Red Fir, United States (AFP) Sept 18, 2021 Firefighters battling to protect the world’s biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved. Flames are creeping closer to the majestic General Sherman and other giant sequoias, as man-made climate change worsens California’s fearsome fire season. “We have hundreds of firefighters there giving it their all, giving … Continue reading US firefighters optimistic over world’s biggest tree

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 17, 2021 The degradation of the world’s coral reefs is causing a sharp decline in fisheries and putting coastal communities in peril, a new study has found. Fish catches along the world’s coral reefs peaked nearly two decades ago and have been diminishing since, according to a study published in the journal One Earth on Friday. The catch per unit effort, … Continue reading Damaged coral reefs cause decline in fisheries, risks for coastal communities

Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 15, 2021 The government of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous Danish territory, faced an outcry on Tuesday over the culling of more than 1,400 white-sided dolphins in a day in what was said to be the single biggest hunt in the northern archipelago. “There is no doubt that the Faroese whale hunts are a dramatic sight to people unfamiliar to the hunts … Continue reading Outcry as Faroe Islands slaughter 1,400 dolphins in a day

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 15, 2021 We’ve heard that rising temperatures will lead to rising sea levels, but what many may not realise is that most of the increase in energy in the climate system is occurring in the ocean. Now a study from UNSW Sydney and CSIRO researchers has shown that a relatively new ocean temperature measuring program – the Argo system of profiling … Continue reading New ocean temperature data help scientists make their hot predictions

Paris (AFP) Sept 13, 2021 “Insane” – that was teenager Barbara Stowe’s reaction 50 years ago when her parents and the other founders of Greenpeace decided that they would send a boat to halt US nuclear tests. But their conviction won over Stowe and her brother Robert, who witnessed these pathbreaking meetings in the family home in Vancouver to send a ship to Amchitka in … Continue reading Greenpeace: An ‘insane’ vision that took flight 50 years ago

Intuit on Monday announced an agreement to acquire Mailchimp, a global customer engagement and marketing platform for small and mid-market businesses, for $12 billion in cash and stock advances. The purchase could be the linchpin that thrusts the mostly financial software company into solving more fertile mid-market business challenges for its customers.http://dlvr.it/S7hmfl Continue reading Intuit’s $12B Mailchimp Purchase Breathes New Life Into Email Marketing

Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Sep 14, 2021 Men’s sleep may be more powerfully influenced by the lunar cycle than women’s, according to a new study from Uppsala University, now published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. Previous studies have produced somewhat conflicting results on the association between the lunar cycle and sleep, with some reporting an association whereas others did not. There are several … Continue reading Men may sleep worse on nights during the first half of the lunar cycle

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2021 When you help build a satellite the size of a shoebox, you learn pretty much everything about it, says Emil Atz, a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Boston University. You learn how to write a proposal to fund it, how to place the screws that hold it together, how to test each instrument to ensure it functions properly. … Continue reading CuPID CubeSat will get new perspective on Sun-Earth boundary

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 15, 2021 As the global climate continues to change and extreme weather events increasingly threaten regions all over the world, accurate weather forecasting is becoming more important than ever. In a new study published in Scientific Reports, a research team led by Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo reports that weather forecast accuracy can be improved by several percentage … Continue reading Better weather forecasting through satellite isotope data assimilation

Lytton, Canada (AFP) Sept 14, 2021 On the front lines of global warming, evacuees from Lytton, a western Canadian village destroyed by wildfires in June, are detached and bitter about the upcoming September 20 snap elections. Lytton, located 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Vancouver, gained international attention for setting a new Canadian heat record of 49.6 degrees Celsius (121.3 Fahrenheit) before being ravaged dahttp://dlvr.it/S7YH8w Continue reading Wildfire evacuees tempted not to vote in Canada election