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2009 Atlantic And East Pacific Ocean Hurricane Seasons Begin Camp Springs MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2009 ![]() Wiping Out The World's Mass Migrations ![]() Densely packed wildebeests flowing over the Serengeti, bison teeming across the Northern Plains-these iconic images extend from Hollywood epics to the popular imagination. But the fact is, all of the world's large-scale terrestrial migrations have been severely reduced and a quarter of the migrating species are suspected to no longer migrate at all because of human changes to the landscape. ... more |
BP says gas leak stopped off coast of Senegal, Mauritania
Sea levels rise by 'unexpected' amount in 2024: NASA Spain to face increasingly 'severe' droughts: report Brazil mine disaster trial ends with claimants hopeful of justice Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan sign border deal to boost regional stability Less mapped than the Moon: quest to reveal the seabed CORRECTED: Doubts over climate funding as donors squeeze aid Games industry still a hostile environment for many women Australia tells US influencer: 'leave baby wombat alone' Doubts over climate funding as donors squeeze aid ![]()
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Unstated Assumptions Color Arctic Sovereignty Claims![]() Settling the growing debate over ownership of Arctic Ocean resources is complicated by the fact that the various countries involved have different understandings of the geography of the place. Phil Steinberg, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at Florida State University in Tallahassee, says coming to terms with those divergent views is the first necessary step to ... more Referencing The Climatic Impact Of Desert Dust ![]() In the context of the climatic change of the planet, those research works that throw light on global warming are of great interest. That is the case of the studies on atmospheric aerosol, a suspension of solid or liquid particles on a gaseous environment that can contribute to the warming or cooling of the atmosphere. Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado developed his doctoral thesis "Lidar ... more Humble setting awaits G8 leaders in Italy quake zone ![]() Humble surroundings await the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations as Italy prepares to play host to the Group of Eight summit in July. The venue is a military academy, a mess of drab, grey buildings on the outskirts of L'Aquila, the capital of the central Abruzzo region that bore the brunt of a killer earthquake in April. The training school for Italy's militarised revenue police ... more Tiananmen leaders call for China democracy ![]() Leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising crushed 20 years ago appealed Thursday for democracy in China, with US lawmakers pledging support amid silence in Beijing on the anniversary. Nine of the top student leaders, who now live in exile, reunited at a Washington news conference where they observed a moment of silence for the hundreds, perhaps, thousands killed when the army sent in ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 KP Labs has launched Smart Mission Lab, an innovative platform aimed at transforming the development and testing of AI models and onboard data processing for space missions. Supported by ESA InCubed ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd continues to play a pivotal role in lunar exploration and infrastructure expansion, reinforcing its importance in humanity's return to the Moon. Goonhilly is delive ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has successfully demonstrated a two-way optical communication link between two satellites in o ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Mar 6, 2025 Alibaba shares surged more than seven percent in Hong Kong trade on Thursday after the Chinese tech giant launched an artificial intelligence model it says can compete with DeepSeek, this year's surprise tech star. ... more ![]() ![]() New York (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Christie's first auction of art made by artificial intelligence (AI) ended Wednesday with mixed results, providing scant clues as to the future of the new and controversial medium. ... more ![]() ![]() San Francisco (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Amazon's Prime Video streaming service announced Wednesday it will begin testing AI-assisted dubbing to make its international content more accessible to viewers worldwide. ... more ![]() ![]() |
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What Goes Down, Must Come Up: Earth's Leaky Mantle![]() A new analysis of the processes that constantly stir the Earth's deep mantle is helping to explain how the mantle holds onto a portion of ancient noble gases that were trapped during the Earth's formation. The research, which appears this week in the journal Nature, takes aim at a question that has vexed geoscientists for years: how to reconcile leading theories about the convection of ... more Scientists Find City Rats Are Loyal To Their 'Hoods ![]() In the rat race of life, one thing is certain: there's no place like home. Now, a study just released in Molecular Ecology finds the same is true for rats. Although inner city rodents appear to roam freely, most form distinct neighborhoods where they spend the majority of their lives. Like any major city, Baltimore has many lively neighborhoods - each with its own personality. But ... more Indian navy staves off attack by Somali pirates ![]() The Indian navy on Thursday stopped Somali pirates from attacking a cargo ship registered in Slovenia, the Slovenian STA news agency reported, quoting state Radio Slovenija. The pirates on board three fast motorboats targetted the freighter Postojna, but fled after warning shots were fired from the Indian naval vessel escorting a convoy. Nobody was hurt in the incident, Radio Slovenija said. ... more New arenavirus found in S. Africa, Zambia ![]() U.S. medical scientists have determined a new arenavirus is the cause of a hemorrhagic fever outbreak in South Africa and Zambia. Scientists from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the U.S. National Health Laboratory Service, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Roche's 454 Life ... more |
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