Washington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyze the petabytes of data produced by agency research satellites. As the agency innovates for the benefit of humanity, many of these programs are now downloadable and free of charge through NASA’s Software Catalog. The 2023-2024 Software Catalog contains more thhttp://dlvr.it/StYDC3 Continue reading NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs for Earth Science, More

London UK (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 Paleoclimate evidence shows that around 1.1 million years ago, the southern European climate cooled significantly and likely caused an extinction of early humans on the continent, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. Published in the journal Science, the team of researchers discovered the occurrence of previously unknown extreme glacial conditions around 1.1 million years ago.http://dlvr.it/StYD8W Continue reading Extreme cooling ended the first human occupation of Europe

Jakarta (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 Indonesian capital Jakarta has been the world’s most polluted city on four days this week, according to air quality monitor IQAir, as authorities fail to grapple with a spike in toxic smog. Air pollution is estimated to contribute to seven million premature deaths every year globally and is considered by the United Nations to be the single biggest environmental health … Continue reading Indonesia capital hit by major pollution spikes: monitor

Sydney (AFP) Aug 11, 2023 Australia’s defence department has been charged with a workplace safety breach after a 2.5-metre (8-foot) saltwater crocodile mauled two soldiers who went for a dip in infested waters. The two servicemen – a private and a corporal – were hospitalised after escaping from the jaws of the reptile, which attacked in August 2021 when they went for a swim in … Continue reading Australia’s defence department charged over crocodile attack

Paris (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 The average global temperature in July, the hottest month in recorded history, was around 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than in pre-industrial times. The Paris Agreement set the ambitious target of limiting the world to a temperature increase of 1.5C, but last month’s blistering heat does not mean this threshold has been breached – the deal instead refers to change that … Continue reading Despite scorching July, 1.5C Paris climate limit not yet reached

New York (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 US orange juice prices have hit records in recent days in the wake of tropical storms and the outbreak of an insect-spread disease that has decimated Florida crops. Futures of the commodity for delivery in September stood above $3 a pound on Thursday, more than a dollar above their level a year ago. Futures reached $3.20 in late July. … Continue reading US orange juice prices hit record after storms, crop disease

Madrid (AFP) Aug 10, 2023 Spain’s eastern city of Valencia set a new temperature record on Thursday as the country baked under its third heatwave of the summer. The mercury soared to 46.8 degrees Celsius (116.2 Fahrenheit) at Valencia airport, shattering the previous record of 43.4 Celsius set on July 6, 1986, state weather agency Aemet said on social media. The centre of the Mediterranean … Continue reading Spanish city shatters heat record

Paris (ESA) Aug 04, 2023 A solar eruption detected simultaneously at Earth, the Moon and Mars emphasises the need to prepare human exploration missions for the dangers of space radiation. A coronal mass ejection erupted from the Sun on 28 October 2021 and was spread over such a wide area that Mars and Earth, while on opposite sides of the Sun and around 250 million … Continue reading Giant solar eruption felt on Earth, Moon and Mars

College Station TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2023 If there’s one thing most office workers can agree on, it’s that they tend to feel less productive toward the end of the day and the end of each work week. Now, a team of researchers at Texas A and M University has found objective evidence of this phenomenon in action. A recent interdisciplinary study at the Texas … Continue reading Workers less productiv, make more typos in afternoon and especially on Fridays

Madrid (AFP) Aug 9, 2023 Temperatures are expected to hit 44 degrees Centigrade (111 Fahrenheit) in Spain and Portugal on Wednesday as the two countries boil under their third heatwave of the summer. With huge forest fires raging across southern Portugal for the fifth successive day, Spain’s weather service warned that the average temperature across the country could hit a 70-year record. “This will probably … Continue reading Record heat warning as forest fires rage in Spain and Portugal