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October 29, 2024
Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warn. Forty-four of the world's leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to address the potentially imminent and "devastating" collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents.
October 24, 2024
Millions in the US may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water supplies. Approximately 71 to 95 million people in the Lower 48 states—more than 20% of the country's population—may rely on groundwater that contains detectable concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, for their drinking water supplies. These findings are according to a U.S Geological Survey study published in the journal Science.
October 8, 2024
Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is worse than coal, study finds. Liquified natural gas leaves a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new Cornell study. "Natural gas and shale gas are all bad for the climate. Liquified natural gas (LNG) is worse," said Robert Howarth, author of the study and the David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
October 2, 2024
Scientists find plausible geological setting that may have sparked life on Earth. Researchers have discovered a plausible evolutionary setting in which nucleic acids—the fundamental genetic building blocks of life—could enable their own replication, possibly leading to life on Earth.
September 23, 2024
The European “green deal” will dramatically increase CO2 emissions in other countries. Climatologists concluded that the implementation of the European "Green Deal", a plan to completely decarbonize the EU economy by 2050, will lead to an increase in annual CO2 emissions in other countries of the world by 758 million tons, which is more than double the planned emissions reductions in Europe. This was reported by the press service of the Dutch University of Groningen.
August 12, 2024
In Serbia, there are protests against lithium mining by Rio Tinto Corporation. In July 2024, a cooperation agreement between Serbia and the EU in the field of strategic raw materials was signed in Belgrade. First of all, it involves the mining of lithium in the west of Serbia in the Yadar River area, which, as recognized in the European Union, is vital for European countries to reduce dependence on imports from China of lithium batteries and batteries for electric vehicles. Once the agreement was signed, its participants emphasized its importance in every possible way.
August 8, 2024
Terraforming Mars with Metal Nanorods Could Be 5,000 Times Faster than Greenhouse Gas Proposals. esearchers studying concepts for terraforming Mars to make it habitable for possible human colonization have found that using metal nanorods injected into the planet’s atmosphere could accomplish the task 5,000 times faster than popular approaches involving the release of greenhouse gasses.
August 2, 2024
The expert called the attempts to negotiate with Western countries on the AI code a failure. Academician of the RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences) Igor Kalyaev believes that artificial intelligence created in those countries that are not part of the "coalition of like-minded countries" and do not share their "values" will be "unethical" and "authoritarian" by definition
July 24, 2024
NASA cancels $450 million VIPER moon rover due to budget concerns. NASA has cancelled its VIPER moon rover program due to rising costs. VIPER, short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a robotic mission intended to land near the moon's south pole and spend 100 days scouting for lunar ice deposits. The rover was slated to launch in 2025 to the moon aboard an Astrobotic Griffin lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative (CLPS).
July 23, 2024
Geologists have suggested that the Anthropocene could be viewed as an event rather than a geological epoch. For tens of millennia, humans have been influencing many areas of the Earth in all possible ways. However, the degree of this impact has increased in recent times, which is why some geologists in the last century proposed the idea to designate a new epoch in the history of the planet - the Anthropocene.