By 2100, half of the world's beaches will disappear due to climate change
The study, published March 2 in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, predicts that densely populated coastlines could undergo increasing erosion, which could cause nearly half of the world's beaches to disappear by 2100. Scientists have used satellite imagery to track how the beaches have changed ...
The sect has infected thousands of people with the coronavirus: its leaders will be tried for murder
Authorities in Seoul (South Korea) have filed a lawsuit with the prosecutor's office against 12 leaders of the Shin-cheonji Temple of the Tabernacle of Testimony sect, who are accused of murder, causing harm and violating the law to control the spread of infectious diseases. The BBC writes about this. According to officials,…
'Real treasure': a man bought a coin worth $ 100 thousand for 56 cents
A rare 1776 Continental dollar bought at a flea market for less than $1 is worth nearly $100, Fox News writes. The coin was purchased by a person who remained anonymous for 000 cents in June 56, according to a company statement…
WHO raises global risk assessment of coronavirus to maximum
The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded its global coronavirus risk assessment to "very high". RIA Novosti writes about this. This is the highest level of risk in the WHO classification. This was stated by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference. At the same time...
Threat to the global economy: how coronavirus brought down financial markets
Financial markets around the world are falling for the sixth day in a row amid fears by traders and investors that the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus will disrupt the global economy. In almost 50 countries of the world, more than 80 thousand cases of the disease and more than 2800 deaths have been recorded, the vast majority ...
Scientists have recorded the most powerful outbreak in the universe since the Big Bang
Astronomers have recorded the most powerful burst of energy in the universe since the Big Bang. Some experts compare the discovery in importance with the discovery of the first dinosaur bones. Writes about this Lenta.Ru. The explosion took place near a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy located at a distance from the Earth ...
Earth has a second natural satellite
The small asteroid 2020 CD3 has temporarily become a new natural satellite of the Earth, according to a circular from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Minor Planet Center. RIA Novosti writes about this. “The orbital integrations indicate that this object is temporarily locked to Earth. No signs found...
'Pharaoh' lost power: Egyptian president dies after normalizing relations with Israel
Hosni Mubarak was primarily a military man, but as president of Egypt, he invariably strove for peace, writes the BBC. Under him, Egypt played a leading role in the search for a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict. Relations with Israel were normalized. But Mubarak was criticized for ...
In a popular resort, a hotel with hundreds of tourists isolated due to coronavirus
Hundreds of hotel guests in Tenerife, including at least two Russians, were locked up after one of the guests, an Italian doctor, was diagnosed with a coronavirus, writes the BBC. The doctor came to rest from Lombardy, where the coronavirus outbreak occurred. In general ...
Tens of thousands of dollars per hour: named the most profitable air routes
OAG, which collects air traffic data, has ranked the routes that generate the most profit for airlines, writes Theuk.one. The rating uses information for the period from April 2018 to March 2019. Research Results Most profitable routes start or end ...