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  London (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Greenpeace UK on Friday said it had dropped 18 large boulders on the seabed in a marine conservation zone off the coast of southwest England to prevent "destructive" industrial fishing. The environmental campaigners sailed to the western part of the Channel between the UK and France, loaded with the boulders of Portland limestone, each weighing between 500 and 1,400 kilograms (1,100 and 3,100 pounds). The giant rocks were dropped on Thursday from its Arctic Sunrise research vessel in an area of ... read more |
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Flood-born: Nothing but mud as mother, infant return to Pakistan homeCharsadda, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Swaddled tightly under the shelter of a donated tent, a newborn baby lays still amid the disorder all around. ... more  
Wildfire rages as California bakes under heat domeLos Angeles (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 Hundreds of firefighters endured triple-digit temperatures Thursday battling against a wildfire along a major highway, as the western United States bakes under a fearsome heat dome. ... more 
Frustrations mount in southern US city without running waterWashington (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 The 150,000 residents of Jackson, the capital of the southern US state of Mississippi, endured a fourth straight day without clean running water Thursday, with authorities urging those who still had supplies to shower with their mouths closed. ... more  
Gone in 30 years? The Welsh village in crosshairs of climate changeFairbourne, United Kingdom (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Occasionally at night, if the weather's bad when she walks her dog along the waterfront, Georgina Salt admits feeling a little "frisson" at the vulnerability of her exposed Welsh village. ... more |
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Trump voices shock at devastating scale of Texas flood damage
Mob lynches five alleged thieves in quake-hit Guatemalan town Trump in Texas to survey flood damage as scrutiny of response mounts Trump flies to flood-ravaged Texas as scrutiny of response mounts Trump to visit flood-ravaged Texas amid scrutiny Scrutiny over Texas flood response mounts as death toll hits 120 Belgium warned over 'tsunami' of packages from China Scrutiny over Texas flood response mounts as death toll tops 120 Fears grow that Texas floods death toll could surge Guatemala earthquakes leave four dead, houses damaged |
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New Zealand winter warmest, wettest on recordWellington (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 New Zealand has experienced its warmest and wettest winter on record, scientists said Friday in the wake of widespread flooding last month on the South Island. ... more  
In Louisiana, the first US climate refugees find new safe havenSchriever, United States (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Joann Bourg stands in front of her new home, about an hour's drive from the low-lying Louisiana island where she grew up - an area gradually sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. ... more  
Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimesHong Kong (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example - and a warning. ... more  
Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to three years for electoral fraud: sourceYangon (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 A Myanmar junta court jailed ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail on Friday for electoral fraud in the 2020 polls, which her party won in a landslide. ... more |
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10 times normal rainfall drove vast Pakistan flooding: ESAParis (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 Rainfall 10 times heavier than usual caused Pakistan's devastating floods, the European Space Agency said Thursday, as it released satellite images of a vast lake created by the overflowing Indus river. ... more 
Europe's fiery summer: a climate 'reality check'?Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 Wildfires and storms. Rivers at record lows. Parched crops withering in the fields. For many Europeans, this year's scorching summer means climate change is increasingly hard to ignore. ... more 
Brazilian Amazon records worst August for fires in 12 yearsRio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 The Brazilian Amazon recorded its worst month of August for forest fires since 2010, with an 18 percent rise from a year ago, according to official data released Thursday. ... more 
Preparing for water scarcity using hybrid desalination technologiesSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 Clean water is essential for human survival. However, less than 3% of fresh water can be used as drinking water. According to a report published by the World Meteorological Organization, there is sc ... more |
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England's drought-hit summer 2022 joint hottest on recordLondon (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 England had its joint hottest summer on record this year, tied with 2018, the country's meteorological agency said Thursday as it unveiled provisional mean temperature statistics for the three-month period. ... more  
Carbon four times costlier to society than thought: studyParis (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 The cost inflicted on the world by carbon pollution may be nearly four times higher than recent estimates, a study said Thursday, highlighting how much climate action could save this and future generations. ... more 
Greenhouse gas, sea levels at record in 2021: US agencyWashington (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 Earth's concentration of greenhouse gases and sea levels hit new highs in 2021, a US government report said Wednesday, showing that climate change keeps surging ahead despite renewed efforts to curb emissions. ... more  
Pretreating soil with ethanol protects plants from droughtTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 Ethanol can help plants survive in times of drought says a new study conducted at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan. Led by Motoaki Seki, researchers show that adding ethano ... more 
Villagers brave snakes and hunger to protect land in flooded PakistanKarim Bakhsh, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 The southern Pakistan village of Karim Bakhsh is almost entirely under muddy water after catastrophic monsoon rains - hardly any stable buildings are left for shelter, the wheat silos are empty and venomous snakes are a constant threat. ... more |
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 Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 
As aid organisations mobilise to provide relief for victims of Pakistan's catastrophic floods, one group of women is focused on a necessity that is frequently taboo in the conservative Islamic nation - menstrual hygiene products.
