Pijao, Colombia (AFP) Feb 11, 2023 During the Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, millions of armchair fans will tuck into a tasty snack of tortilla chips and guacamole. But unbeknown to them, in far away Colombia, local farmers are paying the price for their gastronomic pleasure, while environmentalists are warning of water pollution. The explosion of avocado plantations … Continue reading Super Bowl snack hurting Colombian farmers, environment

Maputo (AFP) Feb 11, 2023 Four people have died in floods following days of incessant rains in southern Mozambique, the country’s institute for risk management said on Saturday. The National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) said the deaths happened around the capital Maputo, while 14,000 people were evacuated out of more than 30,000 people estimated to have been affected by the flooding. “We still have … Continue reading Mozambique floods kill four in capital area

Kobe, Japan (SPX) Feb 13, 2023 The Japanese archipelago is actively undergoing seismic shifts due to interactions between the oceanic plate and the continental plate. At the plate boundaries located directly beneath areas of Japan (especially the Bungo Channel, Tokai and Boso-Oki regions), slow slip events (SSEs *1) occur, which involve gradual aseismic slipping taking place at a recurrence interval of several years. However,http://dlvr.it/SjKTsf Continue reading New insight into the relationship between slow slip events and the build-up and release of tectonic strain

Diyarbakir, Turkey (AFP) Feb 8, 2023 Ridwan Gurre had the instincts to hide from roaring warplanes when he lived in Syria during its civil war. But little prepared him for the rumble of the 7.8-magnitude quake that devastated his adopted home in Turkey on Monday. The 42-year old joined nearly four million Syrians when he moved his family for the relative safety of southeastern Turkey … Continue reading Fleeing war, Syrians lose adopted homes in Turkey quake

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 The German Aerospace Center is supporting rescue teams in areas affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey. Two researchers from the DLR Institute of Optical Sensor Systems arrived in the area on 7 February 2023, together with a team from International Search And Rescue (I.S.A.R.) Germany. DLR is providing the new Modular Aerial Camera System (MACS) to assist with … Continue reading DLR supports emergency responders in Turkey

Gaziantep, Turkey (AFP) Feb 9, 2023 Temperatures in the quake-stricken Turkish city of Gaziantep plunged to minus five degrees Celsius early Thursday but thousands of families spent the night in cars and makeshift tents – too scared or banned from returning to their homes. Parents walked the streets of the city – close to the epicentre of Monday’s earthquake that has left more than 12,000 … Continue reading Turkish quake survivors face big freeze in cars, tents

Ames IA (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 Researchers are integrating tried-and-true technologies (let’s unleash bacteria on the biodegradables then heat up the leftovers) and developing new ones (let’s try plasma that shoots “bullet” electrons) to break down waste plastics and convert them to useful materials. “We’re learning about new technologies and helping to develop new ideas for more interdisciplinary approaches to solvinghttp://dlvr.it/SjBx3v Continue reading Researchers team up to break down, upcycle low-quality, rejected plastic wastes

Redlands CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 In an increasingly digital and automated world, geospatial data plays a critical role in understanding the physical environment and powering the next generation of location technologies. For geospatial developers and professionals, the ability to access reliable open map data is vital to understanding communities and building innovative services and solutions. To support this demand, Esri,http://dlvr.it/SjBx1S Continue reading Esri joins the Overture Maps Foundation to help build interoperable open map data

Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2023 People around the world are seeing fewer and fewer stars in the night sky. The change in star visibility can be explained by an increase in the sky brightness of 7-10 percent per year. The rate of change is faster than satellite measurements of artificial light emissions on Earth would at first suggest. This is the finding of a … Continue reading Visibility of stars in the night sky declines faster than previously thought

Paris (ESA) Jan 20, 2023 With diminishing ice one of the biggest casualties of our warming world, it’s imperative that accurate measurements continue to be made for scientific research and climate policy, as well as for practical applications such as ship routing. To ensure that ESA and NASA are getting the best out of their ice-measuring satellites and to help prepare for Europe’s new CRISTAL … Continue reading Future-proofing ice measurements from space