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January 26, 2026
EARLY EARTH
Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
By resurrecting a 3.2 billion year old enzyme and testing it inside living microbes, researchers have opened a new experimental window on early Earth and how to recognize signs of life on other worlds. The work, led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and supported by NASA, uses synthetic biology to reconstruct ancient biochemistry in the laboratory. The team focused on nitrogenase, an enzyme central to the biological process that converts atmospheric nitrogen into forms that livi ... read more

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds
Lawrence, KS (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Cuts in sulfur emissions from oceangoing vessels have been tied to a reduction in lightning stroke density along heavily trafficked shipping routes in the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, acco ... more
WATER WORLD
Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
What's the shape of water? In 2022, NASA launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to answer this question by precisely measuring the height and extent of bodies of water. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Hot spring soaking reshapes parasite and microbe balance in Japanese macaques
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Japanese macaques, often called snow monkeys, are well known for soaking in hot springs during harsh winters in central Japan. Researchers at Kyoto University have now shown that this behavior not o ... more
WATER WORLD
Lunar soil study limits late meteorite role in supplying Earth oceans
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
A long standing idea in planetary science is that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history could have delivered a major share of the planet's water. A new study that mines the Moon's imp ... more
TECTONICS
Shifting seafloor carbon flows linked to ancient climate swings
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Carbon released from Earths spreading tectonic plates rather than from long chains of volcanoes may have driven major transitions between ancient ice ages and warm greenhouse climates, according to ... more
WHITE OUT
Simulations link ice surface water film to changing snow crystal shapes
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
The ice cubes in a kitchen freezer differ greatly from the single ice crystals forming in snow clouds or on frozen lakes, where temperature changes drive a striking progression of crystal shapes fro ... more
ICE WORLD
Solar cycles seen in Antarctic fast ice history
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
Remnants of coastal ice fastened to the Antarctic shoreline are opening a detailed window onto climate variability over the past 3,700 years and its connection to long-term changes in solar activity ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Spire weather data to power AiDASH vegetation and outage risk tools
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026
Spire Global has been selected by AiDASH to supply advanced space-based weather intelligence for AiDASH's vegetation, storm and ignition risk platform used by electric utilities in North America. Th ... more

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WATER WORLD
Study links slower renewal of deep North Atlantic waters to climate change
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2026
The ocean constantly exchanges properties with the atmosphere when surface waters sink and carry oxygen, carbon and other tracers into the ocean interior. This ventilation process can be quantified ... more
ABOUT US
To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of space
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 20, 2026
Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of cogni ... more
WHITE OUT
Historic winter storm pounds US from south to northeast
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2026
A life-threatening winter storm brought hazardous conditions to a wide swath of the United States on Sunday, from Texas to New England, prompting warnings to stay off roads, along with mass flight cancellations and power outages. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Women main victims of Sudan conflict abuses: minister to AFP
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
Women are the main victims of abuse in Sudan's war, facing "the world's worst" sexual violence and other crimes committed with impunity, a rights activist turned social affairs minister for the army-backed government told AFP. ... more
ICE WORLD
In Greenland, locals fed up with deals done over their heads
Nuuk (AFP) Jan 22, 2026
A day after US President Donald Trump and NATO's chief purportedly struck a deal on Greenland, residents expressed anger and frustration that the Danish territory was again being sidelined in talks about its future. ... more
WATER WORLD
US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its waters
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 20, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the United States a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. ... more
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FIRE STORM
Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out
Lirquen, Chile (AFP) Jan 20, 2026
Wildfires that have killed 20 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns raged for a third day Monday, fanned by warm temperatures and strong winds at the height of the southern hemisphere summer. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Death toll from floods rises in Mozambique, South Africa
Maputo (AFP) Jan 19, 2026
Mozambique battled severe flooding Monday as the death toll after weeks of rain climbed, with more bodies also recovered in neighbouring South Africa. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan paramilitary used mass graves to conceal war crimes: ICC deputy prosecutor
United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 19, 2026
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in Darfur and attempted to conceal them with mass graves, the International Criminal Court's deputy prosecutor said on Monday. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
UK court denies BHP bid to appeal Brazil mine disaster ruling
London (AFP) Jan 19, 2026
A British court on Monday rejected Australian mining giant BHP's bid to appeal a ruling holding it liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, bringing victim compensation closer. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Fans bid farewell to Japan's only pandas
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 25, 2026
Panda lovers in Tokyo said goodbye on Sunday to a hugely popular pair of the bears that are set to return to China, leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first time in half a century. ... more
ABOUT US
Men's fashion goes low-risk in uncertain world
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 25, 2026
Paris Men's Fashion Week, which wrapped up Sunday, saw designers opt for often pragmatic and timeless styling, reflecting a low-risk approach at an uncertain time for the industry, experts said. ... more
WATER WORLD
UN report warns world is entering era of global water bankruptcy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
A flagship report from the United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health warns that the world has entered an era of global water bankruptcy in which many human water systems c ... more
WOOD PILE
Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining belt
Likasi, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way. ... more
WATER WORLD
Long-awaited first snowfall brings relief to water-scarce Kabul
Kabul (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
Children sliding around on plastic bags, boys engaging in lively snowball fights, and families taking selfies on white-covered streets: residents of Kabul rejoiced on Friday at the long-awaited first snowfall of the winter. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Activists urge halt to Kushner's luxury Albania resort plans
Tirana, Albania (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
A luxury Albanian island resort project by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has sparked outrage from dozens of environmental NGOs calling for its suspension, a statement seen Saturday by AFP said. ... more
WHITE OUT
Snow, heavy rain kill 61 in three days in Afghanistan
Kabul (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
Snow and heavy rain have killed 61 people in Afghanistan in the past three days, disaster officials said on Saturday, with a major road and power also cut in several provinces. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
South Africa's Kruger park suffers 'devastating' damage from floods
Cape Town (AFP) Jan 22, 2026
South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park suffered major damage to critical infrastructure in recent flooding, with the cost of repairs estimated to run over 30 million dollars, officials said Thursday. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Rescue operations end with 6 missing in New Zealand landslide
Mount Maunganui, New Zealand (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
Efforts to rescue at least six people buried alive by a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park ended Saturday, with police shifting their focus to recovering human remains. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Uganda army chief says 30 opposition supporters killed, 2,000 arrested
Kampala (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
Uganda's army chief and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni said Friday that 30 opposition supporters had been killed and 2,000 detained in the wake of the vote. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Sudan hospital welcomes first patients after war forced it shut
Khartoum (AFP) Jan 23, 2026
At a freshly renovated hospital in Khartoum the medical team are beaming: nearly three years after it was wrecked and looted in the early days of Sudan's war, the facility has welcomed its first patients. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigeria turns illegal loggers, poachers into park rangers
Okomu, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 22, 2026
James Leleghale Bekewei knows the Okomu forest well: he used to make a living illegally logging trees in the Nigerian national park. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Iraq majority bloc backs Nouri al-Maliki as next PM
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 24, 2026
Iraq's main Shiite alliance, which holds a parliamentary majority, endorsed on Saturday former prime minister and powerbroker Nouri al-Maliki as the country's next premier. ... more
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