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October 20, 2025
TECTONICS
A new analysis could map the ancient history of Earth's surface



New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 17, 2025
Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for scientists. During earlier and later time periods, tectonic plates kept a steady pace, climate zones were normal, and the planet's magnetic field wobbled modestly around the north and south poles (while occasionally reversing). But the physics of the Ediacaran don't seem to add up. Over several decades of study, scientists have found the Ediacaran to be enigmatic, with wild f ... read more

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Eagleview launches innovation center to expand AI-driven geospatial intelligence
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Eagleview has announced the creation of Eagleview Labs, a new innovation center focused on accelerating the commercial and government applications of geospatial intelligence. The initiative aims to ... more
EXO WORLDS
Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old "proto Earth"
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 15, 2025
Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal collision irreversibly altered the primitive pla ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
ICEYE and IHI to Develop Japan's Next Generation Earth Observation Satellite Constellation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2025
ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, has signed a procurement agreement with IHI Corporation of Japan to build a large-scale Earth observation satellite con ... more
ICE WORLD
Large fluctuations in sea level occurred throughout the last ice age
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 17, 2025
Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age, rather than just toward the end of that period, a study publishing this ... more
EXO WORLDS
Stopping slime on Earth and in space
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 16, 2025
How do you prevent biofilms - large communities of bacteria like the slime on your teeth before you brush - from growing in water systems in space and on Earth? A multi-university research tea ... more
WAR REPORT
Gaza may no longer be burning, but many other places are
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 15, 2025
For the moment, peace may be breaking out in Gaza. One must give great credit to President Donald Trump and other key world leaders for this extraordinary first step. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Toxic haze chokes Indian capital
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
India's capital New Delhi was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze on Monday as air pollution levels soared to more than 16 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Trump threatens to send military to San Francisco
Washington (AFP) Oct 19, 2025
Donald Trump threatened to send troops to San Francisco, in an interview that aired Sunday, as he looks to push the US military into more Democratic-controlled cities. ... more

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Dozens arrested in Tunisia anti-pollution protests; Suspect Albanian waste shipment sampled for analysis
Tunis (AFP) Oct 18, 2025
Police in Gabes, Tunisia have arrested dozens of people in demonstrations against a chemical factory which locals blame for pollution and a range of health issues, a local campaign group and a lawyer said Saturday. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Pope Leo visits 'school of peace' sailing the Mediterranean
Ostia, Italy (AFP) Oct 18, 2025
Arm in arm, young people of different faiths perform the dabke, an Arabic folk dance, in the Italian port of Ostia, elated by a visit from Pope Leo XIV. ... more
FARM NEWS
Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq
Basra, Iraq (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country's south hit record highs, rendering already scarce water unfit for human consumption and killing livestock. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Sweden demands China free jailed bookseller; Hong Kong play axed after complaints it 'defames' city
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Sweden's foreign minister said Friday during a trip to China that she had urged Beijing to release Chinese-Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020 on espionage charges. ... more
WATER WORLD
World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: global experts
Paris (AFP) Oct 12, 2025
The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Army colonel set to be sworn in as Madagascar president
Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Madagascar was set Friday to swear in an army colonel as president, just days after a military power grab that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing and raised international alarm about a new coup on the island. ... more
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WOOD PILE
Indonesia growth push sparks fight on deforestation, rights
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
An "eco-city", a mining complex, and a massive project to grow food and fuel are all part of an Indonesian growth drive that activists allege is causing deforestation and dispossession. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Nearly 900 mn poor people exposed to climate shocks, UN warns
United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday. ... more
FARM NEWS
Santa Cruz, Bolivia's breadbasket, hopes political change will fuel growth
Santa Cruz, Bolivia (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
In the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's breadbasket, farmers hope a change in government will bring an end to hobbling fuel shortages, allowing their sector to become the savior of a struggling economy. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
'Good riddance': Fed clash over scrapping climate risk guidance
Washington Oct 17, 2025
Rumbling discontent over the US Federal Reserve's guidance on climate change policies spilled into the open Thursday, when the central bank became the latest regulatory agency to scrap climate-related guidance. ... more
FIRE STORM
'Bigger, hotter, faster': extreme blazes drive rise in CO2 fire emissions
Paris (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Rampant wildfires in the Americas drove a jump in global greenhouse gas emissions from fires in the year to February, new research found Thursday, warning that climate change was fanning the flames. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
'Deadly poison': Ageing fertiliser factory stifles Tunisian town
Gabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Ikram Aioua has seen her 12-year-old son rushed to the hospital three times in the past weeks for gas poisoning. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown - using Musk's Starlink
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record number
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
Bears have killed a record number of people in Japan this year, the environment ministry said on Thursday just as another possible victim was reported missing. ... more
MILPLEX
UN extends arms embargo on Haiti
United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
The UN Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the arms and military equipment embargo on Haiti for another year, and added two people to its sanctions list. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Flood reckoning for Bali on overdevelopment, waste
Denpasar, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
Standing where her family home once was, Ruth Deidree Boelan closed her eyes and prayed for relatives missing in devastating flash floods that swept resort island Bali this year. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Tropical storm kills family of five in Philippines
Manila (AFP) Oct 19, 2025
Tropical Storm Fengshen headed out to sea Sunday after killing a family of five on the Philippines' main island Luzon, officials and state weather forecasters said. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
One year on, Spain's flood survivors rebuild and remember
Paiporta, Spain (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
When the first autumn rains fell this year, Toni Garcia drew the curtains. ... more
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Magnitude 6.1 quake hits southern Philippines
Manila (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted southern Philippines Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, a week after two powerful quakes hit the country. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Mexican national Guard aids towns isolated by flood that killed 70
Xochicoatl�n, Mexico (AFP) Oct 17, 2025
The Mexican National Guard sent supplies on Thursday to flood-hit communities, after heavy rains killed 70 people and left dozens missing. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigeria denies officers arrested over coup plot
Abuja (AFP) Oct 18, 2025
Nigerian authorities on Saturday denied that more than a dozen officers had been arrested over a coup plot, pushing back on local media reports. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Crowds flock for an audience with Madagascar's new military leader
Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Oct 16, 2025
A disparate crowd of politicians, businessmen, activists and citizens gathered at a Madagascar military barracks Thursday in hopes of an audience with the island's new strongman, Colonel Michael Randrianirina. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
African Data Drive launches to guide sustainable development across the continent
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2025
The Future Ecosystems for Africa Programme (FEFA) at Wits University, working with Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation, has launched the African Data Drive (ADD) - an interactive mappi ... more
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