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August 2, 2017
The largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month. Since the 12 July 2017 breakaway Dr Anna Hogg, from the University of Leeds and Dr Hilmar Gudmundsson, from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), have continued to track the iceberg - known as A68 - using the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Commission's Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite.
July 27, 2017
Oil exploration blocked in watershed Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Indigenous rights. In a unanimous decision today, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of the Inuit hamlet of Clyde River in a landmark ruling that will have far-reaching and lasting impacts across Canada in terms of Indigenous rights and resource extraction projects, including Arctic oil exploration, tar sands and pipelines.
July 27, 2017
More than 50 people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, military, medical and humanitarian sources told AFP on Thursday. "The death toll keeps mounting," said one source involved in dealing with the aftermath of Tuesday´s attack near Magumeri, adding: "Now we have more than 50 and... more bodies are coming in." Details of the ambush, which was initially thought to be a kidnapping attempt, have been slow to emerge, as the military strictly controls access to Borno state, which has been the epicentre of Boko Haram violence.
July 24, 2017
Professional and amateur photographers from all over the world are invited to participate in the International Photo Contest, dedicated to climate change and protection of ozone layer, which will be held from July 10 to September 11, 2017. The photo contest is held in two categories: Climate change in my eyes" and "Ozone layer and I". To participate, it is necessary to fill out the application form and send it together with a photo to info@envcontest.uz until August 15, 2017.
July 24, 2017
Russian Natural properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, Tentative List, and potential properties for inscription. Russia (the former Soviet Union) signed the World Heritage Convention in 1988 and is now represented on the World Heritage List by 17 cultural and 11 natural properties. In its number of natural properties inscribed on the List, Russia is on the fourth place among nations, following China, United States, and Australia.
July 21, 2017
Barents Sea, Norway, 21 July 2017 - 11 peaceful activists from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have taken to the water in inflatable boats with handheld banners to oppose the Statoil Songa Enabler oil rig, 275 km North off the Norwegian coast, in the Arctic Barents sea. The banners say: “People Vs. Arctic Oil” and are directed at Statoil and the Norwegian government, which has opened a new, aggressive search for oil in the waters of the Barents Sea.
July 10, 2017
Saturn’s largest moon could suit human settlement – provided we can keep the lights on. Thankfully, Titan has several energy sources that might one day power a colony, an analysis shows.
July 10, 2017
The Russian-Mongolian territory “Landscapes of Dauria” was given the high status of UNESCO World Heritage site at the 41th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Krakow. The territory includes the Dauria National Park, its protection zones and part of the Federal Importance Natural Reserve “Dolina Dzerena” on the Russian Federation side and the strictly protected natural territory “Mongol Daguur” with the “Ugtam” Natural Reserve from the Mongolian side. The total area of the site is 859.102 ha, the buffer zone around it is 310.719 ha.
July 5, 2017
The Chinese government's efforts to clean up air quality are bearing fruit as use of dirty coal has likely dropped 40 percent over the last five years, said Wood Mackenzie. According to data from the consultancy, the use of low-quality or dirty coal, known as sanmei, will fall to 469 million tons this year from 774 million tons in 2012. Over 80 percent, or 650 million tons of this coal, was used in the industrial sector in 2012.
July 4, 2017
Can the cultural artefacts be preserved from war and terrorist acts? Recently, Iraq government troops, who are in the midst of bloodshed for Mosul, have freed the historical an-Nuri mosque from terrorists. To be exact, they freed its ruins: for the previous week this monument of architecture, which was used to be called “Iraqi Leaning Tower of Pisa” had been destroyed. The coalition forces blame the Islamist groups for this barbarian act, while the Islamists claim that the cult building had been bombed by Americans.