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  New Delhi (AFP) July 14, 2023 The river running through India's capital New Delhi has reached a record high due to monsoon floods, authorities said Friday as army engineers were deployed to try to contain the waters. The Yamuna river was flowing in an "#EXTREME FLOOD SITUATION", India's central water commission tweeted, having reached a record width of 208.66 metres late on Thursday. The figure surpassed the previous mark of 207.49 metres, reached in 1978, and the flows threatened low-lying neighbourhoods in the megacity of ... read more |
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MSU studies nutrients that may have fertilized ancient photosynthesis in Earth's oceansEast Lansing MI (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and, during that time, it has seen some things. Life has been a part of most of that history, but what life has looked like has changed dramatically over the eons ... more  
Satellite info available for cities to tap intoBeijing (XNA) Jul 14, 2023 As many metropolises in China such as Beijing and Shanghai have relied heavily on satellite data and images in the planning, construction and management of their cities, an increasing number of smal ... more 
Spire using ever more satellite data to enhance global weather forecastsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 The upcoming Electron mission of Rocket Lab, dubbed 'Baby Come Back', will be carrying two 3U satellites from Spire Global to space. These satellites are armed with the latest Global Navigation Sate ... more  
How Tau tangles form in the brainBoston MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, are characterized by tangled proteins called Tau fibrils. In a new study, MIT chemists have gained insight into how these fibrils form, and id ... more |
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  Remote plant worlds 
How larger body sizes helped the colonizers of New ZealandColumbus OH (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 For the first time, researchers have developed a model to estimate how much energy the original colonizers of New Zealand expended to maintain their body temperatures on the cold, harrowing ocean jo ... more |
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Ocean animals vacate areas both around and outside deep-sea mining operationsWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 In 2020, Japan performed the first successful test extracting cobalt crusts from the top of deep-sea mountains to mine cobalt-a mineral used in electric vehicle batteries. Not only do directly mined ... more 
Iraqis beat summer heat by swimming in shrinking Tigris riverBaghdad (AFP) July 14, 2023 With scorching temperatures and power cuts, Wissam Abed cools off from Baghdad's brutal summer by swimming in the Tigris river, but as Iraqi rivers dry up, so does the age-old pastime. ... more  
Why trees outcompete shrubs to shift upward?Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 The findings from this study, led by Professor Eryuan Liang (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences), were published as a research article in the journal National Science ... more  
Acropolis closes at hottest hours amid Greece heatwaveAthens (AFP) July 14, 2023 The Athens Acropolis, Greece's top tourist attraction, closed during the hottest hours on Friday and may well close again Saturday as the country wilts under a heatwave. ... more |
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 Southern Mexico hit by quake, no injuries 
Southwest US roasts in devastating heat waveLos Angeles (AFP) July 14, 2023 Tens of millions of Americans were facing dangerously high temperatures Friday as a powerful heat wave stretched from California to Texas, with its peak expected this weekend. ... more |
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19-year-old woman firefighter killed in Canada wildfire seasonOttawa (AFP) July 14, 2023 A 19-year-old firefighter in western Canada died after she became trapped under a fallen tree while battling one of the wildfires that have ravaged the country for weeks, authorities said Friday. ... more 
Record-breaking heat bakes US, Europe, ChinaWashington (AFP) July 14, 2023 Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate. ... more 
NASA-ISRO earth observing satellite coming together in IndiaPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2023 Built on opposite sides of the planet, the NISAR satellite will deepen understanding of climate change, deforestation, glacier melt, volcanoes, earthquakes, and more. Two major components of t ... more 
HawkEye 360 raises $58M for satellite architecture and data science accelerationHerndon VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 HawkEye 360 has secured $58 million in a new round of funding. This financial backing, designated as the Series D-1 funding round, is set to be channeled into the development of innovative space sys ... more |
  MIT researchers to lead a new center for continuous mRNA manufacturing 
NASA's GISTEMP Confirms June 2023 as the Record-Breaking Warmest MonthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 NASA recently disclosed that June 2023 was the most thermally elevated June recorded in history. This information has emerged from NASA's meticulous global temperature analysis, conducted via its Go ... more |
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Pervasive Heatwave Sweeps Across Europe, Record Temperatures ExpectedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 European nations are girding themselves for an extended period of scorching heat this week, with record-breaking temperatures predicted in several countries. Spain, Italy, France, Poland, and German ... more 
