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  Beijing (AFP) March 13, 2022 China placed all 17 million residents in one of its biggest cities under lockdown on Sunday, as virus cases doubled nationwide to nearly 3,400 and anxiety mounted over the resilience of its 'zero-Covid' approach in the face of the worst outbreak in two years. The southern tech hub of Shenzhen told all residents to stay at home as the city struggles to eradicate an Omicron flare-up linked to neighbouring virus-ravaged Hong Kong. The lockdown and a suspension of public transport will last until Ma ... read more |
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Record deforestation in Brazilian Amazon in FebruaryRio De Janeiro (AFP) March 11, 2022 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon set a new record for the month of February, according to official data released Friday, the latest sign of a surge in destruction under President Jair Bolsonaro. ... more  
Converting plastic waste into porous carbon for capturing carbon dioxideSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 Besides climate change, which is mostly the result of our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, plastic pollution stands as one of the most critical environmental concerns of this decade. The sheer quanti ... more  
France to cull 'millions' more poultry as bird flu flaresParis (AFP) March 11, 2022 France will drastically step up the culling of chickens, ducks and other poultry to contain a bird flu outbreak worse than last winter's, the agriculture ministry said Friday. ... more  
More than 2.6 million flee Ukraine war: UNGeneva (AFP) March 13, 2022 The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the Russian invasion launched by President Vladimir Putin on February 24 is now nearly 2.7 million, the UN said on Sunday. ... more |
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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 Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Samoa coast: USGS |
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Four killed in Malaysia landslide due to 'unusual' heavy rainsKuala Lumpur (AFP) March 11, 2022 Four people were killed after a massive landslide triggered by "unusual" heavy rains buried their homes in a township outside the Malaysian capital, a senior rescue official said Friday. ... more  
17 die as cyclone lashes Mozambique, MalawiNampula, Mozambique (AFP) March 13, 2022 The death toll from a cyclone that struck Mozambique this week climbed to 12 on Sunday as it moved towards Malawi killing five more after devastating wind and rain lashed the southern African countries. ... more 
Strong quakes shake Indonesia, Philippines but cause no damageJakarta (AFP) March 14, 2022 Strong and shallow earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippines' main island early Monday, rattling buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing, but causing no casualties or damage. ... more 
Elderly care homes in eye of Hong Kong's deadly Covid stormHong Kong (AFP) March 11, 2022 Kathleen Wong thought her 89-year-old mother was lucky to get a coveted spot in a government nursing home, but now she watches in horror as a coronavirus wave tears through Hong Kong's elderly population. ... more |
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Dispute quickly hampers start of Chad peace talksDoha (AFP) March 13, 2022 Chad's military government and dozens of opposition groups started peace talks on Sunday in Qatar as a first step towards ending a rebellion and holding elections. ... more  
Vietnam bans new Tom Holland film over South China Sea mapHanoi (AFP) March 12, 2022 Vietnam has banned a new Hollywood film starring Tom Holland over scenes with a map showing Beijing's claims to the South China Sea, state media reported Saturday. ... more  
Hong Kong demands UK rights group scrub websiteHong Kong (AFP) March 14, 2022 A UK-based rights group pledged Monday not to remain silent after Hong Kong's government demanded it shutter its website and accused it of endangering China's national security. ... more  
Covid to crisis: well-oiled conspiracy theorists push Ukraine disinfoParis (AFP) March 12, 2022 As attention fixes on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so do conspiracy theorists who actively push Kremlin propaganda online after two years of sharing disinformation about the coronavirus. ... more |
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Past global photosynthesis reacted quickly to more carbon in the airCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 Even under ice age conditions will plants, plankton, and other life forms be able to increase production whenever atmospheric carbon concentrations rise. The mechanism will not prevent an ongoing tr ... more 
Tongan prime minister tests positive for Covid-19Sydney (AFP) March 14, 2022 Tongan prime minister Siaosi Sovaleni has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Monday, as his Pacific island nation continues its recovery from a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. ... more 
Senegal launches operation against Casamance rebelsDakar (AFP) March 14, 2022 The Senegal army has launched a military operation against rebels in the southern Casamance region, the chief of staff said in a statement late on Sunday. ... more  
Long look at Hawaiian corals suggests reasons for optimism amid warming seas, ocean acidificationCorvallis OR (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 The longest experimental study on corals to date, a 22-month project that replicated current and future ocean conditions, suggests Hawaiian corals can remain resilient as climate change makes seawat ... more 
Researchers detail causes of glacier retreat in West AntarcticaIrvine CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 An analysis of Antarctica's Pope, Smith and Kohler glaciers by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Houston and other institutions ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) March 10, 2022 
Polish state railway company PKP said on Thursday it was offering free tickets to Ukrainians travelling onwards to parts of Germany.
