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Psyche: Metal world mission targets 'iron volcanoes'

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Up until now, the worlds we’ve visited with robotic spacecraft have been composed largely of rock, ice and gas. But a Nasa mission due to launch in 2022 will visit an object thought to be made largely of…

Soggy Ben Nevis can be remarkably dry

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Ben Nevis – the highest mountain in Britain – occasionally experiences periods at its summit when the air is bone dry. The revelation that this notoriously wet peak should have times of near-zero humidity comes from an analysis…

Isolation, evacuations in U.S. central Plains as floods kill three

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Flooding that killed three people in Nebraska and Iowa has cut roads to a nuclear power plant and inundated a large portion of a U.S. Air Force base, forcing it to work with a skeleton staff on Monday,…

Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000: president

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

MAPUTO/HARARE (Reuters) - The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said on Monday, putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures. Flooding caused by Cyclone Idai…

Brazilian court suspends operations at two more Vale dams

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Vale SA is pictured in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File PhotoRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian court has ordered Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, to suspend two…

Brazilian court suspends dam operations at two more Vale mines

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Number dead in Mozambique cyclone, flooding could rise to 1,000, president says: state radio

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FILE PHOTO: Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The number of people killed in Cyclone Idai and…

Nebraska nuclear plant still at full power as floodwaters recede

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) said its Cooper nuclear plant in Nebraska continued to operate safely at full power on Monday as the Missouri River floodwater around the plant receded following a late winter storm last week. FILE…

U.S. youth plan Washington rally to protest climate inaction

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(This March 15 story corrects author’s name) By Lee Van Der Voo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of youngsters are planning to skip school to join a rally in Washington on Friday as part of what organizers are calling an international…

Volleyball: FIVB launches campaign to recycle discarded fishing nets

Posted on March 18, 2019 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - The World Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and marine conservation group Ghost Fishing Foundation have teamed up to collect discarded fishing nets from the oceans and recycle them into volleyball nets for local communities, the sport’s governing body said. The…