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Antarctic sea ice improves after four years of extreme lows: US scientistsParis, France Mar 9, 2026 Antarctic sea ice coverage has likely rebounded this year, coming closer to its annual summer average after four years of extreme lows, US scientists said Monday. ... more 
Spire RF sensing data maps Arctic sea ice freeboard across winterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 New research supported by the European Space Agency's Third Party Missions programme has produced Arctic-wide sea ice freeboard maps using GNSS-Reflectometry data collected by Spire Global Inc.'s mu ... more  
X-raying rocks reveals their carbon-storing capacityCambridge MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 To avoid the worst effects of climate change, many billions of metric tons of industrially generated carbon dioxide will have to be captured and stored away by the end of this century. One place to ... more  
Hydromea and Equinor prove subsea wireless link from seabed to cloudLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Hydromea and Equinor have completed what they describe as the world's first real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data link from the seabed directly to a cloud environment, demonstrating a subsea-to-sa ... more |
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LizzieSat 3 hosts HEO USA non Earth imaging payload in orbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Sidus Space and HEO USA have reported a new on orbit imagery milestone with the Holmes Mk1 non Earth imaging camera operating aboard the LizzieSat 3 multi mission spacecraft. The mission has returne ... more  
Ancient croc relative shifted from four legs to two as it maturedLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A peculiar ancient relative of modern crocodiles that appears to have started life on four legs before adopting a two legged stance in adulthood has been described in a new study. The reptile, named ... more 
CO2 binding concrete aims to turn construction into carbon sinkBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its cement content makes it a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are ... more  
Soil plastic fragments host viral webs that could reshape farmingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Microplastics are now recognized as a growing threat to farmland as well as oceans and rivers, with new research highlighting how plastic particles in soil host intricate interactions between microb ... more |
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Climate risks set to reshape Europes forests by century endBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Wildfires, storms, and bark beetles are poised to transform Europes forests over the coming decades, with new modeling indicating that climate driven disturbance could markedly increase by 2100. A l ... more  
Sunlight process turns plastic waste into acetic acidLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a sunlight-driven process that converts plastic waste, including microplastics, into acetic acid, the main component of vinegar. The approach ... more 
UK and Saudi partners design climate focused Earth observation missionLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 The University of Portsmouth, working within the Space South Central regional space cluster, has launched a new international partnership with Saudi space-tech company SARsatX to design an Earth obs ... more  
Lebanon postpones parliamentary elections by two yearsBeirut, Lebanon (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Lebanon's parliament on Monday postponed legislative elections by two years, according to a statement from the parliament speaker, due to the war between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah. ... more 
Indonesia landfill collapse kills fourJakarta (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 A landslide on Indonesia's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing four people, rescuers said Monday as they searched for at least five more reported missing. ... more |
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Kenya flash floods death toll rises to 45Nairobi (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Flash flooding after torrential rains in Kenya has killed at least 45 people and forced hundreds to leave their homes, police said Monday. ... more 
Eight dead as tornados surge across central USWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Tornados tore through the central United States in a series of storms that continued into Saturday, leaving eight people dead and at least a dozen others injured, authorities said. ... more 
US Senate rejects bid to curb Trump's Iran war powersWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 The US Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's authority to continue military strikes on Iran, in a narrow congressional show of support for a conflict launched without explicit approval from lawmakers. ... more  
Attack at DR Congo nature park kills fiveKinshasa (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 An armed attack on the headquarters of Upemba National Park in southeastern DR Congo has killed five staff members, the state-run body that manages it said Wednesday. ... more  
Sri Lanka hospital releases 22 rescued from torpedoed Iranian vesselColombo (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Sri Lanka discharged 22 Iranian crew from hospital who were plucked from life rafts after their warship was sunk by a US submarine, officials said Sunday. ... more |
 
As Iran conflict spills over, Iraq's Kurds say 'this war is not mine'Soran, Iraq (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 On a deserted road not too far from the border between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, Satar Barsirini looked up at the sky, now streaked with jets and drones. ... more  
Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floodsSydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more  
NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course -- and changed its orbit around the sunNew York (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it - a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks. ... more 
Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugsLos Banos, Philippines (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare hands. ... more |
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Turkey warns over 'dangerous' bid to stir civil war in IranIstanbul (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Turkey's foreign minister advised Saturday against efforts to cause a civil war inside Iran, while warning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran this week. ... more  
'Significant' acceleration of global warming since 2015: studyParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Global warming has accelerated in a 'statistically significant' way since 2015, according to a study published by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). ... more 
Nepal's rapper-led centrist party heads for poll landslideKathmandu (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Nepal's centrist RSP party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah had secured a majority in the direct parliamentary elections, partial official results showed Sunday, and was heading for a landslide according to official trends. ... more 
Protests across globe mark one week of Iran warParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Lion-emblazoned flags of pre-revolution Iran fluttered in cities across the world on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets a week after the start of the war in the Middle East. ... more |
In Finland, kids take hovercraft to school over frozen Baltic SeaPargas, Finland (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Skipper Sampsa Jalo greets three young children on their way home from school as they board an unusual amphibious vessel docked and humming at a wooden pier on the frozen Baltic Sea. ... more 
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rocketsJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more
Flash floods in Nairobi kill 23Nairobi (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 At least 23 people have been killed in flash flooding in Nairobi, police said Saturday, as search and rescue operations continued amid widespread devastation. ... more 
Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai won't appeal national security conviction: lawyerHong Kong (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal against the national security conviction for which he was jailed for 20 years last month, his legal team said on Friday without providing a reason. ... more |
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Prolonged drought risks famine for millions in Somalia: ICRCGeneva (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine due to prolonged drought, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Tuesday. ... more  
Axelspace to supply imagery for Japan defense satellite networkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 Axelspace Corporation has secured a role in a new satellite constellation project led by the Japan Ministry of Defense, signing a contract to provide optical imagery data to the program. The company ... more  
Brain learns faster from rare rewards than from repetitionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 More than a century after Pavlov trained dogs to link a bell with food, neuroscientists at the University of California, San Francisco report that the brain may rely more on the timing of rewards th ... more 
Warming El Nino may return later this year: UNGeneva (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 The warming El Nino weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Nina fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more |
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