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TANGA: The Agricultural Seed Agency (ASA) is intensifying efforts to educate farmers on the importance of using quality seeds suited to their local environments and capable of withstanding the effects of climate change to increase agricultural productivity and strengthen food security.
Science & Climate · Daily News · Latest (Tanzania) ·
ISRO completes key CM-SM separation tests for Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed mission, validating system robustness and mission readiness.
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride.
Science & Climate · NASA · News Releases ·
[Daily Maverick] Justin O'Riain may know a great deal about baboon behaviour, but ecological expertise does not confer moral authority to decide that wild animals must surrender their freedom.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
Anna Mani, who dedicated her life to improving weather forecasting in the country, dared to venture into areas India had never stepped into before
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
Like all crocodilians, Gangetic gharials regulate their body temperature using external heat sources. They warm their enormous bodies, which can grow to 15 to 20 feet in length, by basking on sandbanks, making it an important daily activity.
Science & Climate · Mongabay India · Latest ·
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove.
Science & Climate · NASA · News Releases ·
Scientists investigating Nazi Germany's secret nuclear program have uncovered evidence that its final experimental reactor was nowhere near as close to working as previously claimed.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
People in prison can't just switch on the air conditioning when it starts to swelter. When outdoor temperatures spike to 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius), or drop to -9 F (-23 C), like they did across Pennsylvania last year, people locked up in jails and prisons cannot simply turn on the…
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment ·
Noisy tricolored blackbirds can be found in fields and wetlands in the Pacific coast states, but they are losing habitat. John Anderton/The Atlas of North America's Migratory Birds For more than 2,000 years, scientists have scratched their heads over one of the most basic mysteries of the natural…
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment ·
[Daily Trust] Farmers in Taraba State have expressed concern that rising petrol and diesel prices could negatively affect irrigation farming in the state, warning that the development may force many of them to abandon the next farming season.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
[Ghanaian Times] CLIMATE change is no longer a distant threat to Africa. Its effects are increasingly felt in the livelihoods of farmers, fishers and other communities that depend on natural resources.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
Scientists have discovered that black holes of vastly different sizes appear to launch powerful jets according to the same universal rule. The breakthrough could explain why some black holes suddenly erupt years after devouring a star and help astronomers predict when these spectacular outbursts…
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) chief, Mohamud Moallim Abdulle, has met senior United Nations officials to discuss the country's humanitarian situation and preparations for potential flooding linked to heavy rains associated with Super El Niño.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
YSRCP leaders protest against the government order excluding mandals of the district from the list of drought-affected, despite the prevalence of severe rainfall deficit conditions
Science & Climate · The Hindu · National ·
The coronagraph onboard Aditya-L1 (VELC) and Proba-3 (ASPIICS) conducted joint observations of almost the same part of the solar corona in two different types of observations (spectroscopic from VELC and imaging from ASPIICS)
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
As Hurricane Simon unleashed destructive winds and flooding along Mexico’s coast, NASA satellites captured an extraordinary sight: massive atmospheric waves rippling high above the storm.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
[GroundUp] The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority will refer suspected pollution for testing
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
This country has an animal overpass that is nearly a kilometre long and spans a highway, a rail yard, and a golf course. Our increasingly busy highways surely need such facilitators for our wildlife
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
[This Day] Jos -- The World Bank and the Federal Government have advanced plans to implement 20 Strategic Catchment Management Plans (SCMPs) across 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as part of efforts to combat environmental degradation, strengthen climate resilience and…
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
[Nile Post] Environmental activist Shakirah Kasoga has been released on court bond due to her medical condition after her collapse during proceedings at Buganda Road Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
It is meant to replace some specialised algorithms now used to reconstruct and identify particles
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
[The Conversation Africa] Every year, the upper Zambesi River breaks its banks and spreads across the wide Barotse floodplains in Zambia.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
Scientists discovered that atomic steps just one atom high can guide quantum vortices through superconductors, making them move more than 1,000 times more easily in one direction than another.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·