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  Beira, Mozambique (AFP) March 18, 2019 More than a thousand people are feared to have died in a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique last week, while scores were killed and more than 200 are missing in neighbouring Zimbabwe. The city of Beira in central Mozambique bore Cyclone Idai's full wrath on Thursday before the storm barrelled on to neighbouring Zimbabwe, unleashing fierce winds and flash floods and washing away roads and houses. "For the moment we have registered 84 deaths officially, but when we flew over the area... this mor ... read more |
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Flash floods kill at least 58 in Indonesia's PapuaSentani, Indonesia (AFP) March 17, 2019 Flash floods in Indonesia's eastern Papua province have killed at least 58 people, an official said Sunday, as rescuers battled mud, rocks and fallen trees in the hunt for survivors. ... more  
Uncertain projections help to reveal the truth about future climate changeExeter UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 A team of four scientists from the US and the UK explain how differing climate model projections can be used collectively to reduce uncertainties in future climate change, in a paper published in th ... more  
Researchers uncover new clues to surviving extinctionSan Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 Scientists are peeking into ancient oceans to unravel the complexities of mass extinctions, past and future. A new examination of Earth's largest extinction by scientists at the California Academy o ... more  
Winter was frigid because the polar vortex got 'drunk'Guelph, Canada (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 The mere mention of the term "polar vortex" elicits thoughts of bitterly cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills. Most people are aware that the frigid air in the Northern Hemisphere is coming d ... more |
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Fuelled by China fears, Russians protest Baikal bottling plantMoscow (AFP) March 16, 2019 A China-funded project to bottle water from Russia's Lake Baikal has caused a backlash in Siberia, where people are increasingly angry about what they see as a Chinese land-grab. ... more 
Ocean sink for man-made CO2 measuredZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 Not all of the CO2 generated during the combustion of fossil fuels remains in the atmosphere and contributes to global warming. The ocean and the ecosystems on land take up considerable quantities o ... more 
In Caracas, water an obsession after days of blackoutCaracas (AFP) March 15, 2019 Plastic bottles and containers at the ready, Keisy Perez ignores the stench from the brown river as it slips slowly through the grimy San Agustin district of Venezuela's capital. ... more  
Over 2,000 fall ill in Malaysia after toxic waste dumpedKuala Lumpur (AFP) March 15, 2019 More than 2,000 people, including many children, have fallen ill after toxic waste was dumped in a Malaysian river and emitted hazardous fumes over a wide area, an official said Friday. ... more 
New insights emerge on what drives long-term climatic trendsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on a planet capped by a chunk of ice at each pole. But Earth has been ice-free for about 75 percent of the time since complex life first appe ... more |
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 Nations agree 'significant' plastic cuts 
Hundreds of thousands join world youth climate demoMontreal (AFP) March 16, 2019 Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an international day of student protests aimed at pushing world leaders into action on climate change. ... more  |
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Cyclone Idai kills at least 31 as it hits eastern ZimbabweHarare (AFP) March 16, 2019 At least 31 people have been killed and dozens are missing as tropical cyclone Idai hit eastern parts of Zimbabwe after lashing neighbouring Mozambique, the government said on Saturday. ... more 
New York to spend $500 million for Manhattan flood protectionNew York (AFP) March 15, 2019 New York will invest $500 million to protect part of the US business and cultural capital Manhattan from climate change, the municipality said on Thursday. ... more  
Venezuela's hidden damage: mental stress as desperation growsCaracas (AFP) March 16, 2019 Escarli is afraid of the dark. German appears absent. Yuri tips into rage at the smallest upset. Mental malaise in Venezuela is growing, a hidden anguish adding to the litany of ills ravaging the country. ... more  
Tibet struggle's slow slide off the global radar as Dalai Lama agesHong Kong (AFP) March 15, 2019 Sixty years after the Dalai Lama fled into permanent Indian exile, the cause of Tibetan freedom that earned him a Nobel prize and a celebrity-studded international following has lost much of its momentum - neutralised, analysts say, by the passage of time and China's rising global power. ... more  
Faster robots demoralize co-workersIthaca NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 It's not whether you win or lose; it's how hard the robot is working. A Cornell University-led team has found that when robots are beating humans in contests for cash prizes, people consider themsel ... more |
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 New York (AFP) March 14, 2019  Connecticut's supreme court ruled Thursday that US gunmaker Remington can be sued over the 2012 massacre at the Sandy Hook elementary school in which one of its weapons was used.
