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ITER, France. Nuclear Fusion Resultant Clean, Green Energy. “Commissioning. THE (TEMPORARY) MAIN CONTROL ROOM IS OPERATING.”

Deepak BoraFebruary 22, 2023February 22, 2023

Written by Pat Brans. In November 2022, “ongoing operations” started in the temporary main control room. This important milestone is another sign of the progress in systems commissioning. Since...

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ITER, France. Nuclear Fusion Energy. Russian Coil delivered on Peace Mission.

Deepak BoraFebruary 14, 2023February 14, 2023

PF1 passed the ITER gates at around 4:15 a.m. on Friday 10 February. The long journey had begun on 1 November 2022 when the coil departed the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard...

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Kaitoku Says Hello.

ION correspondentFebruary 14, 2023February 14, 2023

January 2, 2023. North of Iwo Jima, Japan, a triple-peaked seamount called Kaitoku lies about 100 meters (300 feet) below the water’s surface. Of the three underwater volcanic peaks, only the...

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ITER, France. Nuclear Fusion Energy. THE CRYOPLANT.

Deepak BoraFebruary 11, 2023February 11, 2023

Cryogenics play a central role in the ITER Tokamak: the machine’s superconducting magnets (10,000 tonnes in total), the vacuum pumps, thermal shields and some elements of the diagnostic systems...

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Chile’s Villarrica Sputters.

ION correspondentFebruary 11, 2023February 11, 2023

January 17, 2023. Plumes of steam and other volcanic gases from Chile’s Villarrica volcano were captured in this photo taken from the International Space Station on January 17, 2023. They are...

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Cheneso Floods Madagascar.

ION correspondentFebruary 6, 2023February 6, 2023

January 29, 2023. A slow-moving storm has swamped northwestern Madagascar with rain, triggering flash flooding and landslides in January 2023. Tropical Storm Cheneso—which later grew into a tropical cyclone—has killed...

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Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf Finally Breaks.

ION correspondentJanuary 30, 2023January 30, 2023

January 24, 2023. In February 2019, a rift spanning most of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica appeared ready to spawn an iceberg about twice the size of New York...

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Great Britain and Ireland Show Their Colors.

ION correspondentJanuary 28, 2023January 28, 2023

August 11, 2022. An astronaut on the International Space Station took this photograph during a rare clear day over Ireland and Great Britain. The wide view captures the contrasting...

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Kilauea Glows.

ION correspondentJanuary 28, 2023January 28, 2023

January 11, 2023. Just after 4:30 p.m. local time on January 5, 2023, Kilauea—Hawaii’s youngest and most active volcano—began erupting once again. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian...

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2022 Tied for Fifth Warmest Year on Record.

ION correspondentJanuary 27, 2023January 27, 2023

2022. Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, global...