Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 Could solar storms knock out the global internet? Yes, but we don’t know when or how it could happen. Mathematician Dr Geoffrey Vasil has proposed a new understanding of the Sun’s convection zone to help. Scientists at the University of Sydney and in the USA have solved a long-standing mystery about the Sun that could help astronomers predict space … Continue reading Solving solar puzzle could help save Earth from planet-wide blackouts

For e-commerce businesses that are seriously considering a new source for brand awareness and customer acquisition, TikTok can be an unbeatable advertising investment, according to Dariya Smailova senior digital media buyer manager at Vendo. The platform allows e-commerce brands to remain visible and present within the always-watching customer lifestyle.http://dlvr.it/S5RRxk Continue reading The Sleeping Ad Giant That Is TikTok

Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 4, 2021 An Israeli-European scientific expedition that sailed from Israel towards Sudan to study Red Sea corals was forced to cancel its mission after the boat was damaged, organisers said Wednesday. With six scientists and four crew members, the expedition’s ambitious goal was to create a first-ever comprehensive study of the corals in the entire Red Sea, possibly yielding precious information on … Continue reading Major Red Sea coral study put off after hitting reef: organisers

Reedley, United States (AFP) Aug 9, 2021 In the valleys of central California, the search for water has turned into an all-out obsession as the region suffers through a drought that could threaten the US food supply. Residents have watched with dismay as verdant fields have turned into brown, dusty plains, leaving shriveled trees, dying plants and exasperated farmers. Much of California, and of the … Continue reading Historic drought threatens California farms supplying much US food

Corcoran, United States (AFP) Aug 8, 2021 “You’ve got too many farmers pumping all around,” complained Raul Atilano. This octogenarian resident of Corcoran, the self-proclaimed farming capital of California, was struggling to make sense of the strangest of phenomena: his already suffering town is sinking, ever so gradually, into the ground. A constant stream of trucks carrying tomatoes, alfalfa or cotton outside this town of … Continue reading A drought-hit California town finds itself sinking into the ground

Merida, Mexico (AFP) Aug 5, 2021 Long revered by the Maya people as sacred and today a magnet for tourists, local indigenous communities fear the water-filled sinkholes of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula are under threat from industrial pig farms. Known as cenotes, the thousands of cavities are part of a vast labyrinth of caves connected to a giant aquifer under the lush jungle of a region … Continue reading Pig farms accused of defiling Mexico’s ‘sacred wells’

Paris (AFP) Aug 4, 2021 Exposure to a cocktail of agrochemicals significantly increases bee mortality, according to research Wednesday that said regulators may be underestimating the dangers of pesticides in combination. Bees and other pollinators are crucial for crops and wild habitats and evidence of steep drops in insect populations worldwide has prompted fears of dire consequences for food security and naturalhttp://dlvr.it/S5J1Sv Continue reading Pesticide threat to bees likely ‘underestimated’: study

Huron, United States (AFP) Aug 5, 2021 Crushed by a devastating drought and new water restrictions, Daniel Hartwig had no choice but to pull thousands of precious, fragrant almond trees from his California farm. “It breaks your heart,” he sighed as he surveyed the once vibrant landscape before him – curled, yellowed leaves covering the shrunken husks that would have been this year’s crop of … Continue reading In blistering drought, California farmers rip up precious almond trees

Boston MA (SPX) Aug 05, 2021 Some kinds of water pollution, such as algal blooms and plastics that foul rivers, lakes, and marine environments, lie in plain sight. But other contaminants are not so readily apparent, which makes their impact potentially more dangerous. Among these invisible substances is uranium. Leaching into water resources from mining operations, nuclear waste sites, or from natural subterranean deposits,http://dlvr.it/S5DzCt Continue reading Using graphene foam to filter toxins from drinking water

Paris (AFP) Aug 5, 2021 Can humanity drag down greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to prevent Earth’s surface from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above mid-19th century levels? That question looms larger than all others as 195 nations tussle over the UN’s first comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change since 2014, to be released Monday. And if we can, will we? It is hard … Continue reading Keeping Earth cool: Is the 1.5C target ‘mission impossible’?