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  Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 The world is "woefully underprepared" for a massive volcanic eruption and the likely repercussions on global supply chains, climate and food, according to experts from the University of Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER), and the University of Birmingham. In an article published in the journal Nature, they say there is a "broad misconception" that risks of major eruptions are low, and describe current lack of governmental investment in monitoring and responding to potentia ... read more |
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Scientists believe second asteroid may have contributed to dinosaur extinctionWashington DC (UPI) Aug 18, 2021 Scientists now believe more than one asteroid could have impacted Earth, contributing to the extinction of dinosaurs, according to new research. ... more  
Zelensky warns Zaporizhzhia 'catastrophe' would threaten whole of EuropeKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 16, 2022 A "catastrophe" at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine would threaten the whole of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday. ... more  
Death toll in Austria storms rises to 5; Two killed in Tuscany stormVienna, Austria (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 Five people, including two children, died in Thursday as storms wreaked havoc in Austria, according to the country's news agency and officials. ... more  
China unveils new perks aimed at boosting slowing birth rateBeijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2022 China on Tuesday announced a slew of perks aimed at encouraging families to have more babies, as birth rates hit a record low and officials warned that the population will start to shrink by 2025. ... more |
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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 Greece puts capital Athens on water emergency footing Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as cyclone toll hits 123 Sri Lanka flood, landslides toll rises to 123: official Thailand begins cleanup after worst flooding in decade Sri Lanka deploys troops as floodwaters rise, death toll hits 69 |
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Plate tectonics drives ocean oxygenationParis, France (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 Until now, it has been assumed that the oxygenation of the oceans over geological timescales has mainly been driven by atmospheric oxygen levels. However, a new study published in Nature on June 27 ... more 
New Zealand flood recovery estimated to take 'years'Nelson, New Zealand (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 A New Zealand city devastated by flooding will take years to recover, the mayor said on Friday, as hundreds more homes were evacuated. ... more 
People return to quake-hit Christchurch cathedral for first time in decadeWellington (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 Christchurch's earthquake-damaged cathedral has reached a major milestone with the first people officially allowed to enter the building in more than a decade following the 2011 natural disaster. ... more  
Hunting pythons in Florida, for profit and therapyMiami (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 Enrique Galan is seldom happier than when he disappears deep into the Everglades to hunt down Burmese pythons, an invasive species that has been damaging Florida's wetland ecosystem for decades. ... more |
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Cyprus row over threat to dig up protected turtle nestsNicosia (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 A row has erupted in Cyprus after a community leader threatened to dig up the nests of protected turtles because his village is missing out on land development compensation. ... more 
Indian smuggler arrested at Thai airport with fox, pythonsBangkok (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 An Indian man has been arrested at Thailand's main airport attempting to smuggle out a menagerie of live creatures including a white desert fox and a raccoon, officials said Wednesday. ... more  
Swiss lakes at lowest-ever August levels; UK calls for hose bansGeneva (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 Some of Switzerland's best-known lakes are at their lowest level ever for August after a dry year so far in 2022, the environment ministry said on Wednesday. ... more 
US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bitesLos Angeles (AFP) Aug 16, 2022 Water supplies to some US states and Mexico will be cut to avoid "catastrophic collapse" of the Colorado River, Washington officials said Tuesday, as a historic drought bites. ... more |
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Germans spot 'Russian forces' in Mali after French exitBerlin (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 German soldiers in Mali spotted several dozen suspected Russian security forces in the city of Gao just as the last French soldiers left the country, the German government said Wednesday. ... more  
'Tornado of fire': Algeria forest blazes kill 38El Kala, Algeria (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 Algerian firefighters battled Thursday to rein in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the drought-hit North African country, killing almost 40 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped by the flames. ... more  
Canada's Hudson Bay a summer refuge for thousands of belugasChurchill, Canada (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 Half a dozen beluga whales dive and reemerge around tourist paddle boards in Canada's Hudson Bay, a handful of about 55,000 of the creatures that migrate from the Arctic to the bay's more temperate waters each summer. ... more 
Tunisia journalist jailed for comments on president, armyTunis (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 A Tunisian military court sentenced journalist Salah Attia to three months in prison Wednesday for public remarks he made about President Kais Saied and the armed forces, his lawyer said. ... more 
Hong Kong leader exempted from penalty after breaching election rulesHong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 A Hong Kong court on Thursday decided not to penalise chief executive John Lee for late paperwork filed during the election bid where he ran unopposed for the city's top job. ... more |
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 Lviv, Ukraine (AFP) Aug 18, 2022  Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief.
A flare up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders and UN chief Antonio Gu ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 18, 2022 
Europe's first commercial satellite capable of being completely reprogrammed while in space is now in commercial use.
