|
|
|
  Nairobi (AFP) March 13, 2019 A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations said Wednesday in a landmark report on the planet's parlous state. Deadly smog-inducing emissions, chemicals polluting drinking water, and the accelerating destruction of ecosystems crucial to the livelihoods of billions of people are driving a worldwide epidemic that hampers the global economy, it warned. The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) - a report six years i ... read more |
 |
When green 'fixes' actually increase the carbon footprintPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 When a big technology company moves to town, it often promises eco-friendly infrastructure and encourages a sustainability ethos to go along with it. That was the idea when Amazon announced pl ... more  
Late-winter storm wallops four US states, snarls travelChicago (AFP) March 14, 2019 A late winter storm on Wednesday caused widespread flooding and snarled travel in the Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado and Wyoming, forcing evacuations in some areas. ... more  
West using Christianity to subvert Chinese state: officialBeijing (AFP) March 12, 2019 A Chinese official accused "anti-China forces" in the West of using Christianity to subvert the country's political power and said worshippers must follow a Chinese form of religion. ... more  
The day the world burnedSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 When UC Santa Barbara geology professor emeritus James Kennett and colleagues set out years ago to examine signs of a major cosmic impact that occurred toward the end of the Pleistocene epoch, littl ... more |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
| Previous Issues | Mar 13 | Mar 12 | Mar 11 | Mar 08 | Mar 07 |
|
|
 
The Atlantic Ocean is rising and 11-year-old Levi is worriedWashington (AFP) March 13, 2019 Levi Draheim is an 11-year-old kid who lives on a barrier island separating the coast of Florida from the Atlantic Ocean. He is also a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the US government over climate change. ... more  
Largest carbon dioxide sink in renewable forestsKarlsruher, Germany (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 Forests are the filters of our Earth: They clean the air, remove dust particles, and produce oxygen. So far, the rain forest in particular has been considered the "green lung" of our planet. Yet, an ... more 
Taiwan leader to visit Pacific allies to firm up tiesTaipei (AFP) March 12, 2019 Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen will visit three Pacific nations this month to shore up ties, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to lure away Taipei's dwindling number of allies. ... more  
Norway MPs want Nobel for student climate campaigner GretaOslo (AFP) March 14, 2019 Greta Thunberg, the Swedish school girl climate campaigner who has inspired worldwide protests, should be awarded this year's Nobel Peace prize, Norwegian lawmakers said Thursday. ... more 
Global youth climate strike could be 'milestone' momentParis (AFP) March 13, 2019 It began with a solitary, 15-year-old girl camped out in front of Sweden's parliament next to a hand-written sign: "SCHOOL STRIKE FOR CLIMATE". ... more |
|
 'Dangerious materials' in sunken cargo ship off France: authorities  
Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscapeWashington (AFP) March 10, 2019 A text-generating "bot" nicknamed Tobi produced nearly 40,000 news stories about the results of the November 2018 elections in Switzerland for the media giant Tamedia - in just five minutes. ... more  |
|
|
|
US slams rights record of China and Iran, goes easier on N. KoreaWashington (AFP) March 13, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed China's mass detention of Muslims but took a lighter hand on North Korea as the State Department released its annual human rights report Wednesday. ... more  
Floods in southern Africa kill 115Maputo (AFP) March 13, 2019 At least 115 people were killed in Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa after heavy rains affected 843,000 people across southeast Africa, officials and the UN said, prompting calls for emergency aid. ... more  
Boost Africa investment to win climate fight: World Bank headNairobi (AFP) March 13, 2019 Governments and business must help countries in Africa deal with the fallout of climate change, the head of the World Bank said Wednesday as her organisation pledged billions for green investment in the continent. ... more 
Civilians trapped as Myanmar rebels squabble over expected China boomNarmakhor, Myanmar (AFP) March 13, 2019 With artillery exploding around her village in Myanmar's northeast, 70-year-old Nan Nyunt fled to a monastery, one of thousands of civilians trapped between rebel groups who are fighting for influence as a China-driven economic boom looms. ... more 
Can we tweak marine chemistry to help stave off climate change?Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 The world's nations are nowhere near to meeting the global Paris Agreement's goals on climate change of holding global temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius compared to 19th-century averages, m ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Extreme temperatures, both cold and hot, bring greater mortality risk to people living in China's rural communities than in urban areas, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The disparity between urban and rural mortality risk was found across the entire population, but was greater for women than men, and for people over 65.
"These finding ... more |
|
 Austin, TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
CesiumAstro, Inc., pioneer of "out-of-the-box" high-performance multi-beam active phased array communication systems for space and airborne platforms, has announced the closing of a $12.4 million Series A funding round led by Airbus Ventures.
