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June 26, 2024
Frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires have doubled in last 20 years, new study finds. Global satellite datasets show just how much worse wildfires have become.
More research is emerging to show how much more severe wildfires have become in recent decades.
June 25, 2024
Geologists expect Chang’e-6 lunar surface samples to contain volcanic rock and impact ejecta. On June 25, China’s Chang’e-6 (CE-6) lunar probe is set to return to Earth, carrying the first surface samples collected from the farside of the Moon.
June 24, 2024
Two large asteroids will safely pass Earth this week, a rare occurrence perfectly timed to commemorate this year's Asteroid Day. Neither poses any risk to our planet, but one of them was only discovered a week ago, highlighting the need to continue improving our ability to detect potentially hazardous objects in our cosmic neighborhood.
Asteroid 2024 MK is between 120 and 260 m in size and was discovered on 16 June 2024. The asteroid will fly past Earth on 29 June during the height of this year’s Asteroid Day activities.
June 20, 2024
East Palestine train derailment spread 'hazardous' pollution to 16 states: Study In Feb. 2023, a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in Ohio.
The destruction from a massive train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spread far beyond the initial wreckage site, spewing "hazardous" pollution across 16 states, according to a newly released study.
June 18, 2024
Mine makeovers: How to turn pits into healthy habitats. Open-cast mines could be converted from blots on the landscape into havens for wildlife, with land restored straight after digging finishes, a new primer on post-mining landscapes has proposed.
The Primer on ecosystem reconstruction after mining is published in Current Biology. Professor Mark Tibbett, Chair of Soil Ecology at the University of Reading, authored the review.
May 27, 2024
In March, the European Union increased purchases of Russian metals - aluminum, steel and iron. RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to European statistics data. Imports of steel and iron from Russia increased 1.7 times compared to February, to 328 million euros. This figure was the highest since May 2023 and allowed Russia to become the second main supplier of these two metals to the EU.
May 27, 2024
In response to the publication by the British newspaper The Telegraph that the Rosgeologiya research vessel Akademik Aleksander Karpinsky had transmitted to Moscow data on the discovery of huge oil and gas resources in Antarctica (in particular, the publication writes about 511 billion barrels of oil, which is 10 times more than the total quantity of oil extracted in the North Sea in 50 years), Rosgeologiya said that it conducts only scientific activities in Antarctica and the adjacent seas in full compliance with international agreements
May 24, 2024
In message to Russia, Chilean lawmakers meet in Antarctica to underline territorial claims. Defense officials from Chile convened a meeting at the bottom of the planet on Thursday in a bid to bolster their territorial claims in Antarctica as tensions escalate over Russia's maneuvers in the polar region.
Lawmakers from Chile's parliamentary defense committee flew to a desolate air base for a meeting billed as an assertion of national sovereignty.
May 23, 2024
Alaska's rusting waters: Pristine rivers and streams turning orange. Dozens of Alaska's most remote streams and rivers are turning from a crystal clear blue into a cloudy orange, and the staining could be the result of minerals exposed by thawing permafrost, finds new research in Communications Earth & Environment.
May 22, 2024
Did Earth's multicellular life depend on plate tectonics? How did complex life emerge and evolve on the Earth and what does this mean for finding life beyond Earth?