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Breaking SecurityG4Media (RO)2 d ago16 sources

BREAKING | Amenințările cu bombă de pe zborurile Helsinki-Roma și Dublin-Roma lansate de o grupare radicală rusă, „Statul Masculin”, relatează presa italiană / „Sunteți cu toții complici la o conspirație criminală. Vom înroși cerul” scrie în mailurile trimise de grupare

Alarma cu bombă de pe zborurile Helsinki-Roma și Dublin-Roma a fost declanșată de un singur e-mail semnat de „Luptători ai Statului Masculin (Мужское государство )”, scrie Corriere della Sera. Potrivit unor surse din anchetă, e-mailul, scris în…

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Top story SciencePhys.org (INT)23 h ago

The worse climate change gets, the harder it becomes to stop it

This year may be seen as a turning point in the climate crisis. The U.N. has accepted that global warming is going to exceed 1.5°C, while climate scientists have concluded that the rate of warming has effectively doubled over the past decade.

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Top story ClimateFrance 24 (INT)1 d ago2 sources

Three in four displaced people live in climate danger zones, UN says

Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people, or three-quarters of the global total, live in countries highly exposed to climate hazards, the UN refugee agency said on Friday, urging action ahead of the COP31 climate summit in Turkey. It said…

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Top story ClimateZEIT ONLINE (DE)1 d ago

Klimawandel: UNHCR sieht knapp 90 Millionen Geflüchtete durch Klimawandel bedroht

Vor der Weltklimakonferenz fordert das UNHCR besseren Schutz vor dem Klimawandel für Millionen Menschen auf der Flucht. Sie seien Hitze und Überschwemmungen ausgesetzt.

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Top story ScienceNYT Science (US)3 d ago

The Election Day Edition

In the 2022 midterms, Democrats made global warming an issue. Things have changed.

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Notable ClimateThe Guardian Environment (INT)2 d ago

World’s wettest rainstorms are getting wetter, affecting flood and drought risk

Events that deliver about half of global rainfall are getting shorter but more intense, with wide-ranging implications The world’s wettest rainstorms produce about half of the global annual rainfall. Now a study shows that these intense downpours…

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Notable ScienceBBC Science (GB)1 d ago

What is the Paris Agreement and why does 1.5C matter?

The 2015 pact is at the heart of the international commitment to tackle rising global temperatures.

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Notable ScienceBBC Science (GB)1 d ago

What is net zero and is the UK on track to achieve it?

Reaching net zero carbon emissions worldwide is essential to limit global warming, UN scientists say.

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Notable WorldȘtirile ProTV (RO)1 d ago

Marea Insulă de Gunoi din Pacific ar fi provocat un fenomen bizar în ocean: „E un lucru cu adevărat alarmant”

Departe, în Oceanul Pacific, între Hawaii și California, o întinsă zonă de apă și-a schimbat treptat culoarea în ultimele două decenii, devenind semnificativ mai albastră și mai verde.

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Notable SciencePhys.org (INT)1 d ago

Adaptation isn't keeping up with global warming, UN warns

With global warming set to exceed 1.5°C, adaptation finance falls far short of needs, implementation is constrained by institutional barriers, and losses and damages are mounting, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment…

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Top story EconomicsEconomica.net (RO)4 d ago2 sources

Gheaţa din Groenlanda şi Antarctica se topeşte de şase ori mai repede decât în anii ’90. Depăşirea pragului de încălzire globală ameninţă rezervele de gheaţă ale planetei, avertizează un studiu

Rapoartele, realizate de Iniţiativa internaţională pentru criosferă şi climă (ICCI), alături de Programul Naţiunilor Unite pentru Mediu (UNEP), avertizează în legătură cu consecinţele grave pentru rezervele de gheaţă la nivel global pe care le-ar…

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Notable ScienceScientific American (INT)2 d ago2 sources

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is changing the color of the ocean

The ocean’s blue and green hues near the infamous zone of debris have gotten brighter over the past 20 years, satellite data show

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Notable ClimateMediafax (RO)1 d ago2 sources

„Dezindustrializarea Europei a început deja”. Peste 100 de companii europene se revoltă împotriva reformei emisiilor de carbon

Reforma europeană a pieței certificatelor de emisii a stârnit nemulțumiri în rândul marilor producători industriali, care se tem că noile condiții îi vor pune într-un dezavantaj și mai mare față de concurenții din afara Uniunii Europene. Fabricile…

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Notable ScienceNew Scientist (INT)2 d ago2 sources

Microplastics may be changing the colour of the Pacific Ocean

Fishing nets make up a large part of the debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Ocean Voyages Institute/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock The sea around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is changing colour, and microplastics may be to blame. The Great…

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Notable Climatetagesschau (DE)7 h ago

Katastrophenübung: Was wäre, wenn eine Dürre Deutschland lahmlegt?

