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Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize
Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace PrizeNews

Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES | AFP Oslo, Norway (UPDATED) - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Japan's Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of Hiroshima…
SourceSourceOctober 11, 2024 Full article
Nuclear powers have ‘responsibility’ to uphold nuclear taboo: Nobel committee
Nuclear powers have ‘responsibility’ to uphold nuclear taboo: Nobel committeeNews

Nuclear powers have ‘responsibility’ to uphold nuclear taboo: Nobel committee

Oslo, Norway (AFP) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday that nuclear powers had a special "responsibility" to uphold the taboo against the use of…
SourceSourceOctober 11, 2024 Full article
Co-head of Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo says ‘never dreamt would win Nobel’
Co-head of Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo says ‘never dreamt would win Nobel’News

Co-head of Japan’s Nihon Hidankyo says ‘never dreamt would win Nobel’

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) - The co-head of the Japanese anti-nuclear group that won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday expressed his surprise at being given…
SourceSourceOctober 11, 2024 Full article
Cool tech for Hot cities: clothing that fights urban heatwaves
Cool tech for Hot cities: clothing that fights urban heatwavesScience

Cool tech for Hot cities: clothing that fights urban heatwaves

A team of international researchers has developed a natural fabric that urban residents could wear to counter rising temperatures in cities worldwide, caused by buildings,…
SourceSourceOctober 10, 2024 Full article
Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF
Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWFNews

Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF

Paris, France (AFP) - Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of…
SourceSourceOctober 10, 2024 Full article
Overshooting 1.5C risks ‘irreversible’ climate impact: study
Overshooting 1.5C risks ‘irreversible’ climate impact: studyClimateNews

Overshooting 1.5C risks ‘irreversible’ climate impact: study

By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - Any breach of what climate scientists agree is the safer limit on global warming would result in…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2024 Full article
Nature conservation is a public good, not a market
Nature conservation is a public good, not a marketNews

Nature conservation is a public good, not a market

By Euan Ritchie, Deakin University and Yung En Chee | University of Melbourne | 360info Private investment in conservation is always welcome but the evidence…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2024 Full article
Climate change made deadly Hurricane Helene more intense: study
Climate change made deadly Hurricane Helene more intense: studyNews

Climate change made deadly Hurricane Helene more intense: study

Washington, United States (AFP) - Climate change intensified the rains and winds of Hurricane Helene by around 10 percent, according to a study published Wednesday,…
SourceSourceOctober 9, 2024 Full article
Hurricane Milton restrengthens to Category 5: NHC
Hurricane Milton restrengthens to Category 5: NHCNews

Hurricane Milton restrengthens to Category 5: NHC

Washington, United States (AFP) - Hurricane Milton regained power Tuesday to become a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph (270 kph)…
SourceSourceOctober 8, 2024 Full article
Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit
Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summitNews

Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit

By Nick Perry | AFP Paris, France - Nations remain in deadlock over a crucial pact on climate aid, with divisions over who pays, and…
SourceSourceOctober 8, 2024 Full article
Florida orders evacuations as Hurricane Milton strengthens
Florida orders evacuations as Hurricane Milton strengthensNews

Florida orders evacuations as Hurricane Milton strengthens

By Sarah TITTERTON | AFP Washington, United States (UPDATED) - Survivors of deadly Hurricane Helene along the Florida coast were ordered to evacuate again on…
SourceSourceOctober 7, 2024 Full article
Milton becomes hurricane on path to storm-battered Florida: NHC
Milton becomes hurricane on path to storm-battered Florida: NHCNews

Milton becomes hurricane on path to storm-battered Florida: NHC

Miami, United States (AFP) - Storm Milton became a hurricane Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said, as it barrelled toward the western coast of Florida…
SourceSourceOctober 6, 2024 Full article
Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand
Flash flooding kills three in northern ThailandNews

Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand (AFP) - Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday, as visitors evacuated…
SourceSourceOctober 6, 2024 Full article
Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 40, 2024
Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 40, 2024Science

