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  Fort Myers, United States (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 Forecasters expect Hurricane Ian to cause life-threatening storm surges in the Carolinas on Friday after unleashing devastation in Florida, where it left a yet unknown number of dead in its wake. After weakening across Florida, Ian regained its Category 1 status in the Atlantic Ocean and was headed toward the Carolinas, the US National Hurricane Center said Friday. "Flooding rains (are) likely across the Carolinas and southwestern Virginia," the NHC added. The storm, one of the most powerful ... read more |
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China dips into pork reserves as rising prices fan inflation fearBeijing (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 China released more pork reserves Friday, state media said, after prices of the staple meat soared by almost a third, triggering inflation concerns. ... 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 
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  
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 |
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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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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 
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 
'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 
Nature's cleaners: Cyprus returns rare vultures to wildKorfi, Cyprus (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 With a wingspan as wide as a basketball hoop is tall, it took just a few flaps for the vulture to soar to freedom towards the glittering seas off Cyprus. ... more |
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Scientists unveil first-ever 'atlas' describing links between fungi, cancersWashington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2021 Fungi are commonly present in human tumors, and may someday be used as a tool to detect, diagnose and even treat cancer. ... more 
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  
Germany says mass fish deaths in Oder river a 'man-made disaster'Berlin (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 Germany said Friday that mass fish deaths in the Oder river were a "man-made environmental disaster", blaming toxic algae growth sparked by the introduction of salt into the waters. ... more 
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 |
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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  
Tibet lockdown causing 'extreme hardships': campaignersBeijing (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 A weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown in Tibet has brought an "expansion of already suffocating living conditions", a rights group has said, after a top regional official issued a rare apology this month over virus restrictions. ... more  
Biden warns Hurricane Ian could be 'deadliest' in Florida historyWashington (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. ... 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 while also handing down another conviction to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, drawing global condemnation on Thursday. ... 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 30, 2022 
US President Joe Biden has announced $810 million in new funding for Pacific Islands at a first-of-a-kind summit with their leaders in Washington, vowing a closer partnership with a strategic but sparsely populated region where China is making inroads.
Addressing leaders of South Pacific states including 12 heads of state or government, Biden said Thursday he wanted to show an "enduring comm ... 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.
"One of my favorite parts of English w ... more |
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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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 Beijing (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.
Two fossil deposits of ancient fish in Guizhou, southern China, and Chongqing in the southwest were discovered by scientists during a field study in 2019.
The fossils "help to trace many human body structures back to ancient fishes, some 44 ... 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 30, 2022 
Hong Kong's government has refused permission for jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to be represented by a British lawyer at his upcoming national security trial, a court heard Friday.
Lai and a group of executives from the now shuttered Apple Daily newspaper are being prosecuted for "colluding with foreign forces", an offence under a new security law China imposed on Hong Kong to ... 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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