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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 Hurricanes threaten North American coastlines every year, and they appear to be intensifying as climate changes. Similar storms can also hit colder regions to the far north, and new research suggests they will intensify, too. In findings published on Nov. 9, NASA scientists project spring Arctic cyclones will intensify by the end of this century because of sea ice loss and rapidly warming temperatures. Those conditions will lead to stronger storms that carry warmer air and more moisture into the A ... read more |
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Dirt-cheap solar evaporation could provide soil pollution solutionAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 A team led by University of South Australia researchers has pioneered a new soil remediation technique that is significantly faster, simpler, safer, and more cost-effective than currently available ... more  
Better food cold chain crucial for climate, world hunger: UNSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 12, 2022 Improving cold chains in the production and distribution of food in the developing world is "essential" in fighting climate change and world hunger, said a UN report issued Saturday. ... more 
GMO skeptics still distrust big agriculture's climate pitchNew York (AFP) Nov 13, 2022 As a changing climate intensifies extreme weather, agricultural multinationals are hyping the ability of genetically modified crops to boost yields when facing drought, heat or even heavy rainfall. ... more  
Rising sea level could exceed estimates for US coastsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2022 New results show average sea level rise approaching the 1-foot mark for most coastlines of the contiguous U.S. by 2050. The Gulf Coast and Southeast will see the most change. By 2050, sea leve ... 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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Floods sweep future from Pakistan schoolchildrenChandan Mori, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 Pakistani three-year-old Afshan's trip to school is a high-wire balancing act as she teeters across a metal girder spanning a trench of putrid floodwater, eyes fixed ahead. ... more  
Climate disaster aid scheme 'Global Shield' launched at COP27Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 A scheme to give speedy financial support to communities battered by climate disasters was launched Monday by a group of rich and developing nations at the UN COP27 summit in Egypt. ... more 
Amazon founder Bezos says will donate most of fortune to charityWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has for the first time said he would give away most of his $124 billion fortune to charity, but warned that doing so effectively will be hard. ... more  
Linking mass extinctions to the expansion and radiation of land plantsBoulder CO (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 The Devonian Period, 419 to 358 million years ago, was one of the most turbulent times in Earth's past and was marked by at least six significant marine extinctions, including one of the five larges ... more |
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Joint experiments conducted to facilitate black soil protectionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 Large comprehensive experiments that integrate satellite, airplane, and ground-based observations were conducted at the Sanjiang Plain in northeast China from May to October to boost the black soil ... more  
In Canada's boreal forest, one man works to save caribouPessamit, Canada (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 Even though he lives in the middle of Canada's boreal forest, Jean-Luc Kanape can sometimes go weeks without seeing a single caribou. But for as long as he can remember, the animals have been part of his life. ... more 
Subarctic boreal forest, vital for the planet, is at riskFort Mcmurray, Canada (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it's shrinking. ... more 
Rainforest giants Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo sign deforestation pactNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 The world's biggest rainforest nations Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday formally launched a climate partnership to work together on conservation. ... more |
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UN climate talks enter home stretch split over moneySharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 COP27 entered its final week Monday with rich carbon polluters and developing nations at loggerheads over how to speed up and fund reductions in emissions. ... more  
New technology creates carbon neutral chemicals out of thin airSurrey UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 It is possible to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the surrounding atmosphere and repurpose it into useful chemicals usually made from fossil fuels, according to a study from the University of Surr ... more 
US, China agree to resume climate cooperationNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 The United States and China will resume cooperation on fighting climate change that Beijing had halted in anger after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, the White House said Monday. ... more 
COP27 leaders urged to fight climate disinfoSharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 Campaigners on Tuesday urged leaders at the COP27 summit and big tech companies to formally crack down on climate disinformation that undermines efforts to limit the deadly impacts of global warming. ... more 
US presses China for debt relief in developing countriesNusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 The United States is pressing China and other G20 members to do more on debt relief for the world's poorest countries, a senior US official said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Nusa Dua, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
The United States is pressing China and other G20 members to do more on debt relief for the world's poorest countries, a senior US official said Tuesday.
