The notion that the planet’s warming climate will result in widespread extinctions has been challenged by a new study that suggests that biodiversity on Earth generally increases as the planet warms. The study, by scientists from the Universities of York, Glasgow and Leeds, involved the analysis of fossil and geological records going back 540 million […]
With the end of the Cold War, the extensive warning siren networks in German cities were dismantled, replaced by the satellite-based warning system SatWaS, which informs the population via radio and television of impending disasters. But German researchers concerned that citizens may have their TV and radio switched off have now applied for a technology […]
