Aerospace
Airlines told to cut Paris flights amid snow warnings
The DGAC said Saturday it had called for a 30-percent cut in peak hour flights at Charles de Gaulle airport and a 20-percent reduction at Orly.
Superpowers
China’s Xi calls for ‘orderly’ world in talks with Uruguay leader
Xi was speaking during talks in Beijing with Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi, the first South American leader to visit China since US special forces captured…
Rocket Science
NASA Moon mission launch srubbed to March after test
The mishaps during a run-through that the US space agency calls a "wet dress rehearsal" dashed hopes that the mission around the Moon could launch as soon as Sunday.
Water World
Gyroscopic wave device targets broadband ocean power
The GWEC concept relies on a spinning flywheel housed within a floating structure to turn complex wave driven motion into electricity.
Climate Science
ECB fines French bank for climate risk failures
"Credit Agricole did not sufficiently assess the materiality of its climate-related and environmental risks" by a deadline set after an investigation in 2024…
Flora And Fauna
UK zoo says tiny snail ‘back from brink’ of extinction
The greater Bermuda land snail had not been spotted for years until a cluster of shells was caught slithering through an alleyway in the capital Hamilton in…
Internet Space
Global partners advance plans to harden submarine cable networks
A declaration adopted at the summit, together with recommendations from the International Advisory Body on Submarine Cable Resilience, sets out measures to reinforce cooperation between public and private stakeholders.
Climate Science
Antarctic ice feedback limits Southern Ocean carbon sink
The core contains sediments spanning roughly 500,000 years and four glacial cycles.
Shake And Blow
Death toll in Madagascar cyclone rises to 38, 12,000 displaced
Cyclone Gezani made landfall on Tuesday at Madagascar's eastern coastal city Toamasina, bringing winds that reached 250 kilometres (155 miles) per hour.
Robo Space
Shenzhen district powers dense robot innovation ecosystem
Inside this corridor, an embodied intelligent robot serving customers in a cafe has become a shorthand scene for how quickly hardware ideas now reach…
Internet Space
Google’s annual revenue tops $400 bn for first time, AI investments rise
The tech giant said revenue jumped 18 percent year-on-year in the quarter, and overall annual revenue topped $400 billion for the first time at the company…
Climate Science
Spain must adapt to ‘new climate reality’, PM says after floods
Spain is on the front line of climate change in Europe, facing longer heatwaves and more frequent heavy rainfall -- epitomised by the October 2024 floods that killed more than 230 people.
Climate Science
Stable water tables help wetlands curb methane emissions
Wetlands cover only around six percent of Earths land area but hold about 30 percent of the terrestrial organic carbon pool.
Physics News
AI framework links gravitational waves and radio afterglows
A collaboration led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, working with Johns Hopkins University, the University of…
Early Earth
Ancient lungfish fossils refine early vertebrate story
In two separate studies, researchers have re-examined fossil material from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in Western Australia and described a new lungfish…
Earth Observation
Scientists trace Covid era methane surge to shifts in air chemistry and wetlands
Methane is the second largest contributor to climate warming after carbon dioxide and packs a much stronger punch per tonne.