The issue will be highlighted in the final joint statement when the summit in the Indonesian resort island of Bali ends this week, the official said, but there will not be unanimity.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2022 
Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world's imagination and inspired generations with the Apollo 11 Moon landing. NASA's then-young Deep Space Network (DSN) was crucial to tracking and communicating with that mission, as it will also be essential to NASA's next push to the Moon: Artemis. In the half-century between those two lunar efforts, the network has expanded to support dozens of robotic s ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2022 
New results show average sea level rise approaching the 1-foot mark for most coastlines of the contiguous U.S. by 2050. The Gulf Coast and Southeast will see the most change.
By 2050, sea level along contiguous U.S. coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) above today's waterline, according to researchers who analyzed nearly three decades of satellite observations. The r ... more |
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 Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
Researchers from The Ohio State University are using dust trapped in glacier ice in Tibet to document past changes in Earth's intricate climate system - and maybe one day help predict future changes.
Their findings suggest that the dust composition in samples collected from different areas and depths of the same glacier can vary greatly, a discovery that hints that a complete dust record c ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
Large comprehensive experiments that integrate satellite, airplane, and ground-based observations were conducted at the Sanjiang Plain in northeast China from May to October to boost the black soil protection and use, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Northeast China, one of the world's three major black soil regions, is reg ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 
Large magma eruptions have produced great floods of basalt lava on the continents during Earth's history. Conventionally, the largest flood basalt eruptions are thought to be possible only in regions where the continental tectonic plates are unusually thin, so that deep mantle material is able to rise close to the Earth's surface. In such low-pressure environments, melting of hot mantle can gene ... more |
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 London (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 
Britain announced Monday that it would cut short its troop deployment with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali after relations with the country's Russian-backed junta soured.
"I can announce that the UK contingent will... now be leaving the MINUSMA mission earlier than planned," Defence Minister James Heappey told parliament, referring to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mi ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations.
"The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity's shared responsibility for the planet," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
The UN attributes the growth to human development, with people livi ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 
Weather and climate modelers understand pretty well how seasonal winds and ocean currents affect El Nino patterns in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, impacting weather across the United States and sometimes worldwide.
But new computer simulations show that one driver of annual weather cycles in that region - in particular, a cold tongue of surface waters stretching westward along the ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022  China launched a Long March 6A carrier rocket to send a multirole satellite into orbit on Saturday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space contractor said in a news release that the rocket blasted off at 6:52 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province and transported the Yunhai 3 satellite into its preset orbit.
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 Bloomington IN (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 
The evolution of tree roots may have triggered a series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth's oceans during the Devonian Period over 300 million years ago, according to a study led by scientists at IUPUI, along with colleagues in the United Kingdom.
Evidence for this new view of a remarkably volatile period in Earth's pre-history is reported in the Geological Society of America Bulle ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2022  Satellite technologies are already reducing carbon emissions by 1.5 billion tonnes (or 1.5 gigatons) every year, according to independent research commissioned by Inmarsat from leading consultants at Globant's Sustainable Business Studio. This is equivalent to almost a third of the entire United States' carbon emissions in 2021, or the lifetime emissions of 50 million cars.
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 Montreal (AFP) Nov 14, 2022  Canadian federal police on Monday arrested a former electric vehicle battery researcher at public utility Hydro-Quebec on charges of espionage for allegedly sending trade secrets to China.
The man, who was recently fired by the utility, was taken into custody at his home in Candiac, a suburb of Montreal, by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police national security squad.
Yuesheng Wang, 35, fac ... more |
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 Panama City (AFP) Nov 12, 2022  The trade in shark fins, turtles, and other threatened species will come under scrutiny at a global wildlife summit in Panama, starting Monday, that will also focus on the spread of diseases such as Covid-19.
Conservation experts and representatives of more than 180 nations will gather to study 52 proposals aimed at modifying protection levels set by the Convention on International Trade in ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 
Chinese dissident Bao Tong, a top Communist Party official imprisoned in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who became a vocal critic of Beijing, has died at 90 years old, his son said on Twitter.
Bao had spent much of the past three decades under home surveillance or in prison following the Chinese military's violent crackdown on the student movement, which called for democratic ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2022  Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today shared that Justdiggit, a Dutch non-profit organization dedicated to supporting land restoration in sub-Saharan Africa, is leveraging Planet's high-resolution SkySat satellite tasking capabilities, their near-daily PlanetScope satellite imagery, and the Planetary Variables data feeds to quantify, evaluat ... more |
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