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September 8, 2016
Following Saturday’s brutal attack on peaceful protesters by private security mercenaries and vicious guard dogs acting on behalf of Dakota Access Pipeline interests, it has been revealed the company responsible for construction deliberately targeted documented sacred and culturally significant areas for demolition — and crews likely chose the holiday weekend in order to avoid a court injunction.
September 8, 2016
From September 6, 2016, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation has been receiving complaints (including photos) from Norilsk town (Krasnoyarsk Krai) citizens on contamination of the Daldykan River in Norilsk town area with some unknown nature chemical substance, which gave the water to some bright-red colour. According to preliminary information, failure of the PAO “HMC “Norilsk Nickel” tailings pipeline may be the cause of this contamination.
August 24, 2016
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck central Italy, leaving at least six people dead and others trapped under rubble, Italian officials said. The quake hit at 03:36 (01:36 GMT), 76 km (47 miles) southeast of the city of Perugia, at the very shallow depth of 10km (six miles), the USGS said.
August 11, 2016
NASA announces aerospace partners for its deep space habitats. Surviving in the wilderness of space takes more than a sleeping bag and a packet of wet wipes, and so to explore how humanity can stay alive in the cold dark beyond, NASA is canvassing designs for new deep space habitats. The agency's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) program ask private companies to build ground-based prototypes of various modules, meeting a number of criteria from basic life support to fire safety tech and radiation mitigation.
August 10, 2008
The world celebrates the anniversary of the discovery of the Valley of Geysers (Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia). Seventy-five years ago, people learned about the existence of the main Kamchatka nature miracle. The cluster of geysers, fumaroles and hot springs in this valley were only discovered by a local scientist of the Kronotsky reserve, Tatyana Ustinova and her guide Anisifor Krupenin in 1941. She published her findings fourteen years later, but there was little exploration of the area until 1972.
August 09, 2016
The US Air Force is working on plans to improve radio communication over long distances by detonating plasma bombs in the upper atmosphere using a fleet of micro satellites.
Since the early days of radio, we’ve known that reception is sometimes better at night. Radio stations that cannot be picked up by day may be heard clearly at night, transmitting from hundreds of kilometres away.
August 08, 2016
It’s less than eight months into 2016 and the ominous day is already nearly upon us: Earth Overshoot Day, previously known as Ecological Debt Day, is a reminder of the enormous toll we take on the Earth. The day marks the juncture when humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds what the planet can replenish annually. In 2016, it falls on Monday, which means people have already consumed an entire year’s worth of the world’s resources ― and we still have four months to go until the year’s end.
August 08, 2016
New Photos Cast Doubt on China’s Vow Not to Militarize Disputed Islands. When President Xi Jinping of China visited President Obama at the White House last September, he startled many with reassuring words about his intentions for the Spratly Islands, a contested area where the Chinese government has been piling dredged sand and concrete atop reefs for the past few years and building housing and runways on them. “China does not intend to pursue militarization,” Mr.
August 01, 2016
NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) standing committee has presented the NASA Advisory Council with a status update regarding the agency’s direction and execution of the upcoming Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM). Among the prominent updates include confirmation of new target launch dates and information on how NASA will handle partner payloads and the creation of the ARM Investigation Team.
July 31, 2016
The International Association for Geoethics (IAGETH) establishes the International Geoethics Award. The IAGETH Executive Committee and Council have agreed to promote and establish the International Geoethics Award.