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  San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL)reports the launch of its Nonprofit Program, an offering that provides access to Planet imagery and support services specifically for nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOS). In line with Planet's mission to use space to help life on Earth and in effort to enable more impactful uses of Planet's data, the offering addresses two traditional challenges facing nonprofits - limited budgets and resources, and the infrastructure and technical expertise to analyze th ... read more |
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Mapping planet Earth for better positioning: ESA's GENESIS missionParis (ESA) Oct 21, 2022 ESA's Navigation Directorate is planning a new satellite whose results will enable the generation of an updated global model of Earth - the International Terrestrial Reference Frame, employed for ev ... more  
Unlocking the mysteries of how neurons learnBoston MA (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 When he matriculated in 2019 as a graduate student, Raul Mojica Soto-Albors was no stranger to MIT. He'd spent time here on multiple occasions as an undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico at ... more  
Climate change to increase lifetime of space pollutionLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Increasing levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere will result in a long-term decline in air density at high altitudes, according to new research from British Antarctic Survey. Such decreased densit ... more  
Ostrich-like dinosaurs from Mississippi are among the world's largest at over 800kgWashington DC (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 Ostrich-like dinosaurs called ornithomimosaurs grew to enormous sizes in ancient eastern North America, according to a study published October 19, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Chinzor ... more |
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IMF approves $206 mn aid to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah
Flights cancelled, roads flooded as rare storm soaks UAE Sri Lanka plans $1.6 bn in cyclone recovery spending in 2026 Brazil megacity Sao Paulo struck by fresh water crisis Indonesians reeling from flood devastation plea for global help Levee break near Seattle prompts evacuation order Flash flood kills dozens in Morocco town At least 20 dead in eastern Bolivia floods Press Release from Business Wire: Textron Inc. Flash floods kill 37 in Moroccan coastal town |
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Deeper understanding of the icy depthsHokkaido, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 lScientists have uncovered new details of how ice forming below the ocean surface in Antarctica provides cold dense water that sinks to the seabed in an important aspect of global water circulation. ... more  
Satellite to study Earth's water arrives at launch sitePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2022 The international SWOT mission will view Earth's ocean and surface water on land with unprecedented clarity. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite arrived at Vandenberg Space ... more 
Timely study on rising groundwater offers hope for drought-stricken East AfricaBristol UK (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 New research indicates better groundwater supply management could hold the key to help combat the impact of climate change in East Africa, where countries are currently facing the worst drought and ... more  
Study finds evidence that fuel regulation reduced air pollution from shippingGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 A global standard limiting sulfur in ship fuel reduced artificial "ship track" clouds to record-low levels in 2020. Pandemic-related disruptions played a secondary role. Ship tracks, the pollu ... more |
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Ancient ocean methane not an immediate climate change threatRochester NY (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 Deep below the ocean's surface, the seafloor contains large quantities of naturally occurring, ice-like deposits made up of water and concentrated methane gas. For decades, climate scientists have w ... more 
Gold mining threatens 'forest giraffe' in DR CongoKinshasa (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 Gold mining in a Democratic Republic of Congo national park is threatening the okapi, a stripy-legged relative of the giraffe, civil society groups warned on Tuesday. ... more  
Colombia breaks -growing record, slams 'war on drugs'Bogota (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 Colombia, the world's leading cocaine producer, broke its own record for coca leaf cultivation in 2021, a UN body said Thursday, as the government highlighted the "failure" of the US-led war on drugs. ... more  
DR Congo colonels condemned to death for murder of two Chinese workersBunia, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 15, 2022 Six people, including two army colonels, were condemned to death by a DR Congo military court on Friday for the murder of two Chinese mine workers. ... more |
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Climate change may boost Arctic 'virus spillover' riskTokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 A warming climate could bring viruses in the Arctic into contact with new environments and hosts, increasing the risk of "viral spillover", according to research published Wednesday. ... more 
Ancient carvings discovered at iconic Iraq monument bulldozed by ISMosul, Iraq (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 When Islamic State group fighters bulldozed the ancient monumental Mashki gate in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016, it was part of the extremists' systematic destruction of cultural heritage. ... more  
Hong Kong to ban CBD, put it in same category as heroin, cocaineHong Kong (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 Hong Kong will outlaw cannabidiol (CBD) by February, the government announced Thursday, placing it in the same category as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine with users facing hefty jail time. ... more 
Crisis-hit Sudan faces biggest threat yet: climate changeKhartoum (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 Conflict, coups, dire poverty: Sudan is reeling from multiple crises, but environmental activist Nisreen Elsaim warns a bigger problem dwarfs them all - climate change. ... more  
Qatar gets the Middle East's first pandasDoha (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 Qatar became the first Middle Eastern country Wednesday to receive Chinese giant pandas - Suhail and Soraya - who, in true Gulf fashion, took up residence in luxury air-conditioned quarters. ... more |
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 Maracay, Venezuela (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 
Intense rain in northern Venezuela caused a landslide that has killed at least three people, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday as he visited another site where over 50 died in similar circumstances last week.
