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  Jena, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 Observations of abundance changes in one group of insects- for example grasshoppers - say very little about how other types of insects, such as flies, are doing, even in the same place. This is because different groups of insects may show similar trends in one place, but dissimilar trends in other places. These are the findings of a new meta-study systematically examining long-term data on insects from more than 900 locations worldwide. The study, published in Biology Letters, was led by a team of ... read more |
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The last day of the dinosaursUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researchers after having examined thin sections, high-reso ... more  
Advanced Air Mobility for HealthcareEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 During the global pandemic people have realized remote healthcare, delivery, and easy access to services are paramount. NASA's Advanced Air Mobility or AAM mission paves the way toward enabling sign ... more  
New sensor paves way for mapping the world under Earth surfaceBirmingham UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 An object hidden below ground has been located using quantum technology - a long-awaited milestone with profound implications for industry, human knowledge and national security. University of ... more 
NASA supports research to advance earth scienceWashington DC (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 Through a new prize competition, NASA is engaging minority serving institutions (MSIs) to bring ideas for new information technologies that will help address climate change. The prize competition, t ... more |
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Heavy rains kill 15 in Guinea since late June
Heavy rain, landslides kill more than 30 in northern China LA wildfires push insurance losses to highest since 2011: Munich Re Over 30 dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides Fukushima radioactive debris removal delayed until 2037 'Once in a hundred years': villagers clean up after deadly China floods Vietnam flash flood kills five, dozens evacuated Thirty dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides Heavy rain leaves 30 dead in Chinese capital Heavy rains leave 30 dead in Chinese capital |
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Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world's largest 'dam'Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting at the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet, caused by huge quantities of meltwater falling from the surface to the base. As the meltwater fall ... more 
The jet stream that brought in Storm Eunice is moving northwardsSouthampton UK (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 New research shows that the average winter northern hemisphere jet stream position over the North Atlantic and Eurasia has moved northwards by up to 330 kilometres and the mean winter jet speed has ... more 
NASA develops technology to dissect the lower atmosphereGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 The part of the atmosphere closest to the planet is the hardest to measure from space due to the volume of gases above it. Studying Earth's planetary boundary layer, or PBL, will enable scientists t ... more 
BirdLife Cyprus sees 'worrying' spike in migratory bird killingsNicosia (AFP) Feb 23, 2022 Conservation group BirdLife Cyprus reported Wednesday a "worrying increase" in illegal bird trappings last year, blaming authorities for reducing fines for killing protected species. ... more |
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Satellite laser altimetry helps monitor changes in global lake water storageNanjing, China (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 As the main freshwater resource on Earth's surface, lakes play an important role in maintaining ecosystem stability and the sustainable development of human society. However, it's been difficu ... more  
Potential widespread effects of geoengineering on both climate and the carbon cycleBeijing, China (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 Global warming poses a great threat to our society, and it will continue unless a deep and rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is implemented. One alternative way to counteract some of the u ... more  
US flood damage risk is underestimatedRaleigh NC (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to happen in the continental United States, suggesting that recent fl ... more  
Virus-hit Hong Kong invokes emergency powers to allow in China medicsHong Kong (AFP) Feb 24, 2022 Hong Kong's government invoked emergency powers on Thursday to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel from the Chinese mainland to help combat a spiralling coronavirus outbreak. ... more |
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Virus-hit Hong Kong invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 24, 2022 Hong Kong's government invoked emergency powers on Thursday to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel from the Chinese mainland to help combat a spiralling coronavirus outbreak. ... more 
Rescue effort starts as Cyclone Emnati lashes MadagascarAntananarivo (AFP) Feb 23, 2022 Rescuers in Madagascar on Wednesday began to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Emnati, which overnight lashed the island nation still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month. ... more  
Brazil storm death toll passes 200: policeRio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 23, 2022 The death toll from flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rain in the Brazilian city of Petropolis has surpassed 200, authorities said Wednesday, as they continue to recover bodies more than a week after the storm. ... more 
Horn of Africa drought drives 13 million to hungerNairobi (AFP) Feb 23, 2022 Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of a severe drought that has left 13 million people facing hunger. ... more 
Baidoa: Crossroads of despair in drought-ravaged SomaliaBaidoa, Somalia (AFP) Feb 23, 2022 Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from branches and fragments of discarded cloth. ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 
Tonga says space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano-damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world.
Tonga's telecommunications system has been severely restricted since January 15 when a violent volcanic eruption and tsunami severed its underwater fibre-optic cable.
Musk's Space X corporation is providing 50 very-small-apertu ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $341 million contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to develop, test and deliver a Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) in support of its Space Domain Awareness mission.