As of Wednesday, Ukrainian citizens can travel free by second class on the nine daily intercity trains linking the Polish cities of Warsaw, Przemysl (via Krakow) and Gdynia to the German capital Berlin and the border town of Frankfurt (Oder).
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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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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 
The longest experimental study on corals to date, a 22-month project that replicated current and future ocean conditions, suggests Hawaiian corals can remain resilient as climate change makes seawater warmer and more acidic.
Led by Oregon State University postdoctoral researcher Rowan McLachlan, the study is important because understanding the factors behind coral health is crucial to effo ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 
Over the past two decades, the Arctic has lost about one-third of its winter sea ice volume, largely due to a decline in sea ice that persists over several years, called multiyear ice, according to a new study. The study also found sea ice is likely thinner than previous estimates.
Seasonal sea ice, which melts completely each summer rather than accumulating over years, is replacing thicke ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 11, 2022 
France will drastically step up the culling of chickens, ducks and other poultry to contain a bird flu outbreak worse than last winter's, the agriculture ministry said Friday.
It is the fourth major flu epidemic for French poultry farms since 2015, mainly in the country's southwest, home to the lucrative yet controversial foie gras liver pate.
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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.
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 Khartoum (AFP) March 11, 2022 
As much of the West seeks to isolate Russia after it invaded Ukraine, experts say Moscow is boosting relations with its longtime African ally Sudan, eyeing its gold wealth and strategic location.
Khartoum has lost crucial Western support since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military coup last October, a move that triggered broad condemnation and punitive measures, including a suspen ... 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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 Nairobi (AFP) March 9, 2022 
The United Nations warned Wednesday that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia's devastating drought, which has been "overshadowed" by other humanitarian crises including the war in Ukraine.
The troubled Horn of Africa nation is being ravaged by drought, which has affected 4.5 million people - nearly 30 percent of its population - as of February, following three consecutive ... more |
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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Mar 13, 2022 
The tectonic plates that form the Earth's surface are like puzzle pieces that are in constant, very slow motion - on average, they move only up to around 10 centimeters a year. But these puzzle pieces don't quite fit together: there are zones on one plate that end up plunging under another - the so-called subduction zones, central to the dynamics of the planet. This movement is slow, but it can ... more |
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 Washington 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.
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, said the vampyropod fossil was discovered in the Bear Gulch Limestone in Fergus County, Mont., and donated to the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada in 1988. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 8, 2022 
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by six percent in 2021 to a record 36.3 billion tonnes, their highest ever level, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
"The increase in global CO2 emissions of over 2 billion tonnes was the largest in history in absolute terms, more than offsetting the previous year's pandemic-induced decline," it said.
It pointed to the widesp ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
Like the charged power suit worn by Black Panther of Marvel Comics, UCF researchers have advanced NASA technologies to develop a power suit for an electric car that is as strong as steel, lighter than aluminum and helps boosts the vehicle's power capacity.
The suit is made of layered carbon composite material that works as an energy-storing supercapacitor-battery hybrid device due to its u ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 11, 2022  Global efforts to cut plastic and agricultural pollution, protect a third of wild spaces, and ultimately live "in harmony with nature" will dominate UN biodiversity negotiations starting Monday, held in person after a two-year pandemic delay.
Almost 200 countries are due to adopt a global framework this year to safeguard nature by mid-century from the destruction wrought by humanity, with a ... more |
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 Hanoi (AFP) March 12, 2022 
Vietnam has banned a new Hollywood film starring Tom Holland over scenes with a map showing Beijing's claims to the South China Sea, state media reported Saturday.
The action-and-adventure caper "Uncharted" shows a map featuring the so-called nine-dash line, which sets out Beijing's expansive claims to the disputed waters, where Hanoi has rival claims.
Sony's movie, starring Mark Walhbe ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Iconic Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso led a star-studded protest Wednesday against President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy, seeking to block a series of bills that activists say would be devastating for the Amazon rainforest and beyond.
Thousands of protesters flooded the square at the seat of power in Brasilia, brandishing a giant inflatable turtle, bird and other animals and urgin ... more |
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