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September 03, 2025
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No-sort plastic recycling is near



Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 02, 2025
The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can drastically reduce - or perhaps even fully bypass - the laborious chore of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste. The process harnesses a new, inexpensive nickel-based catalyst that selectively breaks down polyolefin plastics consisting of polyethylenes and polypropylenes - the single-use kind that dom ... read more

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SHAKE AND BLOW
Hope dwindles for survivors days after deadly Afghan quake
Jalalabad, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
Hope faded Wednesday of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by the weekend's powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as emergency services struggled to reach remote villages. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
'Mockery of science': US experts blast Trump climate report
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
US experts on Tuesday denounced a Trump administration climate report for reviving the tobacco-industry's tactics to sow doubt around scientific consensus. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Tech from NASA's hurricane-hunting TROPICS rides commercial satellites
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
NASA science and American industry have worked hand-in-hand for more than 60 years, transforming novel technologies created with NASA research into commercial products like cochlear implants, memory ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing hundreds
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Sudanese authorities, the United Nations and aid groups scrambled Tuesday to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan's Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing hundreds of people. ... more
WEATHER REPORT
China endured its hottest summer on record in 2025
Beijing (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
China experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, the meteorological authority said, as heatwaves continued to scorch the country's south. ... more
FARM NEWS
Frost, hail, heat sour season for Turkey's lemon growers
Turkey (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
"At first, there was the frost and we lost a lot of blossoms. Then we had a very severe hailstorm when the fruits were small," grimaces Turkish citrus farmer Aleaddin Cogal. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
First data released from Beyond Gravity instrument on new weather sat
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
First measurements from Beyond Gravity's advanced radio occultation instrument aboard Europe's latest polar-orbiting weather satellite are already showing the potential to improve future forecasting ... more
WATER WORLD
Scientists tune in to the surf's hidden signals
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Along the coast, waves break with a familiar sound. The gentle swash of the surf on the seashore can lull us to sleep, while the pounding of storm surge warns us to seek shelter. Yet these are ... more

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FLORA AND FAUNA
'Roasted alive': Greek wildlife suffers as climate changes
Athens (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
A badly burned tortoise that survived a Greek wildfire wriggles in an Athens animal clinic despite lots of painkillers, one of the latest victims of climate change that is playing havoc with the country's wildlife. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
Trump says 11 dead in US strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
President Donald Trump said that US forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the United States Tuesday, killing 11 "narcoterrorists" from a gang he alleged was controlled by leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Kids age five to take gun safety class in US state of Tennessee
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Kids as young as five will be taking a gun safety class this year in Republican-run Tennessee, the first US state to pass such a law. ... more
FIRE STORM
Fires force evacuations in Canada's far north
Montreal (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
More than 1,000 residents of Canada's vast and remote far north are under evacuation orders as forest fires rage in the drought-struck region. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Rights group says 20 missing after deadly Indonesia protests
Jakarta (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
At least 20 people are missing after violent protests, sparked by lavish perks for Indonesian lawmakers that have widened to include anger against police, a rights group said on Tuesday. ... more
ICE WORLD
Once king of the seas, a giant iceberg is finally breaking up
Paris (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks. ... more
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DEMOCRACY
Trump vows to send troops to Chicago 'hellhole' but doesn't say when
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 2, 2025
Federal troops are bound to enter Chicago to thwart an epidemic of violence in the Windy City, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. ... more
ICE WORLD
Glaciers in Tajikistan show signs of irreversible decline as snowfall drops
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Too little snowfall is now destabilizing some of the world's most resilient glaciers, according to new research led by the Pellicciotti group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA ... more
ICE WORLD
Algal blooms shaped global carbon cycle during Antarctic Cold Reversal
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
At the close of the last ice age, massive algal blooms in the Southern Ocean helped slow the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide, according to new research from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). Th ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Ocean heat surge weakens global carbon absorption
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Researchers from ETH Zurich and an international team report that record-breaking ocean temperatures in 2023 reduced the planet's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide. The oceans usually take up about ... more
FARM NEWS
USDA backs FAU led FogAg platform to advance precision farming
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
Arslan Munir, Ph.D., an associate professor in FAU's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has secured an $827,533 award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natio ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Cornell research tests solar panel crop growth in New York
Ithica NY (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A series of studies by Cornell researchers is testing how crops might grow when planted between rows of solar panels on a solar farm in New York state. By acquiring real data, researchers may ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Redwire receives $2M NASA contract to advance biotech and orbital research on ISS
Los 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
AFRICA NEWS
Landslide flattens Sudan village, kills more than 1,000: armed group
Khartoum (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
SHAKE AND BLOW
Scramble for survivors as Afghan earthquake death toll passes 1,400
Jalalabad, 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
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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
WATER WORLD
Cooling La Nina may return in coming months: UN
Geneva (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
SHAKE AND BLOW
Villages marooned after deadly floods in India's Punjab
Amritsar, 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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FROTH AND BUBBLE
South Australia bans plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers
Sydney (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
DEMOCRACY
Guinea lifts some media restrictions ahead of referendum
Conakry (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
WEATHER REPORT
UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record
London (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
FIRE STORM
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
DEMOCRACY
Indonesia capital on edge as army appears after deadly protests
Jakarta (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
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