Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2022 Certain estimates of Antarctica’s total contribution to sea-level rise may be over, or even underestimated, after researchers detected a previously unknown source of ice loss variability. In a new paper published in The Cryosphere, researchers using Copernicus Sentinel-1 data, found that glaciers feeding the George VI Ice Shelf speed up by approximately 15% during the Antarctic summer. This is thttp://dlvr.it/Sb9TBY Continue reading Seasonal changes in Antarctic ice sheet flow dynamics detected for the first time

Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 As the highest region on Earth, the Tibetan Plateau engenders the most intriguing myths of Earth system science, provides the most water resources for human survival, and creates the most uncertain legacy for future generations. The region’s extreme environment kept researchers from probing its wealth of knowledge until the 1970s, when the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) made the … Continue reading Staying on top of the roof of the world

Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Earth Blox, the no-code Earth observation platform for data analysts, has announced a low-touch SaaS offering at Google’s Geo for Good Summit in Mountain View, California and invited delegates to register for early access. Launching early in the new year, the program will give data scientists and analysts access to the software for free for a limited time. … Continue reading Earth Blox announces no-code SaaS offering for data analysts at Google’s Geo for Good Summit 2022

Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 US President Joe Biden traveled to Colorado Wednesday at the start of a three-state swing through the American West to promote his record with less than a month to go before the crucial midterm elections. Biden’s first stop was at Camp Hale, a former US Army World War II training ground in the Rocky Mountains. Sporting his signature aviator sunglasses, … Continue reading Biden heads west to talk environment, economy ahead of midterms

Geneva (AFP) Oct 13, 2022 Even as extreme weather and climate disasters are multiplying, half of countries lack the advanced early warning systems needed to save lives, the United Nations warned Thursday. In a fresh report, the UN agencies for weather and for disaster risk reduction found countries with poor early warning systems on average see eight times greater mortality from disasters than countries with … Continue reading Half the world unprepared for disasters: UN

Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 13, 2022 Major flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Nepal have killed 48 people in the past two weeks, with 13 others missing after being swept away by a river, officials said Thursday. “There was heavy rainfall during the end of the monsoon which caused landslides and flooding in western parts of the country,” disaster management official Pradip Kumar Koirala … Continue reading Floods, landslides kill 48 in Nepal

Melbourne (AFP) Oct 14, 2022 Flash floods swamped hundreds of homes in southeastern Australia Friday with waterlogged residents now facing a “nerve-wracking” wait to assess the damage. A major flooding emergency was declared in Victoria – Australia’s second-most populous state – where rapidly rising waters forced evacuations in the Melbourne suburb of Maribyrnong. Cars left on the streets of the suburb were almosthttp://dlvr.it/Sb4NBW Continue reading Floods swallow cars, swamp houses in ‘major’ Australian emergency

London (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 Britain’s approach to changing public travel, heating and food habits is “inadequate” to meet its net zero and environment targets, a parliamentary committee warned Wednesday. The chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee Kate Parminter said after a summer of record temperatures, fires and drought, “an immediate and sustained response” was needed. “People powerhttp://dlvr.it/Sb0bsL Continue reading UK told to change behaviour to meet climate targets

Abuja (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 About 500 people have died in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others been displaced from their homes since the start of the rainy season, the government said. Floods caused by abundant rains and poor infrastructure have affected vast swathes of Africa’s most populous country sparking fears they could worsen food insecurity and inflation. Nigeria’s Ministry of … Continue reading Nigeria floods kill 500, displace 1.4 million people

Rome (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 An Italian court has ruled some of the victims of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake were partly to blame for their own deaths and compensation for their relatives should be reduced, media reports said Wednesday. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck on April 6 at 3:32 am, after months of tremors across the rugged Abruzzo region in central Italy. Houses collapsed throughout L’Aquila’s … Continue reading Italy court blames quake victims for own deaths: reports