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  Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that Hurricane Ian may end up being Florida's "deadliest" storm ever and cited fears there could be "substantial" numbers of fatalities across the state. "This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history," he said after a briefing at the FEMA emergency management headquarters in Washington. "The numbers... are still unclear, but we're hearing reports of what may be substantial loss of life," he said, adding that when conditions allow, "I'm going ... read more |
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Fish fossils found in China offer clues on human evolution: researchersBeijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 Fish fossils dating back 440 million years are helping to "fill some of the key gaps" on how humans evolved from fish, researchers said on Wednesday. ... more  
New report finds 2022 'disastrous year' for melting Swiss glaciersWashington DC (UPI) Sep 28, 2021 Glaciers in Switzerland melted at record rates in 2022, according to a report released Wednesday by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network, which labeled it a "disastrous year." ... more 
Receding ice leaves Canada's polar bears at rising riskChurchill, Canada (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage. ... more  
Half world's birds in decline, species moving 'ever faster' to extinctionParis (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 Almost half of all bird species are in decline globally and one in eight are threatened with extinction, according to a major new report warning that human actions are driving more species to the brink and nature is "in trouble". ... more |
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Spain back on flood alert as torrential rains strike
Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off southern Philippines: USGS Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes Eight killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines Seven killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines Six killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines Southern Philippines jolted with magnitude-6.9 aftershock: seismology office Six killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines Three killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines Two killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines |
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Oldest chimp from renown Guinean group diesConakry (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 Guinea's oldest chimpanzee and one of the last members of a globally famous endangered community has died in solitude around the age of 71, the environment ministry said. ... more 
'Extraordinary' elephant that survived poaching dies in drought-hit KenyaNairobi (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 An "extraordinary and resilient" African elephant who defied all odds to give birth despite being shot five times by poachers has died in Kenya's drought-ravaged north, conservationists said on Thursday. ... more  
US announces $810 mn in new funding for Pacific Islands at summitWashington (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 The United States on Thursday announced $810 million in new funding for Pacific Islands at a summit with President Joe Biden amid inroads by China in the strategic but sparsely populated region. ... more  
Romania cracks down on illegal loggingBucharest (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 Romanian authorities have carried out raids across the country in a crackdown on two criminal groups suspected of illegal logging, police said Wednesday. ... more |
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Islanders to sue Dutch government over rising seasThe Hague (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 The Dutch government faces a court case to make it protect the people of the Caribbean island of Bonaire from rising sea levels, environmental group Greenpeace said Wednesday. ... more  
Poland blames toxic algae for Oder river fish killWarsaw (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 Polish authorities on Thursday said toxic algae was to blame for mass fish deaths in the Oder river, ruling out industrial pollution as the cause. ... more  
Environmental groups slam UK plans to ditch pesticide lawsLondon (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 British wildlife groups and campaigners have hit out at government's plans to ditch legislation covering pesticide use, as part of a drive to remove EU laws after Brexit. ... more 
Hurricane Ian a 'catastrophe' for Cuba's vital cigar sectorSan Juan Y Martinez, Cuba (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 Western Cuba's tobacco growing heartland has been left devastated by Hurricane Ian with piles of wood and tiles where once stood farms. ... more |
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Latin America bears brunt of land activist murders: NGOMexico City (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 More than three-quarters of the world's murders of environmental activists took place in Latin America last year, an annual review by watchdog Global Witness showed on Thursday. ... more  
Canada's Hudson Bay a summer refuge for thousands of belugasChurchill, Canada (AFP) Sept 29, 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  
Myanmar junta court sentences Australian economist, Suu Kyi to 3 yearsYangon (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 Myanmar's junta sentenced an Australian economist to three years in prison Thursday while also handing down another conviction to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a source told AFP on Thursday. ... more 
MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater cameraBoston MA (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 Scientists estimate that more than 95 percent of Earth's oceans have never been observed, which means we have seen less of our planet's ocean than we have the far side of the moon or the surface of ... more  
Hurricane Ian strengthens to Category 4 as it barrels toward FloridaTampa (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 Hurricane Ian strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it headed towards the US state of Florida on Wednesday, with forecasters warning of life-threatening storm surges and "devastating" winds after it reportedly killed two and left millions without power in Cuba. ... 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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 Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 
President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday rolled out the red carpet for Pacific Island leaders in the face of rising Chinese influence in the region and said it expected a united front, despite friction with one nation - the Solomon Islands.
In a first-of-a-kind summit in Washington, the United States promised greater aid and diplomatic engagement on issues from maritime security to ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 
Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday.
The study by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences laid bare the drastic scale of glacial retreat - which is only set to get worse.
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 Mexico City (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 
More than three-quarters of the world's murders of environmental activists took place in Latin America last year, an annual review by watchdog Global Witness showed on Thursday.
The group said a total of 200 land and environmental defenders - whom it named individually - were killed in 2021, down from a record 227 in 2020.
These killings came "in the context of a wider range of threats ... 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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 Abidjan (AFP) Sept 27, 2022 
France on Tuesday offered its "full" support to the Ivory Coast in its bitter spat with Mali over 46 Ivorian soldiers detained by Bamako since July.
The initial arrest of 49 soldiers after their arrival at Bamako airport on July 10 sparked a diplomatic row between Mali and its West African neighbour.
Three women in the group were later released.
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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.
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 Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Underground carbon sequestration is a promising approach to fight climate change, yet there are major obstacles to overcome before this technology can be applied on a large scale. A new study from Japan may address one such obstacle by identifying how to continuously and affordably monitor carbon reservoirs to detect leaks or other changes that require attention.
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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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 Brandenburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 
Reducing carbon dioxide emissions while providing heating and cooling for industry - the German Aerospace Center is demonstrating how this is possible with a new pilot plant. The CoBra high-temperature heat pump is now going into operation.
The DLR Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes in Cottbus (Brandenburg) is working on technologies and solutions for an energy system of the futu ... more |
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 Hsinchu, Taiwan (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 
In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin's biggest threat comes from humans. But in Taiwan, the scaly mammals brave a different danger: a surging feral dog population.
Veterinarian Tseng Shao-tung, 28, has seen firsthand what a dog can do to the gentle creatures during his shifts at a hospital in Hsinchu.
Last month he worked to save the life of a male juvenile pangolin w ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 19, 2022 
The head of Hong Kong's journalist union was charged with obstructing police on Monday, 10 days before he was set to leave the city and begin an overseas fellowship.
Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), was arrested earlier this month over a dispute with two officers who asked to see his identification while he was covering a residents' meeting at a public h ... more |
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 Bucharest (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 
Romanian authorities have carried out raids across the country in a crackdown on two criminal groups suspected of illegal logging, police said Wednesday.
Almost 150 raids were staged at business premises, private accommodation and forest management organisations, investigators said in a press release.
The raids are part of an investigation into suspected illegal logging, tax evasion, mon ... more |
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