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NASA Scientists Map Plant Productivity with Data from Ocean SatelliteWashington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2025 NASA scientists have developed a new set of tools to monitor plant growth under various conditions throughout the growing season. The hope is that land managers could use these tools to detect sudde ... more  
Redwire receives $2M NASA contract to advance biotech and orbital research on ISSLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has been awarded a NASA single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to $25 million over five years to provide biotechnology faci ... more 
Scientists track lightning "pollution" in real time using NASA satelliteCollege Park MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2025 Picture this: You're stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you pr ... more  
Landslide flattens Sudan village, kills more than 1,000: armed groupKhartoum (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people. ... more |
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Scramble for survivors as Afghan earthquake death toll passes 1,400Jalalabad, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 A powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend killed more 1,400 and injured 3,000 others, the Taliban government said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest to hit the country in decades. ... more  
UN says Afghan quake could impact 'hundreds of thousands'Geneva (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 The UN on Tuesday said the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that has killed more than 900 people could impact "hundreds of thousands", and warned of an "exponential" rise in casualties. ... more  
Cooling La Nina may return in coming months: UNGeneva (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 The cooling La Nina weather phenomenon may return between September and November, but even if it does, temperatures are nonetheless expected to be above average, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more 
Villages marooned after deadly floods in India's PunjabAmritsar, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 A thousand villages in India's Punjab state are marooned by deadly floods, with thousands forced to seek shelter in relief camps, government authorities say. ... more |
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South Australia bans plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containersSydney (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 An Australian state has banned plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers, reeling in a sushi lovers' favourite that is washing up in drains and beaches. ... more |
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Guinea lifts some media restrictions ahead of referendumConakry (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 Selected Guinea media outlets can give voice to banned parties ahead of a September referendum, the president of the country's media regulator said, reversing an earlier decision to prohibit such coverage. ... more  
UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on recordLondon (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 The UK, Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since each country began keeping records, their weather agencies said Monday. ... more  
Spain PM says planning for deadly wildfires 'clearly insufficient'Madrid (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said Spain's preparation for this summer's deadly wildfires, which burned a record amount of territory, was "clearly insufficient". ... more 
Indonesia capital on edge as army appears after deadly protestsJakarta (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 As soldiers crisscrossed the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday in a highly unusual scene ahead of more protests over lavish perks for lawmakers, many residents were staying clear. ... more |
 
In oil-rich Oman, efforts to preserve frankincense 'white gold'Dawkah, Oman (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 The arid Dawkah valley is home to one of Oman's most prized resources: not oil or gas but frankincense trees, their fragrant sap harvested for millennia by residents who call it "white gold". ... more  |
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Indonesian islanders taking Swiss concrete giant to court over climateGeneva (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 Residents of the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, threatened with disappearance by rising sea levels driven by climate change, have come to Switzerland to demand compensation from cement giant Holcim. ... more 
New wave: Sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles portSan Pedro, United States (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity. ... more 
US environmental agency fires five 'whistleblowers': non-profitWashington (AFP) Aug 30, 2025 A science advocacy group on Friday lambasted the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for firing five "whistleblowers" who signed a public letter critical of the Trump administration. ... more  
Electric cars are more eco-friendly even in US, study findsParis (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Electric vehicles are less harmful to the environment than their petrol-guzzling counterparts even in the United States, where electric generation is carbon intensive, a study said Monday. ... 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 
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  
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 
Paleontologists discover dinosaur-era crocodile in PatagoniaWashington DC (UPI) Aug 29, 2025 An interdisciplinary team of specialists from Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council, or CONICET, discovered most of the skeleton - including the skull and jaws - of a large hypercarnivorous crocodile that lived in southern Argentina about 70 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. ... more |
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Japan loosens gun rules as bear attacks riseTokyo (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 Japan on Monday eased gun rules making it easier for hunters to use rifles in built-up areas following a rise in attacks by bears. ... more
Japan, South Korea had hottest summer on record in 2025Tokyo (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since records began, their weather agencies said Monday. ... more 
Two dead as strong earthquake jolts AfghanistanKabul (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 Two children died when a building collapsed in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday, provincial officials and US seismologists said. ... more 
Floods leave women struggling in Pakistan's relief campsChung, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 In a former classroom, now a makeshift relief camp, pregnant women take refuge from the floods that have ravaged eastern Pakistan, their bodies aching, eyes heavy with exhaustion and silent despair. ... more |
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Ancient tombs unearthed in Iraq due to droughtKhanke, Iraq (AFP) Aug 30, 2025 Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country's largest reservoir declined, an antiquities official said Saturday. ... more |
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Floods, landslides kill at least 11 in India's Jammu regionSrinagar, India (AFP) Aug 30, 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by record-breaking rain killed at least 11 people, including four children, in India's Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday. ... more 
Bison herds 'reawaken' Yellowstone's prairiesWashington (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 There are few symbols of the American West more iconic than the bison - shaggy giants that once roamed in the tens of millions before being nearly annihilated by European settlers. ... more
Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for rights; Farmers and NGOs unite to save last forests of the ComorosNarok, Kenya (AFP) Aug 29, 2025 Fred Ngusilo stooped to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau Forest floor, painful reminders that his hunter-gatherer community once flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed. ... more 
'Cocktail' of bacteria, fungi makes the perfect chocolate, study findsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2025 An international team of scientists conducted a study to understand how microbial communities involved in cacao bean fermentation shape the flavor of chocolate. ... more |
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