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US nuclear sub accident warns of potential for catastrophe
Nov 15, 2021 12:13On October 7, the US Navy announced that five days earlier, on October 2, its Seawolf-class nuclear-powered and nuclear-weapons-capable submarine USS Connecticut had hit an unidentified object in the South China Sea. The US Navy’s announcement was brief and vague.
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Key report says world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C
Nov 11, 2021 06:21Global temperatures are likely to rise more than 2C above pre-industrial levels by 2100, with even the most optimistic scenario passing the Paris agreement’s 1.5C goal.
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'Bombshell': Total knew about climate threat from fossil fuels for decades, but denied it
Oct 25, 2021 12:13The dire consequences of climate change we are now experiencing could have been avoided if Total executives 50 years ago had decided that the future of the planet is more important than their profits.
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Russia draws a red line for US in Central Asia
Oct 18, 2021 14:03The Pentagon’s much-touted plan for staging 'out-of-horizon' operations in Afghanistan appears to be a pipe dream.
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UN experts denounce 'truly shocking' magnitude of inequality revealed by pandemic
Oct 03, 2021 06:12United Nations human rights officials recently decried the "truly shocking" levels of inequality that have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic—from the unequal availability of vaccines to increases in food and housing insecurity across the globe.
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Insects are vanishing from our planet at an alarming rate. But there are ways to help them
Sep 24, 2021 06:23In Germany, flying insects have declined by 76% in 26 years. In the UK, common butterfly populations have fallen by 46% since 1976. We should be alarmed by this insect apocalypse.
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AUKUS sub deal puts ASEAN on nuclear edge
Sep 22, 2021 06:06Region is concerned that Australia is well on the way to acquiring nuclear weapons with US and UK assistance.
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Research finds animals ‘shapeshifting’ in response to climate crisis
Sep 13, 2021 10:54Warm-blooded animals are changing beaks, legs and ears to adapt to hotter climate and better regulate temperature.
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First ancient human DNA found from key Asian migration route
Sep 01, 2021 04:17The 7,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage hunter-gatherer from Sulawesi in Indonesia could be the first remains found from a mysterious, ancient culture known as the Toaleans. Sulawesi has some of the world’s oldest cave art, but ancient human remains have been scarce — now a fossil with DNA hints at a mysterious lineage of people.
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Why herd immunity isn’t going to happen?
Aug 09, 2021 10:56We are going to have to be comfortable with the idea that COVID-19 will be one of the many viruses that circulate.