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  Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 The transition zone (TZ) is the name given to the boundary layer that separates the Earth's upper mantle and the lower mantle. It is located at a depth of 410 to 660 kilometres. The immense pressure of up to 23,000 bar in the TZ causes the olive-green mineral olivine, which constitutes around 70 percent of the Earth's upper mantle and is also called peridot, to alter its crystalline structure. At the upper boundary of the transition zone, at a depth of about 410 kilometres, it is converted into denser w ... read more |
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Boost climate action or we'll see you in court, activists tell govtsParis (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 Governments around the world must scale up climate action "or face further legal action", an open letter from campaign groups warned Tuesday, as battles over policies to cut emissions and protect the environment are increasingly fought in the courts. ... more  
Satellite Vu becomes a supporter of the Terra Carta - Sustainable Markets InitiativeLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 Satellite Vu, the British Earth Observation company set to provide carbon emissions data across the globe, has become a supporter of HRH King Charles III's Terra Carta - Sustainable Markets Initiati ... more 
BlackSky customer Skytec integrate dynamic monitoring data through Esri ArcGISHerndon VA (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has partnered with remote sensing, drone, and Geographic Information System (GIS) monitoring company Skytec to integrate on-demand imagery tasking into the Skyt ... more 
Qld Govt and SmartSat CRC invest in new Queensland Earth Observation HubBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 The Queensland Earth Observation (EO) Hub, a partnership between the Queensland Government and SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), was launched on the weekend with the announcement of two ne ... more |
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Rescuers scramble to deliver aid after deadly Nepal, India floods
Last five bodies recovered after landslide at mine in Indonesia's Papua Year after northern Nigeria floods, survivors left high and dry Landslides and floods kill 64 in Nepal, India Landslides and floods kill 63 in Nepal, India Landslides and floods kill 42 in Nepal Landslides kill at least 20 people in India's Darjeeling Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Matmo lashes southern China Bulgaria flooding death toll rises to four Storm Amy kills two in northern France, cuts power |
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A "golden era" to study the brainBoston MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 As an undergraduate, Mitch Murdock was a rare science-humanities double major, specializing in both English and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Yale University. Today, as a doctora ... more  
For the first time we can measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice all year roundTromso, Norway (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Using satellites, we are now able to measure the ice thickness - also in the summer. This is of great importance for the shipping in Arctic and future weather and climate forecasts. The solution is ... more  
Hurricane Ian hits Cuba as Cat 3 storm; Vietnam evacuates ahead of Typhoon NoruHavana (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday, with the Caribbean nation and the US state of Florida ramping up preparations for high winds and potential flooding. ... more 
Blinken urges Pakistan to seek China debt relief after floodsWashington (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday on Pakistan to seek debt relief from its close partner China as floods devastate the South Asian country. ... more |
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Iraq MPs to meet for first time since inter-Shiite bloodshedBaghdad (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Iraq's parliament, at the centre of a months-long political paralysis, is to convene Wednesday for the first time since deadly unrest in August and a sit-in protest by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr. ... more  
German city dwellers sue government over air pollutionBerlin (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Seven residents in Germany are taking the government to court over the poor air quality around their homes, an organisation representing them said on Monday. ... more 
Germany down to four glaciers as climate change bitesBerlin (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Germany lost one of its few remaining glaciers this summer as exceedingly warm weather ate away Alpine ice at a faster pace than feared, a scientific report released on Monday showed. ... more  
Canada army deployed for hurricane cleanupMontreal (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Canada deployed soldiers on Monday to help clean up widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona, which left three people dead in the country's Atlantic provinces. ... more |
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Rare protest in China tech hub over Covid lockdownBeijing (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 Dozens of people have taken part in a rare protest in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, social media footage shows, after officials announced a snap lockdown over a handful of Covid cases. ... more 
Hong Kongers hail end of quarantine 'nightmare'; Taiwan scraps travel quarantineHong Kong (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Hong Kong's decision to lift quarantine rules on Friday sparked jubilation among many residents, as well as frustration that the decision to reopen to the world did not happen sooner. ... more 
Planet announces new details of hyperspectral offeringSan Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced new details of its commercial hyperspectral constellation, which is being brought to market throu ... more 
Indigenous activists raise climate awareness on sidelines of UNGANew York (AFP) Sept 24, 2022 Uyukar Domingo Peas, an Ecuadorian Indigenous activist, says if there are still "reservoirs of natural resources" in the world, it is "because we have protected them for thousands of years." ... more 
Why are climate activists calling for reparationsNew York (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 Pakistan's catastrophic floods have led to renewed calls for rich polluting nations, which grew their economies through heavy use of fossil fuels, to compensate developing countries for the devastating impacts caused by the climate crisis. ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
Canada deployed soldiers on Monday to help clean up widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Fiona, which left three people dead in the country's Atlantic provinces.
