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  Vienna (AFP) March 9, 2022 The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the UN's atomic watchdog, the agency said Tuesday, as it voiced concern for staff working under Russian guard at the Ukrainian facility. On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the defunct plant, site of a 1986 disaster that killed hundreds and spread radioactive contamination west across Europe. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi "indicated that remote data transmission from safeguards monitoring s ... read more |
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Fukushima region forges renewable future after nuclear disasterNamie, Japan (AFP) March 9, 2022 Solar farms along tsunami-ravaged coastlines, green energy "micro-grids" and the experimental production of non-polluting hydrogen: 11 years after its nuclear nightmare, Japan's Fukushima region is investing in a renewable future. ... more  
Traces of life in the Earth's deep mantleZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 It is easy to see that the processes in the Earth's interior influence what happens on the surface. For example, volcanoes unearth magmatic rocks and emit gases into the atmosphere, and thus influen ... more  
Why people rush for iodine tablets over nuclear, cancer riskParis (AFP) March 8, 2022 European countries have seen stocks of iodine fly off the shelves due to fears it may be needed to counter the risks of thyroid cancer if Russia's invasion of Ukraine causes a nuclear incident. ... more  
This sustainable solar oven allows rural communities to cook without coal or firewoodOmu-Aran, Nigeria (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 A new design for a solar cooking system may help rural communities prepare food more sustainably, reports a new study. The materials used in this system should be easily accessible for people in pla ... more |
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Landslide kills four as rains lash northern China
Blazing heat in Iraq as Baghdad, south top 50C Four killed in landslide as heavy rain drenches northern China Four killed as heavy rain, flooding soaks northern China Four dead, eight missing in China landslide after heavy rain 4 dead, 8 missing in north China landslide after heavy rain Three drones detected in Japan nuclear plant Hundreds protest over water shortages in drought-hit Iraq Boats bring Philippine flood victims to safety as death toll rises Boats bring food, safe passage for Philippine flood victims |
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CIA boss: China 'unsettled' by Russia's war in UkraineWashington (AFP) March 8, 2022 The CIA's director said Tuesday he believes China leader Xi Jinping has been "unsettled" by Russia's difficulties in invading Ukraine, and by how the war has brought the United States and Europe closer. ... more 
Chile: Copper, quakes and inequalitySantiago (AFP) March 9, 2022 Long considered a Latin American paragon of stability and growth, Chile has been in turmoil for more than two years since protests pushed the country to redraft its dictatorship-era constitution. ... more  
MDA to provide satellite imagery for international efforts in UKRAINEToronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 MDA Ltd. issued the following statement regarding the ongoing situation in Ukraine: "As organizations around the globe come together in a spirit of cooperation and collaboration to support efforts t ... more 
Extinct 10-armed cephalopod named after President Joe BidenWashington DC (UPI) Mar 8, 2021 Scientists have named a now-extinct relative of the octopus that has 10 arms after President Joe Biden - the syllipsimopodi bideni - according to a study released Tuesday. ... more |
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Single test for over 50 genetic diseases will cut diagnosis from decades to daysSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 A new DNA test, developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and collaborators from Australia, UK and Israel, has been shown to identify a range of hard-to-diagnose ... more 
Satellogic and Astraea enable direct collection access for emergency response in UkraineNew York NY (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ:SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, announced a collaboration with Astraea, a geospatial and AI analysis software company, to distribute cri ... more  
Expedition to highest active volcano unearths clues about life on other worldsBoulder CO (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 A harsh sun shines down through a cloudless sky, across a vast and unforgiving landscape. It's covered in gray rock, giant ice sculptures and expansive fields of spiky, yellow and orange bushes. In ... more  
China receives data from land observation satelliteBeijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2022 China has received the first batch of data from its newly launched land observation satellite, scientists in charge of the spacecraft said Tuesday. The satellite L-SAR 01B was sent into orbit ... more |
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Mandatory Hong Kong Covid testing 'not a priority': city leaderHong Kong (AFP) March 9, 2022 Hong Kong's leader said Wednesday that mandatory coronavirus testing was no longer a priority after plans for mass screening of all 7.4 million residents and an accompanying citywide lockdown triggered panic. ... more  
Earthquake fracture energy relates to how a quake stopsIthaca NY (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 By examining earthquake models from a fresh perspective, Cornell University engineers now show that the earthquake fracture energy - once thought to relate to how faults in the Earth's crust weaken ... more  
Uganda's 'first son' retires from army, sparks presidency rumoursNairobi (AFP) March 8, 2022 Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, announced Tuesday that he was retiring from the army, sparking speculation of a potential presidential bid in 2026. ... more 
Mauritania accuses Mali army of crimes against its citizensNouakchott (AFP) March 8, 2022 The foreign ministry in Nouakchott on Tuesday accused Mali's army of crimes against Mauritanians after protesters in the capital charged they had been killed "in cold blood". ... more  
Sino-European joint space mission conducts magnetometer extension testBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 A China-Europe joint space mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), has successfully carried out the extension test of its payload magnetometer in Europe, Science and Tech ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) March 9, 2022 
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the UN's atomic watchdog, the agency said Tuesday, as it voiced concern for staff working under Russian guard at the Ukrainian facility.
