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  Vienna, Austria (SPX) May 06, 2022 Despite successes in reducing poverty globally in the last two decades, almost one billion people are still living without access to reliable and affordable electricity, which in turn negatively affects health and welfare, and impedes sustainable development. Knowing where these people are is crucial if aid and infrastructure are to reach them. A new IIASA-led study proposes a novel method to estimate global economic wellbeing using nighttime satellite images. Researchers have been using satellite ... read more |
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From weather forecasting to climate change, NASA's AIRS builds a legacyPasadena CA (JPL) May 06, 2022 On April 13, a blizzard dropped 4 feet of snow on Minot, North Dakota, as a drought-fueled wildfire burned in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and severe storms spawned eight tornadoes in Kentucky. NASA's Atmos ... more  
Between searing drought and Ukraine war, Iraq watchful over wheatJaliha, Iraq (AFP) May 8, 2022 Iraqi farmer Kamel Hamed looks at the golden ears of wheat waving in the wind, unable to hide his anguish over the baking heat that is decimating his harvest. ... more 
Water scarcity predicted to worsen in more than 80% of croplands globally this centuryWashington DC (SPX) May 06, 2022 Agricultural water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80% of the world's croplands by 2050, according to a new study in the AGU journal Earth's Future. The new study examines curren ... more  
India, Pakistan must brace for even worse heatwavesParis (AFP) May 6, 2022 The devastating heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan over the last two months is unprecedented, but worse - perhaps far worse - is on the horizon as climate change continues apace, top climate scientists told AFP. ... more |
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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 Philippines flooding displaces thousands as new storm threatens |
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Brazil deforestation shatters April recordRio De Janeiro (AFP) May 6, 2022 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying more than 1,000 square kilometers of the world's biggest rainforest, nearly double the previous high, according to official figures published Friday. ... more  
World's ocean is losing its memory under global warmingManoa HI (SPX) May 08, 2022 Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world's ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memo ... more  
Hong Kong leader appointment violates democratic norms: EU foreign policy chiefBrussels (AFP) May 8, 2022 The European Union's foreign policy chief on Sunday said the anointment of a former security chief as Hong Kong's new leader violated democratic norms. ... more 
Earth from Space: Rhine River, GermanyParis (ESA) May 08, 2022 The Rhine River, the longest river in Germany, is featured in this colourful image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Along this river lies the city of Bonn: the host of this year's Livi ... more |
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Nature helps mental health, research says-but only for rich, white people?Burlington VT (SPX) May 08, 2022 New research shows that a rapidly-growing environmental science field-which measures nature's effects on human well-being-has a diversity problem that threatens its ability to make universal scienti ... more  
Giant New Mexico fire rages as drought-hit US West braces for summerLos Angeles (AFP) May 6, 2022 Firefighters struggled Friday to contain a giant blaze that has been burning for more than a month in New Mexico, raising fears for the summer ahead in the drought-hit western United States. ... more  
Ambushes leave 12 dead in Burkina Faso: local, security sourcesOuagadougou (AFP) May 8, 2022 At least 12 people, including 10 army auxiliaries and two civilians, were killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, security and local sources told AFP on Sunday. ... more 
Marcos Jr heads for landslide as Philippines votes for new presidentBatac City, Philippines (AFP) May 8, 2022 Millions of Filipinos thronged primary schools and other polling stations Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes election. ... more |
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John Lee: the former Hong Kong cop Beijing trustsHong Kong (AFP) May 7, 2022 As a former beat cop who rose to become Hong Kong's security chief, John Lee is the one person China's leaders trust to run the city as their loyal lieutenant, analysts and insiders say. ... more 
Eight killed in Iraq clashes over farmlandKut, Iraq (AFP) May 4, 2022 At least eight people were killed in armed clashes in southern Iraq Wednesday when arguments over the ownership of agricultural land turned deadly, officials said. ... more 
Australia, Solomons meet as tempers fray over China dealSydney (AFP) May 7, 2022 Australia says it remains the "partner of choice" for Solomon Islands following talks with the Pacific state, which has reacted angrily to criticism of its recent security pact with China. ... more  
Northern Iraq registers Congo fever deathBaghdad (AFP) May 6, 2022 Iraqi authorities said one person died on Friday of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever as cases of the virus spread to the country's north. ... more
Ambushes leave 11 dead in Burkina Faso: armyOuagadougou (AFP) May 6, 2022 Seven soldiers and four back-up troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso's troubled north, the army said. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2022 
Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said Friday, announcing the end of the rescue mission in a disaster which has been blamed on illegal construction.
The commercial building in Changsha city caved in last Friday, prompting over six days of painstaking attempts to pull survivors free from the mass of rubble and twisted metal.
