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☆ I dreaded going on a month-long trip with my mother. But after some fights, the trip helped us form a stronger bond.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Evan Lambert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

We had different ideas about what our trip should beWhen my mom had initially invited me to "visit stone circles in the UK," I had misunderstood this as "taking a selfie at Stonehenge." Then there were the stone circles. We never fought about my queerness or the fact that I was never going to attend medical school. AdvertisementThus, at that moment, in front of Llywelyn, I realized that I'd gotten closer to my mom on this trip. She'd accomplished her goal of teaching me about my heritage, whereas I'd realized that, to her, I was the Prince of Wales.

Persons: we'd, Lambert, Prince of Wales, a.k.a, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, begrudgingly, Llywelyn, I'd, She'd Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Birsay, Scotland, Edinburgh, Cornwall, Wales

☆ Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kolossal hopes to film a colossal squid in its natural habitat, the waters around Antarctica. The scientists were searching for the colossal squid, an evasive cephalopod that can weigh 1,100 pounds. The enigmatic colossal squidMeasuring about 46 feet with its tentacles spread out, the colossal squid is nevertheless hard to spot. Advertisement"We're not claiming this is the colossal squid, but it's also not not a colossal squid," Mulrennan said of footage of a translucent squid that the camera filmed. Kolossal/MulrennanBased on assessments of experts who have seen the footage, it's impossible to tell whether the animal is a young colossal squid or a full-grown glass squid.

Persons: Kolossal, —, Matthew Mulrennan, Mulrennan, Kat Bolstad, Myrah Graham, Graham, Mulrennan wasn't, Matt Mulrennan, it's, they're, Jennifer Herbig, Mulrennan Mulrennan Organizations: Service, Juvenile, University's Marine Institute, University of Auckland, Endeavour, Intrepid, Endeavor, Marine Locations: Antarctica, icefish, Paradise Harbour

It had a magnitude of 4.8 and an epicenter 30 miles west of Newark, New Jersey, per the USGS. AdvertisementA rare earthquake outside New York City rattled the tristate area on Friday morning. New York City experienced an earthquake on Friday. While earthquakes in New York City are rare, North America is home to some of the world's biggest. In 2011, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia, marking the last major rattler to hit the East Coast.

Persons: —, Paul Earle, Talia Lakritz, Earle, Jessica Jobe, Phil Murphy, Kathy Hochul, John F, Flightradar24, Eric Adams Organizations: Service, New York City, United States Geological Survey, Gov, New York Police Department, New, New York City Fire Department, Business, Newark Liberty International, Kennedy, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: Philadelphia, Boston, Newark , New Jersey, New York, New Jersey, East, Norfolk , Virginia, Maine, New York City, Newark, Holland, North America, Virginia, Toronto

☆ Buckle up for likely earthquake aftershocks, geologists say. Here's how the East Coast should prepare.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Geologists say the East Coast could be in for more earthquakes in the weeks ahead. To prepare, you should create an emergency plan, secure household items, and assemble a bugout bag. AdvertisementAftershocks could hit the East Coast following Friday's 4.8 magnitude earthquake, and millions of people in the region should prepare in the unlikely event the earthquake is bigger next time, the US Geological Survey said. "As a reminder, damaging earthquakes can occur in the future," Jessica Jobe, a research geologist with the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, said on Friday. Related storiesOne of the most important things you can do to prepare, Earle said, is to create an emergency plan.

Persons: There's, —, Paul Earle, Earle, that's, Jessica Jobe, hadn't Organizations: Service, Geological Survey, Earthquake Information, Business Locations: East, New Jersey, Newark, Boston, Philadelphia, Maine

☆ Opinion: Precious samples from Mars have been collected. Now it’s up to Congress to get them back
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Opinion Jonathan I. Lunine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

He served on the NASA Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board in 2023. Within these tubes are priceless samples of Mars that hold the clues to when and how Mars went from Earth-like habitability to uninhabitable desolation. Mars Sample Return is among the most challenging and complex robotic missions ever attempted, requiring the largest lander ever put on Mars, which would carry a rocket to launch the samples off the surface into Martian orbit. Mars holds secrets about what makes it possible for a planet to support life, locked in the samples that await return to Earth. NASA must provide that plan to Congress as soon as possible so that Congress can move forward with adequate funding.

