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  Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Two centuries of burning fossil fuels has put more carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere than nature can remove. As that CO2 builds up, it traps excess heat near Earth's surface, causing global warming. There is so much CO2 in the atmosphere now that most scenarios show ending emissions alone won't be enough to stabilize the climate - humanity will also have to remove CO2 from the air. The U.S. Department of Energy has a new goal to scale up direct air capture, a technolog ... read more |
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Neurons are fickle. Electric fields are more reliable for informationBoston MA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 As the brain strives to hold information in mind, such as the list of groceries we need to buy on the way home, a new study suggests that the most consistent and reliable representation of that info ... more 
No longer a last resort: Pulling CO2 from the airParis (AFP) April 1, 2022 To save the world from the worst ravages of climate change, slashing carbon pollution is no longer enough - CO2 will also need to be sucked out of the atmosphere and buried, a landmark UN report is expected to say on Monday. ... more 
First-of-its-kind detection of reduced human CO2 emissionsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 For the first time, researchers have spotted short-term, regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities. Using a combination ... more  
The UN's 10,000-page red alert on climate changeParis (AFP) April 4, 2022 Accelerating global warming is driving a rising tide of impacts that could cause profound human misery and ecological disaster, and there is only one way to avoid catastrophe: drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ... more |
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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 Philippines shuts schools, scraps flights as Typhoon Co-May nears Downpours from storm Wipha kill three in Vietnam Adopted in US, Greek Cold War kids find long-lost families Flooding from storm Wipha cuts off hundreds in Vietnam Pakistan landslide after heavy rain kills 5, with 15 missing |
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'Clear alarm': world reacts to UN climate solutionsParis (AFP) April 4, 2022 Campaigners and leaders of countries vulnerable to climate change said Monday's UN report on stemming the climate crisis is an urgent call to action for the rich world. ... more 
'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UNParis (AFP) April 4, 2022 Humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions and less than a decade to slash them by nearly half, UN climate experts said Monday, warning the world faced a last-gasp race to ensure a "liveable future". ... more  
In a southern US capital, an unending water crisisJackson, United States (AFP) April 5, 2022 Every morning, 180 students at a school in Jackson, Mississippi have to board a bus to be taken to another nearby school. The reason? Their school lacks the water pressure needed to flush its own toilets. ... more 
Advanced Navigation launches AI-powered Micro AUVSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 Advanced Navigation, the leading AI navigation and robotics systems manufacturer, has announced the launch of Hydrus. Hydrus is an autonomous subsea robot that combines the most advanced navi ... more |
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Russia expands definition of "local" in the ArcticEast Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 As Russia's invasion of Ukraine takes center stage, remote areas of the Arctic are thrust to the front row of global impacts to the environment, economics and human security. In this month's o ... more  
Nearly entire global population breathing polluted air: WHOGeneva (AFP) April 4, 2022 A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year. ... more  
Fly less? Go vegan? How people can take climate actionParis (AFP) April 4, 2022 Individuals along with economy-wide efficiencies can make a major difference in the drive to avert the worst of global warming, UN climate experts say, estimating that sharp cuts to demand for energy-guzzling services could slash emissions up to 70 percent by 2050. ... more 
Stung by drought, Morocco's bees face disasterInzerki (AFP) Maroc (AFP) April 3, 2022 Morocco's village of Inzerki is proud to claim it has the world's oldest and largest collective beehive, but instead of buzzing with springtime activity, the colonies have collapsed amid crippling drought. ... more |
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Solomons leader rules out hosting China military baseSydney (AFP) April 1, 2022 Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Friday his government would not allow a Chinese military base to be built in his country "under its watch" as he defended a pending security agreement with Beijing. ... more  
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to leave officeHong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2022 Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced Monday that she will step down in June, ending a divisive term that saw democracy protests squashed and strict pandemic curbs plunge the business hub into international isolation. ... more 
French fruit, vineyards endure coldest April day in 75 yearsParis (AFP) April 4, 2022 French wine and fruit growers were hit by the coldest April day since 1947 overnight Sunday and early Monday, the second straight year they have suffered freak spring weather. ... more  
Shanghai defends policy of separating Covid-positive kids from parentsShanghai (AFP) April 4, 2022 Shanghai health officials on Monday defended separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for Covid-19, as frustration at the city's tough virus controls builds. ... more 
Scientists risk arrest to sound climate alarmParis (AFP) April 3, 2022 A loosely federated network of scientists in more than two dozen countries plan acts of civil disobedience starting this week to highlight the climate crisis, members of Scientist Rebellion told AFP. ... more |
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 Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 1, 2022 
Russian soldiers were likely exposed to radiation while they were occupying the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power station over the past four weeks, Ukrainian officials said on Friday.
