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☆ These scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A group of scientists has devised a plan to safeguard Earth’s species in a cryogenic biorepository on the moon. In order to reach the required temperatures on earth, a supply of liquid nitrogen, electricity and human staff are required. To reduce this risk, Hagedorn and the team thought about how cryopreservation could be achieved passively, which is impossible on Earth, and alighted on the moon. “We aren’t saying what if the Earth fails – if the Earth is biologically destroyed this biorepository won’t matter,” Hagedorn said in the statement. Sally Keith, a senior lecturer in Marine Biology at Lancaster University, who was not involved in the research, had similar concerns.

Persons: Norway Lise Aserud, NTB Scanpix, ”, Mary Hagedorn, Hagedorn, ” Hagedorn, Rob Brooker, James Hutton, ” Brooker, Sally Keith Organizations: CNN, Smithsonian, BioScience, Reuters, Conservation Biology Institute, James, James Hutton Institute, Lancaster University Locations: Svalbard, Norway, Scotland

☆ Preikestolen: Man dies after falling from ‘Mission Impossible’ cliff in Norway
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A man has died after falling from a 1,981 foot (604-meter-high) cliff in Norway that featured in a “Mission Impossible” film. Preikestolen, known in English as “Pulpit Rock” is a cliff in southwestern Norway overlooking the Lysefjord. Nina Thommesen, police attorney for the Sør-Vest politidistrikt, confirmed that a man in his 40s had died on Monday. Although it is “the most iconic natural landmark in Norway,” according to the non-profit which manages the site, Preikestolen grew in fame when it was featured in the sixth “Mission Impossible” film, starring Tom Cruise. People gather in the mountains near Preikestolen to see the movie "Mission: Impossible Fallout."

Persons: Nina Thommesen, ” Thommesen, “, Preikestolen, Tom Cruise, Cruise, Carina Johansen, NTB Scanpix Organizations: CNN, Sør, Vest politidistrikt, Kashmir, Getty Locations: Norway, “, Preikestolen, AFP

☆ How the three-year cruise fell apart
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

CNN —In April 2023, George Fox was gearing up for the adventure of a lifetime: a three-year cruise taking him around the world. The high hopes and eventual failure of the Life at Sea cruise reads a bit like a Greek tragedy. When Miray objected, he resigned, along with much of his team, and told passengers the cruise was off. When the cruise was canceled in November, Bayramoğlu told passengers that only 111 cabins were booked. On October 24, Miray’s PR spokesperson told CNN that the departure date had been moved to November 30.

Persons: CNN —, George Fox, “, ”, ‘, Miray, who’d, Meredith Shay, Shay, she’d, Jenny Phenix, I’d, Mikael Petterson, Petterson, “ I’ve, Ethem, Miray’s, “ Vedat, ’ ”, Vedat, Cruises, hadn’t, Kendra Holmes –, –, Petterson –, they’d, Bayramoğlu, Sharon Lane, she’s, ” Shay, ” Holmes, Marit Hommedal, NTB Scanpix, Noel Hansen, Kendra Holmes, Hansen, ’ ” Hansen, ’ Rebecca Varner, Lorna Bolduc, Rebecca Varner, Holmes, Bonnie Kelter, Kelter, Varner, Ugurlu, Phenix, “ I’m, couldn’t, ’ George Fox, he'd, Bolduc, Miray’s Bayramoğlu, ” Miray, who’s, ” Hansen Organizations: CNN, Fox, Miray Cruises, Cruises, Passengers, Gemini, Carnival, Facebook, Life, Getty, US Foreign Service, ‘, Miray’s, ”, Miray Locations: Istanbul, ’, Turkey, Florida, Germany, Bayramoğlu, Petterson, AFP, Clermont , Florida, Costa Rica, New Jersey, Maine, that’s, Miami, Europe, Ecuador, Southern Florida

☆ Norwegian mass killer Breivik sues the state for "extreme" isolation -lawyer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NTB Scanpix/Lise Aaserud via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOSLO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in "extreme" isolation, and has filed another application for parole, his lawyer said on Friday. Breivik, now 44, is serving Norway's longest sentence, 21 years, which can be extended if he is still considered a threat. "He's suing the state because he has been in an extreme isolation for 11 years, and has no contacts with other people except his guards," Breivik's lawyer Oeystein Storrvik told Reuters. In 2017, Breivik lost a human rights case when an appeals court overturned a lower court verdict that his near-isolation in a three-room cell was inhuman. Last year, a Norwegian court also rejected his parole application, saying he still posed a risk of violence.

Persons: Anders Behring Breivik, NTB Scanpix, Lise Aaserud, Breivik, He's, Oeystein Storrvik, Storrvik, Nerijus Adomaitis, Mark Potter, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Appeal, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Borgarting, Telemark, Skien, Norway, Rights OSLO, Oslo

Both benchmarks have been on a sustained rally since June, with West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) trading on Thursday at its highest this year and Brent hitting its highest price since January. Brent crude fell $1.15, or 1.3%, to settle at $86.40 a barrel while WTI settled down $1.58, or 1.9%, at $82.82. Oil prices have been boosted in recent days by extensions to output cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia, alongside supply fears driven by the potential for conflict between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea region to threaten Russian oil shipments. The U.S. is also prohibiting some investment in China in sensitive technologies like computer chips and requires government notification in other tech sectors. Thursday's U.S. consumer prices data for July fuelled speculation the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its aggressive rate hike cycle.

