Four space station crew members leave for Earth
WASHINGTON, US – Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Monday and were bound for Earth following a more than...
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Japan’s Moon craft SLIM revives after lunar night
TOKYO, JAPAN – Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country's space...
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Aramco sets 2050 net-zero target
The company acknowledged that this would have its challenges.
- Saudi Aramco chief Amin Nasser has said the company will achieve net-zero emissions by 2050
- He was speaking at the Saudi Green Initiative forum, where Saudi Arabia pledged to become net-zero by 2060
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Saudi Arabia eyes zero carbon emissions by 2060
At the Saudi Green Initiative forum, the Gulf country has also vowed to join a global effort to reduce methane...
- Saudi Arabia has announced plans to reduce carbon emissions by 278 million tons annually by 2030
- The country is also taking the Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emission
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New leaks rock Facebook
Internal documents seem to support the accusations.
- Facebook held back from doing all it could to stop users from being radicalized, say recent leaks
- It is also accused of not doing enough to stop US election misinformation from flooding the social network
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Egypt looks to raise renewable energies share to 42% by 2035
Egypt is looking to increase the share of renewable energies to over 42 percent by 2035, after the country reached...
- Mohamed Shaker, the minister of electricity and renewable energy, noted that Egypt has allocated 7,650 square kilometers of unused lands to new and renewable energy projects
- He said that Egypt is the largest holder of electrical capacities in the MENA region and has the capacity to produce up to 90 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity
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US climate envoy to take part in Middle East Green Summit
John Kerry, the US climate envoy, will be in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to participate in the Middle East Green...
- Kerry will “engage with government counterparts and private sector leaders on efforts to address the climate crisis”
- Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Saudi Green Initiative Forum and Middle East Green Initiative Summit in Riyadh on Oct. 23-25
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Animal kidney works in human patient in ‘potential miracle’
The donor animal belonged to a herd that had undergone a genetic editing procedure to knock out a gene that...
- Critically, the organ was able to reduce the level of the molecule creatinine, a key indicator of kidney health
- Montgomery carried out the surgery with several colleagues over the course of around two hours.
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Rio Tinto to ‘halve’ emissions
Mining releases 4-7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Rio Tinto said it would spend around $7.5 billion from now until the end of the decade to reduce emission
- The cut would be to so-called scope one and two emissions — from mining operations and power consumption
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Planned fossil fuel output shatters 1.5C climate target, says UN
The UN's Environment Program said government fossil fuel production plans this decade were "dangerously out of sync" with emissions goals.
- The UN says emissions must go down nearly 50 percent by 2030 and to net-zero by mid-century to limit warming
- But its Production Gap report found that total fossil fuel production would likely increase until at least 2040
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Sabic leads low-carbon plan
Sabic, WEF, and global companies will formalize the plan.
- The agreement will look to formalize the low-carbon emitting technologies or LCET initiative into a standalone entity by 2023
- As a result, LCET members will share early-stage risks and co-invest in developing and upscaling low-emission technologies
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Climate change a double blow for oil-rich Mideast: experts
The climate crisis threatens a double blow for the Middle East, experts say, by destroying its oil income as the...
- Little has been done to address the challenge in a region long plagued by civil strife, war and refugee flows
- Yet it is also home to several of the last countries that have not ratified the 2015 Paris Agreement
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End of COVID-19 emergency doesn’t end its threat
“The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of disease and death remains, and the threat of another...
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Soaring success: First Saudi astronauts reach space
A SpaceX capsule carrying two Saudi astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Monday, as part of a private...
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Environment ministry reclassifies 64 air quality monitoring stations in UAE
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Saudi astronauts to conduct 11 experiments at Space Station
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -– Two Saudi astronauts will conduct 14 scientific and research experiments during their ongoing space mission. The...
- Besides 11 experiments in the microgravity environment, Ali Al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi will participate in three interactive educational experiences with students in the kingdom
- The focus will be on conducting human research, cell sciences, and cloud seeding experiments in the microgravity environment.
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Barnawi’s voyage: First Saudi female astronaut carries dreams of Arab women to space
Two astronauts, Barnawi and Ali Al-Qarni, said that they are fully prepared for their upcoming scientific mission to the International...
- Two astronauts said that they are fully prepared for their upcoming scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which is scheduled on May 21
- Ali Al-Qarni, a pilot in the Saudi Air Force, said that his scientific knowledge would allow him to work on the cloud-seeding experiment in space
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UAE sees 20 percent decrease in nitrogen oxide emissions: study
Dubai, UAE-- The UAE has witnessed a 20 percent drop in nitrogen oxide emissions from power generation activities, according to...
- The findings of the study corresponds with the "National Air Quality Agenda 2031," introduced by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
- The UAE aims to lower pollution, improve air quality, foster a safe and healthy environment, and enhance the overall quality of life