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Powerful solar flare causes radio blackout over Pacific
25th February 2025 16:42
A powerful solar flare unleashed by the Sun on Sunday caused a radio blackout across parts of the Pacific Ocean, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
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Covid-Like Bat Virus HKU5-CoV-2 Found at Wuhan Lab: Can It Infect Humans?
22nd February 2025 16:31
Wuhan lab researchers discovered a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which shares entry pathways with SARS-CoV-2 but with limited risk to humans.
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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control employees weeks after fatal DC plane crash
17th February 2025 16:37
The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Russia 'ready' to detonate a nuclear bomb in the Arctic 'any moment'
17th February 2025 06:31
Russia is 'fully ready' to detonate a nuclear bomb in the Arctic at 'any moment'...
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Global temperatures soar by 1.77°C in February 2024, warmest month ever
10th March 2024 07:38
The world experienced its warmest February in recorded history, marking the ninth consecutive month of temperature records since June 2023. The sea surface is hotter than ever, and Antarctic sea ice hit extreme lows.
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China reports death of woman from combined H3N2, H10N5 bird flu
31st January 2024 09:36
The 63-year-old woman from Anhui province had underlying health conditions and developed a cough, sore throat, fever, and other symptoms on November 30 and died on December 16.
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2024 Doomsday Clock: It is still 90 seconds to midnight
23rd January 2024 17:50
Ominous trends continue to point the world toward global catastrophe. The war in Ukraine and the widespread and growing reliance on nuclear weapons increase the risk of nuclear escalation. China, Russia, and the United States are all spending huge sums to expand or modernize their nuclear arsenals, adding to the ever-present danger of nuclear war through mistake or miscalculation.
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Analyzing the extreme drought in eastern China in 2022 and its future risk
10th January 2024 17:35
Eastern China was hit by an extreme drought in summer 2022 that caused severe economic and agricultural damage. The event has attracted a great deal of attention not only because of its severe intensity and huge social impacts but also because it is yet another example within the hot topic of the influence of anthropogenic forcing-induced warming on drought extremes and how they might change under different scenarios of continued warming in the future.
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2023 was hottest year on record, says EU’s C3S
10th January 2024 17:49
Just-concluded 2023 was the hottest year in recorded history, and likely beyond, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Tuesday in a report. “With the global-average temperature 14.98 C (58.96F), 2023 has replaced 2016 as the warmest calendar year on record,” it noted, adding that “each month from June to December in 2023 was warmer than the corresponding month in any previous year.”
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3-Meter Tsunami Reached Japan Nuke Plant After Powerful Jan 1 Quake
10th January 2024 17:21
A tsunami measuring about 3 meters high had reached the Shika nuclear power plant in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture after it was hit by a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6-magnitude on January 1, according to the plant's operator. The tsunami reached the facility at about 5.45 p.m. on January 1, approximately 90 minutes after the quake hit the prefecture and its vicinity, Xinhua news agency quoted the Hokuriku Electric Power Company as saying.