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  Chhatarpur, India (AFP) June 30, 2022 As the monsoon storms bear down on India, a dedicated group of women hope that after years of backbreaking labour, water shortages will no longer leave their village high and dry. The world's second-most populous country is struggling to meet the water needs of its 1.4 billion people - a problem worsening as climate change makes weather patterns more unpredictable. Few places have it tougher than Bundelkhand, a region south of the Taj Mahal, where scarce water supplies have pushed despairing f ... read more |
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Tapping into the million-year energy source below our feetBoston MA (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 There's an abandoned coal power plant in upstate New York that most people regard as a useless relic. But MIT's Paul Woskov sees things differently. Woskov, a research engineer in MIT's Plasma ... more  
Aquaculture drives aquatic food yields to new highLisbon (AFP) June 29, 2022 The production of wild and farm-raised fish, shellfish and algae reached record levels in 2020, and future increases could be vital to fighting world hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday. ... more  
Shrimps and worms among first animals to recover after largest mass extinctionBristol UK (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 Researchers studying ancient sea bed burrows and trails have discovered that bottom burrowing animals were among the first to bounce back after the end-Permian mass extinction. In a new study, ... more  
Robotic arms connected directly to brain of partially paralyzed man allows him to feed himselfBaltimore MD (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Two robotic arms - a fork in one hand, a knife in the other - flank a seated man, who sits in front of a table, with a piece of cake on a plate. A computerized voice announces each action: "moving f ... more |
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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 Sri Lanka declares emergency as cyclone toll hits 132 |
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Iceland volcano eruption opens a rare window into the Earth beneath our feetUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike. The eruption was especially important as it provided geol ... more  
Thawing permafrost is shaping the global climateBremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 A new publication and interactive map summarise the current state of knowledge on the risks posed by permafrost soils - and call for decisive action How is climate change affecting the permane ... more  
Researchers identify the microbes in 100-year-old snail gutsBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 On a drizzly day in July 1920, a Colorado scientist named Junius Henderson was hiking around the Dakota Hogback, a sandstone ridge north of Boulder. There, he spotted a group of Rocky Mountain snail ... more  
Taliban to meet US on releasing frozen Afghan funds after quakeDoha (AFP) June 30, 2022 The United States and the Taliban plan talks Thursday in Qatar on unlocking some of Afghanistan's reserves following a devastating earthquake, officials said, with Washington seeking ways to ensure the money goes to help the population. ... more |
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How did vertebrates first evolve jaws?Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Five-hundred million years ago, it was relatively safe to go back in the water. That's because creatures of the deep had not yet evolved jaws. In a new pair of studies in eLife and Development, scie ... more  
NASA aircraft conducting atmospheric studies over DC to BaltimoreWallops Island VA (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 A NASA aircraft will fly over the I-95 corridor from Washington to Baltimore and Hampton, Virginia, in support of an atmospheric campaign in the mid-Atlantic region between July 5 and 16, 2022. ... more 
Researchers measure atmospheric water vapor using open-air spectroscopyWashington DC (SPX) Jun 30, 2022 Researchers have shown that a new mid-infrared spectrometer can precisely measure the ratios of different forms of water - known as isotopologues - in atmospheric water vapor through open air in a l ... more 
Contract secures design for ESA's FORUM satelliteParis (ESA) Jun 28, 2022 ESA has awarded a contract worth 160 million euro to Airbus in the UK to build the Earth Explorer FORUM satellite. This exciting new mission will yield unique insight into the planet's radiation bud ... more |
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How do you process space data and imagery in low earth orbit?Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Aerospace organizations around the globe, including Axiom Space, are developing new ideas for how humans will explore, conduct research, and do business in low Earth orbit (LEO) when the Internation ... more  
EU split over climate fund to help most vulnerableLuxembourg (AFP) June 29, 2022 EU countries battled through the night to hash out the bloc's new measures to fight climate change, with negotiations focused on a "Social Climate Fund" for those most vulnerable in the green transition. ... more  
Hong Kong's blurring border with China a sign of things to comeLok Ma Chau, China (AFP) June 29, 2022 From the hill in northernmost Hong Kong where Jasper Law stood, the border with China was obvious - a narrow river dividing farmlands and fishponds from the gleaming skyscrapers of megacity Shenzhen. ... more  
Italy's Draghi to skip last day of NATO summitRome (AFP) June 29, 2022 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will not attend the last day of the NATO summit as planned, his office said on Wednesday, after a fresh row broke out within his governing coalition. ... more 
Chinese leader Xi says Hong Kong 'reborn of fire' as visit to city beginsHong Kong (AFP) June 30, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Hong Kong had been "reborn of fire" as he arrived Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of the city's handover, in his first visit since the business hub's democracy movement was crushed. ... more |
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 Elmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 28, 2022 
The world's top industrialised nations wrapped up a three-day summit dominated by talks on how they can bolster Ukraine in repelling Russia's invasion while minimising the international fallout.
