Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 20, 2023 NASA’s newest storm-watching satellites have collected their first views of hurricanes, offering scientists a new tool for understanding the inner workings of storms over shorter time spans. Data from the TROPICS mission – short for Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats – will help weather researchers learn more about thhttp://dlvr.it/SsTJGM Continue reading NASA’s TROPICS Offers Multiple Views of Intensifying Hurricanes

Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Jul 18, 2023 We know less about the rainforest canopy, where most of the world’s species live than we do about the surface of Mars or the bottom of the ocean. However, that is about to change thanks to GEDI-a NASA space laser that has provided a detailed structure of the world’s rainforests for the first time ever. “Tropical forests are mainly … Continue reading NASA space laser provides answers to a rainforest canopy mystery

London, UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2023 Netanya, Israel (SPX) Jul 18, 2023 Orbit Communications Systems Inc., a supplier of SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions, and crucial airborne audio management systems, has announced a cooperation agreement with Viasat Inc. This new alliance will see Orbit’s airborne terminals integrated into Viasat’s expanded Ka-band network, a vast framework which now encompasses the Global Xprhttp://dlvr.it/SsTJFf Continue reading Orbit and Viasat collaborate to merge airborne terminals with expansive Ka-band Network

Samandag, Turkey (AFP) July 16, 2023 The excavator tore into the remnants of the damaged building in southeast Turkey, bringing it crashing down into a cloud of dust – the latest menace facing survivors of the deadly February quake that ravaged the region. Extending to the horizon, a cocoon of fine grey dust envelops the city of Samandag in the south of Hatay province, devastated … Continue reading Turkey quake survivors’ latest menace — dust

Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 The study “Understanding atmospheric intercontinental dispersal of harmful microorganisms”* compiles the scope of the problem of the global dispersal of harmful microorganisms through the upper layers of the atmosphere. It confirms that the atmosphere -specifically the free troposphere- acts as a highway for many microbes and emphasizes the mechanisms that facilitate it. The work combineshttp://dlvr.it/SsQVSr Continue reading How do microbes spread globally

Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 19, 2023 For more than ten years, researchers have been discussing how the numerous circular bare patches in the middle of the African grasslands – the so-called fairy circles – can arise. In their current study “Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia’s fairy circles – A response to Getzin”, biologist Prof Dr Norbert Jurgens and soil scientist Dr Alexander Grongroft from Universitat … Continue reading Termites as cause of fairy circles in Namib Desert confirmed

Sydney (AFP) July 19, 2023 Authorities at an Australian World Heritage-listed island on Wednesday rejected calls for a mass cull of local dingoes, following a spate of attacks that have spooked visiting tourists. A 23-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after she was mauled by several dingoes while jogging on K’gari – once known as Fraser Island – on Monday. Queensland’s environment minister Leanne Linard … Continue reading Dingo cull rejected after attacks at Australian island

Buin, Chile (AFP) July 18, 2023 A rare Somali wild ass has been born in a zoo in Chile, the fourth specimen of the critically endangered species to be born in the South American country, the zoo owner said. The foal, named Julieta, was born in a private zoo on June 19, said Ignacio Idalsoaga, a veterinarian and founder of the zoo. With white, striped … Continue reading Rare Somali wild ass born in Chile zoo

Wellington (AFP) July 17, 2023 New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins urged China on Monday to help curb tensions in a “more contested, less predictable” Pacific, and to preserve access to critical trade routes. China is rapidly expanding its diplomatic, economic and military footprint in the Pacific, often jostling for influence with the United States and its allies. Nearly half of New Zealand’s trade passes … Continue reading New Zealand calls on China to curb tensions in ‘contested’ Pacific

London (AFP) July 16, 2023 The door of the steel box lift clanks shut and a crane slowly lowers construction workers building London’s “super sewer” 40 metres (130 feet) to the bottom of an enormous vertical shaft. Here, a world away from the city’s busy streets, thousands of engineers and construction staff have spent the past seven years creating the biggest-ever upgrade to the city’s … Continue reading London’s new ‘super sewer’ to end Thames pollution blight