WASHINGTON—Despite a few high-profile conservation success stories—like the dramatic comeback of bald eagle populations in North America—birds of prey are in decline worldwide. A new analysis of data from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and BirdLife International found that 30 percent of 557 raptor species worldwide are considered near threatened, vulnerable or…
New Office to Bring COVID-19 ‘Lessons Learned’ to Climate Change and Public Health
Following through on one of President Biden’s executive orders, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched the new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE). HHS officials claimed it would adapt “lessons learned” from the government’s COVID-19 response to address the effect of climate change on public health, in a message…
Judge Strikes Trump-Era Water Rule, Unsure Whether to Restore Obama-Era Measure
A A federal judge on Monday struck down a Trump-era rule aimed at promoting economic growth by enabling the alteration of smaller bodies of water and waterways. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez agreed with Indian tribes that leaving the rule in place “would risk serious environmental harm.” Márquez, an Obama nominee, vacated and remanded for…
SpaceX Capsule Delivers Supplies to Space Station
SpaceX’s latest cargo delivery showed up at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday after a day in transit. NASA released pictures of the automated docking, overseen by NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who was celebrating her 50th birthday onboard the space station. Launched on Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, the capsule contains lemons, cherry…
Discovery of 7,000-Year-Old Remains Unravels Some Mysteries to Unknown Group of Humans
August 30, 2021
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The ancient remains of a hunter-gatherer girl who died over 7,000 years ago in Indonesia, has revealed clues to a mysterious group of humans from the past. The discovery, made in 2015, in the Leang Panninge cave on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island is the first discovery of ancient human DNA in the region, known as Wallacea….
Ida: Exclamation Point on Record Onslaught of US Landfalls
In the past two years, hurricanes have been brewing, strengthening, and hitting the United States at a record pace, and Ida will likely go down as one of the nastiest of a dangerous bunch. While not quite record-setting, Ida is among some of the strongest and fastest intensifying storms in more than 150 years of…
SpaceX Launches Ants, Avocados, Robot to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados, and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The delivery—due to arrive Monday—is the company’s 23rd for NASA in just under a decade. A recycled Falcon rocket blasted into the predawn sky from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. After hoisting the Dragon capsule,…
Air Pollution Increases Risk of Cardiac Arrest: Study
A team of Italian scientists have closely linked air pollution to cardiac arrest, showing that short-term exposure to pollutants such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and benzene raised the risk of cardiac arrest outside the hospital. “In addition to being a threat to the ecosystem, evidence is accumulating that dirty air should be considered a…
Expedition Discovers Island Believed World’s Northernmost
HELSINKI—A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island located off Greenland’s coast. The scientists from the University of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered by a Danish survey team in 1978, to collect samples during an expedition that was…
Nuclear Industry Extends Plants’ Life With 3D-Printed Parts
For the first time ever, 3D-printed safety components have been installed in a commercial nuclear reactor, marking the latest advancement in 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, for nuclear power. The components were brackets for a fuel assembly. (The fuel assembly is the bundle of rods full of fissionable material that powers nuclear reactors.) The brackets…
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