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  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 18, 2023 EPFL engineers in Sion, Switzerland have demonstrated the potential for achieving net-zero and net-negative emissions in essential industrial sectors through the integration of carbon capture and mineralization directly in the industries themselves. The research focuses on the strategic sectors of cement production, steel manufacture, and waste incineration. It offers a cost-effective and energy-efficient approach to mitigate CO2emissions, thereby contributing significantly to reaching global climate ta ... read more |
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Report: Robots with artificial intelligence might offer real human companionshipWashington DC (UPI) Jul 12, 2023 Companion robots paired with artificial intelligence could one day help alleviate loneliness among isolated people, according to new research published Wednesday. ... more  
Iraq patriarch leaves Baghdad as tensions with president soarBaghdad (AFP) July 15, 2023 A prominent Iraqi Christian leader announced Saturday he would leave Baghdad for the autonomous Kurdistan region, denouncing the president's role in a "disgusting" campaign against him. ... more  
Uniting Europe: DLR Spearheads Responsive Satellite Deployment NetworkBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 The rapidly expanding realm of information technology is ever-dependent on unobstructed access to space-based data and communication networks, bringing the need for technical mechanisms that can saf ... more  
Climate and land use shifts alter Africa's Sudano-Sahelian dryland regionsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 A comprehensive understanding of the long-term vegetation dynamics and their potential influences in the Sudano-Sahelian region of Africa is pivotal in progressing sustainable management of these de ... more |
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How do microbes spread globallyMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 The study "Understanding atmospheric intercontinental dispersal of harmful microorganisms"* compiles the scope of the problem of the global dispersal of harmful microorganisms through the upper laye ... more |
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Termites as cause of fairy circles in Namib Desert confirmedHamburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 For more than ten years, researchers have been discussing how the numerous circular bare patches in the middle of the African grasslands - the so-called fairy circles - can arise. In their current s ... more 
Dingo cull rejected after attacks at Australian islandSydney (AFP) July 19, 2023 Authorities at an Australian World Heritage-listed island on Wednesday rejected calls for a mass cull of local dingoes, following a spate of attacks that have spooked visiting tourists. ... more 
Rare Somali wild ass born in Chile zooBuin, Chile (AFP) July 18, 2023 A rare Somali wild ass has been born in a zoo in Chile, the fourth specimen of the critically endangered species to be born in the South American country, the zoo owner said. ... more  
Private firms scour booming Nevada desert for water profitsLemmon Valley, United States (AFP) July 19, 2023 Beneath a bone-dry Nevada lakebed, close to the dusty desert where the Burning Man festival is held each year, an ambitious water project is reshaping this pocket of the US West. ... more |
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  Iraq honey production at the mercy of heat and drought  
Kerry says climate change requires 'new definition' of China-US cooperationBeijing (AFP) July 18, 2023 Global warming poses a threat to all humankind and requires a new kind of cooperation between China and the United States, US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese officials on Tuesday. ... more |
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New strategy to keep pace with our changing worldParis (ESA) Jul 19, 2023 Fuelled largely by climate change, our planet is being subjected to environmental changes that are having an unprecedented global impact on humans, animals and plants. Shockingly, in certain locatio ... more  
Life on Earth didn't arise as described in textbooksCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 No, oxygen didn't catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth's first multicellular organisms. The result defies a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic fauna hundreds of milli ... more  
SKorea vows 'complete overhaul' of disaster mgt; Rescuers recover last body from tunnelSeoul (AFP) July 18, 2023 Rescue workers recovered the last body and ended search operations at a flooded underpass in South Korea where more than a dozen people died in an incident that is now the subject of multiple official probes. ... more 
Weakened Typhoon Talim hits Vietnam after passing through ChinaHanoi (AFP) July 18, 2023 Typhoon Talim reached Vietnam Tuesday after passing through China less forcefully than feared, with no deaths reported in either country despite nearly 260,000 people relocating before the storm hit. ... more |
