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October 31, 2025
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AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mapping



Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Four teams from different countries have been recognised for their breakthrough work in using artificial intelligence to detect earthquake damage from space, marking the conclusion of a global competition organised by the European Space Agency in collaboration with the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' - commonly referred to as 'the Charter'. The winning teams - TelePIX from the Republic of Korea, Datalayer from Belgium, DisasterM3 from Japan and Thales Services Numeriques from Fra ... read more

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FARM NEWS
Analysis finds food production choices directly impact extinction risk for thousands of animal species
London, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new way to measure the impact of global food production on the survival of other species. Their analysis shows that between 700 and 1,100 vertebr ... more
ICE WORLD
Antarctic moisture research will model ice sheet formation in ancient warm periods
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Researchers from Binghamton University will investigate how increased moisture transport during ancient warm climates contributed to the growth of Antarctic ice sheets. This work, funded by the Nati ... more
VSAT NEWS
Atheras Analytics launches DESIRISS tool for satellite network design
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Atheras Analytics SAS has announced the release of its DESIRISS Ground Network Dimensioning tool, intended for satellite operators in the non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) sector. Developed within ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Axelspace forms partnerships in Africa to tackle social challenges with satellite data
London, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Axelspace Corporation has entered into memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) of the Republic of Ghana and the Regional Centre for Mapping of ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Axelspace initiates partnerships with African agencies for satellite data-driven solutions
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
Axelspace Corporation has signed memorandums of understanding with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) i ... more
FARM NEWS
Researchers engineer protein compartments to unlock efficient crop photosynthesis
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Australian researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice yields while slashing water and nitrogen use. Researchers from Ass ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudanese army cedes Darfur to paramilitary group amid fears of mass killings
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 28, 2025
More than two years after the start of Sudan's civil war, the nation's military has ceded nearly all of Darfur to a paramilitary group in an effort to prevent more death and destruction there. ... more
WOOD PILE
Brazil boasts drop in deforestation ahead of UN climate talks
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has fallen for the fourth straight year, the government said Thursday, a boost for the country just days before it hosts UN climate talks. ... more

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U.S. ordered all nonemergency personnel, family to leave Mali
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of State on Thursday ordered non-emergency employees and their family members to leave Mali, where the government is in armed conflict with al-Qaida-linked terrorists. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Mexico navy says rescued 28 teens from boat off west coast; US strikes four 'drug boats' in eastern Pacific
Mexico City (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
Mexico's navy on Thursday rescued 28 teenagers from a boat in the Pacific Ocean off its west coast, authorities said. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
UN climate fund posts record year as chief defends loans
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
The head of the UN's flagship climate fund has announced a record-breaking year for approving projects in vulnerable countries, crediting red-tape-cutting reforms for the achievement that includes a major desalination project in Jordan. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Independent Macau media outlet says it will close by December
Macau (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
One of the last independent media outlets in Macau will close operations in December, the platform said on Thursday, citing "increasing pressure and risks". ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Record Vietnam floods kill 10, turn streets into canals
Hoi An, Vietnam (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
Major flooding that killed 10 people in central Vietnam this week also turned streets in Hoi An into canals on Thursday after a major river reached a 60-year high, authorities said. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Caribbean reels from 'unprecedented' hurricane destruction
Santiago De Cuba, Cuba (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
Hurricane Melissa was moving towards Bermuda on Thursday after ripping a path of destruction through the Caribbean that left at least 20 people dead in Haiti, and parts of Jamaica and Cuba in ruins. ... more
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Greece announces 2.5-bn-euro plan to tackle drought threat
Athens (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
Greece on Thursday said it would invest 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) over the next decade to tackle a mounting drought challenge threatening Athens and Thessaloniki, its two largest cities, and many of its islands. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
'Nowhere to sleep': Melissa upends life for Jamaicans
St. Ann, Jamaica (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
In the north coast parish of St. Ann, almost all residents are without power - and many of them woke up without a roof over their heads after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, downing trees, utility poles and anything in its path. ... more
WATER WORLD
Underwater 'human habitat' aims to allow researchers to make weeklong dives
Miami (AFP) Oct 29, 2025
To someday allow scientists to stay underwater conducting research for days on end, the UK-based company DEEP has designed Vanguard, a "subsea human habitat." ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Trump declares victory against climate 'hoax' after Bill Gates comments
Washington (AFP) Oct 29, 2025
US President Donald Trump claimed victory Wednesday over what he called the "hoax" of climate change, after billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said a warming world would not end civilization. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Myanmar fighters pullout from ruby town; Campaigning begins in junta-run election
Yangon (AFP) Oct 29, 2025
One of Myanmar's most powerful ethnic armed opposition factions has agreed to a China-brokered withdrawal from a lucrative ruby mining hub, the group said on Wednesday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Regional Spanish leader under fire year after deadly floods
Madrid (AFP) Oct 29, 2025
One year after historic floods killed 229 people in Valencia, the Spanish region's leader Carlos Mazon has faced mounting criticism over his handling of the disaster and defied calls to resign. ... more
FARM NEWS
Extracting fertilizer from air and water
Mainz, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2025
Nitrogen-based fertilizers are essential for modern agriculture, and compounds like ammonia and urea are also widely used in industry. However, their conventional production and use pose major envir ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Sunlight and Seawater Break Down Synthetic Fabrics into Microfibers Polluting Oceans
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
A team of scientists from the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology conducted experiments to analyze how common polyester te ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Malaria parasites are full of wildly spinning iron crystals. Scientists finally know why.
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crysta ... more
ICE WORLD
Six million year old Antarctic ice reveals deep history of Earth's climate
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
A team of US researchers has found the oldest directly dated ice and air samples on Earth in the Allan Hills of East Antarctica. The ice, aged at 6 million years, contains ancient air bubbles that p ... more
AFRICA NEWS
RSF reportedly kills hundreds in Sudan hospital
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 29, 2025
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group engaged in a civil war with Sudan's military, has reportedly killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher after seizing the capital of the state of North Darfur on Sunday. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely: study
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, was made four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis said Wednesday. ... more
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Caribbean reels from 'unprecedented' hurricane destruction
Santiago De Cuba, Cuba (AFP) Oct 29, 2025
Hurricane Melissa bore down on the Bahamas Wednesday after cutting a path of destruction through the Caribbean, leaving 30 people dead or missing in Haiti and parts of Jamaica and Cuba in ruins. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Personal tipping points: Four people share their climate journeys
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2025
From US President Donald Trump's all-out push for fossil fuels to political squabbles in Europe, governments are retreating on their climate promises. But most people around the world still see global warming as a serious threat. ... more
WOOD PILE
Expansive land conversion drives century-long biodiversity collapse on Kilimanjaro's slopes
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2025
A new study has found that Mount Kilimanjaro has lost 75 percent of its natural plant species per square kilometer on its lower slopes since 1911, with direct human land-use change overwhelmingly re ... more
EXO WORLDS
Newly found rocky super-Earth could become key focus in search for life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2025
An international scientific team, including Penn State researchers, has identified a super-Earth exoplanet named GJ 251 c orbiting a nearby dwarf star less than 20 light-years away. The planet is es ... more
EARLY EARTH
Planetary modeling reveals Jupiter's rapid early growth shaped Earth's formation zone
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2025
Researchers from Rice University have demonstrated that Jupiter's initial expansion played a pivotal role in organizing the developing solar system. Using advanced hydrodynamic and dust-evolution si ... more
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