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Horror flesh-eating bacteria found lurking in New York waters – victims can die in hours | World | News

Horror flesh-eating bacteria found lurking in New York waters – victims can die in hours | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

A deadly “flesh-eating” bacteria has been found in a series of ponds and bays on a New York island, with experts warning infections can become fatal within hours. Scientists have identified “hotspots” of vibrio vulnificus – a dangerous pathogen known by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as flesh-eating bacteria – in multiple sites across Long Island. The findings were revealed this week by Professor Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University, who said the bacteria is now present in several specific bodies of water. “Bacteria known as vibrio vulnificus, also known by the CDC as a flesh-eating bacteria, is present and a risk in our waters,” he said. He warned of the speed and severity of infection, adding: “It’s a very, very serious infection, it gets into open wounds – people who are infected with this bacteria have a 20% chance of dying within just 48 hours.” The bacteria has been detected in Sagaponack Pond, Mecox Bay and Georgica Pond, with Gobler confirming it has now been found in several additional ponds and bays …

Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush arrives in waters near Iran

Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush arrives in waters near Iran

Published by Sam Flores

A third U.S. aircraft carrier and the warships escorting it arrived in waters near Iran on Thursday, officials said, significantly amplifying the military force at President Donald Trump’s disposal as he pressures the government in Tehran to surrender its nuclear program, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and agree to end a weeks-long war that has destabilized much of the region. Source link

A poem by John Waters: ‘Catch’

A poem by John Waters: ‘Catch’

Published by José Betancourt

John Waters is a writer, a film director, an actor, and a visual artist best known for his films, including Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, and Serial Mom. He is the author of the national best sellers Role Models, Carsick, and Mr. Know-It-All. His spoken word show Going to Extremes continues to be performed around the world. Source link

Senate overturns Boundary Waters protections, a boon for Chilean mining company

Senate overturns Boundary Waters protections, a boon for Chilean mining company

Published by Sam Flores

Outdoor enthusiasts travel by canoe through several of the hundreds of fresh water lakes that make up the Boundary Waters in the northern woods of Minnesota. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining company subsidiary and a stinging loss for environmentalists trying to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a protection imposed by President Joe Biden in 2023 that he set for 20 years. It clears the way for a long-stalled mine project proposed by Twin Metals Minnesota to restart plans to access the immense stores of copper and other minerals in the Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters. It’s the latest step in a long battle over mining in the area, which has seesawed for years between Democratic and Republican administrations as environmental groups warn the project could pollute the country’s most visited wilderness area. The mine sought by Twin Metals, a subsidiary of Chilean mining …

Russia mysteriously closes off Arctic waters for ‘missile landing zone’ near NATO border | World | News

Russia mysteriously closes off Arctic waters for ‘missile landing zone’ near NATO border | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

Russia has warned ships and aircraft to avoid large areas of the Barents Sea off northern Norway, designating them as “impact areas for Russian missiles” ahead of a planned space launch. The zones — north of Varanger and northeast of Bear Island — will remain restricted until April 30, in an unusually long safety notice for the region. Despite the alarming wording, the “missile” reference is apparently Russian terminology for rocket launches, where discarded parts of a space rocket are formally classified as falling “missile elements.” In this case, the warning relates to a Soyuz-2-1b launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, likely around April 23. As the rocket ascends, large metal structures known as payload fairings are jettisoned and fall back to Earth and two such components are expected to splash down in the designated areas. The alerts were issued through both aviation and maritime safety systems, advising seafarers to steer clear of the zones during the window. The mission is expected to carry a batch of Rassvet broadband satellites, part of Vladimir Putin’s push to …

California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes

California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes

Published by Sam Flores

California unveiled a plan Tuesday to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes. That number represents roughly 7% of the state’s land and waters. It also corresponds with the amount of land the federal government promised it would hold as reservations for Indigenous tribes after California joined the union in 1850. Congress ultimately rejected these treaties in a secret meeting — after pressure from the state — and failed to notify tribes, many of whom upheld their end of the agreement to relocate. The new policy, set by the California Natural Resources Agency, aims to start healing the harm caused by the state’s actions to bar tribes from their homelands and criminalize their cultural and land management practices. These actions not only harmed Native communities, whose cultures and ways of life are intimately tied to the plants, animals and landscape of their homelands, but also caused well-documented harm to ecosystems through the loss of biodiversity, takeover of invasive species, degradation of water quality and increase …

The Okefenokee’s dark waters hold secrets about climate and more

The Okefenokee’s dark waters hold secrets about climate and more

Published by skeptic

adaptation: (in biology) The development of new programs, processes, policies and structures to make communities and their inhabitants better able to head off — or at least withstand — the dangerous impacts of a warming climate. Those impacts may include drought, flooding, wildfires, extreme heat and extreme storms. atmosphere: The envelope of gases surrounding Earth, another planet or a moon. bacteria: (singular: bacterium) Single-celled organisms. These dwell nearly everywhere on Earth, from the bottom of the sea to inside other living organisms (such as plants and animals). Bacteria are one of the three domains of life on Earth. basin: (in geology) A low-lying area, often below sea level. It collects water, which then deposits fine silt and other sediment on its bottom. Because it collects these materials, it’s sometimes referred to as a catchment or a drainage basin. biodiversity: (short for biological diversity) The number and variety of species found within a localized geographic region. biologist: A scientist involved in the study of living things. Britain: A shortened form for Great Britain, which is the collective …

Two fuel tankers caught fire after strikes in Iraqi waters

Two fuel tankers caught fire after strikes in Iraqi waters

Published by Sam Flores

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NASA spots Florida’s ocean waters changing color

NASA spots Florida’s ocean waters changing color

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Most people understandably focus on freezing temperatures and the mountains of snow outside their doorsteps when a winter storm hits. But frigid weather can often have dramatic effects offshore—even in typically tropical regions. As NASA highlighted today, a wave of Arctic air recently turned the Gulf of Mexico’s deep azure waters into a shockingly bright blend of blues and greens. The rapid brightening off Florida’s west coast took place across late January and early February amid two massive winter storms named Fern and Gianna. The weather systems were so vast that they even drove temperatures below freezing in parts of the state. Earlier cold snaps had iguanas falling from trees and the ocean also experienced a rarely seen change. On February 3rd from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) tool aboard NASA’s Terra satellite spotted the rare water change orbiting over the West Florida Shelf. The waters were turned pale blue by agitated calcium carbonate mud composed mostly of …

Global first: A massive sleeper shark was filmed in cold Antarctic waters

Global first: A massive sleeper shark was filmed in cold Antarctic waters

Published by Jenni Sidey

A bulky shape drifted through dim water nearly half a kilometer below the Antarctic surface, moving slowly over a pale seabed. At first glance, it looked like something familiar. Then the realization landed. It was a shark, filmed in a place where many scientists assumed sharks did not live at all. The encounter happened in January 2025, when a deep-sea camera recorded a sleeper shark near the South Shetland Islands, off the Antarctic Peninsula. The animal measured an estimated 3 to 4 meters long, roughly 10 to 13 feet. Water temperatures at that depth hovered just above freezing. Alan Jamieson, founding director of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre at the University of Western Australia, said the sighting broke a long-standing rule of thumb. “We went down there not expecting to see sharks because there’s a general rule of thumb that you don’t get sharks in Antarctica,” Jamieson said. “And it’s not even a little one either. It’s a hunk of a shark. These things are tanks.” Researchers from the University of Western Australia have captured …