LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands—A Spanish island volcano that has buried more than 500 buildings and displaced over 6,000 people since last week lessened its activity on Monday, although scientists warned that it was too early to declare the eruption phase finished and authorities ordered residents to stay indoors to avoid the unhealthy fumes…
Volcanic Ash Cloud Halts Flights to and From Spanish Island
LA PALMA, Canary Islands—A massive cloud of ash prevented flights in and out of the Spanish island of La Palma on Sunday as molten rock continued to be flung high into the air from an erupting volcano. No flights arrived or departed, despite emergency workers clearing the ash from the airport runway. Islanders faced a…
Pink River Dolphins: Bolivian Scientists, Fishermen Team up to Unravel Mysteries
LA PAZ—Fishermen who once angled for rare pink river dolphins are working with researchers in Bolivia’s Amazon jungle in a high-tech bid to assure the species’ survival and better understand their needs. Scientists with global environmental group WWF and Bolivian NGO Faunagua recently tagged four freshwater dolphins in the Ichilo river using satellite technology that…
Oldest Human Footprints in North America Found in New Mexico
WASHINGTON—Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday. The first footprints were found in a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park in 2009. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey recently analyzed seeds stuck in the footprints to determine their…
Committee Approves Two Nominees to Environmental Posts Over GOP Opposition
Against Republican opposition, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) approved on Sept. 22 Jeff Prieto as General Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Jennifer B. Sass as a member of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent agency. The two were approved alongside two uncontroversial…
Committee Approves 2 Nominees to Environmental Posts Over GOP Opposition
Against Republican opposition, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) approved on Sept. 22 Jeff Prieto as General Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Jennifer Sass as a member of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent agency. The two were approved alongside two uncontroversial nominees…
Responding to Chinese Leader Xi, Skeptics Point to China’s Domestic Coal Power Plants
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Sept. 21 claim to the United Nations General Assembly that China “will not build new coal-fired projects abroad” has drawn a range of reactions, including comments on China’s large and growing domestic reliance on coal power. “It’s not the major issue—the major issue is coal plants in China,” said Gordon G….
Rare Solar Superstorm Could Prompt ‘Internet Apocalypse’ Lasting Several Months: Study
The “black swan” event of a solar superstorm directed at earth could prompt an “internet apocalypse” across the entire globe that could last for several months, new research has warned. University of California Irvine assistant professor Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi presented the new research, titled “Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse,” last month during the…
NASA Splits Human Spaceflight Unit in Two, Reflecting New Orbital Economy
NASA is splitting its human spaceflight department into two separate bodies—one centered on big, future-oriented missions to the moon and Mars, the other on the International Space Station and other operations closer to Earth. The reorganization, announced by NASA chief Bill Nelson on Tuesday, reflects an evolving relationship between private companies, such as SpaceX, that…
Genetic Study Reveals How Ancient Seafarers Settled Vast Polynesia
WASHINGTON—Beginning more than a millennium ago, intrepid seafarers traversed vast Pacific Ocean expanses in double-hulled sailing canoes to reach the far-flung islands of Polynesia, the planet’s last habitable region to be settled by people. A genetic study published on Wednesday has deciphered the timing and sequence of this settlement of an area spanning about a…
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