Solomon Islands says China police pact not a 'threat'Sydney (AFP) July 14, 2023 Solomon Islands said Friday that its policing pact with China posed no "threat" to the Pacific, rebuking Western powers who raised fears the deal could inflame regional tensions. ... more 
Panama seizes six tons of illegally traded shark finsCapira, Panama (AFP) July 14, 2023 Police in Panama seized more than six tons of shark fins bound for Asia on Thursday, arresting five people in connection to the illegal trade, authorities said. ... more 
Egypt, Ethiopia agree to reach deal on controversial dam in four monthsCairo (AFP) July 13, 2023 Egypt and Ethiopia agreed Thursday to finalise a deal over Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile within four months, a breakthrough after years of tensions between the two countries. ... more |
 
US climate envoy locks horns with Republicans ahead of China tripWashington (AFP) July 13, 2023 US climate envoy John Kerry hit back Thursday at claims that he uses a carbon-spewing private jet as he was grilled by Republican lawmakers on the State Department's environmental agenda ahead of a trip to China. ... more 
'We cannot work' - why Gulf summer feels even hotter than usualDubai (AFP) July 13, 2023 As much of the world swelters in record temperatures, spare a thought for Issam Genedi, who ekes out a living washing cars in one of the planet's hottest regions, the Gulf. ... more
Athens Acropolis to close at hottest hours amid Greece heatwaveAthens (AFP) July 14, 2023 The Athens Acropolis, Greece's top tourist attraction, will close during the hottest hours on Friday as the country wilts under a heatwave, the culture minister announced. ... more  
President calls Alabama senator's block on military promotions 'irresponsible'Washington DC (UPI) Jul 13, 2023 During a news conference in Helsinki on Thursday, President Joe Biden blasted Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., for his continued hold on hundreds of U.S. military promotions because of the Pentagon's abortion policy, calling it "bizarre" and "irresponsible." ... more |
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Race against time to find fresh water for Uruguay's capital Paso Valdez, Uruguay (AFP) July 12, 2023 Uruguay is frantically laying pipes and digging wells as it races to find fresh sources of precious H2O amid a record drought that has threatened to leave its capital without potable water. ... more 
South Korea welcomes birth of first giant panda twinsSeoul (AFP) July 12, 2023 A South Korean zoo has announced the birth of two giant panda twins - the first to be born in the country - triggering an outpouring of excitement online. ... more 
EU parliament backs biodiversity bill in close voteStrasbourg, France (AFP) July 12, 2023 The European Parliament on Wednesday narrowly backed a key biodiversity bill aimed at rewilding EU land and water habitats, overcoming a backlash by conservative lawmakers who said it would hurt farmers. ... more 
Sri Lanka uproots 'last legume' tree to build highwayColombo (AFP) July 11, 2023 Sri Lankan authorities on Tuesday cut down what had once been described as the world's only known wild specimen of a species of legume, part of ongoing construction of a four-lane expressway. ... more |
Gripes in Grimsby over Brexit fishing failureGrimsby, United Kingdom (AFP) July 12, 2023 Grimsby, perched on the southern side of the River Humber, near Kingston-upon-Hull in northern England, was built on the fishing industry. ... more 
El Nino spells trouble for vulnerable Galapagos iguanaPuerto Ayora, Ecuador (AFP) July 12, 2023 Unusually warm for this time of year, the waters of the Pacific signal hard times for the reptilian inhabitants of Ecuador's iconic Galapagos Islands. ... more  
Climate activists glue themselves to German airport runwaysFrankfurt, Germany (AFP) July 13, 2023 Climate activists blocked the runways at Hamburg and Duesseldorf airports Thursday, leading to flight delays and cancellations for thousands of holidaymakers. ... more  
Scientists find evidence of world's oldest glaciersJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jul 13, 2023 Scientists have discovered the traces of the world's oldest known glaciers, dating from 2.9 billion years ago, in rocks sitting under the world's largest gold deposits in South Africa. This suggests ... more |
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66 dead in India's monsoon mayhem; 30 dead in Ivory Coast floods; Vermont hit by catastrophic floodsNew Delhi (AFP) July 12, 2023 Days of relentless monsoon rains have killed at least 66 people in India, government officials said Wednesday, with dozens of foreign tourists stranded in the Himalayas after floods severed road connections. ... more 
California surfers terrorized by board-stealing sea otterLos Angeles (AFP) July 12, 2023 Wanted: one ornery sea otter that has been attacking California surfers and commandeering their boards. ... more 
Oceans are changing colour and climate change may be to blameParis (AFP) July 12, 2023 Over the past 20 years huge swathes of the world's oceans have changed colour, displaying a subtle greening towards the tropics that researchers say points to the effect of climate change on life in the world's seas. ... more  
Google AI health chatbot passes US medical exam: studyParis (AFP) July 12, 2023 Google's artificial intelligence-powered medical chatbot has achieved a passing grade on a tough US medical licensing exam, but it's answers still fall short of those from human doctors, a peer-reviewed study said on Wednesday. ... more |
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