
The U.S. military on Tuesday morning carried out its fifth strike on an alleged drug-running vessel in the Caribbean Sea and killed all six crew members. ... more
FARM NEWS
China says 'no winners' in trade war after cooking oil threat
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
China said on Wednesday that trade wars had "no winners", after US President Donald Trump warned that the United States could stop buying cooking oil from the country. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Jumbo drop in estimates of India elephant population
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
India's wild elephant population estimates have dropped sharply by a quarter, a government survey incorporating a new DNA system has found, marking the most accurate but sobering count yet. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
In China, climate litigation starts with the state
Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Indonesia volcano erupts, belching ash into night sky
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 15, 2025
A volcano erupted overnight on an Indonesian island, authorities said Wednesday, spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Major media outlets reject Pentagon reporting rules
Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
US and international news outlets including The New York Times, AP, AFP and Fox News on Tuesday declined to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials. ... more

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Unexploded bombs pose 'enormous' risks in Gaza, NGO warns
Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Unexploded ordnance in Gaza poses "enormous" risks for displaced people returning home during a US-led ceasefire, the NGO Handicap International warned Tuesday, calling for the entry of equipment needed for demining. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Murdered Kenyan's niece calls for UK ex-soldier's extradition
London (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
The niece of a young Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by a British soldier more than a decade ago urged the UK government Tuesday to extradite the suspect as soon as possible. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Survivors in flood-hit Mexico need food, fear more landslides
San Bartolo Tutotepec, Mexico (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Cira Gonzalez survived a landslide that struck last week but fears her house could still collapse at any moment following torrential rains that have left 129 people dead or missing in Mexico. ... more
FARM NEWS
Sweden to establish emergency grain stocks in north
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Sweden will set up its first emergency grain stocks in the north of the country, a region that risks being isolated in a conflict, the government said Tuesday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Madagascar military unit seizes power after president impeached
Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
An elite military unit told AFP Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Turkish environmental journalist dies after attack
Ankara (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Tributes poured in Tuesday for a Turkish journalist known for his environmental coverage who died after being attacked, with media organisations, NGOs and politicians demanding an investigation into his death. ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


CARBON WORLDS
'Widespread illegalities' in DR Congo carbon offsetting: NGO
Kinshasa (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Carbon offsetting projects in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are plagued by "widespread illegalities" and "exacerbate the risk" of rights violations, an NGO report published Tuesday said. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Black gold, green promises: Brazil's climate paradox
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Can oil, the climate villain, be used to pay for its own demise? ... more
FIRE STORM
Who is setting fire to the Amazon?
Sao Felix Do Xingu, Brazil (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
"Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
At least 64 dead, 65 missing in Mexico floods; Spain's Valencia region on red alert for torrential rain
Tenango De Doria, Mexico (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
Rescuers scrambled Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported missing. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
14 injured in Philippines aftershock, weeks after deadly quake: rescuers
Manila (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
A moderately strong earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Cebu Monday, injuring at least 14 people and damaging infrastructure already weakened by a deadly tremor two weeks earlier, officials said. ... more
FARM NEWS
US soybean farmers battered by trade row with China
Cordova, Maryland, United States (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
The US soybean harvest is underway and in rural Maryland, farmer Travis Hutchison cracks open a pod to show how a field is nearly dry enough for reaping. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Brazil hopes Amazon summit can unite world for climate action
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis. ... more
WOOD PILE
Papua New Guinea's rainforest under major threat says new report
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
Millions of hectares of virgin rainforest in Papua New Guinea are under threat due to a contentious permit scheme, environmental groups warned on Tuesday. ... more
GPS NEWS
TERN raises seed funding extension to scale satellite free navigation for vehicles fleets and defense
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
TERN has closed a $7.5 million Seed Extension to accelerate deployment of its Independently Derived Positioning System (IDPS), an AI-driven, satellite-free navigation technology for commercial and d ... more
ICE WORLD
Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance
Kon Chukurbashi, Tajikistan (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting - yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? ... more
WATER WORLD
World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: global experts
Paris (AFP) Oct 12, 2025
The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. ... more
FARM NEWS
New Zealand accused of 'climate denial' over new methane targets
Wellington (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand's government of "full-blown climate denial" after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. ... more
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Burkina magistrates, journalists kidnapped, missing; Former jihadist fighters join Niger army
Abidjan (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
Three appeals' court magistrates in Burkina Faso and two senior journalists from leading private daily newspapers have been kidnapped or reported missing, a media organisation, a friend and a legal source said Monday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Dozens killed by paramilitary drone and artillery attacks in Sudan
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 11, 2025
Locals said a drone and artillery attack on a refugee shelter by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in el-Fasher, Sudan, late Friday killed at least 60. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Madagascar on edge as embattled president's address delayed
Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
A keenly awaited national address by Madagascar's cornered President Andry Rajoelina, who went missing as calls grew for his resignation, was delayed twice Monday as a group of armed forces tried to take control of the state-owned media. ... more
SINO DAILY
China detains prominent 'underground' pastor in crackdown
Beijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
The founder of a prominent Chinese underground church has been detained along with more than 20 of its members in a sweeping national crackdown, according to his daughter and one of its pastors. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Trees, targets and trillions: what's on the agenda at COP30?
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 13, 2025
This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon. But what is actually on the agenda? ... more
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