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International climate discussions faced hurdles as UN talks in Bonn ended in "gridlock," struggling to balance climate adaptation finance for developing nations with emissions reduction targets from richer countries. Despite this, some headway was made on a "just transition" mechanism. Concurrently, the "Our Ocean Conference" in Mombasa garnered renewed governmental commitments to marine protection, with billions pledged, though concerns remain regarding funding obstacles and ongoing polluting...
NASA tapped Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space — a rocket company that has never reached orbit — to fly instruments to Mars by 2028. Meanwhile, the agency is racing to save its 22-year-old Swift telescope from burning up, with a rescue mission launching June 27. And Webb & Hubble just rewrote the history books on a "globular cluster" that turns out to be a fossil from the Milky Way's infancy.
**NASA Picks Schmidt's Relativity Space for Mars — Orbit...
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially declared the start of El Niño on Thursday, June 12, a climate pattern that can "bring domino weather effects across the planet." The Japanese Meteorological Administration had already identified the conditions days earlier, warning that this event is "expected to intensify in the coming months and become very strong later in the year, persisting into at least December." This is not a routine weather shift—it...
NASA reports that warming ocean waters are increasing nutrient-related stress on phytoplankton—the microscopic organisms that sit at the base of ocean food webs—by limiting vital nutrients across much of the globe. The study, published June 5 in Science Advances, used satellite observations plus lab and field data to infer stress from subtle shifts in the ratio of carbon to chlorophyll—a clever workaround when you can’t (ethically) mail nutrients home for...
The UK government is slashing the Darwin Initiative, a flagship fund for global nature protection, leaving at least 89 countries ineligible for biodiversity project support. Conservation groups warn the cuts will accelerate species and habitat losses already worsened by warming oceans and shrinking forests. The move comes as researchers flag another brutal summer for Florida's coral reefs, where more than 90 percent of cover has already vanished from disease and heat.
NASA is expanding its commercial crew contract with SpaceX to safeguard flights to the International Space Station if Boeing’s Starliner stays grounded. The move adds extra missions and keeps the pipeline open for astronauts. It shows how quickly SpaceX has become the reliable workhorse for U.S. human spaceflight.
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a fixed-price deal to build the...