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  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Whether to cook food, stay warm, craft tools, or provide light, fire was vital for Ice Age humans. Yet despite its presumed ubiquity, archaeological traces of fire from the coldest part of the last Ice Age remain surprisingly scarce. A research team led by the University of Algarve and the University of Vienna has now uncovered new evidence of deliberate fire use by Ice Age hunter-gatherers at a site in Ukraine, offering key insights into human adaptation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Published ... read more |
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Weather satellite operational, completes fleet to forecast severe storms on EarthWashington DC (UPI) Apr 8, 2025 The final piece of an advanced series of weather satellites officially began operating Tuesday to help provide better forecasts on Earth and in space, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ... more  
Trump wants to halt climate research by key agency: reportsWashington (AFP) April 11, 2025 The Trump administration, pursuing its deeply skeptical approach to climate change, wants to severely cut back the research arm of a government agency that plays a pivotal role in global climate science, US media reported Friday. ... more  
Europe flooding in 2024 worst in over a decade: reportParis (AFP) April 15, 2025 Europe experienced its most extensive flooding in over a decade in 2024, the EU's climate change monitor reported on Tuesday, with almost one-third of its rivers swelling to bursting point. ... more  
A new view on India Asia collision reshapes tectonic understandingSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 The longstanding narrative attributing the rise of the Tibetan Plateau and the India-Asia continental collision to continuous Cenozoic convergence and Indian underthrusting beneath Tibet is now bein ... more |
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UK demands answers after MP denied entry to Hong KongLondon (AFP) April 13, 2025 British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Sunday said he was deeply concerned after a UK lawmaker was denied entry to Hong Kong, and said he would be urgently raising the issue with the Chinese authorities. ... more |
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EarthDaily Prepares to Launch Advanced Change Detection SatelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 EarthDaily Analytics has reached a pivotal milestone in its mission to transform Earth Observation capabilities. The company has completed integration and environmental testing of its first payload ... more  
NASA Uses Moonlight to Refine Satellite Earth MonitoringLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 Flying beneath a waxing Moon in March 2025, NASA's ER-2 aircraft transformed into a unique lunar observatory, soaring above the clouds from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Califo ... more 
US climate cuts hurting global science: Europe's weather agencyParis (AFP) April 15, 2025 Europe's meteorological agency says cuts by US President Donald Trump's administration to a key American science agency had hindered the sharing of crucial observations used around the globe to monitor the climate and forecast weather. ... more  
Scientists uncover why carbon-rich space rocks rarely reach EarthSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 A comprehensive international study may finally explain why carbon-rich meteorites, which are thought to contain key ingredients for life, are so rarely found on Earth despite being common in space. ... more |
 
Digging Gets Smarter with Trimble's Siteworks Upgrade for ExcavatorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) has launched a new capability for its Siteworks Machine Guidance Module that integrates tilt bucket attachments into its field software suite. This enhancement enables constru ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Missing nitrogen traced to deep Earth core in planetary formation simulationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 A longstanding mystery in Earth science may finally have an answer: why Earth's rocky mantle contains so little nitrogen compared to other volatile elements. According to a new study from Ehime Univ ... more  
'Hard on the body': Canadian troops train for Arctic defenseTuktoyaktuk, Canada (AFP) April 12, 2025 In normal conditions, Canadian Air Force helicopter pilot Jonathan Vokey uses the treeline to gauge his altitude. But in the Arctic, where the landing zone is an expanse of white snow, he has to adjust. ... more 
Head of US base in Greenland fired after Vance visitCopenhagen (AFP) April 11, 2025 The head of the US military base in Greenland, a Danish territory coveted by US President Donald Trump, has been fired for criticising Washington's agenda for the Arctic island. ... more  
Bogota ends one year of climate-induced water rationingBogota, Colombia (AFP) April 11, 2025 Residents in Colombia's biggest city Bogota won a much-desired reprieve from year-long water rationing Friday, with authorities announcing tough climate-induced cuts will end. ... more |
 
U.S., coalition partners sanction 15 al-Shabaab leadersWashington DC (UPI) Apr 15, 2025 The United States and a coalition of six other nations dedicated to disrupting terrorist financial networks have imposed sanctions against 15 accused leaders of the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militant group. ... more  
Iraqi markets a haven for pedlars escaping Iran's economic woesBasra, Iraq (AFP) April 12, 2025 Every Friday, Alawi crosses the border from Iran into Iraq to sell his produce in the markets of Basra, which serve as a haven for Iranians grappling with economic sanctions. ... more
NASA Announces Call for New Computing Approaches to Earth ScienceWashington DC (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 In an open challenge, NASA is seeking innovative business models that propose new approaches to solving complex Earth science problems using unconventional computing methods and is holding an inform ... more 
Hundred-year storm tides will occur every few decades in Bangladesh, scientists reportBoston MA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal regions. The most extreme cyclones can generate devastating storm tides - seawater tha ... more |
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UN denounces army attacks in Myanmar despite post-quake truceGeneva (AFP) April 11, 2025 The United Nations rights office decried Friday attacks by Myanmar's military despite a ceasefire declared following last month's devastating earthquake, which killed more than 3,600 people. ... more  
US firm says it brought back extinct dire wolvesWashington (AFP) April 11, 2025 They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively - they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species. ... more 
Trump signs order to 'make America's showers great again'Washington (AFP) April 10, 2025 US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would "make America's showers great again". ... more 
Census shows high number of brown bears in RomaniaBucharest (AFP) April 10, 2025 A census of brown bears using DNA for the first time has revealed that up to 13,000 of the protected species are living in Romania, much more than the 8,000 previously estimated, the government announced on Thursday. ... more |
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In the quest for alien life, even empty results hold valueBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 What if future planetary surveys yield no evidence of life beyond Earth? A research team led by physicist Dr. Daniel Angerhausen from ETH Zurich's Exoplanets and Habitability Group, working in colla ... more |
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Life rebounded quickly after dinosaur-killing impactLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Roughly 66 million years ago, a colossal asteroid collided with Earth, triggering the mass extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and wiping out approximately 70% of marine species. But new research ... more
Microscopy study in Earths harsh environments informs alien life searchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 Body Text: Researchers at Portland State University have demonstrated that signs of microbial life can be consistently detected across a variety of Earth's most extreme habitats, findings that may s ... more 
Virtual dive will take explorers deep into unexplored waters off HawaiiWashington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2025 Aquatic enthusiasts have an opportunity to join a virtual deep sea expedition with underwater explorers this week, as remotely operated vehicles take cameras below the surface of the ocean to investigate uncharted waters off Hawaii. ... more 
Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs over water disputeWashington (AFP) April 11, 2025 US President Donald Trump threatened Mexico on Thursday with "escalating consequences" on trade unless it provides more water to Texas under a contentious decades-old treaty. ... more |
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