In 2018, researchers from NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Nautilus Live observed thousands of octopus nesting on the deep seafloor off the Central California coast. The discovery of the « Octopus Garden » captured the curiosity of millions of people around the world, including MBARI scientists. For three years, MBARI […]
KELOWNA: Officials in western Canada‘s British Columbia implored tens of thousands of residents to heed evacuation orders Saturday as « rapidly evolving » wildfires threatened large parts of the scenic Okanagan Valley, including the city of Kelowna.The situation in the popular boating and hiking destination was « highly dynamic, » said Bowinn Ma, the […]
CANADA: Residents of western Canada scrambled to evacuate Saturday as raging wildfires encroached on two metropolitan areas – separate blazes that have sent tens of thousands fleeing over the course of just days.The devastating fires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories are just the latest in a summer of […]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina : Thousands of Bosnians took to the streets on Monday to demand authorities act to curb violence against women after a man last week shot and killed his ex-wife while streaming the slaying live on Instagram. Protests were held simultaneously in several Bosnian cities. In Sarajevo, the capital, […]
WASHINGTON: Severe and highly destructive storms swept through the eastern United States on Monday, resulting in the cancellation or delay of numerous flights and leaving over 1.1 million homes and businesses without power. These storms brought with them a range of hazardous conditions, including potential tornadoes, hail, and lightning. The […]
BEIJING: At least 20 people were killed and 27 are missing in floods surrounding China’s capital Beijing, with thousands of others evacuated to safety, state media reported Tuesday. Days of heavy rains have prompted authorities to close train stations and evacuate people in vulnerable areas to school gyms. Homes have […]
GAZA CITY: Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip on Sunday to protest chronic power outages and difficult living conditions, providing a rare public show of discontent with the territory’s Hamas government. Hamas security forces quickly dispersed the gatherings. Hundreds joined marches in Gaza City, […]
BEIJING: Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas of Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri lashed China’s capital with heavy rain on Sunday and residents were urged to stay indoors. The deadly storm has been sweeping northeast over China since Friday, when it careened into the southern Fujian province […]
ZAPORIZHZHIA: The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. They spent the next 12 hours or more digging trenches on the front lines for Russian soldiers.Many were forced to wear overlarge Russian […]
About 6,500 people have been told to evacuate their homes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, due to a fire at a fertilizer plant where 600 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate was stored, city officials said on Tuesday. The blaze at the Weaver Fertilizer Plant started Monday evening. Residents within one […]