The narrow 4-3 ruling raised the hopes of the families of the 20 schoolchildren and six school staff killed in the December 14, 2012 attack of punishing the marketers of the powerful Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle u ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found a number of 2D materials can not only withstand being sent into space, but potentially thrive in the harsh conditions.
It could influence the type of materials used to build everything from satellite electronics to solar cells and batteries - making future space missions more accessible, and cheaper to launch.
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
University of Sydney scientists have modelled how carbonate accumulation from 'marine snow' in oceans has absorbed carbon dioxide over millennia and been a key driver in keeping the planet cool for millions of years.
The study, published in Geology, also helps our understanding of the ocean's future capacity to store carbon dioxide, which is vital given warming-ocean acidity has increased ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
A silvery metal tube jutting out of thick ice stands alone amid a vast landscape of endless white in Antarctica. This 30-foot tube, equipped with weather sensors poking out at perpendicular angles, is able to record Arctic temperature, pressure, windspeed and other conditions, but is not adept at formatting and sharing its data with scientists.
A NASA-funded technology aims to fix that. Wi ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
Farmers irrigating their crops may soon be getting some help from space. In 2018, scientists launched ECOSTRESS, a new instrument now attached to the International Space Station. Its mission: to gather data on how plants use water across the world.
"Technically, the instruments are measuring surface temperature, which reflects the heat stress of plants," explains Joshua Fisher of NASA's Je ... more |
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 Beira, Mozambique (AFP) March 18, 2019  More than a thousand people are feared to have died in a cyclone that smashed into Mozambique last week, while scores were killed and more than 200 are missing in neighbouring Zimbabwe.
The city of Beira in central Mozambique bore Cyclone Idai's full wrath on Thursday before the storm barrelled on to neighbouring Zimbabwe, unleashing fierce winds and flash floods and washing away roads and h ... more |
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 Nairobi (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.
Kristalina Georgieva said it was vital that nations least responsible for global warming are assisted in adapting to the extreme weather and food insecurity their citizens face. ... more |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates. A new paper, however, argues that it was not tool-making that set hominins apart - it was the miniaturization of tools.
Just as tiny transistors transformed telecommunications a few decades ago, and scientists are now challenged to make them even smal ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 14, 2019 
Four environmental NGOs on Thursday sued the French government for failing to uphold its commitments on fighting climate change, the latest in a series of high-profile cases that aim to force governments around the world into action.
The foundation of Nicolas Hulot, a crusading former environment minister who quit President Emmanuel Macron's government last year over what he saw as its fail ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2019 
A new study of moose behavior found the mammals become more tolerant of the presence of wolves late in winter.
The findings, published this week in the journal Ecology, further complicate scientists' understanding of predator-prey relationships between wolves and big-game species. The research also makes it more difficult to determine the role fear plays in shaping ecosystem dynamics. / ... more |
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 Beijing (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.
China's officially atheist government, which oversees religious groups through state-sponsored institutions, has tightened its grip on all faiths in recent years.
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 Nairobi (AFP) March 14, 2019 
With the world's forests increasingly under threat from climate change and logging, leaders and top bank chiefs pledged billions on Thursday to help reverse the steep decline in Africa's woodland areas.
So far this century East Africa alone has lost around 6 million hectares of forest, swathes of which contain plants and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.
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