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Australia moves to expand Antarctic marine park

Australia moved Tuesday to protect a swathe of ocean territory by expanding an Antarctic marine park that is home to penguins, seals, whales and the country's only two active volcanos......»»

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Australia moves to expand Antarctic marine park

Australia moved Tuesday to protect a swathe of ocean territory by expanding an Antarctic marine park that is home to penguins, seals, whales and the country's only two active volcanos......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News2 hr. 55 min. ago

The GALAH fourth data release provides vital data on one million stars in the Milky Way

For the past 10 years, Australia's ARC Center of Excellence in All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D) has been investigating star formation, chemical enrichment, migration, and mergers in the Milky Way with the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AA.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News14 hr. 27 min. ago

Digging into neutrino research: LBNF-DUNE project moves forward with excavation of 800,000 tons of rock

As a kid, you may have tried to dig a hole in your backyard to reach China. Obviously, that didn't happen. But digging out a lot of ground can be quite productive. Instead of reaching another country, the scientists, engineers, and construction worke.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News14 hr. 27 min. ago

Greening of Antarctica shows how climate change affects the frozen continent

Plant growth is accelerating on the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands. When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Greening of Antartica shows how climate change affects the frozen continent

Plant growth is accelerating on the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands. When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 6th, 2024

Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago

Almost one-sixth of Earth's land surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with a name that may also be unfamiliar: karst. These landscapes are like natural sculpture parks, with dramatic terrain dotted with caves and towers of bedrock slowly scu.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

X fails to avoid Australia child safety fine by arguing Twitter doesn’t exist

Elon Musk merging Twitter into X didn't absolve X from child safety fine. Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) remains on the hook for an approximately $400,000 fine after failing to.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 5th, 2024

Switching to a sit-stand desk was a game-changer for me

I’m very late to the sit-stand desk party, I know. My colleague Jeff Benjamin first made the switch way back in 2016, and Apple did the same for all its Apple Park employees in 2018. I’d so far been using a large custom-made desk, but there ar.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

Antarctic "greening" at dramatic rate, satellite data show

Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than 10-fold over the last four decades, new research shows......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

How future heat waves at sea could devastate UK marine ecosystems and fisheries

The oceans are warming at an alarming rate. 2023 shattered records across the world's oceans, and was the first time that ocean temperatures exceeded 1°C over pre-industrial levels. This led to the emergence of a series of marine heat wave events ac.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

Google Wants to Expand Gemini Live for More Languages

Expanded language support arrives for Gemini Live. The post Google Wants to Expand Gemini Live for More Languages appeared first on Phandroid. Following the expanded roll-out of Google’s Gemini Live for English language users, it loo.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Africa"s famous Serengeti and Maasai Mara are being hit by climate change—a major threat to wildlife and tourism

The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which includes Kenya's Maasai Mara and Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, is one of the most famous and wildlife-rich areas in Africa......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Mathematicians and climate researchers build new models for understanding polar sea ice

Polar sea ice is ever-changing. It shrinks, expands, moves, breaks apart, reforms in response to changing seasons, and rapid climate change. It is far from a homogenous layer of frozen water on the ocean's surface, but rather a dynamic mix of water a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

EEOC sues Stellantis dealership over sex discrimination allegations

Benson Enterprises' Ingram Park Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Jeep in San Antonio, allegedly subjected two female employees to unfair treatment and fired one in retaliation......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

AI models identify marine biodiversity hotspots in Mozambique

A new study led by staff from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in East Africa has used a predictive artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to confirm the location of previously-unmapped high marine biodiversity areas along Mozambique's extensi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Citizen scientists create buzz with new insect discovery

More than 60% of Australia's known insects are unnamed and a mystery to science. Of an estimated 500,000 Australian species, roughly half are insects, but many aren't categorized......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Iron nuggets in the Pinnacles unlock secrets of ancient and future climates

Small iron-rich formations found within Western Australia's Pinnacles, which are part of the world's largest wind-blown limestone belt spanning more than 1,000km, have provided new insights into Earth's ancient climate and changing landscape......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Bottlenose dolphins "smile" at each other while playing, research shows

Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they—and other marine mammals—communicate during playtime. New research published October 2 in the journal iScience shows that bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) use the "open mo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Facing backlash, EU moves to delay deforestation rules

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to delay by a year a ban on imports of products driving deforestation that has faced pushback from countries around the world......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Scientists highlight overlooked threats to Arctic coasts amid climate change

As climate change rapidly transforms Arctic marine systems, the dramatic image of a polar bear struggling on a melting ice floe has become symbolic of the region's environmental crisis. But scientists argue that coastal Arctic ecosystems are undergoi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024