Persons: Jonathan Lunine, David C, Duncan, Jonathan I, Mars Organizations: Cornell University, NASA, CNN, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Apollo, European Space Agency, US National Academy of Sciences, MSR, Planetary Science Locations: Washington, DC, China

☆ Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Not so fast, geologists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Scientists have voted against a proposal to declare a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene to reflect how profoundly human activity has altered the planet. The vote followed a 15-year process to select a geological site that best captures humanity’s impact on the planet. Some experts argued that the start of the Anthropocene could be better defined in other ways, such as the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. “This is the commission’s expert group for this interval of geological time and we are bound by its decision. Regardless of whether the term is officially classified as a geological epoch, Anthropocene is already widely in use, Cohen noted.

Persons: Kim Cohen, ”, Cohen, Phil Gibbard, eon, Colin Waters, Waters, …, David Harper, ” Harper, hadn’t, “ Organizations: CNN —, International Union of Geological Sciences, CNN Tuesday, geosciences, Utrecht University, Scott Polar Research, University of Cambridge, Geologists, University of Leicester, Durham University, International, of Locations: Ontario, Netherlands, United Kingdom

☆ Star dunes: Ancient find helps scientists unravel secrets of mysterious sand structures
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Using radar scans and analysis of sand grains buried deep inside the star dune, scientists mapped the mound’s internal structure. “It’s moving about half a meter per year,” demonstrating that star dunes are about as active as most other dunes, Duller told CNN. A mystery solvedThe new findings also addressed a longstanding mystery for geologists: Where is all the ancient evidence of star dunes? Star dunes are so big; perhaps eroded parts of their preserved structures were previously identified as standalone remnants of other types of dunes, the study authors reported. “The fact that star dunes have not been identified very much in the stratigraphic record may partly be because many geologists were not very much aware of star dunes and only knew about longitudinal dunes and barchans (crescent-shaped dunes),” Goudie said.

Persons: ” Andrew Goudie, Goudie, ”, Geoff, “, Lala Lallia, Charles Bristow, ” Bristow, Chebbi, Charlie Bristow, Bristow, ” Goudie, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, University of Oxford, Aberystwyth University, sedimentology, Birkbeck College, University of London, University of London's Birkbeck, Google, Scientific Locations: Erg Chebbi, Morocco, United Kingdom, Wales, Aberystwyth, Scotland

☆ Mummified animals Napoleon's scientists brought back from Egypt sparked a pre-Darwinian debate about evolution
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte brought a slew of savants — geologists, engineers, and other scientists — on his unsuccessful attempt to take over Egypt. A collection of mummified animals that the scholars brought back from Egypt seemed to hold the key to the question of species transformation. Naturalists Cuvier and Lamarck had first sparred three decades earlier when a mummified ibis arrived at the museum. The skeleton of a mummified ibis (middle) that Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire brought back from Egypt, along with a cat and a hawk. "I have shown that it is at the present time precisely as it was in the time of the Pharaohs ," he later wrote of the mummified ibis.

Persons: Darwin, —, Napoleon Bonaparte, Naturalists Georges Cuvier, Jean, Baptiste Lamarck, Cuvier, Lamarck, transformism, Naturalists Cuvier, Lamarck’s, Charles Darwin, Marie Jules Cesar Savigny, ” Cuvier, Geoffroy, savants, Etienne Geoffroy Saint, Hilaire, lungfish, Geoffroy Saint, Jenny McGrath, “, Charles Darwin’s “ Organizations: Service, Naturalists, French Museum of, French Academy of Sciences, Getty Locations: transformism, Egypt

GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado River. The company has also acquired rights to freshwater from the Green River nearby, leading to questions about how groundwater and river water are connected, and how its plans to produce lithium could affect the environment. The Green River is a tributary of the Colorado River, the over-tapped powerhouse of the West upon which 40 million people rely. So far, Anson has acquired rights for 2,500 acre-feet of water from the Green River. “There’s a difficulty turning anything down in a community like Green River,” he said.