Additional investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund, Lavrock Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, and Analog Devices ... more |
|
|
 Quito (AFP) March 8, 2019 
A new breeding ground for endangered hammerhead sharks has been found in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's government said.
This natural refuge off the island of Santa Cruz is home to about 20 of the sharks, the environment ministry said.
It is the second such refuge detected in the archipelago. The first, found in 2017, was shown to host around 30 hammerheads.
At the new one, researc ... more |
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
A slowing of ocean circulation in the waters surrounding Antarctica drastically altered the strength and more than doubled the length of global ice ages following the mid-Pleistocene transition, a new study finds. For the last several million years, the natural cycle of Earth's climate has been dominated by the regular ebb and flow of glacial and interglacial periods.
These cycles are gene ... more |
|
|
 New York (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Starting in September, New York city's 1.1 million school students will eat vegetarian meals on "Meatless Mondays," Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
"Cutting back on meat a little will improve New Yorkers' health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Democrat de Blasio said.
The program, which began in 15 Brooklyn schools almost a year ago with vegetarian breakfasts and lunches on ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 11, 2019 
Scientists in Japan have developed a new method for sensing earthquakes. Their analysis suggests subtle gravitational signatures precede an earthquake's earliest tremors.
The new detection strategy could help earthquake warning systems sound an alarm before a quake begins, providing people more time to evacuate buildings and seek safe ground.
Scientists at the University of Tokyo ... more |
|
|
 Bamako (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Six Malian troops were killed on Tuesday when their vehicles drove over improvised land mines in the centre of the West African country, the army said.
Two army escort vehicles hit improvised explosive devices (IEDs) "leaving two dead in Dialloube and four dead in the Hombori area," in the central Mopti region, the army said in comments online.
The government condemned the "cowardly and ... more |
|
 Washington (UPI) Mar 12, 2019 
Ancient fossilized teeth discovered in Kenya have helped paleontologists fill a gap in the record of Old World monkey evolution.
The 22-million-year-old teeth belonged to a newly named monkey species, Alophia metios. The discovery bridged the gap between a 19-million-year-old fossil tooth found in Uganda and a 25-million-year-old fossil tooth recovered in Tanzania.
"For a group a ... more |
|
|
 Oslo (AFP) March 14, 2019 
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish school girl climate campaigner who has inspired worldwide protests, should be awarded this year's Nobel Peace prize, Norwegian lawmakers said Thursday.
"We have proposed Greta Thunberg because if we do nothing to halt climate change it will be the cause of wars, conflict and refugees," Norwegian Socialist MP Freddy Andre Ovstegard told AFP.
"Greta Thunberg has ... more |
|
 Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2019 
New maps that use information from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal nitrogen dioxide emission being released into the atmosphere in cities and towns across the globe.
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem that is responsible for millions of people dying prematurely every year. With air quality a serious concern, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite was launched ... more |
|
|
 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
A study by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) on the magnetic fields of planets has found that most planets discovered in other solar systems are unlikely to be as hospitable to life as Earth.
Plants and animals would not survive without water on Earth. The sheer strength of Earth's magnetic field helps to maintain liquid water on our blue planet's surface, thereby maki ... more |
|
 Norwich UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 
Efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and tackle climate change in developed economies are beginning to pay off according to research led by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The study suggests that policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency are helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies. The group of countries represents 28 pe ... more |
|
|
 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
A research team of experts in atomic physics, nuclear fusion science, and astronomy succeeded in computing millions of highly accurate atomic data of neodymium ions in the Japan-Lithuania international collaboration. This research accelerates studies of a long-standing mystery regarding the origin of precious metals such as gold and platinum in our universe.
It is not yet identified where ... more |
|
 Buon Don, Vietnam (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Mahout Y Hoi Bya sits atop his elephant, whacking him with a large stick to urge him toward the finish line at the Buon Don race in Vietnam's central highlands.
Locals say the race is a celebration of the much-revered animals - traditionally thought of as family members in this part of Vietnam - but conservation groups are calling for an end to the festival, which they say is cruel and ou ... more |
|
|
 Taipei (AFP) March 11, 2019 
US envoy for religious freedom Sam Brownback defended his remark that China is "at war with faith" after the Chinese foreign ministry issued an angry statement condemning the envoy's words as a "malicious attack and slander on China's religious policies".
Brownback criticised the Chinese government in a speech on Friday in Hong Kong, saying the Chinese government is engaged in the persecutio ... more |
|
 Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
Forests are the filters of our Earth: They clean the air, remove dust particles, and produce oxygen. So far, the rain forest in particular has been considered the "green lung" of our planet. Yet, an international team, including researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), recently found that the world's largest carbon sinks are located in young, regrowing forests. The results are pub ... more |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
