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First atmospheric data collected by Japans new GOSAT GW satelliteTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), together with the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOE) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has confirmed successful init ... more  
Real time navigation breakthrough with new algorithm OiSAM FGOTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 In the race to improve autonomous systems, researchers in China have unveiled a new algorithm that accelerates navigation while maintaining precision. Called Optimized iSAM-Factor Graph Optimization ... more  
FEMA employees bash Trump admin on Hurricane Katrina anniversaryWashington (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Over 180 current and former employees of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) expressed outrage on Monday at Trump administration policies, in an open letter marking the twentieth a ... more  
Typhoon Kajiki lashes Vietnam, killing one as thousands evacuateVinh, Vietnam (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Vietnam's central belt was lashed by Typhoon Kajiki on Monday, with at least one person killed by deluges and gales howling more than 130 kilometres per hour, as tens of thousands of residents w ... more |
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Record drought in Europe, Mediterranean in early August: monitorParis (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean basin was affected by drought in the first ten days of August, according to an AFP analysis on Monday of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data. ... more  
Portugal counts the cost of its biggest ever forest fire, Spain hopeful of dousing remaining wildfiresLisbon (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Nearly 1,000 firefighters remained mobilised Monday in central Portugal to prevent flare-ups of what authorities said was the biggest forest fire the country has seen - ravaging an area more th ... more  
'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plasticNairobi (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a sh ... more  
Egyptian farmers behind world's perfumes face climate fight aloneShubra Balula, Egypt (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 For years, Egyptian jasmine picker Wael al-Sayed has collected blossoms by night in the Nile Delta, supplying top global perfume houses. But in recent summers, his basket has felt lighter and th ... more |
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Trump clashes with Democrats as he expands National Guard plansWashington (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Donald Trump threatened to deploy National Guard troops Sunday to yet another Democratic stronghold, the Maryland city of Baltimore, as the US president seeks to expand his crackdown on crime an ... more |
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Spain heatwave was 'most intense on record' as Fires ravage an ageing rural SpainMadrid (AFP) Aug 24, 2025 A 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was "the most intense on record", the national meteorological agency said on Sunday. With forest fires still burning across northern and western S ... more  
Bird call contest boosts conservation awareness in Hong Kong's concrete jungleHong Kong (AFP) Aug 24, 2025 The chirping of birds echoed through a packed lecture hall in Hong Kong, though there wasn't a feather in sight. Residents, some pressing the sides of their throats or contorting their bodie ... more 
Hong Kong rejects renewal of Bloomberg reporter's visaHong Kong (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 A journalist who works for Bloomberg News in Hong Kong said Saturday she has to leave the city after a foreign journalists' club revealed that authorities had denied renewal of her working visa. ... more  
Firefighting games spark at Gamescom 2025Cologne, Germany (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 In a video gaming landscape often dominated by fantasy duels and kinetic gunfights, one different genre is standing out in the Gamescom trade fair in Germany: firefighting. Both "Firefightin ... more |
 
AI helps UK woman rediscover lost voice after 25 yearsLondon (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 A British woman suffering from motor neurone disease who lost her ability to speak is once again talking in her own voice thanks to artificial intelligence and a barely audible eight-second clip ... more  |
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Football and falls as first humanoid robot games launch in ChinaBeijing (AFP) Aug 15, 2025 /> The first World Humanoid Robot Games began on Friday in Beijing with over 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they compete in events from the 100-metre h ... more 
CO2 increase to reshape geomagnetic storm impacts on satellitesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Rising carbon dioxide levels in Earths upper atmosphere will alter how geomagnetic storms influence satellite operations, according to new research from the U.S. National Science Foundation National ... more 
Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel 2 Expands Global Earth Monitoring CapabilitiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 A collaboration between NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the European Space Agency (ESA) has transformed land monitoring by integrating Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite data into a unifi ... more 
ESA climate records support new global change assessmentParis, France (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 According to the latest State of the Climate report, 2024 marked record highs for greenhouse gas concentrations, global land and ocean temperatures, sea levels and ocean heat content. The report als ... more |
 
Hidden order uncovered in geological epochs across Earth's deep historyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that geological epochs and periods, while seemingly random, actually follow a hidden hierarchical structure. The wo ... more  
Destructive cosmic airbursts likely more common than previously believedSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2025 Touchdown airburstseart - a type of cosmic impact that may be more common than the crater-forming, dinosaur-killing kindeart - remain somewhat less understood. UC Santa Barbara Earth Science Emeritu ... more 
Global food system reforms urged to reverse land degradation and climate threatsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 In a new paper in Nature, 21 scientists outline strategies to transform global food systems as a top priority to curb land degradation, mitigate climate change, and protect biodiversity. Their model ... more  
Bumpy skies: How climate change increases air turbulenceWashington (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 The seatbelt sign pings on, trays rattle, drinks slosh in their glasses. For many flyers, air turbulence can be an unnerving experience - and in a world warming under the effects of climat ... more |
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Rising Himalayan river flows present mixed blessings for regional communitiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Rapid glacier melt is driving higher water volumes in at least 10% of rivers across High Mountain Asia, including the Yangtze, Amu Darya and Syr Darya, according to a new University of Massachusetts ... more  
Ancient farming reveals deep roots of the AnthropoceneBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 An international team from Germany, the Netherlands, and China traced long term human impacts using a sediment core taken in 2005 during an expedition with the research vessel SONNE off East Java, I ... more 
Documents show New Zealand unease over Chinese warships in South PacificSydney (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 China set off alarm bells in New Zealand when it dispatched powerful warships on unprecedented missions in the South Pacific without explanation, according to military documents obtained by AFP. ... more 
Cold climate origins of primates challenge long held tropical forest theoryLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 16, 2025 Primates may have first emerged in chilly, seasonal environments around 66 million years ago rather than in warm tropical forests, according to new research from the University of Reading. Usi ... more |
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Cornell researchers explore alternatives to harmful insecticideIthaca NY (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Cornell University research offers a number of alternatives to neonicotinoids (neonics) that might work for farmers who grow large-seeded vegetable crops such as snap bean, dry bean and sweet corn. ... more |
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Earthquake alert system shows strong promise across AlaskaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 16, 2025 For many earthquake scenarios in Alaska, an early warning system could deliver at least 10 seconds of advance notice before hazardous shaking begins, according to researchers at the University of Al ... more  
Falling ice accelerates glacier retreat in GreenlandBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 Iceberg calving, where massive ice blocks detach from glacier fronts and plunge into the ocean, is a major factor in Greenland's rapid ice loss. An international team led by the University of Zurich ... more 
New Ethiopian fossil find reveals unknown Australopithecus species alongside early HomoLas Vegas NV (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 The discovery of a previously unknown Australopithecus species, found alongside the earliest known Homo fossils, is reshaping understanding of human evolution, according to new UNLV-led research in ... more 
Plant life role in shaping river patterns reconsidered by Stanford researchStanford CA (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 A Stanford-led study overturns a long-held belief that vegetation was solely responsible for transforming ancient braided rivers into meandering forms. Geologists had assumed land plants stabilized ... more |
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