Persons: Johan Sverdrup, Carina Johansen, NTB, Brent, WTI, John Kilduff, John Ritterbusch, Natalie Grover, Muyu Xu, Mark Potter, Elaine Hardcastle, Andy Sullivan Organizations: West Texas, Federal Reserve, Ritterbusch, Associates, Thomson Locations: North, Saudi, Russian, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Ukraine, China, U.S, New York, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf, Mexico, Galena , Illinois, London, Singapore

☆ Oil steadies as U.S. rate hike fears subside
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Natalie Grover | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Brent crude was down 23 cents to $87.32 a barrel at 1251 GMT, while West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) was down 37 cents at $84.03. Oil prices have been boosted in recent days by extensions to output cuts by Saudi Arabia and Russia, alongside supply fears driven by the potential for conflict between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea region to threaten Russian oil shipments. On Thursday, OPEC said in its monthly report it expected a healthy oil market for the rest of the year, and stuck by its forecast for robust oil demand in 2024, as the outlook for world economic growth slightly improves. "The poor state of China’s manufacturing, its property sector and some stubborn world inflation stand out as issues that the oil fraternity chooses to ignore at present." Thursday's U.S. consumer prices data for July fuelled speculation the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its aggressive rate hike cycle.

Persons: Johan Sverdrup, Carina Johansen, NTB, Brent, WTI, John Evans, Natalie Grover, Muyu Xu, Laura Sanicola, David Goodman, Mark Potter Organizations: West Texas, Federal Reserve, Thomson Locations: North, Saudi, Russian, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Ukraine, China, London, Singapore, Washington

☆ Oil dips as demand concerns mount; eyes on US inflation data
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Muyu Xu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. crude inventories (USOILC=ECI) rose by 5.9 million barrels in the last week to 445.6 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 0.6 million-barrel rise, U.S. Energy Information Administration data showed on Wednesday. U.S. crude oil exports fell by 2.9 million barrels per day last week, the steepest fall on record, to 2.36 million barrels per day (bpd), according to the data. Concerns over LNG supply drove European gas prices to a nearly 2-month high on Wednesday and buoyed the demand outlook for diesel as alternative fuel. However, oil prices remained supported by supply tightness worries as tensions between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea region could threaten shipment of Russian oil. Top exporter Saudi Arabia's plans to extend its voluntary production cut of 1 million barrels per day for another month to include September.

Persons: Johan Sverdrup, Carina Johansen, NTB, Brent, Phil Flynn, Priyanka Sachdeva, Phillip Nova, Jun Rong, Muyu Xu, Laura Sanicola, Muralikumar Organizations: West Texas, U.S . Energy, Price Futures, Index, CPI, Woodside Energy Group, IG, Saudi, Thomson Locations: North, China, U.S, ., United States, Chevron, Russia, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Washington

Brent crude fell 20 cents, or 0.2%, to $87.35 a barrel by 0006 GMT, after settling at its highest since Jan. 27 in the previous session. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) fell 23 cents, or 0.3%, to $84.17, after settling at its highest since November 2022. Chinese data on Tuesday showed crude oil imports in July fell 18.8% from the previous month to their lowest daily rate since January. China's consumer sector also fell into deflation and factory-gate prices extended declines in July, as the world's second-largest economy struggled to revive demand. Also supporting prices were top exporter Saudi Arabia's plans to extend its voluntary production cut of 1 million barrels per day for another month to include September.

Persons: Johan Sverdrup, Carina Johansen, NTB, Brent, Laura Sanicola, Muralikumar Organizations: West Texas, Saudi, Investors, U.S, Consumer, Index, Thomson Locations: North, Saudi, Russian, Russia, Washington

A stronger dollar makes crude more expensive for investors holding other currencies. PVM analyst Tamas Varga noted that for months, predictions have been made that global oil demand will grow in the second half of 2023 versus the first half, in tandem with supply cuts to reduce global oil inventories. The latest figures from the U.S.- the world's biggest fuel consumer - showed fuel demand rose the highest level since August 2019. A Reuters poll also estimated U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were expected to have declined last week. In a conference on Monday, BP (BP.L) chief Bernard Looney presaged oil demand growth continuing into next year and OPEC+ being increasingly disciplined.

Persons: Johan Sverdrup, Carina Johansen, NTB, Brent, Dennis Kissler, Tamas Varga, group's, Bernard Looney, Arathy somasekhar, Natalie Grover, Emily Chow, Christian Schmollinger, Sonali Paul, David Evans, Nick Macfie, Jan Harvey Organizations: Reuters Connect, HOUSTON, Brent, . West Texas, BOK, Reuters, Thomson Locations: North, ., U.S, OPEC, Saudi Arabia, Houston, London, Singapore

☆ Alaska cancels snow crab fishing for a year after the population mysteriously collapsed
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Alaska canceled the Bering Sea snow crab fishing season for the first time ever on Monday. The snow crab stock looked promising in recent years, sparking hope amid the steep decade-long decline of Alaskan king crab. Yereth Rosen/ReutersScientists need to conduct further research to determine what exactly caused this year's snow crab population crash. Snow crabs had a baby boom, then disappearedA fisherman holds a snow crab in Kjoellefjord, Norway, on November 1, 2017. "Management of Bering Sea snow crab must now focus on conservation and rebuilding given the condition of thestock.

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