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☆ At least 6 dead, 7 missing as fishing vessel carrying 27 sinks off Falkland Islands
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai | Juliana Gonzalez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —At least six people are dead and seven missing after a fishing vessel carrying 27 onboard sank in the South Atlantic about 200 miles off the coast of the Falkland Islands. The fishing vessel, FV Argos Georgia, requested assistance soon after it began sinking east of the islands at about 4 p.m. local time Monday, the Falkland Islands government said in press release Tuesday. CNN has reached out to the Falkland Islands government to clarify the number of dead and missing. “This is a developing situation, and we will provide no further comment,” Sally Heathman, head of communications for the Falkland Islands Government, told CNN on Tuesday. “The Falkland Islands government sends their thoughts to all the families involved,” it added.

Persons: Sally Heathman, King Edward VII, Stanley, Argos Froyanes, ”, Carmen Crespo Organizations: CNN, FV Argos, Falkland, Falkland Islands Government, Spanish, Associated Press, AP, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Stanley Airport, British Forces South, Maritime & Coastguard Agency, Argentina’s Navy, Britain, Argos, Argos Froyanes Ltd, Fisheries Locations: South, Falkland, FV Argos Georgia, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Sandwich, British Forces South Atlantic, South America, British, Argentina, Las, Argos Georgia, Norwegian, Helena

☆ Earth’s inner core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Comparing the timing of seismic signals as they touched the core revealed changes in core rotation over time, confirming the 70-year rotation cycle. But the depth and inaccessibility of the inner core mean that uncertainties remain, she added. The mysterious region where the liquid outer core envelops the solid inner core is especially interesting, Vidale added. “We might have volcanoes on the inner core boundary, for example, where solid and fluid are meeting and moving,” he said. Because the spinning of the inner core affects movement in the outer core, inner core rotation is thought to help power Earth’s magnetic field, though more research is required to unravel its precise role.

Persons: seismologist Inge Lehmann, —, ”, Lauren Waszek, “, ” Waszek, John Vidale, “ We’ve, ” Vidale, we’ve, what’s, Vidale, Seismologists, Lehmann, Waszek, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, James Cook University, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California’s Dornsife, of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Geological Survey, Scientific Locations: Australia, New Zealand, South Sandwich, South

☆ Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing down, and scientists don't know why
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Below your feet, about 3,400 miles down, is Earth's inner core. The data implies that in 2010, the inner core reversed its rotational direction compared to the Earth's surface — a phenomenon called backtracking. Now, the inner core is rotating more slowly than before the shift. Related storiesBut a recent study offers a new way of looking at the data that could help settle the debate. Proving the inner core is backtrackingJohn Vidale is part of the new research that offers more evidence to the notion that the inner core is backtracking.

Persons: aren't, It's, John Vidale, Stephen Gee, Vidale Organizations: Service, Business, University of Southern, USC Locations: University of Southern California, South Sandwich Islands

☆ First Bird Flu Deaths Reported in Antarctic Penguins
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Emily Anthes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Three Antarctic penguin species — emperor penguins, southern rockhopper penguins and macaroni penguins — are listed as vulnerable or near threatened. Before H5N1 arrived in the Antarctic region last fall, highly pathogenic bird flu viruses had never been documented in the area before. And because they breed in large, crowded colonies, once one penguin is infected, the virus could spread rapidly, causing mass mortalities. (As the virus spread through South America last year, Chile reported the deaths of thousands of Humboldt penguins.) The extent of the virus’s spread in Antarctic penguin populations remains unclear, and the king penguin cases have not yet been confirmed.

Persons: Laura Willis, ” Organizations: Penguins, South America Locations: South, Chile, Humboldt, South Georgia, Sandwich

Some 165 photographers working on assignment for National Geographic shot more than 2.1 million images in 2023. The feature — published in the magazine's December issue and online in November — contains "stunning photographs that unearth remarkable, rarely seen moments," according to National Geographic. Louie PaluThe training was conducted in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to National Geographic. A journey homeThis harrowing photograph by Renan Ozturk — a former National Geographic "Adventurer of the Year" — captures a journey home. Today India celebrates "National Technology Day" annually on May 11 to commemorate the 1998 tests.

Persons: Kiliii Yuyan, Kiliii, Yuyan, Louie Palu, Liam Burke, Alexander Semenov, Renan Ozturk —, Renan Ozturk, Michael —, Nenad Sestan, Max Aguilera, Chinky Shukla, Taj Mohammad, Chinky Shukla Mohammad, Jaime Rojo Organizations: National Geographic, Pictures, Geographic, CNBC, NATO, Yale University, Yale, World Health Organization, India Locations: Rock, Palau, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, U.S, Ukraine, Finland, United States, Sandwich Islands, New Delhi, Rajasthan, India, Pokhran

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