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Extreme risk: Cairns Regional Council to debate erosion in northern beaches
19+ hour, 1+ min ago (94+ words) A petition calling for urgent work to address severe coastal erosion in a northern beaches suburb will be debated at a Cairns Regional Council meeting this week with fears wetland ecosystems could be washed away without immediate action. "Extreme risk:…...
Rising Seas and Coastal Impacts Explained
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (1460+ words) Georgia Thomas April 13, 2026 The timescale of response matters: some warming-driven changes occur over decades, while ice sheet responses can play out over centuries. That means near-term choices influence long-term risk trajectories. Even small differences in emissions pathways can change the…...
"Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older'and not Denisovans
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (618+ words) The revised age may help make sense of 2-million-year-old stone tools elsewhere in China. Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren't ancestors of Denisovans after all; they're actually the oldest known Homo erectus fossils in eastern Asia. (Side note:…...
Moderate mag. 4. 4 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 158 km west of Pulau Latalata Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026, at 02: 53 am (GMT +9)
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (150+ words) Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Moderate mag. 4. 4 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 158 km west of Pulau Latalata Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026, at 02: 53 am (GMT +9) - Look up quakes in: Mag. 4. 4 earthquake - Maluku Sea, 158 km west of…...
Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA TO FL150 LAST REP AT 13/1512 Z EST VA DTG: 13/1740 Z to 15000 ft (4600 m)
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (241+ words) Latest news and updates about the volcanic activity of mt Semeru volcano, East-Java (Indonesia) Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA TO FL150 LAST REP AT 13/1512 Z EST VA DTG: 13/1740 Z to 15000 ft (4600 m) Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA TO FL150 LAST REP…...
Moderate mag. 4. 4 earthquake - Makamba Province, 24 km south of Vyanda, Bururi Province, Burundi, on Monday, Apr 13, 2026, at 07: 11 pm (GMT +2)
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (127+ words) Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Moderate mag. 4. 4 earthquake - Makamba Province, 24 km south of Vyanda, Bururi Province, Burundi, on Monday, Apr 13, 2026, at 07: 11 pm (GMT +2) - Look up quakes in: Mag. 4. 4 earthquake - Makamba Province, 24 km south of Vyanda, Bururi…...
Science news this week: Artemis II splashes down, the world's fattest parrot bounces back, and the Shroud of Turin is contaminated
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (978+ words) April 11, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. This week's science news was moonstruck by updates from the Artemis II mission, which saw…...
'Really, really weird': Physicists entangle two moving atoms for the first time, validating 'spooky' quantum theory
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (437+ words) For the first time, scientists have observed quantum entanglement in the momentum of massive particles. The result, decades in the making, could help physicists probe the relationship between quantum mechanics and gravity. For the first time, scientists have observed quantum…...
'I have not processed what we just did': Artemis II astronauts share all in first news conference since splashdown
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (491+ words) The Artemis II crew have spoken publicly for the first time since their return to Earth. The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission have made their first public comments following their record-breaking test mission to the far side of the…...
Biochar and crop residues store carbon in soil through distinct pathways, long-term field study finds
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (613+ words) image: Soil organic carbon accumulation mechanisms in soil amended with straw and biochar: entombing effect or biochemical protection? view more Credit: Yuhan Yuan, Yao Liang, Hongguang Cai, Jingchao Yuan, Cuilan Li, Hang Liu, Chang Zhang, Lichun Wang & Jinjing Zhang A…...