  Extreme heat sparks wildfires, health warnings 
Firefighters battle to control Swiss fires; Athen's forces evacuations; Sniffing out forest fires in GermanyGeneva (AFP) July 18, 2023 A hundred firefighters were battling to control a forest blaze in the Swiss Alps on Tuesday, though some villagers were allowed to return having been evacuated the night before. ... more |
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'Forgotten' Buenaventura on edge as Colombian peace efforts drag onBuenaventura, Colombia (AFP) July 18, 2023 Young members of the Shottas gang, responsible for dozens of deaths in Colombia's impoverished port city of Buenaventura, are at work rebuilding a football pitch during a lull in fighting with their archrivals. ... more  
Millions hit by extreme heat on three continentsAthens (AFP) July 19, 2023 A sustained spell of dangerous heat was impacting the lives of millions of people across three continents on Wednesday as fires raged and health worries mounted. ... more 
11 killed by wall collapse in Pakistan monsoon rainsIslamabad (AFP) July 19, 2023 At least 11 labourers were killed and five others injured on Wednesday when a wall collapsed during heavy monsoon rains on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital. ... more 
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 |
COP28 host UAE and India vow 'successful' climate summitDubai (AFP) July 15, 2023 The United Arab Emirates and India vowed on Saturday to make this year's COP28 conference in Dubai a success, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to the Gulf state. ... more 
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 
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  
Scientists discover 36-million-year geological cycle that drives biodiversitySydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 12, 2023 Movement in the Earth's tectonic plates indirectly triggers bursts of biodiversity in 36-million-year cycles by forcing sea levels to rise and fall, new researc ... more |
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Sri Lankan leader seeks to disarm India's China fearsColombo (AFP) July 18, 2023 Sri Lanka's president arrives in India on Thursday for his first visit to the regional powerhouse, with concerns mounting in New Delhi over China's increasing influence in the strategically placed but financially bankrupt island. ... 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 
Beijing appoints Hong Kong national security commissionerHong Kong (AFP) July 18, 2023 Beijing on Tuesday appointed a commissioner to oversee its national security apparatus in Hong Kong, which was first set up three years ago under a sweeping law designed to quell dissent. ... more 
Remote plant worldsGottingen, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2023 Oceanic islands provide useful models for ecology, biogeography and evolutionary research. Many ground-breaking findings - including Darwin's theory of evolution - have emerged from the study of spe ... more |
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S. Korea president vows 'complete overhaul' of approach to extreme weather Seoul (AFP) July 17, 2023 South Korea's president vowed Monday to "completely overhaul" the country's approach to extreme weather from climate change, after at least 40 people were killed by recent flooding and landslides during monsoon rains. ... more 
New Zealand calls on China to curb tensions in 'contested' PacificWellington (AFP) July 17, 2023 New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins urged China on Monday to help curb tensions in a "more contested, less predictable" Pacific, and to preserve access to critical trade routes. ... more 
London's new 'super sewer' to end Thames pollution blightLondon (AFP) July 16, 2023 The door of the steel box lift clanks shut and a crane slowly lowers construction workers building London's "super sewer" 40 metres (130 feet) to the bottom of an enormous vertical shaft. ... more 
Solomons PM attacks 'unneighbourly' China questionsHoniara (AFP) July 17, 2023 Solomon Islands' leader Manasseh Sogavare on Monday attacked foreign questions about a new police deal with China as "unneighbourly" interference. ... more |
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US climate envoy Kerry holds talks in ChinaBeijing (AFP) July 17, 2023 US climate envoy John Kerry held four hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing Monday, reviving stalled diplomacy on reducing planet-warming emissions. ... more  
Marine animal poisonings overwhelm California volunteersGaviota, United States (AFP) July 17, 2023 Denise Christ regularly comes across injured wildlife in her work rescuing beached or stranded marine mammals along the California coast. ... 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
Thousands evacuated as typhoon nears southern China, VietnamBeijing (AFP) July 17, 2023 Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated in southern China and Vietnam on Monday, and dozens of flights cancelled as a typhoon barrelled towards land. ... more |
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