Vehicles used by Russian forces would have raised radioactive dust clouds and soldiers also dug trenches in the most contaminated part of the site, Ukraine's nuclear agency Energoatom said.
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 Littleton CO (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Lockheed Martin has released an open-source, non-proprietary interface standard to support on-orbit docking within the industry.
With unity of effort in mind, Lockheed Martin has published this Mission Augmentation Port (MAP) interface standard online to support industry approaches to on-orbit servicing and mission augmentation. Those interested in incorporating the standard in their space ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Advanced Navigation, the leading AI navigation and robotics systems manufacturer, has announced the launch of Hydrus.
Hydrus is an autonomous subsea robot that combines the most advanced navigation, sonar and communication capabilities of any AUV. This advanced technology is combined with a 4K60 camera in an incredibly small form factor. Hydrus hugely simplifies underwater data collection ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) March 29, 2022 
Britain is to reinforce its military presence in the Arctic in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Tuesday.
The region "is important for our communications, it is important for our trade and our travels, it is important for our freedoms," said Wallace as he visited troops at Bardufoss in Norway, a cold weather training base for Royal Air Force, Britis ... more |
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 Shanghai (AFP) April 1, 2022  Bok choy emojis, clips of Gucci gift bags stuffed with celery and video of drones delivering broccoli - vegetable memes are the new currency in Shanghai's sardonic social media scene, with the city locked down and pining for greens.
Those navigating the city's thicket of Covid-19 restrictions to go shopping this week found long queues and empty shelves as panic-buying outpaced re-supply. ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 2, 2022 
Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five missing, authorities said Saturday.
Two days of heavy rain have battered a broad swathe of the southeastern state's Atlantic coast, the latest in a series of deadly storms in Brazil that experts say are being aggravated by clim ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) April 4, 2022 
Malian authorities have summoned opposition politician Oumar Mariko, a family member and security official said Monday, after he criticised the ruling junta and suggested that the army "was murdering people".
Mariko's left-leaning SADI party also stated on Sunday that heavily armed men had broken into the politician's home and demanded that relatives reveal his location.
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 Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 
Neandertal populations in the Iberian Peninsula were experiencing local extinction and replacement even before Homo sapiens arrived, according to a study published March 30, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Joseba Rios-Garaizar of the Archaeological Museum of Bilbao, Spain and colleagues.
Neandertals disappeared around 40,000 years ago, but many details of their extinction remai ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 4, 2022 
Humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions and less than a decade to slash them by nearly half, UN climate experts said Monday, warning the world faced a last-gasp race to ensure a "liveable future".
That daunting task is still - only just - possible, but current policies are leading the planet towards catastrophic temperature rises, the UN's Int ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
BlackSky's (NYSE: BKSY) newest satellites successfully began revenue-generating commercial operations for customers, taking high-resolution images and creating analytics within a company record of 12 hours after launch.
The company expanded its constellation from 12 to 14 high-resolution satellites following the successful RocketLab launch
Without Mission a Beat" on Saturday, April 2. Th ... more |
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 Morgantown, WV (The Conversation) Mar 29, 2022 
When the rock now known as the Chicxulub impactor plummeted from outer space and slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, cockroaches were there. The impact caused a massive earthquake, and scientists think it also triggered volcanic eruptions thousands of miles from the impact site. Three-quarters of plants and animals on Earth died, including all dinosaurs, except for some species that wer ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) April 4, 2022 
UN chief Antonio Guterres accused governments and businesses Monday of "lying" about their efforts to stem climate change, seeking to shame them into action as the body released a landmark crisis report.
The United Nations' Secretary General said the world must ditch coal, oil and gas and go all-out to develop renewable energy without delay to avoid a "climate disaster".
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found a way to prevent electrical malfunctions in yarns designed to store electrical energy. Ultimately, the findings could help advance the development of "smart textiles" that would capture energy from the wearer's movements and power sensors and wearable electronics.
The researchers reported in npj Flexible Electronics that the ... more |
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 Radolfzell, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 
Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and exceptionally long lifespans. Now, a study led by Max Planck researchers has shown that one of these traits has likely been caused by the other.
By examining 217 parrot species, the researchers revealed that species such as the scarlet macaw and sulphur-crested cockatoo have extremely long average lifespans, of up to 30 years, ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2022  Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam announced Monday that she will step down in June, ending a divisive term that saw democracy protests squashed and strict pandemic curbs plunge the business hub into international isolation.
Ending months of speculation, Lam confirmed she would not seek a second term when a committee made up of the city's political elite chooses a new leader next month.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
Many scientists believe that the Amazon, encompassing the world's largest tropical rainforest, may soon reach a tipping point where it starts to dry up and can no longer sustain rainforest.
Some even predict that rainforest will ultimately be transformed into savanna-like ecosystems. However, until now, inception of such an irreversible transition has not been supported by observations. ... more |
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