Jahrelang kaum Regen in Deutschland, heiße Sommer und dann seit Wochen eine extreme Hitzewelle. Das ist das Szenario von LÜKEX, einer Übung, die das Krisenmanagement von 180 beteiligten Organisationen verbessern soll. Von P. Sonnenberg.[mehr]

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Notable ScienceNYT Science (US)1 d ago

Environmental Ballot Wins

Voters around the country approved measures on conservation, water and data centers on Tuesday.

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Top story ClimateThe Guardian (GB)4 d ago

Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels

Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing All countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic…

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Notable SciencePhys.org (INT)1 d ago

Can AI learn to understand nature? Scientists set out a roadmap for the future of ecology

An international team of scientists has outlined how a new generation of artificial intelligence models could transform our understanding of ecosystems and help predict their responses to environmental change.

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Notable ClimateFAZ (DE)2 d ago

Für den Klimaschutz: Wiesbaden gestaltet Schotterplatz zum Park um

Der Elsässer Platz in Wiesbaden war lange eine Brachfläche, die oft bis zum Rand mit Autos zugeparkt war. Das ändert sich nun. Vom Frühjahr 2027 an soll dort ein grüner Park mit Bäumen und Zisterne entstehen.

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Notable SciencePhys.org (INT)1 d ago

Scientists achieve record-breaking low temperature on China's space station, paving the way for new physics experiments

Matter starts to behave differently at extremely low temperatures, creating conditions ideal for studying quantum physics and new states of matter. Now, researchers from China have achieved a new low-temperature record aboard their Tiangong space…

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Notable ClimateCarbon Brief (INT)4 d ago

UK climate minister Katie White: COP31 must respond to ‘really scary’ science

Print article Share The upcoming COP31 climate talks in Antalya, Turkey need to respond to the latest science on global warming, which is “really scary”, says UK climate minister Katie White. In an interview with Carbon Brief setting out the UK’s…

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Minor SciencePhys.org (INT)3 d ago

A new spin on catalysts: A roadmap for smarter chemical reactions

Electron spin is a quantum property that makes electrons behave like tiny magnets. It can influence how electrons interact with each other and how chemical reactions take place. But what does this have to do with producing fertilizers, making…

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Minor ScienceZEIT ONLINE (DE)1 d ago

Entdeckung der Röntgenstrahlung: »Ich habe meinen Tod gesehen«

Es war eine Epochenwende: 1895 entdeckte Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Strahlen, die einen Blick ins Innere des Körpers erlauben – der Beginn einer medizinischen Revolution.

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Notable Worldtagesschau (DE)2 d ago

Chanel in Sydney, Vogel Tui, Smog in Indien

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Notable AIarXiv cs.AI (INT)4 d ago

Agentic Software Engineering: Foundational Pillars and a Research Roadmap

arXiv:2509.06216v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Agentic Software Engineering (SE 3.0) represents a new era where intelligent agents are tasked not with simple code generation, but with achieving complex, goal-oriented SE objectives. To…

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Notable AIarXiv cs.AI (INT)4 d ago

From Fragmentation to Fusion: A Survey and Roadmap for Omnimodal Embeddings

arXiv:2611.00172v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Embedding models underpin virtually every modern AI system, from search engines to recommendation systems. Despite shared mathematical foundations, research on embedding models remains fragmented by…

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Notable SportsThe Guardian (GB)1 d ago

BBL veteran Chris Lynn serves secret drugs ban after allegedly testing positive for cocaine

Big Bash League record runscorer handed one-month suspension 36-year-old tested after playing in England’s T20 Blast finals in July Big Bash League record-setter Chris Lynn’s one-month suspension for a positive drugs test has been revealed, two…

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Minor AIarXiv cs.AI (INT)2 d ago

A Roadmap to Impactful Pluralistic Alignment Research

arXiv:2607.22305v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Much research on responsible AI aims to change the behavior of AI systems that billions of people use. Pluralistic value alignment---the goal of building AI systems that represent and serve…

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Notable ClimateAl Jazeera (INT)2 d ago

Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Has the world kept its climate promises?

