Fairbanks AK (SPX) May 01, 2021 In August 2016 a massive storm on par with a Category 2 hurricane churned in the Arctic Ocean. The cyclone led to the third-lowest sea ice extent ever recorded. But what made the Great Arctic Cyclone of 2016 particularly appealing to scientists was the proximity of the Korean icebreaker Araon. For the first time ever, scientists were able to … Continue reading Icebreaker’s cyclone encounter reveals faster sea ice decline

Dalian, China (SPX) May 01, 2021 The provenance of oxygen on Earth and other solar planetary bodies is a fundamental issue. It is widely accepted that the prebiotic pathway of oxygen production in the Earth primitive atmosphere was via vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photodissociation of CO2 and subsequent recombination of two O atoms. In contrast, the photodissociation of H2O, one of the dominant oxygen carriers, has … Continue reading Oxygen production from three-body photodissociation of water using light

TrovaPage helps creators and other entrepreneurs focus on marketing without detracting from their creativity. The internet marketplace provides a complete e-commerce platform that allows entrepreneurs to build, market, and bill for services. Users’ businesses range from yoga instruction and guitar lessons, to small restaurants, personalized astrology, and nonprofits.http://dlvr.it/RylQcc Continue reading This New Online Marketplace Caters to Creators

Geneva (AFP) April 28, 2021 Poorer countries are set to see their access to HIV self-tests increase dramatically following a deal to slash prices in half and boost production, Unitaid said Wednesday. The international health agency said it had closed a deal with US-based global healthcare company Viatris that will see blood-based HIV self-tests made available for under $2 across 135 low and middle-income countries.http://dlvr.it/RygmtT Continue reading HIV self-test prices to be slashed in half in 135 countries

Brussels (AFP) April 28, 2021 Beijing and Moscow have stepped up “state-sponsored disinformation” campaigns denigrating Western-developed vaccines against Covid while promoting their own, the EU said on Wednesday. “The so-called ‘vaccine diplomacy’ follows a zero-sum game logic” that seeks to “undermine trust in Western-made vaccines, EU institutions and Western/European vaccination strategies,” said a report from the EUhttp://dlvr.it/RygmsD Continue reading EU slams ‘manipulation’ of vaccine info by China, Russia

Many digital marketers spend too much on targeting an already loyal customer base rather than tapping into new streams. Dr. Jorge Barraza, professor of applied psychology at the University of Southern California, has a plan to help advertisers reach consumers that would not normally buy their products, by using the principle of contextual alignment.http://dlvr.it/RygSL7 Continue reading Need More From Your Digital Ad Spend? Adopt Contextual Alignment

Trondheim, Norway (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in ski wax have been receiving a lot of attention recently, but waxes constitute only a limited part of the problem of the PFAS group of toxicants. PFAS are a large group of man-made fluorocarbon toxicants, and you are most likely full of them. The toxic substances don’t break down and instead accumulate, both … Continue reading Toxic fluorocarbons – Not just in ski waxes

Beijing (AFP) April 27, 2021 A towering wall of sand rushed over factories and apartment blocks in northwestern China’s Gansu province as seasonal sandstorms barrelled across the country, causing air pollution and traffic accidents. Aerial images as it struck showed an apocalyptic scene as a billowing cloud of yellow dust smothered Gansu’s Linze county on Sunday. State media CCTV reported multiple car accidents in thttp://dlvr.it/RybTtv Continue reading Wall of sand engulfs Chinese town

Brooklyn NY (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 Rising sea levels and more powerful cyclonic storms, phenomena driven by the warming of oceans due to climate change, puts at immediate or potential risk an estimated 680 million people living in low-lying coastal zones (a number projected to reach more than one billion by 2050). In nations like Bangladesh these populations are already moving to escape sea-level rise. … Continue reading Implications are global in new study predicting Human exodus in Bangladesh

Monrovia (AFP) April 23, 2021 Liberia pledged Friday to prevent rebel attacks from its territory on neighbouring Ivory Coast, where security sources reported that Liberian documents were found on assailants raiding a military camp outside Abidjan. The Ivorian army said it killed three armed men and captured another during Wednesday’s pre-dawn attack, with security sources adding a Liberian passport and driver’s licence whttp://dlvr.it/RyWcJg Continue reading Liberia pledges to prevent rebel attacks on Ivory Coast