"The DARC program will field a resilient ground-based radar providing our nation with significantly enhanced space domain awareness for ge ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2022 
Coastal flooding will increase significantly over the next 30 years because of sea level rise, according to a new report by an interagency sea level rise task force that includes NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other federal agencies. Titled Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States, the Feb. 15 report concludes that sea level along ... more |
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 Aysen, Chile (AFP) Feb 23, 2022 
A crack widens in the San Rafael glacier in Chile's extreme south, and a ten-storey iceberg crashes into the lake by the same name - a dramatic reminder of the impacts of global warming.
In the lake San Rafael, about 100 icebergs float today, pieces broken off from the glacier that 150 years ago stretched out over two-thirds of the body of water now free of ice cover.
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
In the context of trade-offs between land use and biodiversity, LMU geographers have simulated land saving potentials for agriculture. With rising global demand for agricultural commodities for use as food, feed, and bioenergy, pressure on land is increasing. At the same time, land is an important resource for tackling the principal challenges of the 21st century - the loss of biodiversity and g ... more |
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 Antananarivo (AFP) Feb 23, 2022 
Rescuers in Madagascar on Wednesday began to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Emnati, which overnight lashed the island nation still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month.
Faly Aritiana Fabien, a senior official at Madagascar's National Risk Management Office (BNGRC), told AFP no human casualties had been reported but said it was important to "remain cautious" less ... more |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) Feb 24, 2022 
A commission created by the junta that seized power in Burkina Faso last month has proposed a 30-month transition period before the country returns to constitutional rule, military and government sources said Thursday.
The commission "proposes a 30-month transition led" by junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, a military source told AFP.
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 Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Feb 21, 2022  Beyond the reach of bloody conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rescued apes swing from one branch to another under the leafy canopy at a wildlife sanctuary.
On the edge of a national park that is home to endangered gorillas, the Lwiro Ape Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL) has for two decades nursed wounded and traumatised animals to recovery and taken in orphans.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
Global warming poses a great threat to our society, and it will continue unless a deep and rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is implemented. One alternative way to counteract some of the undesired effects of global warming is geoengineering, also referred to as solar radiation modification, or climate engineering.
The basic idea of geoengineering is to cool the earth by intention ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Feb 24, 2022 
L3Harris Technologies' third high-resolution weather instrument is set to launch March 1 onboard a NOAA satellite - strengthening the nation's ability to monitor the environment and rapidly detect severe weather.
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is the primary instrument for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T), the third in a series of four advanced geostationary ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
A team of French, American and Turkish palaeontologists and geologists led by CNRS researchers1 has discovered the existence of a forgotten continent they have dubbed Balkanatolia, which today covers the present-day Balkans and Anatolia. Formerly inhabited by a highly specific fauna, they believe that it enabled mammals from Asia to colonise Europe 34 million years ago. Their findings are publis ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 
Australia's largest energy firm and biggest carbon emitter AGL on Monday rejected a takeover bid from green-minded tech billionaire Mike Cannon Brookes, who planned to shutter the firm's coal-fired power plants.
Atlassian co-founder Cannon Brookes had teamed up with Brookfield Asset Management to offer US$5.8 billion for the electricity production and distribution firm with a view to shuttin ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
In the mid-1990s, a few energy activists in Massachusetts had a vision: What if citizens had choice about the energy they consumed? Instead of being force-fed electricity sources selected by a utility company, what if cities, towns, and groups of individuals could purchase power that was cleaner and cheaper?
The small group of activists - including a journalist, the head of a small nonprof ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Feb 24, 2022 
A New Zealand bull has been hailed a "legend" after it was swept along a flooded river and survived going over a waterfall before being dumped 80 kilometres (50 miles) downstream.
South Island farmer Tony Peacock said the 18-month-old bull was one of three washed away earlier this month when the West Coast region experienced its worst flooding in almost 80 years.
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 Ulaanbaatar (AFP) Feb 22, 2022  A prominent anti-China activist has been arrested in Mongolia, part of what campaigners have said is a wider effort to "clean up" Beijing's critics in the country.
Landlocked Mongolia is dependent on mineral exports to its giant neighbours, Russia and China, but there have also been protests in the capital Ulaanbaatar over Beijing's language policy in Inner Mongolia.
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 Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 
Environmental group Greenpeace on Tuesday said the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to respect a multi-million-dollar agreement signed with Britain last year to finance protecting its ecologically vital forests.
The DRC and Britain approved funds worth $500 million as part of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) two months ago in Glasgow, which hosted the COP26 climate change ... more |
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