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10 FEB 2023 Four seafarers, with assistance from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), have seized a cargo ship off the port of Dakar in Senegal after months without pay and mounting danger to their lives. The four crew of the MV Onda (IMO 8912467) had been battling to have the engine of their …

08 FEB 2023 The ocean is like a big carbonated beverage. Although it doesn’t fizz, it has about 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere. So, for taking carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it someplace where it won’t continue to warm the planet, the ocean is the single biggest place it …

06 FEB 2023 Planting more trees in urban areas to lower summertime temperatures could decrease deaths directly linked to hot weather and heatwaves by a third, researchers said Wednesday. ​Modelling found that increasing tree cover to 30 percent would shave off 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.7 degrees Fahrenheit) locally, on average, …

04 FEB 2023  Despite ongoing protests and a last-minute appeal to the courts, the Brazilian Navy confirmed that it has sunk the decommissioned aircraft carrier NAe São Paulo far off the coast of Brazil bringing to close a six-month drama that saw the vessel caught at sea. Environmental groups continue to call …

29 JAN 2023 One day in 2015, as I was driving to university, my vision went black. My vision returned moments later, but the world didn’t look the same after that. It was like a veil was covering my eyes – like I was seeing the world through an analog TV static. …

28 JAN 2023 Six minutes of high-intensity exercise is enough to produce a key protein in the brain, one that’s important in brain formation, function, and memory, and which has been implicated in the progress of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. The specialized protein in question is called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and …

27 JAN 2023 Night is naturally suited for paranormal activity, with less light and sound to limit the imagination. While the relationship is still murky, new research shows an interesting link between paranormal beliefs and one of the most important night-time activities for we earthly beings: sleep. In a new study, researchers found subjective …

20 JAN 2023 Another year, another climate record broken. In 2022, an international team of scientists measured the hottest global ocean temperatures in human history. That makes 2022 the seventh year in a row that ocean temperatures have hit new peaks. The record is based on two international timelines of ocean heat …

17 JAN 2023 The ozone layer that shields life on Earth from deadly solar radiation is on track to recover within decades, but controversial geoengineering schemes to blunt global warming could reverse that progress, a major scientific assessment warned Monday. Since the mid-1970s, certain industrial aerosols have led to the depletion of ozone in the stratosphere, …

16 JAN 2023 As the coronavirus pandemic has shown, it’s not just known viruses we’ve got to worry about: scientists and doctors also need to be looking out for new, emerging variants that can evade current treatments and catch us unawares. There are a number of ways we can source out new viruses that might …