On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and seized the defunct plant, site of a 1986 disaster that killed hundreds and spread radioactive contamination west across Europe.
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 San Jose CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated circuit-based lasers, modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks, has announced its new Radiation Tolerant version of its industry leading Nano ultra-pure light tunable laser which has been designed for use in low earth orbit satellite co ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
Global weather fluctuations called El Nino events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows.
El Nino - the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean -affects climate, ecosystems and societies worldwide.
The study examined four possible scenarios for future carbon emissions, and found increased risk of El Nino events in all four.
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 Santiago (AFP) March 5, 2022 
Chile said Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that are melting due to climate change.
The new National Glacier Park will cover 75,000 hectares of Andes mountain land about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the capital Santiago, President Sebastian Pinera said at a ceremony announcing its creation.
"We are managing to protect 368 glaciers," the presid ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 
NASA will participate in the 2022 Commodity Classic conference, America's largest farmer-led, farmer-focused educational and agricultural experience.
Agency representatives will discuss information, tools, and resources, drawn from the NASA's Earth observation satellites and science research. Farmers and others regularly make decisions about water management, planting, and market decisions ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 
By examining earthquake models from a fresh perspective, Cornell University engineers now show that the earthquake fracture energy - once thought to relate to how faults in the Earth's crust weaken - is related to how quakes stop.
This modeling revelation could help science inch closer to making accurate earthquake forecasts.
"We realized that observations we thought were related to ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) March 7, 2022  Airstrikes have killed at least 304 civilians since late November in Ethiopia's war-torn north, especially in the Tigray region, the UN human rights chief said Monday.
The rights and security situation in Ethiopia had "deteriorated significantly" since late November, Michelle Bachelet told the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Bachelet said her office had "continued to receive reports ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
There is no other place where so many Neolithic pile dwellings have been uncovered as around the Alps. It is a mystery, however, how this "building boom" came to be. Researchers at the University of Basel have now uncovered new clues, and say that settlers at Lake Varese in northern Italy may have played a leading role.
When workers discovered the first pile-dwelling settlement on Lake Zur ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 07, 2022 
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature, affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, according to the latest state of the climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published this week.
The report utilises satellite observations as crucial input, including several long-term datasets of key aspects of ... more |
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 San Francisco (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has announced the general availability of the next generation of its PlanetScope Monitoring product, offering high quality, analysis-ready data to all existing PlanetScope customers. While previously offering four spectral bands, PlanetScope will now include eight spectral bands in addition to a series of enhancements, providing customers with richer, cleaner, and more ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
Researchers at Yale and Caltech have a bold new theory to explain how Earth transformed itself from a fiery, carbon-clouded ball of rocks into a planet capable of sustaining life.
The theory covers Earth's earliest years and involves "weird" rocks that interacted with seawater in just the right way to nudge biological matter into existence.
"This period is the most enigmatic time in ... more |
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 Nottingham UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Renewable energy that feeds into the main power grid could destabilise the system and potentially cause power failures according to a new study.
Mathematicians from the University of Nottingham used data from smart meters to track how grid composition changes over time and found resilience varies over the course of a day and that a high uptake of solar panels can leave the grid more suscep ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 
Future tokamak fusion power reactors will generate heat beyond what current materials can withstand. Scientists have proposed various methods for cooling the edge of the magnetically confined fusion fuel, or plasma, to protect the walls of the surrounding tokamak. One approach is injecting impurities in the form of gases to help radiate away excess heat. However, there is a limited range of gase ... more |
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 Reading UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Abrupt shifts in the evolution of animals - short periods of time when an organism rapidly changes size or form - have long been a challenge for theorists including Darwin. Now a newly published research paper supports the idea that even these abrupt changes are underpinned by a gradual directional process of successive incremental changes, as Darwin's theory of evolution assumes.
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 7, 2022 
For the last eight years Mathilde and her family have called Hong Kong home, but as the coronavirus tears through the city they are joining an exodus of foreign workers looking for an escape route.
"We are leaving and we will come back to empty our house whenever that is possible," she told AFP, declining to give her surname and nationality. "All our close friends are leaving."
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
The Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience, data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests. This is due to stress from a combination of logging and burning - the influence of human-caused climate change is not clearly determinable so far, but will likely matter greatly in the future.
For about three quarters of the forest, the ability to recover from perturbation has b ... more |
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