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  Reading UK (SPX) May 13, 2022 The eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano earlier this year has been confirmed as the biggest explosion ever recorded in the atmosphere. New research published in the journal Science has shown the volcano in the South Pacific created an explosion bigger than anything else ever recorded by modern geophysical equipment. The explosion on 15 January 2022 was significantly larger than every atmospheric nuclear bomb test, meteor explosion and volcanic eruption in history, including Mt. St. Helens in ... read more |
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NASA's ECOSTRESS detects 'heat islands' in extreme Indian heat wavePasadena CA (JPL) May 13, 2022 A relentless heat wave has blanketed India and Pakistan since mid-March, causing dozens of deaths, fires, increased air pollution, and reduced crop yields. Weather forecasts show no prospect of reli ... more  
In a haze of disinfectant, China struggles with invisible enemyShanghai (AFP) May 14, 2022 Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China's hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people - but more than two years into the pandemic, experts say it is a futile measure against Covid-19. ... more  
Extreme storms could help protect beaches from sea level rise, new study findsSydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2022 Images in the wake of violent coastal storms usually focus purely on the extensive damage caused to beaches, dunes, property, and surrounding infrastructure. However, a new international study ... more  
What we're still learning about how trees growSalt Lake City UT (SPX) May 13, 2022 What will happen to the world's forests in a warming world? Will increased atmospheric carbon dioxide help trees grow? Or will extremes in temperature and precipitation hold growth back? That all de ... more |
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Death toll from Sri Lanka floods, landslides rises to 334: disaster agency
Indonesia, Thailand race to find missing as flooding toll tops 600 Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone deaths top 200 Indonesia, Thailand race to find missing as flooding toll rises to 480 Indonesians pick up the pieces after floods ravage island Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone deaths near 200 Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone death toll rises to 159 Iran halts power generation at key dam over drought Sri Lanka declares emergency as toll from floods, mudslides hits 153 Thailand, Indonesia begin clean-up after massive floods kill hundreds |
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The origin of life: A paradigm shiftMunich, Germany (SPX) May 13, 2022 According to a new concept by LMU chemists led by Thomas Carell, it was a novel molecular species composed out of RNA and peptides that set in motion the evolution of life into more complex forms ... more  
Major study to examine beavers' Arctic impactCambridge UK (SPX) May 13, 2022 Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England, has received funding of over half a million pounds to lead a major new study to investigate the impact of beavers as they spread northwards into ... more  
When unconscious, the brain is anything but "silent"Basel, Switzerland (SPX) May 13, 2022 The cerebral cortex is thought to be the seat of conscious processing in the brain. Rather than being inactivated, specific cells in the cortex show higher spontaneous activity during general anesth ... more 
The future of desalination?Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 13, 2022 Water scarcity is a growing problem around the world. Desalination of seawater is an established method to produce drinkable water but comes with huge energy costs. For the first time, researchers u ... more |
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The genetic origins of the world's first farmers clarifiedBern, Switzerland (SPX) May 13, 2022 The genetic origins of the first agriculturalists in the Neolithic period long seemed to lie in the Near East. A new study published in the journal Cell shows that the first farmers actually represe ... more 
Massive eruption of Tongan volcano provides an explosion of dataSanta Barbara CA (SPX) May 13, 2022 The Hunga volcano ushered in 2022 with a bang, devastating the island nation of Tonga and sending aid agencies, and Earth scientists, into a flurry of activity. It had been nearly 140 years since an ... more 
South Asia pummelled by heatwave that hits 50C in PakistanJacobabad, Pakistan (AFP) May 13, 2022 South Asia was in the grip of an extreme heatwave on Friday, with parts of Pakistan reaching a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius as officials warned of acute water shortages and a health threat. ... more  
DR Congo leader criticises army failure to quell eastern militiaKinshasa (AFP) May 13, 2022 The Democratic Republic of Congo's president has blamed failure to quell a militia in the east of the country on army incompetence or complicity with the group, state television reported Friday. ... more |
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Myanmar junta slams US summit snub, lauds ties with ChinaYangon (AFP) May 13, 2022 Myanmar's junta on Friday slammed the United States for snubbing it at a regional summit and meeting with opposition leaders, and instead lauded its ties with "powerful" China. ... more  
Earth from Orbit: NOAA Debuts First Imagery from GOES-18Washington DC (SPX) May 12, 2022 On May 11, 2022, NOAA shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from its GOES-18 satellite. The satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument recently captured stunning views of Eart ... more 
Chinese police crack down on Beijing lockdown 'rumours'Beijing (AFP) May 13, 2022 Chinese police are investigating a woman for allegedly starting "rumours" that Beijing will enter a three-day lockdown, officials said Friday, after the claims on social media prompted panic buying across the capital. ... more  
Violent wildfire destroys luxury California homesLos Angeles (AFP) May 12, 2022 A sudden and violent wildfire that tore through a luxury enclave in California destroying multi-million dollar homes in minutes was worsened by wind and the size of the properties, officials said. ... more 
Brazil firms, NGOs urge Biden to create forest fundRio De Janeiro (AFP) May 11, 2022 Hundreds of Brazilian companies and environmental groups urged President Joe Biden to make good on US climate pledges as lawmakers in Washington prepared to debate a measure Thursday on launching a $9 billion anti-deforestation fund. ... more |
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 Lysychansk, Ukraine (AFP) May 10, 2022  The water trickling from a pipe sticking out of a mound of dirt in Ukraine's besieged city of Lysychansk offered the last lifeline to the emaciated bricklayer's family of nine.