Persons: ”, Lauren Wood, Anson, “, ” Anson, Bruce Richardson, Michael McKibben, Ren Hatt, Gayna, Salinas Organizations: Anson Resources, University of California, Interior Department, Land Management, . Department, ExxonMobil, Associated Press, Walton Family Foundation, AP Locations: GREEN, , Utah, Utah, Colorado, An Australian, Utah , Colorado , New Mexico, Arizona, Green, Green River , Utah, Anson, U.S, Riverside, Argentina, Qinghai, China, Arkansas, Nevada, Amargosa, Las Vegas, , Nevada, Australia, Chile, Gayna Salinas, “, America

Six decades later, plans are ramping up for space tourism, missions to the moon and Mars, and mining on the moon. AdvertisementThe Lunar Resources Registry, a private business that locates valuable resources on the moon and helps investors conduct the required exploration and extraction operations, notes: "The space race is evolving into space industrialization." The case for a lunar Anthropocene is interesting. A lunar AnthropoceneAnd now the Anthropocene, this age of human impact, is also arriving on the moon. An increasing number of moon missions and extracting resources from the moon could destroy lunar environments.

Persons: Christophe Bonneuil, Jean, Baptiste Fressoz, Christine Daigle, Jennifer Ellen Good Organizations: Sputnik, U.S, Resources, NASA, Marshall Space, Brock University Locations: Soviet Union, Alamogordo, N.M

☆ The moon is shrinking, and it could be a problem for astronauts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

On the lunar surface, however, it’s a different story. “We also knew that the largest of the shallow moonquakes detected by the Apollo seismometers was located near the south pole. As part of the mission, two astronauts will spend about a week living and working on the lunar surface. They can be an opportunity to better study the moon as we do on the Earth with earthquakes,” Husker said. Studying moonquakes at the south pole will tell us more about the Moon’s interior structure as well as its present-day activity.”

Persons: India’s, Russia’s Luna, Artemis, ”, Thomas R, Watters, ” Watters, LRO, “, Renee Weber, ” Weber, Weber, Yosio Nakamura, Nakamura, Allen Husker, Husker, Jeffrey Andrews, Hanna Organizations: CNN, NASA, National Air, Space Museum’s, for, Planetary Studies, Lunar, Science, Apollo, University of Texas, California Institute of Technology, University of Arizona Locations: China, Austin

☆ Visitor finds huge 7.46-carat diamond in Crater of Diamonds State Park
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Kelly Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Along the way, learned about the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, according to a news release from Arkansas State Parks. Visitors scour the earth at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. The 7.46 carat diamond discovered by Julien Navas, of Paris, France, upon his visit to the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas on January 11, 2024. The Carine Diamond is the eighth-largest diamond found in the Crater of Diamonds since it became a state park in 1972, according to the news release. Geologists explained about 100 million years ago, there was a volcanic eruption, which carried the diamonds to the surface, according to the park’s website.

Persons: Julien Navas, Navas, “, ” Navas, ” Lucky, Waymon Cox, Cox, Arkansas State Parks Navas Organizations: CNN, Arkansas State Parks, Discovery Center, Geologists Locations: United States, France, Cape Canaveral , Florida, New Orleans, Arkansas, Paris

☆ Icelandic Volcano Calms Down but Risk Remains
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

Live video footage on Tuesday morning no longer showed signs of molten rock erupting from the ground, even as experts warned that new fissures could emerge at short notice. Grindavik resident Hrannar Jon Emilsson watched his almost-finished house burn down on live TV after the volcano erupted on Sunday. "You sit and watch the news showing everything go up in smoke," Emilsson told Icelandic independent broadcaster Channel 2. It was the second eruption on the peninsula of Reykjanes in four weeks, and the fifth since 2021. The Icelandic Civil Defence, the IMO and other experts are due to meet later on Tuesday to discuss the situation.

Persons: Hrannar Jon Emilsson, Emilsson, Gerhard Mey, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Tom Little, Terje Solsvik, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Channel, Icelandic Meteorological, Icelandic Civil Defence Locations: REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Grindavik, Reykjanes, Reykjavik, Copenhagen

☆ The top 9 'must-have' travel experiences of 2024, according to luxury advisors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | Jonathan Delise | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

If that sounds like a tall order for a summer getaway, the luxury travel company Virtuoso asked 20,000 of its travel advisors to share their top experiences for 2024. Dark sky tourism focuses on rural locations without light pollution, such as Greece's Olympus Mountain National Park. Departing in August, Virtuoso recommends travelers first take in the Olympic Games before departing the city in style. Passion travelsHobbies may be associated with the home, but Virtuoso recommends taking your passions on the road. Virtuoso recommends exploring Peruvian cuisine at the Mistura Food Festival, or checking out the street food of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Persons: Nicolas Economou, Manoj Shah, Belles, Bhutan's, Young, Peter Adams, Chiang Mai, Koh, Wiphop, Sakura, James Cole, Hillary, Cousteau, Shackleton, pricey, Yasin Akgul, bookworms, Wolfgang Kaehler, Brian Curtice, Levente Bodo, ERNESTO BENAVIDES Organizations: Nurphoto, DarkSky, Stone, InterContinental, UNESCO, Istock, Expedition, Getty, CNBC Travel, Orient, Afp, Departing, Olympic Games, Chelsea Flower, Lightrocket, Festival Locations: stargazing, Norway, Iceland, Canada, Northern Mexico, Blanco , Texas, Albanya, Spain, Africa, Bhutan, Thailand, Pana, Yai, Bangkok, Japan Japan, United States, North America, Japan, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Fuji's, Antarctica, Paris, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia, Europe, Venice, Turkish, Strahov, Riau, Isla, Ljubljana, Slovenia

☆ Alaska's once crystal-clear rivers now resemble dirty orange soda, puzzling researchers
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The melting permafrostEven before researchers knew about the orange waters, they realized northern Alaska was rapidly changing. The Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network mapped locations of orange streams, and aerial photos show how easy they are to spot because of their brightness. When scientists went to the orange streams to count fish, insects, algae, and other aquatic life , "biodiversity just crashed," biologist Mike Carey told Scientific American . Advertisement"The fish were totally gone," Koch told BI. The streams Koch monitors near the Brooks Range are fairly remote, but the rivers they feed into provide fish for human communities in this region.

Persons: John McPhee, Joshua Koch, It's, —, Michael Carey, Koch, Carson Baughman, Kenneth Hill, Mike Carey Organizations: Service, US Geological Survey, Koch, Survey, Geological Survey, National Park Service, University of California, Davis , Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska, Scientific, BI Locations: Salmon, Beaufort, Kobuk, , Alaska, Davis ,, Anchorage —, Alaska

☆ Exactly How Much Life Is on Earth?
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Dennis Overbye | More About Dennis Overbye | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

According to a recent calculation by a team of biologists and geologists, there are a more living cells on Earth — a million trillion trillion, or 10^30 in math notation, a 1 followed by 30 zeros — than there are stars in the universe or grains of sand on our planet. Still, it boggled my mind that such a calculation could even be performed. Could Earth harbor even more life? How much life is too much? The finding “allows us to more quantitatively ask questions about alternative trajectories life could have taken on Earth and how much life could be possible on our planet.”

Persons: I’ve, ” Peter Crockford Organizations: Carleton University Locations: Ottawa

☆ India tunnel collapse: Rescuers begin risky vertical drilling after bid to free trapped Himalayan tunnel workers falters
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

India airlifted a high-powered drilling machine to assist in the rescue of dozens of road workers trapped underground. “The vertical drilling will disturb the rock formation and will cause vibrations to the mountain,” said Sundriyal, who is considered an expert in local rock formations. “However, it is difficult to say which one of the two methods would help us reach the trapped workers first,” he told reporters Monday. But for most of the families of the trapped men, the wait has been an agonizing switch between hope and despair. One of the trapped workers can be seen on camera.

Persons: Mahmood Ahmed, Yaspal, ”, Sundriyal, Harpal Singh, Mahi Shah, Sonu, Shah, ” Shah, ” Krishna Chauhan, Manjeet, Chauhan, ” Chauhan, Narendra Modi’s Char, Anrold Dix, ” Dix, “ Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Engineers, Authorities, India’s Ministry of, Highways, Garhwal, CNN, Roads Organization, Indian, Ministry of Environment, “ Locations: New Delhi, India’s, Uttarakhand, India, Garhwal University, Uttarakhand Government, Bihar, Mumbai, Mizoram, Morbi, Gujarat, Australian

☆ Angola's new diamond mine opens against backdrop of weak demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Miguel Gomes | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

An employee looks at a rough diamond at "Flanders Manufacturing", as the G7 weighs a ban on Russian diamond imports to reduce revenues for Moscow's war in Ukraine, Antwerp, Belgium, October 30, 2023. Angola's state-controlled diamond miner Catoca found the Luele diamond deposit at the project, previously known as Luaxe, in 2013 in one of the largest discoveries in the diamond industry in more than half a century. De Beers, the world's largest rough diamond producer by volume, estimates 2022 global rough diamond production at 121 million carats. Demand for rough diamonds has been weak in recent months with India - cutter and polisher of 90% of the world's rough diamond - asking the global miners to stop selling it the gemstones to manage accumulated stocks. Catoca, in which Russia's sanctions-hit Alrosa (ALRS.MM) owns 41%, currently holds a 50.5% stake in the Luele project.

Persons: Johanna Geron, Catoca, Paul Zimnisky, De Beers, Luele, Richard Chetwode, Zimnisky, Miguel Gomes, Polina Devitt, Felix Njini, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Antwerp, Belgium, Rights LUANDA, Angola, U.S, China, India

☆ One dead, multiple others believed missing in Alaska landslide
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 21 (Reuters) - At least one person has been killed and multiple others were believed to be missing in a major landslide along the principal roadway serving an island community in Southeast Alaska, state officials said on Tuesday. "Multiple individuals are believed to have been within the slide area when the landslide occurred and are believed to be missing," the statement said. Alaska state police assumed command of the search-and-rescue effort, but ground-level search operations were suspended while geologists assessed the risk of additional landslide activity in the area, the public safety agency said. Wrangell is linked to the mainland and other towns in Southeast Alaska by ferry and airplane. Its principal road is the Zimovia Highway, which runs along the west side of the island for 14 miles.

Persons: Steve Gorman, Sandra Maler Organizations: Public Safety Department, Emergency, Elias, Thomson Locations: Southeast Alaska, Wrangell , Alaska, Juneau, Alaska, Wrangell, Alaska Panhandle, St, Los Angeles

☆ Scientists discovered a field of deep-sea hot springs after following a trail of crabs like breadcrumbs on the ocean floor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scientists on an expedition near the Galápagos Islands followed a trail of crabs on the ocean floor. The crabs led them to a field of hydrothermal vents, or deep-sea hot springs. AdvertisementClusters of white crabs on the ocean floor helped lead scientists to a new discovery off the Galápagos Islands: a field of hydrothermal vents, or deep-sea hot springs, full of life. Schmidt Ocean InstituteA vent chimney discovered within a previously unknown hydrothermal vent field near the Galápagos Islands. A large cluster of riftia tube worms proved the researchers were unquestionably in a new hydrothermal vent field.

Persons: —, Dr, Roxanne Beinart, Hansel, Gretel, Ricardo Visaira Coronel, Dennisse Maldonado, INOCAR, Stuart Banks, Charles Darwin Organizations: Service, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Schmidt Ocean, University of Rhode Island, Ecuadorian, Charles, Charles Darwin Foundation Locations: Galapagos, Yellowstone

☆ Indian workers remain trapped in collapsed tunnel as rescue hampered
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Members of rescue teams prepare to conduct a rescue operation after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 14, 2023. Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLUCKNOW, India, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Rescue teams were unable on Wednesday to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in India, as huge boulders were blocking efforts to create an evacuation passage, officials said. It has been three days since the tunnel collapsed but the labourers continue to be safe and healthy, one official involved in the rescue operations told Reuters. Naveen, relief commissioner of Uttar Pradesh state, told Reuters. Local media reported on Tuesday that those near the exit of the tunnel got out, while the 40 who were deeper inside were trapped.

Persons: G.S, Naveen, Narendra Modi's, Saurabh Sharma, Tanvi Mehta, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Disaster, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India, LUCKNOW, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow

☆ Indian Workers Remain Trapped in Collapsed Tunnel as Rescue Hampered
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Saurabh SharmaLUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Rescue teams were unable on Wednesday to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in India, as huge boulders were blocking efforts to create an evacuation passage, officials said. It has been three days since the tunnel collapsed but the labourers continue to be safe and healthy, one official involved in the rescue operations told Reuters. The trapped men have been given food, water and oxygen through a pipe since Sunday morning, after the tunnel caved in at 5:30 a.m. (0000 GMT). Naveen, relief commissioner of Uttar Pradesh state, told Reuters. Local media reported on Tuesday that those near the exit of the tunnel got out, while the 40 who were deeper inside were trapped.

Persons: Saurabh Sharma, G.S, Naveen, Narendra Modi's, Tanvi Mehta, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Reuters Locations: Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Lucknow

☆ Heavy machinery brought in to pull out Indian workers from collapsed tunnel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Saurabh Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Members of rescue teams are pictured during a rescue operation after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, October 13, 2023. Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLUCKNOW, India, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Excavators began drilling with heavy machinery on Tuesday to fix a wide steel pipe that will help pull out almost 40 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel that caved in two days ago in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Patwal said it was not easy to ascertain the time required to pull out the workers. But some work has been halted by local authorities after hundreds of houses were damaged by subsidence along the routes, including in Uttarakhand. Reporting by Saurabh Sharma in Lucknow and Tanvi Mehta in New Delhi; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Devendra Singh Patwal, Patwal, Char, Narendra Modi's, Saurabh Sharma, Tanvi Mehta, Stephen Coates Organizations: Disaster, REUTERS Acquire, Thomson Locations: Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India, LUCKNOW, North India, Lucknow, New Delhi

☆ A Wall Street banker bought a coal mine sight unseen that could contain $37 billion worth of rare earth minerals
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Over a decade ago, a Wall Street banker bought a coal mine to sell coal. Turns out, the mine contains rare earth elements that could be worth tens of billions of dollars. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2011, Randall Atkins, a former Wall Street banker, bought a mine outside of Sheridan, Wyoming, sight unseen, The Wall Street Journal reported. In May, Ramaco announced that Atkins' Brook Mine contains one of the largest unconventional deposits of rare earth elements in the US. Early this year, the White House announced it plans to invest $32 million in domestic rare earth and other mineral projects.

Persons: —, Randall Atkins, Atkins, Ramaco, REE, REEs, David Becker, Patty Webber, They're, haven't, Shannon Anderson Organizations: Wall Street, Service, Street Journal, Casper Star, Tribune, DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory, International, Inc, Resources, Reuters, Geological Survey, Wyoming Public, Defense Department, White House, Sheridan Press Locations: Sheridan , Wyoming, Atkins, Wyoming, China

☆ Chunks of an alien world could be hidden deep within our planet, say scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This alien planet, Theia, was thought to have completely disappeared in the collision. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs well as shedding new light on the inner workings of our planet, scientists hope they will one day have access to these slabs of alien rock to reveal, once and for all, how our moon formed. The assumption has long been that Theia melded into moon, the Earth's mantle, and its core, in effect disappearing completely. Previous theories have suggested this core-mantle boundary could be made up of bits of ancient ocean floors. The problem is that the core-mantle boundary is very far from the surface — about 1,800 miles.

Persons: Theia, Vincent Eke, Jacob A, haven't, Edward Garnero, Li, Hongping Deng, Everest, Deng, Christian Schroeder Organizations: Service, Arizona State University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Durham University, University of Stirling Locations: Theia, Iceland, Samoa

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