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Small Satellite Contracted to Probe Climate Effects of Space RadiationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 The University of Alberta has contracted SFL Missions Inc. to develop the RADICALS small satellite, a mission designed to study how energetic particles from space interact with Earth's atmosphere an ... more 
Fengyun satellite strengthens China global weather forecasting capacityTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 China successfully launched the Fengyun 3H meteorological satellite early Saturday to enhance forecasting, climate monitoring, and atmospheric research. A Long March 4C rocket lifted off at 3:28 am ... more  
India plans mega-dam to counter China water fearsRiew, India (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam - India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. ... more  
Santorini and Kolumbo Magma Link Raises Concerns for east Mediterranean EruptionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Santorini's volcanic system, long known for the catastrophic Minoan eruption around 1600 BCE, may be more dangerous than previously understood. A new study in Nature shows that the island's volcano ... more |
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NATO drone competition highlightes use of autonomous technology in disaster reliefHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 This summer, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, hosted the SAPIENCE Drone Competition, an international Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) event s ... more  
Wildfire-induced thunderstorms recreated in Earth system models for first timeReno NV (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 On September 5, 2020, California's Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing it's own weather system. The fire's extreme heat produced an explosive thunderhead that spewed lightning strikes ... more  
Moldova backs EU in elections marred by Russian interferenceWashington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2025 Moldova's pro-Europe party of President Maia Sandu has claimed victory in Parliamentary elections that are being framed as a repudiation of Russia and its alleged actions to undermine the small nation's democracy. ... more  
Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial LifeMelbourne FL (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Florida Tech astrophysicist Howard Chen is offering new insights to help aid NASA's search for life beyond Earth. His latest theoretical work investigates the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, one of the ... more |
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Ancient hot springs reveal how microbes thrived before Earth gained oxygenTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Earth was once an anoxic planet where oxygen was toxic to life, and researchers are turning to Japan's rare iron-rich hot springs to better understand how early microbes survived. A study led by Fat ... more |
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Framework proposed to study planetary scale impact of lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 An international team led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has introduced a new concept called Earth system engineering to better understand how organisms, including humans, have reshaped plane ... more 
Ancient iron spheres reveal ocean carbon shortage in early EarthBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Earth scientists at ETH Zurich have identified a natural archive of primordial ocean chemistry: tiny egg-shaped iron oxide stones known as ooids. These mineral grains, formed like rolling snowballs ... more  
Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survivalTilouguit, Morocco (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now jeopardised by rural flight. ... more 
China to donate over $400,000 in police gear to Vanuatu: ministerSydney (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Vanuatu's interior minister has said China will donate hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of police equipment to the Pacific island nation, local media reported Tuesday, as Beijing deepens its influence in the region. ... more |
China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence dealSydney (AFP) Sept 19, 2025 China cautioned Papua New Guinea against "undermining" its interests and sovereignty in signing a mutual defence pact with Australia widely seen as a counter to Beijing's growing influence in the Pacific. ... more  |
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Con job? Climate change is my job, says island nation leaderNew York (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 US President Donald Trump may dismiss climate change as a "con job" - but for the leader of tiny St. Kitts and Nevis, its toll is unmistakable: land swallowed, homes battered, and livelihoods threatened. ... more 
Nickel mining threatens Indonesia coral haven, NGOs warnJakarta (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Nickel mining threatens one of the world's most important marine biodiversity and coral hotspots in Indonesia, despite the government revoking several permits, a report warned Thursday. ... more  
Dozens more Zambian farmers sue over toxic mining spillLusaka (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 More Zambian farmers have filed a fresh lawsuit against a Chinese mining company over a toxic waste spill, following a similar case earlier this month, court documents seen by AFP Thursday showed. ... more  
Is the EU on the retreat on climate?Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 EU chief Ursula von der Leyen tried to reassure the United Nations Wednesday that Europe "will stay the course" on its climate ambition. ... more |
Low bar, high hopes: China unveils new climate goalsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 China has announced a new climate action plan at a UN meeting - its first pledge to include absolute targets for cutting planet-warming gases - setting a goal of reducing emissions by 7-10 percent by 2035. ... more 
Salvadoran court clears anti-mining activists of civil war murderSan Salvador Sept 24, 2025 A court in El Salvador on Wednesday acquitted eight former guerrillas, including five anti-mining campaigners, of a civil war-era murder in a trial criticized by NGOs as politicized. ... more 
Hong Kong's coastal businesses pick up pieces after typhoonHong Kong (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 As the storm warning for Super Typhoon Ragasa passed, Mark Cholewka returned to his stylish Hong Kong restaurant to be met by overturned tables and the pungent smell of seawater. ... more 
Planetary health check warns risk of 'destabilising' Earth systemsParis (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Humans are gambling the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean acidity was yet another key planetary threshold to be breached. ... more |
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South China cleans up after powerful Typhoon RagasaYangjiang, China (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were clearing up Thursday after powerful Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences and blasting signs off buildings. ... more 
Lithuania appoints pro-Ukraine governmentVilnius (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Lithuania's new social-democrat-led government was appointed on Thursday and has pledged to keep investing massively in defence and supporting Ukraine, as well as seek to normalise relations with China. ... more  
85 hidden lakes discovered beneath Antarctic ice sheetParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Thanks to more than a decade of satellite measurements, scientists have uncovered 85 previously unknown subglacial lakes deep below Antarctica, dramatically expanding knowledge of the continent's hi ... more
Moldova election may shift ties toward EU or Russia, prompting bomb threatsWashington DC (UPI) Sep 28, 2025 Voters in Moldova headed to the polls Sunday in a key parliamentary election that could tip the Balkan nation closer to European Union accession or give Russia a major political foothold in Europe, as police responded to reports of bomb threats over the election. ... more |
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Trump sued over plans to deploy National Guard to PortlandWashington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2025 The state of Oregon and the city of Portland are suing the Trump administration to stop its deployment of National Guard troops to the City of Roses. ... more |
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Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles firesAltadena, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 The fires that tore through Los Angeles nine months ago didn't destroy Karen Girard's home. But the smoke left her walls, floors and furniture infused with a toxic cocktail. ... more 
'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UNUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever." ... more 
Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 yearsIstanbul (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Turkey is experiencing its worst drought in over half a century, with rainfall dropping by 27 percent compared to the last three decades and even more in some regions, according to data published this week. ... more 
Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: studyParis (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Hotspots of water scarcity could emerge by the 2020s and 2030s across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and North America, as climate change intensifies droughts, a new study said Tuesday. ... more |
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