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  Antananarivo (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 92 in Madagascar, authorities said Wednesday, as humanitarian organisations ramped up aid efforts with more than 110,000 people in need of emergency assistance. The National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) released data from the hardest-hit regions revealing that 71 of the dead were in Ikongo district, near the east coast of the Indian Ocean island nation. BNGRC director general Paolo Emilio Raholinarivo said that Batsira ... read more |
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Mozambique to plant 100 million trees on battered coastJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Mozambique, whose coastline has been ravaged by rising sea levels and tropical storms, announced plans on Tuesday to plant over 100 million trees to restore its battered mangroves. ... more  
13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens: UNNairobi (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 An estimated 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing severe hunger as the Horn of Africa experiences its worst drought in decades, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more  
Deja vu in Hong Kong as virus restrictions spark panic buyingHong Kong (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 Shoppers thronged Hong Kong's markets fearing a shortage of food Wednesday, familiar scenes in a city that is back under gruelling Covid restrictions in contrast to much of the world. ... more  
Taiwan eases nuclear-accident food import ban from JapanTaipei (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Taiwan said on Tuesday it would relax a food imports ban from areas in Japan around the site of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, as it pushes for support from Tokyo in its bid to join a major trans-Pacific trade pact. ... more |
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Dormant Russia volcano erupts for first time in 450 years
Thai storm kills six Heavy rains kill at least 30 in Guinea since late June Flash floods kill three in Vietnam, nine missing One dead, five missing in Chilean copper mine collapse Landslide-prone Nepal tests AI-powered warning system Heavy rain in Guinea capital kills at least seven Heavy rain in Guinea capital kills at least 10 Lightning megaflash of 829 kilometres sets new world record Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rains kill dozens |
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Fresh hopes for landmark treaty to rescue ocean lifeParis (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 World leaders are under pressure to conclude years of talks on an agreement to protect open oceans that help sustain life on Earth, cover almost half the planet and currently fall under no country's laws. ... more 
Chinese scientists say new highly accurate virus test gives results within minutesBeijing (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is as accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes. ... more  
AI 'ageism' could seriously impact elderly health: WHOGeneva (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 Biases embedded in artificial intelligence systems increasingly used in healthcare risk deepening discrimination against older people, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday. ... more  
Uptick in rhino poaching as S.Africa eases virus curbsJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Rhino poaching in South Africa was 15 percent higher in 2021 than the preceding year as coronavirus restrictions that limited movement were eased, official figures showed Tuesday. ... more 
NGO files complaint over dead fish deluge off French coastSaint-Jean-De-Luz, France (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Environmental organisation Sea Shepherd on Tuesday filed a legal complaint against the owners of a large fishing vessel after tens of thousands of dead fish were spotted off France's Atlantic coast. ... more |
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Jet stream models help inform US offshore wind developmentIthaca NY (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 With the federal government planning to hold the largest sale of offshore wind farm leases in the nation's history, a new Cornell University study could help inform the development of offshore wind ... more  
Tech company unveils revolutionary, no-code solution to access satellite dataEdinburgh UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2022 In partnership with Google, in a widely attender Google Earth Outreach webinar, Earth Blox demonstrated its ability to provide near-instantaneous cloud powered access and analysis of satellite image ... more 
Hidden magnitude-8.2 earthquake source of mysterious 2021 global tsunamiPasadena CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 Scientists have uncovered the source of a mysterious 2021 tsunami that sent waves around the globe. In August 2021, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit near the South Sandwich Islands, creating a t ... more  
Seven Indian soldiers killed in Himalayan avalancheNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 Indian army rescuers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of seven soldiers buried in an avalanche while on patrol along a remote Himalayan frontier contested by China. ... more  
At least 11 dead in Colombia mudslideDosquebradas, Colombia (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 At least 11 people died and 35 were injured in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Colombia on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said. ... more |
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 Dosquebradas, Colombia (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 
At least 11 people died and 35 were injured in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Colombia on Tuesday, the national disaster agency said.
The early morning rains touched off a landslide on a mountain in central-western Risaralda province, burying several homes in the impoverished municipality of Dosquebradas.
"There are 35 people injured receiving hospital attention and 11 dead," th ... more |
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 New Delhi(Sputnik) Feb 09, 2022 
Space debris has become a real concern for space exploration agencies worldwide. According to estimates, there are 7,200 artificial satellites in total orbiting Earth and 27,000 pieces of man-made debris caught in orbit.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully decommissioned a 14-year-old communication satellite, INSAT-4B, which provided services in the Ku and C freq ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 
The deep-ocean floor is the least explored ecosystem on the planet, despite covering more than 60% of the Earth surface. Largely unknown life in abyssal sediments, from benthic animals to microbes, helps to recycle and/or sequester the sinking (in)organic matter originating from pelagic communities that are numerically dominated by microscopic plankton.