Artyom Cherukha crouched and listened to the shells whistling between shifting Russian and Ukrainian positions around him while slowly filling his plastic bottles from the natural spring.
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 Paris (ESA) May 13, 2022 
Could we capitalise on the Earth-based digital revolution to make our satellites smarter? ESA Discovery is funding 12 projects that will explore the potential of applying the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing paradigms to make satellites more reactive, agile and autonomous. This could generate new practical applications that support life on Earth and our ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2022 
Images in the wake of violent coastal storms usually focus purely on the extensive damage caused to beaches, dunes, property, and surrounding infrastructure.
However, a new international study has shown that extreme weather events could help protect beaches from the impact of sea level rise - by bringing in new sand from deeper waters or from nearby beaches.
The study, led by Dr Mitc ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) May 13, 2022 
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England, has received funding of over half a million pounds to lead a major new study to investigate the impact of beavers as they spread northwards into the Arctic.
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) has been expanding its range in recent decades and this important research aims to understand the effects that beavers are having on th ... more |
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 Gainsville FL (SPX) May 13, 2022 
In the early days of the space age, the Apollo astronauts took part in a visionary plan: Bring samples of the lunar surface material, known as regolith, back to Earth where they could be studied with state-of-the-art equipment and saved for future research not yet imagined.
Fifty years later, at the dawn of the Artemis era and the next astronaut return to the Moon, three of those samples h ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 11, 2022 
About a third of all tropical cyclones - low-pressure storms with devastatingly strong winds, known as hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and typhoons in the Pacific Ocean - develop in the Western North Pacific. Since 1995, however, the number of such storms has increased in the Atlantic and decreased in the WNP.
A recent analysis of historical data by City University of Hong Kong researcher ... more |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) May 10, 2022 
Burkina Faso's armed forces said on Tuesday they had killed at least 50 "terrorists" in two operations.
A rapid reaction force responding to an ambush Monday near Barakuy in the northwestern region of Boucle du Mouhoun "routed the assailants, killing at least 40 terrorists," military headquarters said in a statement, using a term typically used for jihadists.
Troops conducted a sweep wit ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) May 13, 2022 
The cerebral cortex is thought to be the seat of conscious processing in the brain. Rather than being inactivated, specific cells in the cortex show higher spontaneous activity during general anesthesia than when awake, and this activity is synchronized across those cortical cells. Improving our understanding of the neuronal mechanisms of general anesthesia could lead to better anesthetic drugs ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 13, 2022 
Rainfall that caused catastrophic floods and landslides last month in and around Durban, South Africa, was made twice as likely by global warming, scientists said Friday.
An exceptional downpour - more than 35 centimetres (14 inches) over two days - on April 11-12 claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.5 billion in damage across the provinces KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.
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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 es ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) May 12, 2022 
Primary fluid inclusions in bedded halite from the 830-million-year-old Browne Formation of central Australia contain organic solids and liquids, as documented with transmitted light and UV-vis petrography. These objects are consistent in size, shape, and fluorescent response to cells of prokaryotes and algae, and aggregates of organic compounds. This discovery shows that microorganisms from sal ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) May 11, 2022 
MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will substantially expand its fusion energy research and education activities under a new five-year agreement with Institute spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS).
"This expanded relationship puts MIT and PSFC in a prime position to be an even stronger academic leader that can help deliver the research and education needs of the burgeoning ... more |
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 Harare (AFP) May 10, 2022 
Sixty Zimbabweans have been killed by elephants so far this year, as a conservation success story has led to increased conflict with humans, the government spokesman said Tuesday.
With 100,000 elephants, Zimbabwe has the world's second-largest population after Botswana, and about one-quarter of the elephants in all of Africa.
Unlike in much of the world, where poachers have killed off th ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 12, 2022 
China on Thursday defended the arrest of a 90-year-old Catholic cardinal under Hong Kong's national security law, a move that triggered international outrage and deepened concerns over Beijing's crackdown on freedoms in the financial hub.
Retired cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics in Asia, was among a group of veteran democracy advocates arrested Wednesday for "coll ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 11, 2022 
Hundreds of Brazilian companies and environmental groups urged President Joe Biden to make good on US climate pledges as lawmakers in Washington prepared to debate a measure Thursday on launching a $9 billion anti-deforestation fund.
The AMAZON21 bill, aimed at helping developing countries protect their forests, "would represent an important expression of commitment by President Biden and th ... more |
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