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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light and thermal energy, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very different from its predecessors that have been observing Earth for 50 years. This new plan for Landsat Next, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, is designed to provide more frequent, and finer resolution, data of the changing surface of Earth. "I think this is going to be a phenomenally capable instrument, with the biggest leap in ... read more |
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Should we tax robotsBoston MA (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 What if the U.S. placed a tax on robots? The concept has been publicly discussed by policy analysts, scholars, and Bill Gates (who favors the notion). Because robots can replace jobs, the idea goes, ... more  
Carbon, soot and particles from combustion end up in deep-sea trenchesOdense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 The Earth's deep-sea trenches are some of the least explored places on Earth - as they are very difficult to access, are pitch black and the pressure is extremely high. Collecting samples and making ... more  
Early forests did not significantly change the atmospheric CO2Nottingham (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 Scientists have discovered that the atmosphere contained far less CO2 than previously thought when forests emerged on our planet, the new study has important implications for understanding how land ... more  
More than half of Antarctica's plant and animals could disappear due to climate changeWashington DC (UPI) Dec 22, 2021 More than half of Antarctica's native species will likely disappear by the end of the century if global warming continues at its current pace, according to new research published Thursday. ... more |
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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 Girl's remains identifed 14 years after Japan tsunami CORRECTED: One killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines |
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Arctic storm brings holiday travel chaos to USChicago (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 A "once-in-a-generation" winter storm with temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit (Celsius) caused Christmas travel chaos in the United States on Thursday, with thousands of flights cancelled and major highways closed. ... more  
China authorities take over medical supplies production as Covid surgesBeijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 China has requisitioned medical supplies production across the country as millions struggle to obtain basic drugs and testing kits in the face of a surge in Covid-19 cases. ... more  
3M to phase out 'forever chemicals' PFAS by 2025New York (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 US industrial giant 3M announced Tuesday it will phase out production of so-called "forever chemical" PFAS in light of tightening regulation connected to harmful health effects from their use. ... more  
From robot fireflies to okra plasters: 2022's nature-inspired solutionsParis (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 Even as animals and plants face widespread extinction from human-driven causes like climate change, the natural world continues to inspire scientific discovery in unexpected ways. ... more |
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Elderly Covid patients fill hospital wards in China's major citiesChongqing, China (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 Elderly patients lined the wards of hospitals in major cities in China Thursday as the country battled a wave of Covid cases. ... more 
S.Africa turns to lie-detectors in anti-poaching warJohannesburg (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 South Africa plans to carry out lie detector tests on staff working at its game reserves in a bid to fight rampant wildlife poaching, a national parks management agency said Thursday. ... more 
Lions killed after escape bid from Sudan paramilitariesKhartoum (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 Three lions were shot dead in Sudan after trying to escape from their cages inside a base of Sudan's feared paramilitary forces, an animal shelter official said Thursday. ... more  
Gambian government says has foiled coup attemptBanjul, Gambia (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 The Gambia's government on Wednesday said it had thwarted a coup attempt the previous day and arrested four soldiers. ... more |
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WHO chief 'very concerned' about Covid situation in ChinaGeneva (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said he was "very concerned" about an unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China, as the health body urged Beijing to accelerate vaccination of the most vulnerable. ... more 
Berlin says supplying Germans in China with mRNA jabsBerlin (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 Germany said it had received permission for a shipment of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 to land in China on Wednesday to be given to Germans living in the country. ... more 
Nigeria says 'collateral damage' in air strikes against gangsKano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 Nigerian authorities have acknowledged "collateral damage" from air strikes against criminal gangs in which local residents said around 100 civilians died. ... more 
Fossil offers ultra rare piece of evidence showing a dinosaur eating a mammalEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 An international team of researchers has uncovered an extremely rare piece of evidence that dinosaurs ate mammals. The foot of a small mammal about the size of a mouse was found preserved inside the ... more  
Researchers uncover 168 new Nazca geoglyphsWashington DC (UPI) Dec 21, 2021 Archeologists have discovered 168 new geoglyphs in the area around Nazca, Peru. The discovery adds significantly to the UNESCO world heritage site's 190 previously discovered markings. ... more |
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 Barmal District, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 
Labourer Rasool Badshah has moved into a new home six months after a deadly earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan, but without his mother, who was killed by collapsing walls.
More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after the 5.9-magnitude quake - the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century - struck the impoverished province of Paktika on Jun ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 
NASA's Near Space Network enables spacecraft exploring the solar system and Earth to send back essential science data for researchers and scientists to investigate and make profound discoveries.
