AFP'Environmental tragedy' as Canary Islands fire out of control
Montaña Alta (Spain) (AFP) - A fire raged out of control on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria Monday, forcing evacuations as flames rose so high even water-dropping planes could not operate in what was dubbed an "environmental tragedy". The blaze, the third in 10 days in the mountainous
AFPIceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
Iceland on Sunday honoured the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate. As the world recently marked the warmest July ever on record, a bronze plaque was mounted on a bare rock in a ceremony on
- Associated Press
Florida's iconic palm trees threatened by invasive disease
Florida's iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill. Spread by a rice-sized, plant-hopping insect, lethal bronzing has gone from a small infestation on Florida's Gulf Coast to a nearly statewide
- Reuters
Plans detailed for first U.S. mission to land on moon since Apollo
The first American spacecraft expected to land on the moon in nearly 50 years will be an unmanned robotic lander built by closely held Astrobotic Technology Inc and launched in two years by United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, the companies told Reuters on Monday. Astrobotic was one of nine companies
- Business Insider
People in Iceland held a funeral and erected a plaque for a glacier lost to climate change
Okjökull lost its status as a glacier in 2014 due to ice melt caused by climate change. The plaque eulogizing it carries a message for the future.
AFPBolsonaro takes on Norway for whaling, but bungles it
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday responded to Norway's decision to halt its forest protection subsidies, taking to Twitter to criticise the Scandinavian country for its whaling practice and post spectacular -- albeit misleading -- images. "Look at the killing of whales sponsored
AFP Relax NewsHeatwaves longer, more deadly even in a 2C world
With one degree of warming since pre-industrial times so far, extreme weather of this kind has already become more intense, with a single heatwave in 2003 leading to 70,000 excess deaths in Europe alone. "We could see a significant shift in summer weather conditions," said lead author Peter
- USA TODAY
Study linking mother's fluoride exposure to lower IQ scores in kids raises questions
A study finds that mothers' consumption of fluoride during pregnancy might be associated with lower IQ scores in young children.
- USA TODAY
Scientists detect a black hole swallowing a neutron star 'like Pac-man'
For the first time, scientists have detected a black hole devouring a neutron star, according to a report released Monday.
AFPHeatwaves longer, more deadly even in a 2C world
Northern hemisphere summers will deliver dangerously longer heatwaves, droughts and bouts of rain even if humanity manages to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius, scientists said Monday. With one degree of warming since pre-industrial times so far, extreme weather of this kind has already become
- USA TODAY
Iceland activists, officials hold funeral for death of Okjokull glacier
Okjokull was Iceland's first glacier to disappear, but all of the nation's ice masses will be gone within 200 years, says geologist Oddur Sigurðsson.
AFP Relax NewsControversial study links fluoride in water to lower IQ
A study published Monday links exposure to fluoridated tap water during pregnancy to lower IQ scores in infants, but several outside experts expressed concern over its methodology and questioned its findings. Fluoride has been added to community water supplies in industrial countries to prevent tooth
- USA TODAY Opinion
Tempest in a Tardigrade cup: Cute little 'water bears on the moon' don't contaminate space
Scientists can't claim space for themselves alone, and fretting about contamination is overblown. Apollo crews after all left bagged feces on the moon.
- The Daily Beast
Study Links Fluoridated Water During Pregnancy to Lower IQs
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyAn influential medical journal published a study Monday that links fluoride consumption during pregnancy with lower childhood IQs—a finding that could undermine decades of public-health messaging, fire up conspiracy theorists, and alarm mothers-to-be.The research
- Miami Herald
Taxing legal pot could be good for states, but study says there’s little data to show it
The push to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida is alive and well.
- GeekWire
Rocket Lab launches four satellites for BlackSky, UnseenLabs and U.S. Air Force
Rocket Lab sent a foursome of satellites into orbit today for a threesome of customers, including the Seattle-based BlackSky Earth-watching venture. BlackSky's sibling subsidiary, Spaceflight, handled the prelaunch logistics for the Global-4 satellite and for a pair of experimental U.S. Air Force
- Zacks
Solid Biosciences Surges on DMD Gene Therapy Study Amendments
Solid Biosciences (SLDB) amends its phase I/II gene therapy study protocol to expedite the development of its lead candidate, SGT-001, as potential treatment for DMD.
- Newsfile
Spanish Mountain Gold Announces Findings from Alternatives Study
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 19, 2019) - Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. (TSXV: SPA) (the "Company") is pleased to announce encouraging findings from an alternatives study for the Spanish Mountain Gold Project (the "Project") located in central British Columbia
- Sacramento Bee
Climate change may damage oyster habitat up and down California, researchers say
In California, the native Olympia oyster — nearly wiped out by over-harvesting at the beginning of the 1900s — and the widely farmed Pacific oyster both call coastal estuaries their home.
- Sacramento Bee
How ground-based GPS stations help weather forecasters predict heavy rain and flooding
Geodesy is the study of Earth’s shape, gravity field and rotation.
- Newsfile
CellMedX Corp. Receives Approval to Commence Family Practice (BC) Observational Study
Carson City, Nevada--(Newsfile Corp. - August 19, 2019) - Cell MedX Corp. (OTCQB: CMXC) (MUN: 9CX) ("Cell MedX" or the "Company"), a biotech company focusing on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutic and non-therapeutic products that promote general wellness
- Sacramento Bee
Climate change may damage oyster habitat up and down California, researchers say
In California, the native Olympia oyster — nearly wiped out by over-harvesting at the beginning of the 1900s — and the widely farmed Pacific oyster both call coastal estuaries their home.
- USA TODAY Opinion
Rubio on climate change: 'We should choose adaptive solutions'
Many proposed 'fixes' for climate change have been unrealistic and dangerous. Climate change is a real problem. Real problems deserve real solutions.
- Miami Herald
As climate change hits Florida agriculture, could the future be ‘carbon farming’?
While most residents can simply turn up the AC, there is one powerful group in Florida that can’t afford to ignore troubling changes in temperature and rainfall patterns across the state: farmers.
AFPGina Lopez, foe of Philippine mining industry, dies at 65
Former Philippine environment minister Gina Lopez, who led a high-profile fight against the nation's powerful mining industry, died Monday aged 65, her family's media company announced. Lopez rose to international prominence in 2016 by ordering many Philippines mines shuttered on environmental