More than 260,000 people were still without electricity in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick on Monday morning.
Soldiers were clearing debris from roads and restoring transportation links, as television ... more |
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 Traverse City MIw (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
ATLAS Space Operations, the leading provider of Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS), has announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award to develop their Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities. This effort will use ATLAS software and hardware to increase ATLAS' ability to conduct passive RF observations of on-orbit assets.
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 
Solomon Islands leader Manasseh Sogavare on Friday told the United Nations his South Pacific country remains neutral despite growing ties with China, charging that he has been "vilified" for the relationship with Beijing.
The sprawling archipelago switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 2019 and signed a security pact with Beijing in April, with some critics warning of auth ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
Germany lost one of its few remaining glaciers this summer as exceedingly warm weather ate away Alpine ice at a faster pace than feared, a scientific report released on Monday showed.
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences said the state's Southern Schneeferner had lost its official status as a glacier due to rapid melting of its once sprawling ice sheet.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2021 
Scientists have discovered the earliest-known residue of opioids, according to research conducted at the University of Tel Aviv published Tuesday.
Researchers found the residue in ceramic vessels discovered at Tel Yehud, a city in the Central District of Israel.
Excavation was done at the request of the Israel Antiquities Authority, while the research was done in conjunction with ... more |
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 San Ildefonso, Philippines (AFP) Sept 26, 2022 
The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year left at least six people dead, authorities said Monday, after heavy rain and fierce winds battered the country's most populous island.
Typhoon Noru toppled trees, knocked out power and flooded low-lying communities as it swept across Luzon on Sunday and Monday.
There have so far been no reports of widespread severe damage from the st ... more |
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 Yaounde (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 
Two civilians were killed in Cameroon after being shot by soldiers, the army said Wednesday, the latest violence in a region hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state.
The army said that the "unfortunate incident" happened on Monday in Nylbat-Andek in country's North West - one of Cameroon's two English-speaking regions - after three soldiers disobeyed orders and ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
As an undergraduate, Mitch Murdock was a rare science-humanities double major, specializing in both English and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at Yale University. Today, as a doctoral student in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, he sees obvious ways that his English education expanded his horizons as a neuroscientist.
"One of my favorite parts of English w ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, along with the agency's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, have partnered with science and technology nonprofit First Street Foundation to enhance climate risk modeling, promote applied science research, and more effectively communicate the risks of a changing climate.
NASA will now receive bulk access to First S ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, has announced two new signals available as part of its RFGeo signal mapping product: VHF and UHF Flex. RFGeo data and analytics provide a new geospatial data layer that enables RF awareness, utilizing the unique data generated by HawkEye 360's satellite constellation to detect and ge ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart - the oldest ever found - alongside a separate fossilised stomach, intestine and liver in an ancient jawed fish, shedding new light on the evolution of our own bodies.
The new research, published in Science, found that the position of the organs in the body of arthrodires - an extinct class of armoured fishes that flourished through ... more |
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 Antibes, France (AFP) Sept 24, 2022  Activists blocked a quayside on the French Riviera on Saturday to protest against what they called ultra-rich "climate criminals".
Twenty protesters from the pressure group Attac closed off the gate leading to a quay at Antibes port where many superyachts are moored, an AFP correspondent saw.
Port Vauban Antibes on southern France's Mediterranean coast, has 1,500 berths, including 18 for ... more |
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 Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Sep 13, 2022 
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is largely involved in a new battery recycling project. LiBinfinity focuses on a holistic concept for recycling materials of lithium-ion batteries. A mechanico-hydrometallurgical process without energy-intensive process steps will be transferred from the lab to an industry-relevant scale.
KIT will then check whether the recycled materials are suited ... more |
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 East Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Nitrogen may not get the same level of attention as its neighbors on the periodic table, carbon and oxygen. But like its neighbors, it's an element we can't live without.
Nitrogen compounds have important roles in biology, including lowering blood pressure, helping relay signals in our bodies and providing nourishment for plants. In fact, industrially made fertilizers rich in nitrogen have ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 16, 2022 
Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes - acquiring a new set of skills before heading abroad.
Savvy businesses have started offering crash courses in subjects like home repair and hairdressing, capitalising on a wave of people departing Hong Kong as China cracks down on dissent and strict pan ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Researchers have identified a new reason to protect mangrove forests: they've been quietly keeping carbon out of Earth's atmosphere for the past 5,000 years.
Mangroves thrive in conditions most plants cannot tolerate, like salty coastal waters. Some species have air-conducting, vertical roots that act like snorkels when tides are high, giving the appearance of trees floating on stilts.
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