Now, the network has integrated four new global antennas to further support science and exploration missions. In December 2022, antennas in Fairbanks, Alaska; Wallops Island, Virginia; Punta Arenas ... more |
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 Odense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 
The Earth's deep-sea trenches are some of the least explored places on Earth - as they are very difficult to access, are pitch black and the pressure is extremely high. Collecting samples and making reliable measurements of the processes that regulate the turnover of organic material in the deep is therefore difficult.
In recent years, however, researchers from the Danish Center for Hadal ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 22, 2021 
More than half of Antarctica's native species will likely disappear by the end of the century if global warming continues at its current pace, according to new research published Thursday.
A study in the journal PLOS Biology found that 65% of Antarctica's plant and animal species, including penguins, will likely disappear by the end of the century if the world does not do something to d ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 
New Zealand's government on Wednesday outlined changes to controversial plans to tax the farts and burps of livestock, but a leading farmers group said it was still opposed to the emissions reduction scheme.
New Zealand is planning a "world first" levy on emissions of methane and nitrous oxide, produced by the nation's six million cows and 26 million sheep as a step towards tackling climate ... more |
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 Kuala Krai, Malaysia (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 
At least five people were killed and more than 70,000 rushed to evacuation centres in Malaysia after monsoon-triggered floods inundated the country's north, authorities said Wednesday.
More than 31,000 people have fled their homes in Kelantan state while more than 39,000 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters in neighbouring Terengganu after flooding began over the weekend, the ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) Dec 23, 2022 
An Ivory Coast delegation arrived in Mali on Thursday for talks on a five-month-old row sparked by the detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers, Malian officials said.
The West African bloc ECOWAS has given Mali until year's end to release the troops, whom the ruling junta has branded "mercenaries".
The dispute erupted on July 10, when 49 Ivorian soldiers were arrested upon arrival at Mali's air ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 21, 2021  Archeologists have discovered 168 new geoglyphs in the area around Nazca, Peru. The discovery adds significantly to the UNESCO world heritage site's 190 previously discovered markings.
The geoglyphs portray humans, birds, cats, snakes, alpacas and whales, and are believed to have been created between 100 B.C. and 300 A.D. The images average between 6 and 19 feet in length, while previou ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 
University biology textbooks in the United States have less content about climate change than they did a decade ago, according to research published on Wednesday.
The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, also found that climate change has been consistently pushed further towards the back of textbooks over the last five decades.
The authors of the study argued that understanding cli ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 
A new study involving UCL has uncovered how magnetic waves are transmitted past a standing shock wave, known as the bow shock, that forms ahead of Earth as a result of the solar wind hitting our magnetic bubble (magnetosphere).
Shock waves occur in air when a plane travels faster than the speed of sound and also occur in plasma (a fourth state of matter that makes up 99% of the visible Uni ... more |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 
An international team of researchers has uncovered an extremely rare piece of evidence that dinosaurs ate mammals. The foot of a small mammal about the size of a mouse was found preserved inside the gut contents of a Microraptor zhaoianus, a small feathered dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. There is a lone ear ... more |
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 19, 2022  Before a historic agreement to protect biodiversity was sealed at the COP15 summit in Montreal on Monday, the United Nations identified 10 flagship projects that have already been helping to restore nature across the world.
Together, the initiatives aim to restore more than 68 million hectares - an area bigger than France - and create nearly 15 million jobs, according to the UN.
Here ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 20, 2022 
To meet the growing energy needs of the internet of things (IoT) and wireless communication systems, University of Central Florida researchers have developed a technology for converting radio frequency signals into direct current electricity.
The technology can reduce the electronic industry's reliance on batteries and broaden the expansion of the internet of things and its energy needs. ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 22, 2022 
South Africa plans to carry out lie detector tests on staff working at its game reserves in a bid to fight rampant wildlife poaching, a national parks management agency said Thursday.
Poachers, sometimes operating in cahoots with crooked park employees, have decimated the country's population of endangered rhinos in recent years.
To tackle the problem, South African National Parks autho ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2022 
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Tuesday urged the release of citizens held in China, as she prepared to embark on a landmark visit to Beijing.
Wong is set to be the first top Australian diplomat to visit China in four years, a trip aimed at thawing troubled relations.
She will depart Australia on Tuesday for a meeting with Chinese state councilor and minister of foreign affairs ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 
German activists chopped the top off a Christmas tree next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Wednesday, their latest protest pushing for greater action to combat the climate crisis.
Two women from campaign group "Last Generation" used a mechanical platform to ascend to the top of the 15-metre (49-foot) tree and sawed off a two-metre section.
A banner attached to the platform read: "T ... more |
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