Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 20, 2024
The United States has called on the European Union to delay a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, saying it would harm American producers unable to comply, the European Commission said Thursday.
The EU law, set to take effect at the end of December, will bar a vast range of goods - from coffee to cocoa, soy, timber, palm oil, cattle, printing paper and rubber - if produced us
Rome (AFP) June 22, 2024
The Italian island of Capri lifted a ban on tourists Saturday after problems with the water supply to the holiday hotspot were resolved.
Capri's mayor, Paolo Falco, said the ban was "revoked" after a technical issue preventing the arrival of water from the mainland was fixed.
The ban was announced early Saturday, forcing several morning ferries on their way to the island from Naples and
Los Angeles (AFP) June 21, 2024
The US state of Hawaii has reached an historic agreement in response to litigation by youth activists, promising to speed up the de-carbonization of its transport sector to protect their right to a safe and healthy climate.
Thirteen young people from across the islands brought the case in June 2022, arguing that their constitutional rights to a life-sustaining climate were being violated. Th
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2024
A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the Moon returned to Earth on Tuesday, capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first.
The landing module of the Chang'e-6 spacecraft touched down at a predetermined site in Inner Mongolia at 2:07 pm (0607 GMT), the China National Space Administration said, hailing the mission a "complete success".
It comes bea
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 25, 2024
The maritime sector accounts for about 80 percent of international freight transport, emitting approximately 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. The Institute of Maritime Energy Systems at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) aims to change this by developing systems for emission-free ship operations. This includes alternative fuel transport concepts, harbor infrastructure requirements,
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 25, 2024
"Some time ago, we showed that it is possible to induce an inverse phase transition in magnetite," says physicist Fabrizio Carbone at EPFL. "It's as if you took water and you could turn it into ice by putting energy into it with a laser. This is counterintuitive as normally to freeze water you cool it down, i.e. remove energy from it."
Carbone has led a
Paris (AFP) June 25, 2024
The world is unprepared for the increasing ferocity of wildfires turbocharged by climate change, scientists say, as blazes from North America to Europe greet the northern hemisphere summer in the hottest year on record.
Wildfires have already burned swathes through Turkey, Canada, Greece and the United States early this season as extreme heatwaves push temperatures to scorching highs.
Wh
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2024
If liquid water exists on Mars today, it might be too deep underground for traditional detection methods used on Earth. However, a new approach involving marsquakes could offer a solution, according to Penn State scientists.
When quakes pass through deep aquifers, they generate electromagnetic signals. Researchers detailed in the journal JGR Planets how these signals, if also present on Ma
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 25, 2024
China's Chang'e-6 mission successfully returned to Earth early Tuesday, bringing with it the first-ever samples retrieved from the far side of the moon.
The Chang'e-6 return capsule successfully landed in the Siziwang Banner area of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 2:07 p.m. local time, the China National Space Administration said in a statement.
"This marks the comple
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