Benthic ecosystems thus underpin two ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 
Developments at the South Pole are raising new concerns. A group of smaller glaciers, named Pope, Smith and Kohler, are melting faster than expected. So far, the neighbouring giant glaciers, Thwaites and Pine Island, have been the focus of research because they are extremely fragile and could raise global sea levels by up to 1.2 metres.
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Lu ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 09, 2022 
The Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions measure and image our planet in different ways to return a wealth of complementary information so that we can understand and track how our world is changing, and how to better manage our environment and resources. Thanks to the benefits of different types of data from two particular Copernicus Sentinel missions and an ingenious new dataset tool, people ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
Scientists have uncovered the source of a mysterious 2021 tsunami that sent waves around the globe.
In August 2021, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit near the South Sandwich Islands, creating a tsunami that rippled around the globe. The epicenter was 47 kilometers below the Earth's surface - too deep to initiate a tsunami - and the rupture was nearly 400 kilometers long, which should have gen ... more |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) Feb 9, 2022 
Burkina Faso's new armed forces chief, who was appointed last week following a military coup, on Wednesday vowed to give a "new impetus" to a years-long struggle against jihadist insurgents.
At a ceremony to mark his appointment, Colonel David Kabre said he was appealing to all units "to commit to a new undertaking with me - to give a new impetus in the fight against terrorism in our countr ... more |
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 Osnabruck, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
For the first time, researchers observed chimpanzees in Gabon, West Africa applying insects to their wounds and the wounds of others. In a study published February 7 in the journal Current Biology, scientists describe this wound-tending behavior and argue that it is evidence that chimpanzees have the capacity for prosocial behaviors that have been linked with empathy in humans.
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 Once Brewed, United Kingdom (AFP) Feb 8, 2022 
Nineteen hundred years after it was built to keep out barbarian hordes, archaeologists at Hadrian's Wall in northern England are facing a new enemy - climate change, which threatens its vast treasure trove of Roman artefacts.
Thousands of soldiers and many of their families lived around the 73-mile (118-kilometre) stone wall, which crosses England from west coast to east coast, marking the ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
Following an open invitation to tender, the technology multinational GMV, European industrial leader in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST), has been awarded a new contract by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), located in Darmstadt (Germany) for the provision of Operational Optical Data Services to suppo ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
A new study leaves large tooth marks in previous conclusions about the body shape of the Megalodon, one of the largest sharks that ever lived.
The study, which makes use of a pioneering technique for analyzing sharks, has now been published in the international journal Historical Biology.
Megalodons swam the Earth roughly 15 to 3.6-million years ago, and are often portrayed as super- ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 
Climate change will drive an increase in summer air conditioning use in the United States that is likely to cause prolonged blackouts during peak summer heat if states do not expand capacity or improve efficiency, according to a new study of household-level demand.
The study projected summertime usage as global temperature rises 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) or 2.0 degrees C ... more |
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 Abingdon, United Kingdom (AFP) Feb 9, 2022  Scientists in Britain said Wednesday they have smashed a previous record for generating fusion energy, an achievement hailed a "milestone" on the protracted path towards harnessing a power source considered cheap and clean.
Nuclear fusion is the same process that the sun uses to generate heat and proponents believe it could one day help address climate change by providing an abundant, safe a ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 8, 2022  Rhino poaching in South Africa was 15 percent higher in 2021 than the preceding year as coronavirus restrictions that limited movement were eased, official figures showed Tuesday.
A total of 451 animals were killed in 2021, which is still 24 percent lower than the pre-pandemic year 2019, the country's environment department reported.
Of the total, 327 animals were slaughtered in governme ... more |
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 Guwahati, India (AFP) Feb 3, 2022 
An Indian teenager detained for more than a week by Chinese troops along the nations' disputed Himalayan frontier was tortured while in captivity, his family said Thursday.
Miram Teron was on a hunting trip in northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state when he was taken into custody by soldiers from the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
The 17-year-old was repatriated nine days later but his fa ... more |
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 Aberdare, Kenya (AFP) Feb 7, 2022 
A fire that raged for two days in Kenya's Aberdare National Park has been extinguished after burning through hundreds of hectares of wilderness, a government forest official said on Monday.
The blaze started Saturday and dozens of forest rangers, firefighters and volunteers had struggled to control the fire from spreading, as suspicions of arson emerged.
The park was etched in history w ... more |
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