Nearly 200 countries pledged to limit warming to 1.5C. We look at who has delivered and who has fallen short.

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Notable EconomicsBloomberg Economics (INT)3 d ago

ECB’s Lagarde Says Hot Summer Should be a Warning for Europe

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde called this year’s hot summer a warning that the continent must boost defenses against the financial fallout of global warming and make its energy system more flexible.

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Notable TechnologyObservator (RO)3 d ago

Aparatul din casă care umflă factura la curent cu 25% chiar şi când e oprit. Nu e televizorul, nici frigiderul

Un aparat pe care milioane de oameni îl folosesc zilnic poate consuma energie electrică chiar şi când a fost oprit. Un electrician cu peste 20 de ani de experienţă atrage atenţia asupra unei greşeli frecvente care poate duce la creşterea…

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Notable SciencePhys.org (INT)4 d ago

UN reports warn of large-scale damage to Earth's ice from climate change

Exceeding 1.5C of global warming will have "irreversible" consequences for glaciers, sea ice and the Earth's frozen regions, two U.N. reports warned on Monday, calling for urgent action.

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Notable PoliticsPOLITICO Europe (EU)3 d ago

EU tells Ukraine to hasten reforms, sets out more cautious path for accession

BRUSSELS — The European Commission is preparing a more cautious roadmap for Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations, setting out limited targets for progress in 2027 while avoiding any commitment to a membership date, according to a document obtained…

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Minor SciencePhys.org (INT)3 d ago

New framework helps turn biodiversity goals into measurable action

The new study by Newcastle University and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) offers a practical roadmap for tracking progress toward halting species extinctions by 2050. It guides users from understanding where species are…

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Notable PoliticsEuractiv (EU)4 d ago

Road transport stuck in the slow lane as EU weighs post-2030 renewables rules [Partner Content]

Aviation and shipping have a long-term decarbonisation roadmap, but rules for road transport run out in 2030. At a Neste and Rapporteur debate, speakers called for stable, binding targets to unlock investment in renewable fuels alongside…

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Notable ScienceNew Scientist (INT)5 d ago

COP31: Will this year’s climate summit be the most underwhelming ever?

Despite coming after a year of dangerous weather and signs that global warming is accelerating, COP31 is unlikely to deliver dramatic progress on climate action

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Notable ClimateInside Climate News (INT)4 d ago

‘Bookkeeping Trick’ and Fuzzy Math Conceal the Climate Impacts of Beef, Researchers Say

Climate negotiators head to Turkey next month for the United Nations annual climate summit, just two months after an alarming U.N. report said the world has a vanishing chance of limiting global warming to safe levels. The report’s projections will…

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Minor SciencePhys.org (INT)5 d ago

National study pinpoints states with steepest warming trends since 1980

Global warming, the observed increase in Earth's average global surface temperature since preindustrial times (1850–1900), currently stands at around 1.63 degrees Celsius. While this number is expected to continue to rise, local temperatures will…

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Minor AIarXiv cs.AI (INT)3 d ago

Roadmap to Quantum Aesthetics

arXiv:2602.08363v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Quantum mechanics occupies a central position in contemporary science while remaining largely inaccessible to direct sensory experience. This paper proposes a roadmap to quantum aesthetics…

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Minor WorldBBC News (GB)3 d ago

Man fighting for custody of badger he nursed back from starvation

Graeme Wilson says Harriet the badger would be hurt or killed if she was released back into the wild.

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Minor AIarXiv cs.AI (INT)2 d ago

From Certified Pairs to a Certified Hub: Reasoner-Checked Crosswalks for the Information Exchange Standard

arXiv:2611.06628v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A national digital twin was conceived as an ecosystem of twins connected through mappings to a common foundation, but the roadmap that promises to confirm those mappings are valid never says what…

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