February 19, 2024. Tropical storms seldom roam in the South Atlantic Ocean. But in mid-February 2024, one such storm formed off the coast of Brazil. The disturbance began to...
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December 20, 2023 . What is thought to be Chile’s deadliest outbreak of wildland fire on record scorched portions of the cities of Viña del Mar and Quilpué in...
February 3, 2024. After days of intense summer heat, devastating fires broke out in the Valparaíso region of central Chile. The deadly wildland fires destroyed thousands of homes in...
Compilation assist by Michael Baruah, our North America Correspondent. In a clinical trial, early treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) injections slowed diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes...
February 5th, 2024. By, Mike Carlowicz. A few paths in life are short and direct; more of them are long and winding. This week, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...
A large plume of dust from the Sahara Desert blew west over the Atlantic Ocean and then curled north toward Europe in late January 2024. Along its path, the...
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US sanctions billion-dollar oil trafficking network allegedly financing Iran’s Guards.
Illustrative. An Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat moves in the Persian Gulf while an oil tanker is seen in background, July 2, 2012. The US Department of Justice announces terrorism...
January 2, 2024. The first day of 2024 brought catastrophe to parts of Japan. At 4:10 p.m. Japan Standard Time (07:10 Universal Time), the land on the Noto Peninsula...
January 21, 2024. More than a week of storms and bitterly cold temperatures left a blanket of snow across much of the eastern United States. The winter weather was...
Photo sourced from MODEC. Thanks to improved well productivity, the breakeven point for oil production at the so-called pre-salt fields on Brazil’s coastal shelf (taking into account capital and...