Satellite operator Eutelsat has sold six of its eight beams - used for data and mobile communications - to organisations including governments and other users. It is expected that the entire satellite capacity will be sold in the coming months.
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 16, 2022  Water supplies to some US states and Mexico will be cut to avoid "catastrophic collapse" of the Colorado River, Washington officials said Tuesday, as a historic drought bites.
More than two decades of well below average rainfall have left the river - the lifeblood of the western United States - at critical levels, as human-caused climate change worsens the natural drought cycle.
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 Ilulissat, Denmark (AFP) Aug 19, 2022 
As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking icebergs and natural beauty, authorities are mulling ways to control crowds to protect the fragile environment, already threatened by global warming.
"It's a dream destination," said Yves Gleyze, a veteran off-the-beaten-track French tourist in his 60s as he arrived at the airport in Ilulissat.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
The rains have failed in Eastern Africa for four consecutive seasons. That has not happened in 40 years of satellite records. Scientists and aid agencies are now alerting the world to an unprecedented level of food insecurity in 2022 for Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. With forecasts suggesting the next rainy season will also be inadequate, climate and agriculture experts are advising governments ... more |
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 Woods Hole MA (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
The San Andreas Fault in California is renowned for its large and infrequent earthquakes. However, some segments of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) instead are characterized by frequent quakes of small to moderate magnitude and high rates of continuous or episodic aseismic creep. With tectonic strain released in a quasi-steady motion, that reduces the potential for large earthquakes along those segm ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 
The Ethiopian government on Thursday accused Tigrayan rebels of lacking any interest in peace talks to try to end the devastating 21-month war in the north of the country.
Both Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) have in recent weeks raised the prospect of negotiations but key hurdles remain, with both sides blaming each other for the impass ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 17, 2022 
When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary - he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves.
"The Territory," to be released by National Geographic on Friday, follows the plight of some 200 hunter-gatherers who live in a protected area of rainforest, surrounded and ... more |
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 Silver Spring, United States (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 
The phone's home screen shows 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32C) in Silver Spring, a suburb of Washington, on a mid-August day. But the reality is more complex - in terms of heat exposure, not all parts of the city are equal.
Maria Velez, 53, knows she is lucky to live next to a creek. A stone's throw from her house, other neighborhoods with small apartment buildings are far more built-up and much ... more |
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 Camarillo CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2022 
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced a collaboration with New Zealand's IoT Ventures and global connectivity provider Lacuna Space.
IoT Ventures has used Semtech's LoRa devices to develop its Drought Early Warning System, a network of low-cost rainwater tank and rain monit ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 18, 2021 
Scientists now believe more than one asteroid could have impacted Earth, contributing to the extinction of dinosaurs, according to new research.
Researchers discovered evidence of an asteroid impact crater on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean, outlined in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday.
Named the Nadi Crater after a nearby underwater mountain or seamount, the site ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 16, 2022 
Chinese lithium hub Sichuan province will ration electricity supply to factories until Saturday, state media reported, as a heatwave sends power demands soaring and dries up reservoirs.
Temperatures in the province - home to nearly 84 million people - have hovered above 40-42 degrees Celsius (104-108 degrees Fahrenheit) since last week, according to data from China's Meteorological Adminis ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 15, 2022 
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have developed a new method to improve solid-state hydrogen fuel cell charging times.
Hydrogen is gaining significant attention as an efficient way to store 'green energy' from renewables such as wind and solar. Compressed gas is the most common form of hydrogen storage, however it can ... more |
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 Nicosia (AFP) Aug 18, 2022 
A row has erupted in Cyprus after a community leader threatened to dig up the nests of protected turtles because his village is missing out on land development compensation.
On Thursday the authorities said his "inexcusable" threat would undo decades of conservation efforts if it went ahead.
Yiangos Tsivikos, leader of the Ineia community in the Akamas region in the west of the Mediterra ... more |
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 Bangkok (AFP) Aug 14, 2022 
Thailand and China kicked off a joint air force exercise on Sunday, the kingdom's military said, the first such drills in years following a pause forced by Covid-19.
The "Falcon Strike" exercise comes after China's biggest-ever military drills around Taiwan, which were conducted in retaliation to a visit there by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Thai Air Chief Marshall Prapas Sornchaidee s ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 12, 2022 
From space, parts of the Amazon rainforest that have previously been logged or burned may look fully recovered with a healthy, lush, and green canopy. They may seem to be places buzzing with activity and full of sounds. But inside the rainforest the animal life may tell a different story of damage to their environment through a quieter soundscape.
Scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Fligh ... more |
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