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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Massive volcanic eruptions in India, once theorized as a potential cause of dinosaur extinction, likely played a minimal role in their demise, according to new research by climate scientists at Utrecht University and the University of Manchester. Their findings suggest that while these eruptions caused a temporary cooling period, their climatic effects had dissipated thousands of years before the Chicxulub meteorite struck Earth 66 million years ago, marking the end of the dinosaur era. For decade ... read more |
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DARPA's ASIMOV seeks to develop Ethical Standards for Autonomous SystemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 CoVar, a prominent developer of AI and machine learning solutions for the Department of Defense, has secured a multi-year contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to contr ... more  
Russia-Ukraine War's unexpected casualties: Hungry people in distant nationsEast Lansing MI (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 The war in Ukraine is causing hunger thousands of miles from the battlefields, according to a new study. Nearly three years of war in the "breadbasket of the world" has left croplands destroyed and ... more  
Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolutionBoston MA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible was about an hour-and-a-half into its two-hour descent to the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean when it lost contact with its support ship. ... more  
First results from 2021 rocket launch shed light on aurora's birthFairbanks AK (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Newly published results from a 2021 experiment led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist have begun to reveal the particle-level processes that create the type of auroras that dance rapidly ... more |
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The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in ThailandAndaman Sea, Thailand (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves - a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly again. ... more |
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Mystery drones won't interfere with Santa's work: US trackerWashington (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 Santa Claus has no need to worry about recent mystery drone sightings over New Jersey, a US Air Force general said Tuesday, as an annual tradition of "tracking" Saint Nick swung into action. ... more  
Hong Kong police issue fresh bounties for activists overseasHong Kong (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Hong Kong police announced bounties on Tuesday of HK$1 million (around $130,000) for information leading to the arrest of six democracy advocates based overseas and accused of national security crimes. ... more 
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, spewing columns of lavaLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 One of the world's most active volcanoes sprang into life again Monday, spewing columns of lava 80 meters (260 feet) above Hawaii, US vulcanologists said. ... more  
El Salvador Congress votes to end ban on metal miningSan Salvador (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 El Salvador's Congress on Monday approved a bill promoted by President Nayib Bukele to roll back a ban on the mining of gold and other metals, dismaying environmentalists. ... more |
 
Pier breaks off, floats away in heavy California stormSanta Cruz, United States (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 A pier collapsed into the ocean and floated away off the US state of California on Monday, weather authorities said, as the region was pounded by a powerful storm. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Extremely rare baby mammoth found in SiberiaMoscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia. ... more  
Snowstorm cuts power to tens of thousands in BosniaSarajevo (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina were cut off and more than 170,000 people were left without electricity on Tuesday due to a snowstorm gripping the region. ... more 
Russia says oil spill may have polluted 200,000 tonnes of soilMoscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 An oil slick from two damaged tankers off the coast of southern Russia this month may have polluted up to 200,000 tonnes of soil, Russia's minister of natural resources said on Monday. ... more  
Driver in central China car ramming handed suspended death sentenceBeijing (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 A man who ploughed his car into a crowd of mostly school children in central China last month was handed a suspended death sentence with a two-year reprieve, state media reported Monday. ... more |
Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's familyDhaka (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, the anti-corruption commission said Monday. ... more  
Iraq's prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad's boozy subcultureBaghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. ... more  
New study uncovers variety in Arctic Ocean hydrothermal vent systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 A recent investigation into Earth's northernmost hydrothermal system reveals a greater diversity of vent styles than previously known, offering critical insights into their origins and potential glo ... more  
ESA and NASA collaborate to track Greenland ice sheet meltingParis, France (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 As global warming accelerates the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, its contribution to rising sea levels and disruptions in global weather patterns underscores the need for precise monitoring. Fo ... more |
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Changes in store for atmospheric riversBoulder CO (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect the potent storms known as atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see muc ... more 
Early warning system aims to curb locust swarmsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Desert locusts, known for their devastating impact on crops, typically live solitary lives until environmental triggers like intense rainfall prompt them to form massive swarms. A single swarm spann ... more 
Turkey court jails hotel owner, architect in quake trialIstanbul (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel where 72 people died after it collapsed following an earthquake last year to over 18 years in prison. ... more  
Catholics hold muted Christmas mass in Indonesia's Sharia strongholdBanda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh province, the only one under ultraconservative Islamic law in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation. ... more |
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Felipe VI urges Spain to learn from floods in Christmas messageMadrid (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 King Felipe VI urged Spain to draw lessons from this year's catastrophic floods to "strengthen society and make us grow" in his Christmas message broadcast on Tuesday. ... more |
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Blogs to Bluesky: social media shifts responses after 2004 tsunamiJakarta (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters - from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding. ... more 
Ecuador's leader orders stepped-up search for missing adolescentsQuito (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has ordered an intensified search for four adolescent boys who disappeared during a military operation, with public anger over the incident flaring weeks ahead of elections. ... more 
Tunisia women herb harvesters struggle with drought and heatAin Draham, Tunisia (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 On a hillside in Tunisia's northwestern highlands, women scour a sun-scorched field for the wild herbs they rely on for their livelihoods, but droughts and rising temperatures are making it ever harder to find the precious plants. ... more 
Large earthquake hits battered VanuatuSydney (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, five days after a more powerful quake wreaked havoc and killed 12 people. ... more |
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