Western Australian authorities are scrambling to find a missing radioactive capsule that is a fraction of the size of a 10c coin, conceding it was not found missing until more than two weeks after it left a Rio Tinto mine site.
The 8mm by 6mm capsule is a 19-becquerel caesium 137 ceramic...
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Every year in the month of April, we celebrate Earth Day. Living in the Pacific Northwest, as the snow begins to melt and the landscape brightens, I reflect on what a privilege it is to live in such a beautiful place. The theme for this year’s global Earth Day is “Invest in Our Planet,” and I...
Greenland’s ice sheet is vanishing from the bottom up – increasing flood risks across the planet, according to new research. Huge quantities of water falling from the surface to the base are accelerating melt rate. The energy is converted into heat in a process likened to hydroelectric power –...
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