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Bonn Bulletin: Slow start to climate talks fails to reflect urgency
Climate Home News
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June 17, 2025
Bonn agenda finally adopted after tough fight Anyone would think there’s no climate emergency. The mid-year UN climate talks in Bonn were meant to open on Monday morning, to advance negotiations on the road to COP30 in Brazil on issues such as how...
US Embassy advises travelers to Brazil to exercise extreme caution
MercoPress
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Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 10:27 UTC In parts of Brasilia, “neither tour companies nor the police can guarantee your safety,” the warning pointed out The US Embassy in Brazil has issued a travel advisory urging American citizens to exercise...
In Brazil, a fight over offshore drilling tests Lula’s climate ambitions
Al Jazeera
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June 17, 2025
Sao Paulo, Brazil – In the far north of Brazil, where the Amazon River collides with the sea, an environmental dilemma has awakened a national political debate. There, the Brazilian government has been researching the possibility of offshore oil...
GLOBAL: OceanWings reports 30-35% average fuel savings on Canopée in first two years
Bunkerspot
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June 20, 2025
Details Written by Ariane Morrissey Published: 20 June 2025 Operational data from the first two years of sailings of Canopée, a cargo ship equipped with four OceanWings, revealed average fuel savings of 1.3 tonnes per day per wingsail, amounting...
Story Agency Ready for lift-off? Apply now for ESA Academy’s new Access … 18/06/2025 12044 views 27 likes Read
ESA
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Agency 18/06/2025 11709 views 27 likes In brief University students can now apply for the pilot edition of the Access to Space Training Course, which will be held from 27 to 31 October 2025 at ESEC-Galaxia in Belgium. Organised by ESA Academy in...
Full list of the countries where rabies is 'high risk' after UK tourist dies
Manchester Evening News
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June 18, 2025
A woman has tragically died in the UK after becoming infected with rabies in Morocco. She is said to have contracted the fatal viral disease while coming into contact with a stray dog during a visit to Morocco, the UK Health and Security Agency...
10 new play areas to have fun out of the sun
The National News
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Gone are the days when indoor play centres meant dingy, noisy caverns with violent games, stomach-churning rides and kids nagging for the chance to win an enormous stuffed toy that you definitely didn't want to take home. Here, then, are 10 new...
French minister proposes scrapping cash to combat drug dealing
The Times
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The French justice minister has proposed to do away with cash in order to curb drug dealing and make it easier for police to track illegal transactions. “The demise of cash will prevent a lot of street deals,” Gérald Darmanin told a Senate...
Story Agency ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Two Highlights 17/06/2025 702 views 11 likes Read
ESA
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Agency 17/06/2025 698 views 11 likes The beginning of the industrial development of LISA was among the highlights for the European Space Agency on the second day of the International Paris Air Show. ESA presented a vision of space missions in 2040...
Brazil advances with plan to drill oil at the mouth of the Amazon River
Mongabay
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May 26, 2025
Brazil’s environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a key step that could soon allow Petrobras, the nation’s state oil company, to begin offshore oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River. In a May 19 decision, the agency greenlit a concept for...
Golden Grove woman goes missing in Suriname, husband claims she was shot
News Room
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June 15, 2025
Authorities in Guyana and Suriname are investigating the disappearance of 34-year-old Coretta Blair Sandy, also known as “Mindy”, a resident of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. She vanished while on a trip to Suriname with her husband, Terrence...
Image of the day: Biomass launched to count forest carbon
Muser Press
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May 1, 2025
ESA’s Biomass satellite has lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Vega-C rocket, marking the start of a mission designed to transform our understanding of how much carbon is stored in the world’s forests. The launch...
Podcast: Geo Conversations with Divya Persaud
GEOSCIENTIST
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June 9, 2025
Image credit: Myah Jeffers In this episode, Divya Persaud explores creative approaches to studying planetary surfaces and the ethical challenges of space technology. Episode Transcript Marissa Lo: Hello and welcome to Geo Conversations, a podcast...
Open Source Report for Monday, May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief
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May 19, 2025
The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around the world that impacts national security. Here’s a look at today’s headlines, broken down by region of the world. THE TOP HEADLINES Report for Monday, May 19, 2025 Trump to speak on...
ESA launches Biomass satellite to provide ‘unprecedented insights into forests and Earth’s carbon cycle’
SatNews
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April 29, 2025
ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport...
‘Space Brolly’ satellite to map Earth’s forests in 3D to help combat climate change
Tech Digest
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April 29, 2025
Share In a significant step towards understanding and combating climate change, the European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched its groundbreaking Biomass satellite from Kourou, French Guiana. This first-of-its-kind mission will employ a...
Vega launches Biomass satellite
SpaceNews
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April 30, 2025
WASHINGTON — A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite for the European Space Agency, a mission officials said was also a demonstration of European space sovereignty. The Vega C rocket lifted off April 29 at 5:15 a.m....
A new chapter for Ariane 6 + Vega launchers with the P160C rocket motor
SatNews
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April 28, 2025
The P160C qualification motor was successfully tested on April 24th at the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on the solid-propellant booster test stand (BEAP) operated by the French Space Agency (CNES). The successful test firing of the first...
Farmer doesn't get a penny of £3bn worth of gold found on his land
Gloucestershire Live
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May 22, 2025
A farmer stumbled upon a dazzling discovery of approximately £3 billion in gold on his property, yet will not see any financial gain from it. Michel Dupont, 52, while meandering by a stream on his farm, spotted an unusual gleam in the water which...
Biomass satellite mapping Earth’s forests in 3D with P-band SAR data
Electronics Weekly
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April 29, 2025
Biomass Specifically, the satellite will assess “terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes from an altitude of 666km above the Earth”. And it is due to launch today (10:15am BST, in French Guiana). You can watch it live on the European Space Agency...