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☆ India's moon lander is the first to study the lunar south pole region up close. Here are 5 scientific discoveries it's already made.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In August, India became the first country to successfully land near the moon's south pole. Since touchdown, the moon lander and rover have already made some important discoveries. Both the mission's Vikram lander and its adorable dog-sized Pragyan rover wasted no time in studying the lunar south pole region with the suite of scientific instruments they brought with them. Temperature changes undergroundVikram has also measured the soil temperature near the lunar south pole both on the surface and underground, for the first time. There's still a lot to be learned about the moon's south pole region.

Persons: Vikram, Pragyan, it's, ILSA, There's Organizations: Service, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, Planetary Society, Langmuir Locations: India, Wall, Silicon

☆ India's moon lander detected movement near the lunar south pole. It could be the first signs of a moonquake in nearly 50 years.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

India's moon lander detected an "event" on the lunar surface that could be evidence of a moonquake. The last time a moonquake was detected was in the 1970s, during NASA's Apollo missions. Now, the many instruments on board the lander and its adorable Pragyan moon rover are helping scientists understand the moon's south pole region better than ever before. And Vikram has detected rumblings underfoot that could be evidence of a moonquake, Live Science reported. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: India becomes the first country to land on the moon's south poleILSA is designed to pick up vibrations on the lunar surface generated by natural quakes, impacts, and artificial events.

Persons: Pragyan, Vikram, ILSA, NASA's Organizations: Service, Vikram, Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO Locations: Wall, Silicon, India

☆ India's adorable, dog-sized moon rover is set to roll out any minute and collect the first samples of the lunar south pole ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

India's moon rover could roll out any minute to collect the first-ever samples of the lunar south pole. It's set to collect the first samples ever of the lunar south pole. The Vikram lander is the first robot to successfully land on the lunar south pole. Inside, it carried the Pragyaan lunar rover, which rolls out and down to the ground on the ramp shown here. Indian Space Research OrganisationThe lunar south pole is thought to be the most water-rich region on the moon.

Persons: Vikram lander's, Robert Braun, Johns Hopkins, ILSA, Braun Organizations: Service, Indian Space Research Organization, New York Times, Exploration, Space Research Locations: Wall, Silicon, India, Mars, Russia, China

☆ BHP posts record full-year iron ore output, flags rising costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

BHP Group's logo adorning the side of its global headquarters in Melbourne on February 21, 2023. BHP Group on Thursday reported its highest ever annual iron ore production, helped by the continued ramp up at its South Flank operations in Western Australia but flagged it faces rising costs. BHP's iron ore production in Western Australia was aided by improved rail performance at the mines, but production was partially hit by unfavorable impacts from tropical Cyclone Ilsa in the quarter. It said iron ore production from Western Australia, on a 100% basis, was 72.7 million tonnes (Mt) in the three months to June 30, a touch lower than Visible Alpha estimates of 73 Mt, according to UBS. The company expects fiscal 2024 output for Western Australia iron ore between 282 million and 294 million metric tons, the mid-point of which is 0.9% higher than annual production of 285.3 million metric tons for fiscal 2023.

Organizations: BHP, BHP Group, UBS, Western Locations: Melbourne, Western Australia

Sydney, Australia CNN —Eleven Indonesian fishermen were rescued by Australian maritime authorities from a tiny island after being stranded for six days without food or water, but there are fears nine others may have drowned. The second vessel, believed to have been carrying at least 10 others, sunk in the powerful storm, AMSA said. One survivor spent 30 hours in the water before reaching Bedwell Island. Pictures released by AMSA showed a group of stranded fishermen waving to the rescue helicopter above, silhouetted by a barren white beach. CNN affiliate Nine News Australia reported that the survivors were taken to Broome Hospital for treatment.

