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Weather reversal pattern points to higher drought risks in southern Africa and Central America and Far East Asia FAO, Rome – After a protracted three-year presence La Niña has left the global atmospheric scene, making way for a likely imminent transition to El Niño, a meteorological event that typically distributes weather patterns in the opposite … Read more
NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on Friday, April 7. The launch is scheduled for no earlier than 12:30 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. TEMPO is the first space-based instrument designed to monitor major air pollutants hourly in high spatial resolution. … Read more
The Biden administration is pushing for more comprehensive federal regulations to keep the online realm safer against hackers, including by shifting cybersecurity responsibilities away from consumers to industry and treating ransomware attacks as national security threats. The plan is part of the National Cyber Strategy that the administration released Thursday, outlining long-range goals for how individuals, … Read more
As the government struggles to convince the IMF to resume lending to the cash-strapped country, its currency fell 7% against the U.S. dollar on Thursday. In recent weeks, the Pakistani rupee has weakened to a record low against the dollar after foreign exchange companies were allowed in January to remove a cap on exchange rates. … Read more
Analysis the data of more than half a million people in the UK and Canada discovers a link between social capital and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia
Most regional assessments of sea level rise risks omit high-end scenarios, leading to potentially dangerous underestimates…
The UN reported that world food prices fell for an ninth month in a row in December. This was the longest stretch of consecutive monthly price reductions since records began. However, the overall yearly price was the highest recorded since 2012. Ukraine is a major supplier of wheat and cooking oil; consequently, food prices rose … Read more
Protests in China grow as people demand freedom, democratic reforms and an end to COVID-19 lockdown rules.Hundreds of people took to the streets of Beijing and Shanghai on Sunday and into the early hours of Monday in a rare outburst of public anger against the government. Some chanted “Down with Xi Jinping!”Others chanted: “End the … Read more
Witchcraft beliefs are associated with weak institutions, conformist cultures in new global dataset A newly compiled dataset quantitatively captures witchcraft beliefs in countries around the world, enabling investigation of key factors associated with such beliefs. Boris Gershman of American University in Washington, D.C., presents these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on November 23, 2022. Numerous … Read more
BANGKOK — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met briefly with Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday on the sidelines of the of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok. “The Vice President noted a key message that President [Joe] Biden emphasized in his November 14 meeting with President Xi: we must maintain open lines of communication … Read more