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 Syracuse NY (SPX) May 06, 2022 
The world's most advanced and capable transportable or fixed air defense long-range radar, Lockheed Martin's first AN/TPY-4 radar - recently selected by the U.S. Air Force for the Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar (3DELRR) Rapid Prototyping program - has completed production marking availability to the world. The technology that enables TPY-4 provides the capability required for t ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) May 8, 2022 
Australia would work with its allies to prevent China setting up a military base in the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed Sunday during a heated debate before May 21 elections.
China's growing clout in the Pacific has become a hot political issue in Australia ahead of the polls, following Beijing's announcement last month that it had signed a security pact with the Solomon ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) May 06, 2022 
Many scientists say that liquid water is a key to understanding the behavior of the frozen form found in glaciers. Melt water is known to lubricate their gravelly bases and hasten their march toward the sea. In recent years, researchers in Antarctica have discovered hundreds of interconnected liquid lakes and rivers cradled within the ice itself. And, they have imaged thick basins of sediments u ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 4, 2022  Gradually replacing 20 percent of global beef and lamb consumption with meat-textured proteins grown in stainless steel vats could cut agriculture-related CO2 emissions and deforestation in half by 2050, researchers reported Wednesday.
Compared to a current-trends projection for population growth and food demand, swapping half of red meat consumption for so-called microbial proteins would se ... more |
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) May 05, 2022 
A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade along the fault.
The research was published by the journal Science Advances in a paper jointly led by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute associate professor Ronni Grapenthin an ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) May 7, 2022 
A panel of UN experts has recommended maintaining an arms embargo imposed on South Sudan because of persistent ceasefire violations, according to a report made public Saturday.
The embargo had been due to expire at the end of the month and the UN Security Council is due to discuss the matter on May 26.
The Panel of Experts on South Sudan recommended, in a 77-page report to the UN Securi ... more |
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 Burlington VT (SPX) May 08, 2022 
New research shows that a rapidly-growing environmental science field-which measures nature's effects on human well-being-has a diversity problem that threatens its ability to make universal scientific claims.
The field-which combines psychology and environmental research-has produced numerous important studies detailing the benefits of nature, forests and parks on human well-being and men ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) May 4, 2022 
From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, swathes of land across the Horn of Africa are being ravaged by a drought that has put 20 million people at risk of starvation.
A donor conference last week raised almost $1.4 billion for the region, which the UN says is facing its worst drought in 40 years.
In the afflicted areas, people eke out a living mainly from herding and subsis ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 05, 2022 
Why does Earth support life, while Venus and Mars - and for all we know, any other planet in the universe - do not?
"It's one of the most fundamental questions in all of science: Why are we here? And it's what Endurance is after," said Glyn Collinson, a space scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and principal investigator for NASA's Endurance mission.
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 Nanjing, China (SPX) May 06, 2022 
What will happen in the near future as global warming continues? What environmental conditions will life on Earth most likely confront? Episodes of climate change in Earth's deep past may provide valuable clues for answering these questions.
A recent study led by scientists from China, the U.S., and New Zealand reveals that an abrupt warming linked to massive carbon emission during a previ ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) April 26, 2022 
Canada's environmental watchdog on Tuesday slammed the government for bungling a transition to a low-carbon economy, accusing it of providing no support for energy workers facing job losses and overestimating the role of hydrogen fuel.
"When it comes to supporting a just transition to a low-carbon economy, the government has been unprepared and slow off the mark," Climate Commissioner Jerry ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 04, 2022 
A new approach to battery design could provide the key to low-cost, long-term energy storage, according to Imperial College London researchers.
The team of engineers and chemists have created a polysulfide-air redox flow battery (PSA RFB) with not one, but two membranes. The dual membrane design overcomes the main problems with this type of large-scale battery, opening up its potential to ... more |
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 Ahmedabad, India (AFP) May 6, 2022 
A volunteer scoops up a fledgling kite lying nearly immobile on a scorching Indian sidewalk as the relentless sun beats down on its feathers - one of countless birds struggling to endure an unbearable heatwave.
An early start to summer has brought record temperatures and made life a misery for human and animal alike, with experts warning that climate change is making such conditions more in ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 5, 2022 
Hong Kong has emerged a more unequal city, its freedoms curtailed and international shine dulled after five years with Carrie Lam at the helm, analysts say, as her turbulent leadership draws to an end.
Lam, Hong Kong's first woman leader, took office promising to heal divisions and tackle livelihood issues, especially a housing crisis.
Her term was instead dominated by massive democracy ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 3, 2022 
President Jair Bolsonaro's government has responded to less than three percent of deforestation alerts, a sign that "impunity reigns" in the destruction of Brazil's forests, an environmental monitor said Tuesday.
MapBiomas, a consortium that uses satellite images to track the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and other regions in Brazil, said it had launched a new platform to cross-check ... more |
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