Jiuquan (XNA) Apr 16, 2023 China on Sunday morning launched a Long March-4B rocket to place a new meteorological satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 9:36 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and soon sent the Fengyun-3 07 satellite into its preset orbit. The satellite will provide services for weather forecasting, disaster prevention and mitigation, climate chhttp://dlvr.it/SmnnLz Continue reading China launches new meteorological satellite

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2023 Merging data from multiple satellites, OPERA can help government agencies, disaster responders, and the public access data about natural and human impacts to the land. Where are flood waters flowing after major storms? Where are the changes in tree and plant cover after droughts, wildfires, deforestation, or mining? How much did the land move during an earthquake or volcanic … Continue reading Tracking changes to water, ecosystems, land surface

London April 19, 2023 The UK government said Wednesday it took reports of secret Chinese police stations overseas “extremely seriously”, after newspaper claims about a London-based businessman with links to Conservative politicians. The Times said that Chinese businessman Lin Ruiyou operated a food delivery business in the London suburb of Croydon that doubled as one undeclared Chinese police station. It saihttp://dlvr.it/Smkhbm Continue reading UK alarm over Chinese businessman and ‘secret police station’

Washington (AFP) April 19, 2023 Elon Musk promised to make Twitter the “most accurate source of information about the world,” but he has repeatedly used his own account to amplify false claims from some of the most notorious disinformers on the internet, according to an AFP analysis of his online activity. The posts show Musk drawing attention to misinformation about everything from the war in … Continue reading ‘Stamp of approval’: Twitter’s Musk amplifies misinformation

London (AFP) April 17, 2023 The financial cost of UK aviation cutting carbon emissions will push up ticket prices, slowing passenger demand growth, an industry body said on Monday. Sustainable Aviation, bringing together British airlines, airports and aerospace manufacturers, predicted that this slowdown will correspond to a “reduction in projected aviation activity”. Publishing an update to its Net Zero Carbon Roahttp://dlvr.it/Smkhbb Continue reading UK aviation warns green shift to slow demand growth

Bangkok (AFP) April 19, 2023 A giant panda on loan from China to Thailand who captivated animal lovers through a 24-hour live broadcast of her antics died on Wednesday aged 21, said the zoo where she was housed. Lin Hui was the last of three pandas in Thailand and had lived in an air-conditioned enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo since 2003, but was due to … Continue reading Thailand’s Panda on loan from China dies aged 21; Ailing Pakistan elephant collapses

L’ Espluga De Francoli, Spain (AFP) April 19, 2023 For months, residents of L’Espluga de Francoli have been saving water in bottles and foregoing showers to cope with long hours of daily water rationing as northeastern Spain suffers one of its worst droughts in decades. While this small Catalan town has suffered supply problems for years due to the depleted state of its water table, … Continue reading Water rationed in Catalonia as drought bites deeper

Paris (AFP) April 17, 2023 Scientists found coastal species of shellfish and anemones living and breeding on floating islands of garbage in the Pacific thousands of miles from home, a study revealed Monday. Environmentalists have for years been eyeing what they call the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” – masses of plastic rubbish combining bottles, fishing nets and much more. US researchers who sampled rubbish fromhttp://dlvr.it/SmgbWY Continue reading Coastal shellfish ‘colonise’ ocean plastic: study

Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the “People’s Republic of China Supplementary Protocol between the Government and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Cooperative Development of Earth Resources Satellite 06 and the 2023-2032 China National Space Administration and Brhttp://dlvr.it/SmgbWS Continue reading China and Brazil to expand cooperation in space development

Landi Kotal, Pakistan (AFP) April 18, 2023 At least two people were killed and eight injured in a massive pre-dawn landslide that buried dozens of trucks waiting to cross from Pakistan to Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. The landslide struck Torkham border post, the busiest and most important transit point for trade between the two countries, as more than 120 trucks were waiting to cross. “We … Continue reading Two dead after landslide at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing