Greece faces a tough wildfire season after its warmest winter and earliest heat wave on record. Firefighters were battling a series of wildfires near the Greek capital Athens on Sunday evening, as the country braces for another scorching summer. Greece faces a tough wildfire season after its warmest winter and earliest heat wave on record, … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 117 million people are displaced worldwide. Many of those displaced from their homes are women and girls. In 2020, women and girls constituted about 46% of the refugees who were resettled in Canada. Women and girls often contend with unique … Read more
Mandu Sanctuary Zone in Australia is a prime snorkelling destination and the reserve encourages visitors to look, don’t touch when they swim. Credit: Peter Jones, CC BY-ND The radio crackles into life on a small boat off an idyllic beach in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia. Two recreational fishers are trying to catch prized spangled … Read more
Graphical abstract. Credit: Eco-Environment & Health (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.eehl.2024.04.004 Air pollution is a severe risk to human health and the environment, particularly from fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3). Despite global efforts, many cities continue to face significant exposure risks from these pollutants. PM2.5 and O3 originate from similar sources and interact in complex … Read more
The temperature measurement at the outflow opening of the black smoker revealed fluid temperatures greater than 300°C. Credit: University of Bremen Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates. But there are many hydrothermal fields still to be discovered. During a 2022 expedition of the MARIA S. MERIAN, … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a world increasingly affected by light pollution, we can take time during the shorter days and longer nights around Matariki to appreciate the superpowers of our nocturnal bugs. As diurnal creatures, our world view is strongly biased towards a daytime perspective. We pay more attention to events happening during daylight, … Read more
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Say you want to send a private message, cast a secret vote, or sign a document securely. If you do any of these tasks on a computer, you’re relying on encryption to keep your data safe. That encryption needs to withstand attacks from code breakers … Read more
International Fund for Animal Welfare workers and volunteers attempt to herd stranded dolphins into deeper waters Friday, June 28, 2024, in Wellfleet, Mass. As many as 125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded Friday on Cape Cod and at least 10 died, prompting an intensive rescue effort, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Credit: … Read more
Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane as it moves through the Caribbean over the coming days. Much of the southeast Caribbean was on alert Sunday as Beryl strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with forecasters warning it will swiftly become a major storm. The US National … Read more
The evolution from traditional concept of polarization to the use of the Modern Theory of Polarization (MTP) in calculating polarization constants in III-nitrides, highlighting the validation of using the layered hexagonal structure as a reference through recent experimental results, which challenge conventional beliefs about spontaneous polarization in wurtzite semiconductors. Credit: Wang et al., 2024. An … Read more
