USA, Sep 24.- The increasing acidification of the oceans leads the Earth to cross a new alert threshold that will affect planetary stability, its resilience and its habitability, according to a report from the Potsdam Institute for Impact Research Climate (PIK).
Africa, Sep 22. - Just at the beginning of spring, South Africa has been the scene of intense and unexpected snowfalls that cover large areas of its territory.
Ciego de Ávila, Sep 20.- Environmental specialists from this central province of Cuba are now focusing their research on the blue chipojo (Anolis equestris cyaneus), with habitat in the Ecological Reserve Center and West of Cayo Coco.
Madrid, Sep 18. - Home of Pablo Picasso's famous Gernika, the Reina Sofía Museum inaugurates the 2024-2025 season with a program full of new features, the institution highlighted today.
USA, Sep 17.- A team of biologists from Mississippi (USA) has discovered a previously unknown species of parasitoid wasp that places its larvae inside the bodies of live flies and later emerges from them as a xenomorph in the 'Alien' movies, reports Live Science.
Climate change and asteroids are linked to the origin and extinction of animals, but tectonic plates also appears to play a key evolutionary role, new research from an international team led by researchers at Flinders University, Australia reveals.
The Imago Mundi, a Babylonian tablet considered the world's oldest known map, has finally been deciphered. The object, created almost three thousand years ago (its antiquity is estimated at between 2 600 and 2 900 years), now gives researchers the opportunity to deepen the beliefs and customs of Babylon.
Quito, 12 Sep.- The discovery in Ecuador of remains of the ancient city of Riobamba, buried by multiple earthquakes, such as that of 1797, keeps researchers of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (INPC) busy today.
U.S., 10 Sept. - Google has been facing its second major trial since Monday in less than a year, accused by the U.S. government of dominating the online advertising market and drowning competition.
In mid-August, a surprising discovery led British scientists to conclude that the heavy altar stone at Stonehenge, the famous megalithic monument in southern England, came from Scotland and not from the much closer Wales, as previously believed. Thanks to that discovery, they even dared to define the specific region of Scotland from which the stone was taken to southern Britain. Now, however, a new study has disproved this theory.
Rome, 9 Sep.- Access to the Trevi Fountain, one of the main attractions for the millions of tourists arriving annually in the Italian capital, could be limited in the near future if a municipal initiative is advancing, says a report today.
The U.S., 7 Sep.- The Dart mission diverted the orbit of an asteroid, in what was a first planetary defense test. The result of the impact could be seen from Earth in the form of star rain, although in the case of a few years to be expected.