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Removing CO2 from air, sea no longer optional, says UN![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) April 5, 2022 However quickly the world slashes greenhouse gas emissions, it will still need to suck CO2 from the air and oceans to avoid climate catastrophe, a landmark UN report said this week. Long seen as marginal or an industry ploy to avoid curbing emissions, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is today a necessary weapon in the battle against global heating, according to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "This is the first IPCC report to state clearly that carbon dioxide removal is n ... read more |
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![]() Paris (AFP) April 5, 2022 The task is clear - stop burning fossil fuels, radically reduce energy demand and slash all planet-warming emissions in order to keep the planet cool enough so humans, animals and plants can survive and thrive. ... more ![]() ![]() Nairobi (AFP) April 5, 2022 The International Committee of the Red Cross warned Tuesday that a major hunger crisis in Africa is "going largely unnoticed" as the world focuses on Ukraine and other crises. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) April 5, 2022 At least 519 children have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Iraq in the past five years, UN agencies have warned. ... more ![]() ![]() Dakar (AFP) April 5, 2022 Malian forces and suspected Russian fighters killed about 300 civilians in late March in the centre of the conflict-torn Sahel nation, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. ... 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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![]() Shanghai (AFP) April 6, 2022 China reported more than 20,000 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally given since the start of the pandemic, as millions in locked-down Shanghai began a new round of testing. ... more ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite sees the world very differently from the way the people who live there do. The German environmental satellite measures the solar radi ... more ![]() ![]() 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. So ... more ![]() ![]() Austin TX (SPX) Apr 04, 2022 Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast - drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. These events can wipe out crops and cause huge economic losses. And according to scientists, the s ... more |
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![]() Bogota (AFP) April 5, 2022 Far from the flowery fields that are their natural home, honey bees imperiled by pesticides in rural Colombia are finding sanctuary on university campuses in the bustling capital Bogota. ... more ![]() ![]() Chibayish, Iraq (AFP) April 4, 2022 The small motorboat chugging through southern Iraq's marshes is similar to those tourists use to explore the vast swamplands, the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden. ... more ![]() ![]() Lviv, Ukraine (AFP) April 2, 2022 Fledgling film director Eugene Koshin talks about his ordeal like images on a screen - vivid "flashes" of action that were somehow distant and unreal. ... more ![]() ![]() Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 3, 2022 The death toll from torrential downpours that triggered flash floods and landslides in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state rose to 16 Sunday, with three people still missing, authorities said. ... more |
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![]() Juba (AFP) April 3, 2022 In what has been hailed as a major breakthrough, South Sudan's rival leaders sealed an agreement Sunday on a key military provision in a stuttering peace deal and vowed to silence their guns. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) April 4, 2022 France said Monday that it was concerned by information that hundreds of civilians had been killed in the Malian village of Moura in an operation by elements of the armed forces joined by Russian mercenary allies. ... more ![]() ![]() Ouagadougou (AFP) April 2, 2022 Burkina Faso's junta leader has announced the setting up of local committees to seek dialogue with armed jihadist groups and help restore peace. ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2022 Beijing on Thursday said it had slapped sanctions on an unspecified number of US officials who "concocted lies" about human rights in China. ... more ![]() ![]() Yangon (AFP) April 4, 2022 When Japanese brewing giant Kirin called time on its Myanmar operations last month, the news made little difference to Kyaw Gyi - like many drinkers, he had long boycotted the beer it produced with a military conglomerate. ... more |
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Mines kill, injure more than 500 children in Iraq: UN Baghdad (AFP) April 5, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Space debris found in rural India likely from 'China rocket' Mumbai (AFP) April 4, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Digicel staff leave Papua New Guinea after $100 mn tax bill Port Moresby (AFP) April 6, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Russia expands definition of "local" in the Arctic East Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Fly less? Go vegan? How people can take climate action Paris (AFP) April 4, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Volcano monitoring at Mount Etna using fibre optic cables Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Armed men surround home of Mali politician who criticised junta Bamako (AFP) April 5, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Tools reveal patterns of Neandertal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula Bilbao, Spain (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Hunger crisis across Africa 'going unnoticed,' says Red Cross Nairobi (AFP) April 5, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Australian SMEs team up to deliver high-resolution Hyperspectral Earth Observation microsatellites Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Study: T. rex's short arms may have reduced biting risk of hunting in packs Washington DC (UPI) Apr 5, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Govts, businesses 'lying' on climate efforts: UN chief United Nations, United States (AFP) April 4, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls Knoxville TN (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Unravelling the mystery of parrot longevity Radolfzell, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to leave office Hong Kong (AFP) April 4, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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How deforestation is triggering an irreversible transition in amazon forests? Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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