☆ Western Australia assesses Cyclone Ilsa's 'path of destruction'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, April 15 (Reuters) - Emergency authorities in Western Australia were assessing damage on Saturday from a tropical cyclone that hit the state's northwest, sparing heavily populated areas but affecting several remote communities. Ilsa, downgraded to a severe weather system, made landfall in the sparsely populated Pilbara region of Western Australia early on Friday with an intensity rating of 5, the highest. Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services Assistant Commissioner Rick Curtis said crews were surveying damage in the "very large area" hit by Ilsa. "It’s quite a remote part of Western Australia so getting support services to the area will take some time and effort." Australia's weather forecaster warned of possible severe weather on Saturday in parts of the neighbouring Northern Territory, including potential flooding in the outback town of Alice Springs, as the ex-cyclone tracked east.

☆ Cyclone Ilsa rapidly intensifies as it approaches landfall in Western Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —A massive cyclone swirling off Australia’s western coast will likely make landfall as a category 5 storm – the strongest on the national scale – according to the country’s official forecaster. “Communities in those coastal areas hopefully are already hunkered down, ready to ride this one out. The last major cyclone of this strength to hit the Western Australian coast was Cyclone George in 2007 with winds that reached 275 kph (170 mph). The strongest storm ever to hit any part of Australia was Cyclone Monica, which arrived in 2006 with sustained winds around 290 kph (180 mph), as it swept across the eastern and northern parts of Australia. That cyclone missed highly populated areas but brought down trees and caused severe damage to vegetation along with a storm surge up to six meters high.

☆ Cyclone Ilsa hits Australia's northwest, misses iron ore export hub
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, April 14 (Reuters) - A tropical cyclone smashed into Australia's northwest coast as a category 5 storm, setting new wind speed records, but has largely spared populated regions including the world's largest iron ore export hub at Port Hedland, authorities said on Friday. "Port Hedland ... escaped the brunt of the cyclone at this stage. "As it moves inland and the sun comes up, we can expect it to still be a severe tropical cyclone," the weather bureau's hazard response manager Shenagh Gamble said. Ilsa is expected to weaken to a tropical low overnight and move into the southern parts of the Northern Territory. Destructive winds could hit the remote inland mining town of Telfer, where Newcrest Mining (NCM.AX) operates a fly-in-fly-out gold and copper mine.

☆ Australia's northwest braces for strongest cyclone in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cyclone Ilsa, located about 300 km (186 miles) off Australia's coast in the Indian Ocean, was on Thursday morning upgraded to a category four storm - one rung below the strongest category five. Port Hedland is the world's biggest export point for iron ore and is used by BHP Group (BHP.AX), Fortescue (FMG.AX) and billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) exports out of Port of Dampier, which lies to the west of Port Hedland. It will be the strongest system to hit the country's far northwest region since Cyclone Christine crossed the coast in December 2013, weather bureau forecaster Jessica Lingard said. BHP in an emailed response said it was closely tracking the cyclone but its mining and rail operations were continuing.

☆ Cyclone Ilsa threatens to hit Western Australia as strongest storm in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Tourists staying along the portion of coast between Broome and Port Hedland have been told to move from the projected path of the storm. Broome and Port Hedland are relatively small towns with a combined population of around 30,000 people. Many people employed by the iron ore mines live and work in Port Hedland. On Tuesday, the Pilbara Port Authority said it was clearing boats from all berths in the inner harbor of the Port Hedland port, and urged recreational boat owners to secure their vessels. Darren Klemm, Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner of Western Australia, said it had been 10 years since a cyclone of that size had hit the WA coast.

For years, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians around the country have been sounding the alarm about working conditions and understaffing, which they say increases the potential for mistakes in filling customer prescriptions. It invested more than $190 million in pharmacy staff this year, and plans to invest even more in 2023, according to a press release. Its move to no longer evaluate pharmacy workers on “task-based metrics” builds on that investment, the company said. The pandemic — and the issues it presented — prompted a number of state pharmacy boards to take action to improve working conditions. Last year, California passed a bill co-sponsored by its pharmacy board that “prohibited the practice of imposing quotas intended to increase corporate profit margins on the backs of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians,” according to the state board.

☆ (video) Recomandări: 30 de filme pe care să le privești în această iarnă
▼ + stars: | 2016-01-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +21 min

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