Over 30 million people have been affected by floods that cover a third of the country following record monsoon rains, with hundreds of thousands made homeless.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 26, 2022 
In NASA's hunt for water and resources beyond Earth, a new technology could coat the "skin" of a satellite, turning its entire surface into a sensor that tallies the chemicals present on distant planets.
Solving the mysteries of our home planet, solar system, and beyond is a key priority for NASA, and the new sensor could be a powerful tool in the investigation. Mahmooda Sultana, an instru ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 
A snap ban on foreign military vessels docking in Solomon Islands applies to "all countries in the world", a spokesman for the Pacific nation's prime minister told AFP Wednesday.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare revealed the ban on Tuesday after news broke that a United States Coast Guard ship was not allowed to refuel at the country's port.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 29, 2021 
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet could cause a devastating sea level rise of nearly a foot, according to a new study.
The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that an inevitable 3.3% loss in ice sheet volume would lead to a contemporary sea level rise of around 11 inches "regardless of 21st-century climate pathways."
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 
Nearly 150 cats bound for slaughterhouses have been rescued by police in eastern China, an international animal welfare organisation said.
The animals were crammed into rusty cages when they were found by police in the eastern city of Jinan in Shandong province, Humane Society International (HSI) said in a statement Tuesday.
A gang placed sparrows in cages as bait and used a remote contr ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2022  Rainfall 10 times heavier than usual caused Pakistan's devastating floods, the European Space Agency said Thursday, as it released satellite images of a vast lake created by the overflowing Indus river.
Rains, described by UN chief Antonio Guterres as a "monsoon on steroids" have claimed hundreds of lives since June, unleashing powerful floods that have washed away swathes of vital crops and ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 
Fighting in northern Ethiopia between government forces and Tigrayan rebels erupted along a new front on Wednesday, the warring sides said, as the Tigray region was hit by another air strike.
The conflict resumed last week after a five-month lull, with clashes on the ground and air raids over Tigray dashing hopes of peacefully resolving the nearly two-year war.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 30, 2021 
Genome analysis suggests that human remains recovered from a medieval burial site in Britain may provide insight into the rapid decrease of the population of Ashkenazi Jews, according to a study released Friday.
Researchers in Britain analyzed the DNA of 17 bodies found at the bottom of a medieval well in Norwich, Britain, and found that six of them had "strong genetic affinities with m ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 
New Zealand has experienced its warmest and wettest winter on record, scientists said Friday in the wake of widespread flooding last month on the South Island.
For the third year in a row, New Zealand recorded its warmest winter since temperature records began in 1909.
Researchers at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said the average temperature nationwide was 9.8 ... more |
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 Bangalore, India (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Pixxel, a leader in cutting-edge earth imaging technology. Based in Bangalore with a presence in Los Angeles, Pixxel is building the world's highest resolution hyperspectral imaging satellite constellation in order to offer industry AI-powered insights that discover, solve, and predict climate issues at a fract ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Aug 30, 2022 
New Curtin research has found evidence that Earth's early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar System passed into and out of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, turning traditional thinking about our planet's formation on its head.
The new research, published in Geology, challenges the existing theory that Earth's crust was solely formed by processes inside our pl ... more |
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 Bali, Indonesia (AFP) Aug 31, 2022 
Group of 20 climate talks in Bali ended without a joint communique Wednesday despite host Indonesia warning the world's leading economies they must act together to combat a warming planet or risk plunging into "uncharted territory".
The one-day meeting on the resort island concluded with Indonesia's environment chief saying G20 chair Jakarta would only issue a summary of the forum's aims, re ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 01, 2022 
What is the connection between boron, an element in a common household cleaner, and tokamaks, ring-shaped fusion facilities that heat fuel to million-degree temperatures? Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have conducted research showing that a PPPL-developed powder dropper can successfully drop boron powder into high-temperature plasma ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 31, 2021  Archaeologists in Israel announced Wednesday that they have uncovered a piece of ancient animal history - a large tusk that belonged to an extinct elephant that used to roam the Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Scientists found the 8-foot-long tusk near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel. They say it shines a new light on life in prehistoric humanity.
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2022  China's ruling Communist Party will begin its 20th Party Congress on October 16, state media reported Tuesday, a landmark meeting at which President Xi Jinping is expected to be anointed as the country's most powerful leader in decades.
The congress in the capital Beijing comes as Xi faces significant political headwinds, including an ailing economy, deteriorating relations with the United S ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Aug 30, 2022 
Housing people in homes made from wood instead of steel and concrete could save more than 100 billion tonnes of carbon emissions while preserving enough cropland to feed a booming population, research suggested Tuesday.
More than half of people globally currently live in cities and this proportion is set to rise markedly by 2050.
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