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Melting glaciers in a warmer climate provide new ground for invasive species

Invasive species have rapidly colonized new ground exposed by melting glaciers in the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, according to new research......»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopApr 1st, 2024Related News

Beavers" work can help stop wildfires: More places in California are embracing them

A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. But amid the expanses of torched trees and gray soil, an unburnt island of lush green emerges......»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopApr 1st, 2024Related News

Canopy soil of old-growth forest fosters unique invertebrate diversity that is vulnerable to human disturbance

Yakushima Island, a world heritage site in Japan, is renowned for its rich biodiversity. The huge Japanese cedar (Yaku-sugi) forests, which are over a thousand years old, are a symbolic ecosystem of the island. Although the canopy of these colossal t.....»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 29th, 2024Related News

Small satellite launch advances comms experimentation, international collaboration

In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featuring three collaborative research missions into low.....»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 28th, 2024Related News

We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia"s first coastal people from 50,000 years ago

Barrow Island, located 60 kilometers off the Pilbara in Western Australia, was once a hill overlooking an expansive coast. This was the northwestern shelf of the Australian continent, now permanently submerged by the ocean......»»

Source:  InformationweekCategory: TopMar 25th, 2024Related News

Rocket Report: Starship could fly again in May; Ariane 6 coming together

"I think we’re really going to focus on getting reentry right." Enlarge / Nine kerosene-fueled Rutherford engines power Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle off the pad at Wallops Island, Virginia, early Thursday. (credit: Brad.....»»

Source:  ArstechnicaCategory: TopMar 22nd, 2024Related News

Plant material on obsidian blades on Rapa Nui suggests settlers there visited South America and returned

A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Chile reports evidence that early settlers on the island of Rapa Nui sailed to South America, interacted with people living there and then returned. In their study, published in PLOS ON.....»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 21st, 2024Related News

Researchers explore how beluga whale melon changes shape during social interaction

A trio of animal science researchers at the University of Rhode Island, in the U.S., has identified five major shapes displayed by the beluga whale melon. For their study published in the journal Animal Cognition, Justin Richard, Isabelle Pellegrini,.....»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 20th, 2024Related News

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide"s impact

Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska, where they could settle on a few acres and have some chickens......»»

Source:  TheglobeandmailCategory: TopMar 20th, 2024Related News

Pushing the limit of the periodic table with superheavy elements

Scientists from Massey University in New Zealand, the University of Mainz in Germany, Sorbonne University in France, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) discuss the limit of the periodic table and revising the concept of the "island of sta.....»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 19th, 2024Related News

Eyes open and toes out of water: How a giant water bug reached the island of Cyprus

The island of Cyprus, although considered a hotspot for biodiversity in the Mediterranean, is more famous for its beautiful sunny coasts than for its insect fauna. Nevertheless, some visitors of its highly populated beaches, with their observations a.....»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 18th, 2024Related News

Darwin"s Galapagos island species, protected yet still at risk

Industrial fishing boats hover menacingly on the edges of Ecuador's Galapagos Marine Reserve, where schools of multicolored fish and hammerhead sharks frolic in the protected Pacific waters......»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 16th, 2024Related News

Exploring Arctic plants and lichens: An important conservation baseline for Nunavut"s largest territorial park

Encompassing over 16,000 km2 of towering mountains, long fiords, lush valleys, and massive ice caps, Agguttinni Territorial Park is a protected area on northern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. This park, and all of Nunavut, is Inuit Nunangat—Inuit.....»»

Source:  InformationweekCategory: TopMar 12th, 2024Related News

Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice

Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks......»»

Source:  TheglobeandmailCategory: TopMar 7th, 2024Related News

Endangered right whale calf found dead on Georgia"s Cumberland Island

An endangered North Atlantic right whale calf that was recently spotted with severe wounds from a vessel strike has been found dead on Georgia's Cumberland Island, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said March 2......»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 5th, 2024Related News

Opinion: Why hosting an Olympics competition in Tahiti is a really bad idea

Last year, the International Olympic Committee announced that the South Pacific island of Tahiti will host the two-day surfing competition for the 2024 Paris Summer Games. The site in question, Teahupo'o, is revered among surfers for the legendary sp.....»»

Source:  PhysorgCategory: TopMar 5th, 2024Related News

Billionaires are building bunkers and buying islands—are they prepping for apocalypse or pioneering a new feudalism?

In December 2023, WIRED reported that Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire CEO of Meta and one of the foremost architects of today's social-media-dominated world, has been buying up large swathes of the Hawaiian island Kauai......»»

Source:  MarketingvoxCategory: TopMar 2nd, 2024Related News

Rivian updates iPhone app with support for Live Activities while charging

Rivian is rolling out an update to its iPhone app with support for Live Activities. This lets Rivian drivers track their car’s charging progress right from their iPhone’s Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15. more.....»»

Source:  PcmagCategory: TopFeb 29th, 2024Related News

Call of Duty: Warzone is finally coming to mobile in March

Verdansk and Rebirth Island return in Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, which launches this March......»»

Source:  DigitaltrendsCategory: TopFeb 28th, 2024Related News

This airline is first to offer Vision Pro for in-flight entertainment

How can you make an island getaway more intriguing? This luxury airline offers a Vision Pro for in-flight entertainment, with movies, games, and more......»»

Source:  DigitaltrendsCategory: TopFeb 26th, 2024Related News