"I am informed that there are three dead in El Castano, it was a mudslide that came from the mountain," said Maduro, referring to a neighborhood in Maracay, the capital of norther ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Satellites are increasingly becoming network nodes of the internet. Terrestrial nodes are integrated via fibre optic networks, and satellites can only keep up with current developments on the ground if they are also optically networked. European Commission programmes such as the 'Secure Connectivity Initiative' depend on this technology, as do many commercial networks such as Starlink or Oneweb, ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics. This natural phenomenon is important to study because of the socioeconomic impacts it can have on matters such as food security, agricultural production, human health and water resource ... more |
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 Hokkaido, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 
lScientists have uncovered new details of how ice forming below the ocean surface in Antarctica provides cold dense water that sinks to the seabed in an important aspect of global water circulation.
The results, published in the journal Science Advances, come from a team at the Hokkaido University's Institute of Low Temperature Science, its Arctic Research Center, and the Faculty of Fisher ... more |
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 Abuja (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 
Usman Musa had spent more than $1,300 on his 10-hectare rice farm in Nigeria's Kogi state, now submerged by the country's worst floods in a decade.
In a wooden canoe, the 38-year-old father of four paddled his way through the murky waters, passing by his and relatives' houses, the local hospital and school.
Only the roofs were visible.
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 
Inaudible sonic rumblings from deep in a volcano's bowels could provide a warning when it is about to blow, scientists said Thursday, offering threatened communities the prospect of a life-saving heads-up.
A team studying "infrasounds" - sounds too deep for humans to hear - from volcanoes like Italy's Mount Etna has discovered that magmatic gurgles change markedly as an eruption nears.
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 Bunia, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 15, 2022  Six people, including two army colonels, were condemned to death by a DR Congo military court on Friday for the murder of two Chinese mine workers.
Four other military personnel were sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Ituri Military Court.
All but one of those receiving the death sentence were members of the military.
The two colonels are accused of planning an attack on a convoy ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 
Just a year into her marriage, Manal became one of the tens of thousands of Iraqis every year who divorce in a deeply conservative nation where break-up rates have risen.
For Manal, like many other women, the reason was clear - her husband's financial dependence on his family's business meant that "he couldn't take any decisions of his own".
The 33-year-old was divorced eight years ago ... more |
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 London (AFP) Oct 17, 2022 
Two UK climate protesters scaled a major road bridge over the River Thames on Monday causing huge traffic delays, days after activists threw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" masterpiece.
The Just Stop Oil protesters climbed more than 80 metres (260 feet) up one of the towers of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, which is used by an estimated 160,000 vehicles a day and links up to ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, reports that NASA has exercised an option to extend its contract with Planet under the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program through September 2023.
Planet has been providing data to NASA scientists and federally funded researchers under this program since 2018 and the company looks forward ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 
Ostrich-like dinosaurs called ornithomimosaurs grew to enormous sizes in ancient eastern North America, according to a study published October 19, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and colleagues.
During the Late Cretaceous Period, North America was split by a seaway into two landmasses: Laramidia to the west ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 19, 2022  Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are expected to grow just one percent this year despite concerns that the energy crisis could lead countries to slow their transition to renewables, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
The IEA predicted CO2 emissions would stand at 33.8 billion tonnes in 2022, more than 300 million tonnes more than in 2021.
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Physicist Stefano Munaretto of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has received leadership roles in two DOE three-year awards. Both are designed to improve the models used to design and evaluate the performance of spherical tokamaks, compact fusion facilities that are being explored as possible designs for future fusion power plants. The researchers h ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 
A proposal to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 would be "meaningless" without a huge boost to staffing and budgets, researchers said Thursday, warning of chronic shortages of rangers in the world's most precious ecosystems.
Governments around the world are locked in negotiations over how to keep animals and plants safe from human destruction, as scientists warn the world is potential ... more |
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 Doha (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 
Qatar became the first Middle Eastern country Wednesday to receive Chinese giant pandas - Suhail and Soraya - who, in true Gulf fashion, took up residence in luxury air-conditioned quarters.
Crowds of children and reporters watched as the four-year-old male and three-year-old female took their first steps in a temporary enclosure in a ceremony at the Al Khor park about 50 kilometres (30 mi ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Ancient trees-those that are many hundreds, or even thousands, of years old-play a vital role in biodiversity and ecosystem preservation by providing stability, strength, and protection to at-risk environments. In a review article publishing on October 19 in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, a team of ecologists highlight the importance of preserving these monumental organisms and present a proje ... more |
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