Muser Press – New Research Articles Week 40, 2024

The impact of environmental shocks due to climate change on intimate partner violence: A structural equation model of data from 156 countries Climate change-related landslides,…
SourceSourceOctober 6, 2024 Full article
How cities can avoid overtourism before it hits
How cities can avoid overtourism before it hitsNews

How cities can avoid overtourism before it hits

By Kathleen Andereck, Arizona State University in Tempe | 360info The best solution is prevention and a sustainable tourism plan goes a long way in…
SourceSourceOctober 6, 2024 Full article
Search continues for missing in deadly Bosnia floods
Search continues for missing in deadly Bosnia floodsNews

Search continues for missing in deadly Bosnia floods

By Elvis BARUKCIC, with Mina PEJAKOVIC in Belgrade | AFP Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina - The search for dozens of people reported missing in floods…
SourceSourceOctober 5, 2024 Full article
Supreme Court lets stand rules to curb mercury, methane emissions
Supreme Court lets stand rules to curb mercury, methane emissionsNews

Supreme Court lets stand rules to curb mercury, methane emissions

Washington, United States (AFP) - The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block environmental regulations aimed at reducing harmful emissions of mercury from power…
SourceSourceOctober 5, 2024 Full article
Taiwan cleans up after Typhoon Krathon batters south
Taiwan cleans up after Typhoon Krathon batters southNews

Taiwan cleans up after Typhoon Krathon batters south

Taipei, Taiwan (AFP) - Workers removed felled trees and swept up shattered glass in southern Taiwan on Friday as Typhoon Krathon was downgraded to a…
SourceSourceOctober 4, 2024 Full article
Long-running Arctic study reveals new insights on carbon release from thawing permafrost
Long-running Arctic study reveals new insights on carbon release from thawing permafrostScience

Long-running Arctic study reveals new insights on carbon release from thawing permafrost

Utilizing one of the longest-running ecosystem experiments in the Arctic, a Colorado State University-led team of researchers have developed a better understanding of the interplay…
SourceSourceOctober 3, 2024 Full article
Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan’s south: weather agency
Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan’s south: weather agencyNews

Typhoon Krathon makes landfall in Taiwan’s south: weather agency

Kaohsiung, Taiwan (AFP) - Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Taiwan's south on Thursday, the island's weather agency said, after unleashing strong gusts and rains that…
SourceSourceOctober 3, 2024 Full article
Environmental well-being: a key to women’s health across cultures
Environmental well-being: a key to women’s health across culturesScience

Environmental well-being: a key to women’s health across cultures

Global evidence has revealed that women’s environmental quality of life is key to their overall quality of life and health, according to a study published…
SourceSourceOctober 3, 2024 Full article
Thunderstorms are a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays, scientists find
Thunderstorms are a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays, scientists findNews

Thunderstorms are a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays, scientists find

By Pierre Celerier | AFP Paris, France - Big thunderstorms continuously emit gamma rays that are undetectable from the ground, two studies said on Wednesday,…
SourceSourceOctober 3, 2024 Full article
Biden orders 1,000 troops to boost storm relief
Biden orders 1,000 troops to boost storm reliefNews

Biden orders 1,000 troops to boost storm relief

Washington, United States (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered deployment of up to 1,000 troops to flood-ravaged North Carolina to boost emergency…
SourceSourceOctober 2, 2024 Full article
Despite snowy winter, Swiss glaciers ‘on track to disappear’: monitor
Despite snowy winter, Swiss glaciers ‘on track to disappear’: monitorNews

Despite snowy winter, Swiss glaciers ‘on track to disappear’: monitor

By Elodie LE MAOU with Agnès PEDRERO in Geneva | AFP Gletsch, Switzerland - A snowy winter provided no respite for Switzerland's glaciers, which shed…
SourceSourceOctober 1, 2024 Full article