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Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic

Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he wades through a foul-smelling tributary in the Philippine capital Manila......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMay 28th, 2024

Fortnite’s overhauled battle pass system will make your life easier

Fortnite will no longer force you to farm three types of experience for its three battle passes......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Eric Paulsen, WWL anchor of 40+ years, dies after battle with cancer

Eric Paulsen, WWL anchor of 40+ years, dies after battle with cancer.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsOct 28th, 2024

Slimy, orange ‘alien egg pods’ discovered in river — and they’re ‘spreading rapidly’

Slimy, orange ‘alien egg pods’ discovered in river — and they’re ‘spreading rapidly’.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 26th, 2024

Tropical storm leaves towns submerged, 76 dead in Philippines

Homeowners in the northern Philippines used spades and rakes to clear out debris left by Tropical Storm Trami on Friday while rescuers trawled through thick mud looking for the missing as the death toll rose to 76......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Study shows invasive silver carp reduce movement in Chicago-area water

Invasive silver carp have been spreading throughout the Mississippi River Basin since their introduction a half-century ago. Yet, try as they might, the fish have not advanced beyond a particular stretch of the Illinois River north of Kankakee. Resea.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Philippines races to reach stranded as storm"s death toll rises

Philippine rescuers raced Thursday to reach residents stranded by fast-rising floodwaters after torrential rains from Tropical Storm Trami submerged villages and killed more than 20 people......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

River flow responses to heat waves may change more rapidly under climate change, research finds

A pair of studies by researchers in Simon Fraser University's School of Environmental Science examine how climate change could alter the way Canadian rivers respond to extreme heat events......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Cobra Kai season 6, part 2 trailer: The battle for karate supremacy heats up in Spain

Daniel LaRusso, Johnny Lawrence, and their karate students head to Spain to compete in the Sekai Taikai in the Cobra Kai season 6, part 2 trailer......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Seven dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines

Philippine rescuers waded through chest-deep floodwaters Wednesday to reach residents trapped by Tropical Storm Trami, which has killed seven people and forced thousands to evacuate as it barrels toward the east coast......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

American YouTuber kidnapped in the Philippines after marrying local woman

American YouTuber kidnapped in the Philippines after marrying local woman.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Biodegradable microplastics study helps quantify their climate change and ecotoxicity impacts

Over 20 million tons of plastic are estimated to end up in the environment every year, with much of it breaking down into microplastics that are harmful to the health of humans and wildlife. Biodegradable and bio-based plastics made from organic mate.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Giant fish thought to be extinct is spotted in the Mekong River

A huge fish in the Mekong River thought to be extinct has been spotted three times in recent years......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near a river in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia. Not long after, they were covered in sediment and preserved along with 87 sto.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Invasive flathead catfish impacting Susquehanna"s food chain, researchers find

Flathead catfish—native to the Mississippi River basin—were first detected in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in 2002, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In the two decades since then, the invasive species has spread throughout the ri.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Klamath River salmon are spotted far upstream in Oregon after dam removal

Less than two months after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in more than a century......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

No laptop has ever gotten this close to beating the M3 MacBook Air

The MacBook Air M3 is one of the best laptops made, with great performance and battery life. The Zenbook S 14 brings Intel's Lunar Lake chipset to the battle......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 20th, 2024

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind finally lets you pilot the Megazord

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind isn't just a classic 2D arcade beat-'em-up. It'll let you punch Goldar out from the Megazord's cockpit too......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 20th, 2024

Dolphins Are Exhaling Microplastics

New research highlights how extensive plastic pollution is—and how nonhuman species, including dolphins, are exposed......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 19th, 2024

Pioneering river restoration declared a success

A year on from the completion of a three-year project on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in Somerset to reconnect a section of a river to its floodplain—the innovative "Stage 0" river restoration technique, first pioneered in Oregon, U.S.—h.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Computational method works backwards from observations to track down river polluters

A new computational method developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London uses an innovative new technique to track down the sources of river pollutants. The method can work backwards from observations of polluted ri.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024