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Giant 17-meter crack frightens Spanish city built on a 50-meter volcanic cliff, as residents deal with erosion, landslide risk, and lack of assistance.
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (585+ words) A 17-meter crack detected at the top of the cliff supporting Castellfollit de la Roca, in northeastern Spain, has reignited concern about new landslides in the medieval city of Girona, built on a basalt wall about 50 meters high. The municipality,…...
The Mediterranean is accumulating heat like a closed pot, marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense, and pressure corals, fisheries, and ecosystems in one of the planet's most vulnerable basins.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1179+ words) New panels promise to produce hydrogen using only water and sunlight, without electricity, without a power grid, and without electrolyzers, in a technology that could be a game-changer for clean energy. The WHO classified ham, bacon, and sausage in the…...
For years, scientists could not explain why oxygen-rich surface waters were releasing methane into the atmosphere, and now, researchers from the University of Rochester have solved the mystery, and the answer is alarming: the warmer the ocean gets, the more methane it produces, and the more the planet heats up.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (247+ words) Starlink has closed an unprecedented partnership with a Brazilian provider that operates in more than 230 cities, and the launch in May promises to bring satellite internet to regions where fiber optic has never reached. Two Brazilian scientists made it to…...
In the United States, a valley 86 meters below sea level has reached 56. 7 C and remains the place with the highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth, a direct result of a terrain that traps heat between high mountains in the midst of the desert.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (680+ words) When it comes to extreme heat, many people automatically think of deserts like the Sahara or regions in the Middle East. But the official record for the highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth belongs to a place in the…...
China launches the world's most advanced weather satellite with 6 scientific instruments, a lightning detector, and artificial intelligence capable of predicting storms, tornadoes, and hail with unprecedented accuracy.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (767+ words) The Fengyun-4 C meteorological satellite quickly detects phenomena such as storms, tornadoes, hail, and strong winds, issues alerts, and shares data with the international community. The Chinese early warning system MAZU, based on artificial intelligence, analyzes the information captured by…...