Here are the main plans drawn up by the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States in tackling the myriad of crises facing the globe:
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
Space is getting congested and today, active collision avoidance has become a routine task in space operations, relying on validated, accurate and timely space surveillance data. For a typical satellite in LEO, hundreds of conjunction alerts can be expected every week. Processing and filtering these still leaves about two actionable alerts per spacecraft and week requiring detailed follow-up by ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Cloaked in darkness and mystery, the creatures of the deep oceans exist in a world of unlikely profusion, surviving on scant food and under pressure that would crush human lungs.
This extremely hostile environment, which will come under the spotlight at a major United Nations oceans summit in Lisbon this week, has caused its inhabitants to develop a prodigious array of alien characteristics ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 
The Tibetan Plateau, known as the "Third Pole" of the world, is not only the highest plateau on the Earth, but it is also considered the "Asian Water Tower". Its watershed nourishes more than ten major rivers in Asia.
Like the North and South Poles, the Tibetan Plateau is also extremely vulnerable to climate change. Glaciers on it have been retreating extensively in recent decades. Atmosph ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) June 27, 2022 
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday promised his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro that Russia "is committed" to maintaining its delivery of much-needed fertilizers to the South American agricultural giant.
Speaking in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said the two leaders had discussed by telephone "food security" and "energy insecurity," without giving more details.
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 Dhaka (AFP) June 28, 2022  More than seven million Bangladeshis are still in "desperate" need of shelter and aid after deadly floods earlier this month, the Red Cross said Tuesday.
At least 101 people were killed in the country's northeast when rivers swelled to record levels and inundated rural villages, after some of the heaviest rains in a century.
"The scale of devastation this time is so much more" than earl ... more |
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 Amboseli, Kenya (AFP) June 29, 2022 
The bird count gets underway - two members of the superb starling family, a Nubian woodpecker, and so on.
The census unfolding in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro is part of a project with a dual aim - using biodiversity to make money, which will then help to preserve natural resources and support local communities.
The 5,000-hectare (12,400-acre) terrain on the edge of Amboseli Nationa ... more |
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 Kent UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
Research by the University of Kent and the University of St Andrews has found that rainforest chimpanzees are digging wells for cleaner water and that the behaviour is spreading.
Digging small wells to access or filter drinking water is a relatively rare behaviour in the animal kingdom - only a handful of species have been documented to do so, and most of those live in very arid or desert ... more |
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 Luxembourg (AFP) June 29, 2022 
EU countries battled through the night to hash out the bloc's new measures to fight climate change, with negotiations focused on a "Social Climate Fund" for those most vulnerable in the green transition.
Late on Tuesday, environment ministers from the European Union's 27 member states adopted a common position on achieving zero-emission new cars by 2035, and on a special fund to help firms a ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference a major new contribution to international efforts to monitor, track and intercept illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities using satellite technology.
MDA is providing Global Fishing Watch (GFW) - an interna ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
Five-hundred million years ago, it was relatively safe to go back in the water. That's because creatures of the deep had not yet evolved jaws. In a new pair of studies in eLife and Development, scientists reveal clues about the origin of this thrilling evolutionary innovation in vertebrates.
In the studies, Mathi Thiruppathy from Gage Crump's laboratory at USC, and collaborator J. Andrew G ... more |
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 London (AFP) June 29, 2022  Environmental campaigners, business groups and opposition politicians all urged the UK government Wednesday to ramp up delivering climate change policies after an expert panel warned it was failing to make adequate progress.
Britain's Climate Change Committee (CCC) last year praised the government for its new net-zero strategy to be carbon neutral by 2050, and a series of targets to be met a ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
There's an abandoned coal power plant in upstate New York that most people regard as a useless relic. But MIT's Paul Woskov sees things differently.
Woskov, a research engineer in MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, notes the plant's power turbine is still intact and the transmission lines still run to the grid. Using an approach he's been working on for the last 14 years, he's hoping ... more |
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 Surabaya, Indonesia (AFP) June 28, 2022 
An Indonesian zoo has welcomed dozens of new baby Komodo dragons hatched in captivity in recent months as part of a breeding programme, its director said Tuesday, offering hope for efforts to conserve the endangered species.
The world's largest living lizards are found only in Indonesia's World Heritage-listed Komodo National Park and neighbouring Flores, and just 3,458 adult and baby specie ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend events to celebrate 25 years since Hong Kong's handover to China, state media reported Saturday, with the Communist Party looking to showcase its control over the city after crushing a democracy movement.
If Xi attends in person, the trip would be his first outside of the Chinese mainland since the pandemic began. But state media and Hong Kong offic ... more |
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 Recife, Brazil (AFP) June 24, 2022 
Bruno Pereira, the Brazilian Indigenous expert murdered in the Amazon with British journalist Dom Phillips, was given a moving sendoff Friday by members of one of the tribes he had spent his life and work defending.
Dressed in straw and feather loincloths and headgear, members of the Xukuru Indigenous group chanted funeral hymns and mourned at a solemn ceremony near Recife, where Pereira was ... more |
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