Thu 28 February 2024: A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region’s huge penguin colonies. “This discovery demonstrates for the first time that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus has reached Antarctica despite the distance and […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate due to a massive fire that Australian firefighters are fighting in some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent memory. Authorities on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of citizens due to a massive bushfire […]
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Tue 20 February 2024: Astroscale Japan announced on Monday that it has successfully launched a spacecraft meant to analyze and perhaps remove man-made space junk from around the Earth. Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) has undertaken an Active Debris Removal program. According to AFP, it will rendezvous with and study a 15-year-old Japanese H2A rocket wreckage in space. […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and conservation partners on Friday began relocation of endangered black rhinoceros from a private sanctuary in northern parts of the country to less populated and poaching-free habitats. Six black rhinoceros were relocated from Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in the northwestern county of Laikipia, to Loisaba Conservancy, in […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: Four people in Australia have been taken to hospital after being struck by lightning near the iconic Sydney Opera House, authorities have said. The four victims, including a 36-year-old couple and a 19-year-old man, were sheltering under a tree near the famous landmark during a violent storm on Monday when they […]
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NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission detected southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is much more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech-FILE PHOTO Thu 15 February 2024: Google and the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have partnered to map oil […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: A six-year-old project to return giant tortoises to the wild in Madagascar could result in thousands of the 350kg megaherbivores re-populating the island for the first time in 600 years. The first group of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) were brought in from the Seychelles in 2018, and have been reproducing […]
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Wed 07 February 2024: It’s another day of farmers’ protests and debates over the future of agriculture in Europe. From Spain to Bulgaria, farmers want to have their voices heard. Meanwhile, the European parliament is debating empowering farmers and rural communities. A group of farmers held a demonstration Tuesday outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, angry […]
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Mon 05 February 2024: At least 112 people have died as a result of Chile’s wildfires, and hundreds more are still missing, authorities said Sunday. President Gabriel Boric on Sunday warned that casualties would rise “significantly” as forest fires continued to blaze in the central region of Valparaiso. “It is Chile as a whole that […]
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Sat 03 February 2024: In response to the rapidly spreading forest fires in the country’s center that have already claimed the lives of at least ten people, Chile has declared a state of emergency. President Gabriel Boric announced the measure on X, posting that “all forces are deployed in the fight against the forest fires.” […]
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