Twelve years ago, a volcanic eruption almost totally wiped out life on an island in the Pacific. Now, in the wake of the devastation, scientists are using genetic analysis to see how flora managed to bounce back on the scarred island. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. …
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Diver has close encounter with 2.5m giant off Vancouver Island
Reaching lengths of up to 2.5 metres and equipped with powerful jaws, wolf eels are one of the ocean’s most formidable-looking animals. Despite their name, these long, serpentine fish are not true eels but members of the wolffish family. They can be found all along the west coast of North America and west to Russia and the Sea of Japan, …
Read More »Hello Kitty Island Adventure – Wheatflour Wonderland – Nintendo
Hello Kitty Island Adventure – Wheatflour Wonderland Nintendo Wheatflour Wonderland DLC – Hello Kitty Island Adventure Guide IGN Where to find Jemmies in Hello Kitty Island Adventure PC Gamer Hello Kitty Island Adventure: Wheatland Wonderland – a grindy triumph Pocket Tactics Hello Kitty Island Adventure: Wheatflour Wonderland DLC Out Now on Switch, PC, and Apple Arcade MonsterVine Source link
Read More »Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island and Emerald Rush Review
I’ve put over 100 hours into Donkey Kong Bananza since July. I reached 100% completion on my first playthrough, did a zero-banana run on my second, and I’ve been using a third to practice crazy speedrun techniques and push DK’s incredible movement in more extreme ways. Two months after giving Bananza a 10 in my original review, I remain in …
Read More »A New Island Has Popped Up in Alaska
Glaciers along the coastal plain of southeastern Alaska are rapidly retreating, spilling meltwater into expanding proglacial lakes. One such lake—fed by the receding Alsek Glacier—has grown so much that it transformed a small mountain into a new island. The Alsek Glacier once enveloped this rocky mound—known as Prow Knob—near its terminus. Over the past 40 years, both of the glacier’s …
Read More »Harris: island must face ‘shadow’ within to tackle gangs – The Royal Gazette
Created: Sep 17, 2025 08:24 AM Frankco Harris researches violent crime in Bermuda, along with its roots (Photograph by Akil Simmons) Bermudians must “sit with uncomfortable truths and act with sincerity” to take on the island’s cycle of gang violence, a community-minded criminologist said yesterday. Frankco Harris, who is compiling research on gang dynamics and youth violence in Bermuda, also …
Read More »Spirit Airlines flight warned to move farther from Air Force One over Long Island: “Pay attention. Get off the iPad.”
Air traffic controllers urgently and repeatedly ordered the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight 1300 to turn away from Air Force One Tuesday over Long Island, New York. The Spirit flight was traveling from Fort Lauderdale to Boston as Air Force One was carrying President Trump, first lady Melania Trump and manly others to a state visit to the United Kingdom. …
Read More »ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY CERTAIN LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
Disputes exist between the Long Island Rail Road Company and certain of its employees represented by certain labor organizations. The labor organizations involved in these disputes are the Transportation Communications Union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The disputes have …
Read More »Melting glacier creates a new island in Alaska, satellite images show
Over the next four decades, aerial images documented the steady, eastward retreat of both the Alsek Glacier and another ice mass to the south called the Grand Plateau Glacier. As both glaciers melted, Alsek Lake grew significantly, filling in the void left by the Grand Plateau Glacier and gradually overtaking the ice that once surrounded Prow Knob. This summer, NASA’s …
Read More »Staten Island officials warn about new fears in drug crisis, including elephant sedative
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Experts on Staten Island and nationwide are warning that drug traffickers are mixing potentially lethal fentanyl with veterinary sedatives — including one powerful enough to immobilize elephants. Illicit fentanyl, an opioid that, by itself, is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin, remains a factor in the majority of accidental drug overdoses on Staten Island, in …
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