Large Hadron Collider Could be Shut Down Amid Europe’s Energy Crunch
“The Switzerland-based organization is engaged in talks with French power giant EDF and has requested a day’s notice should the CERN need to consume less electricity.” via sputniknews Energy prices in Europe have surged since 2021, but the situation worsened drastically after a vast majority of European nations imposed sanctions against Russia in response to Moscow’s special military operation in … Continue reading
Europe Witnessing Another Wave of COVID-19 Cases
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides said on Friday that the European Union is experiencing another surge in COVID-19 cases. “The #COVID19 pandemic is still with us. Numbers are rising again sharply in Europe,” Kyriakides said on Twitter. According to a weekly report on COVID-19 of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), there was … Continue reading
Mysterious Hepatitis Cases in Children Spread Across Europe
“In America, Alabama’s public health department said that nine cases have been found in children aged one to six years old, with two of them needing liver transplants.” By Oleg Burunov via sputniknews Image credit: © Fotolia / Spectral-Design Health officials are in the dark regarding what caused the disease, with some pointing the finger at COVID-19 given that the … Continue reading
Highly Virulent HIV Variant Found Circulating in Europe
“HIV is one of the fastest-mutating viruses ever studied — versions of the virus vary from person to person and sometimes even in a single individual.” by Giorgia Guglielmi via Nature Image Credit/Caption: Cavallini James/BSIP/Science Photo LibraryThe variant increases the number of HIV virus particles in infected people’s blood. A highly transmissible and damaging variant of HIV has been circulating … Continue reading
Europe Could Have Been Hit With COVID-19 Earlier Than China, New Study Reveals
by Max Gorbachev via Sputniknews Headline Image: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH The development comes as the World Health Organisation and the Biden administration separately conduct probes into the origins of the infectious disease, which according to John Hopkins University has killed 4.1 million worldwide. Europe may have been hit with the coronavirus earlier than China, suggests … Continue reading
Europe’s Drought-Induced Crop Losses Tripled in 50 Years, Threatens Future Global Food Supply Chain
via RT Headline Image: © Pexels New research has found that EU crop losses driven by heat waves and drought, as well as other extreme weather events, have tripled in 50 years, a startling figure which could upend food-chain supply dynamics around the globe. The study examined agricultural production in 28 European countries (including the UK) from 1961 to 2018 … Continue reading
Clouds of Radioactive Dust From Sahara Hits Parts of France
Just another of the consequences of human arrogance. by Nikita Folomov via Sputniknews Past nuclear tests carried out by France in the Algerian desert are now coming back to haunt Europe. Radioactive Saharan dust has been passing over France since February, the Association for Control of Radioactivity in the West reported. Nuage de sable du #Sahara : une pollution radioactive … Continue reading
Mysterious Radiation Spike Detected over Parts of Northern Europe
“22 /23 June 2020, RN IMS station SEP63 Sweden detected 3isotopes; Cs-134, Cs-137 & Ru-103 associated w/Nuclear fission at higher than usual levels (but not harmful for human health). The possible source region in the 72h preceding detection is shown in orange on the map.” A mysterious radiation spike has been reported over parts of Northern Europe. Calculations made by … Continue reading
New Study Hints of Volcanism Under the Heart of Northern Europe
Scientists have discovered new evidence for active volcanism next door to some of the most densely populated areas of Europe. The study ‘crowd-sourced’ GPS monitoring data from antennae across western Europe to track subtle movements in the Earth’s surface, thought to be caused by a rising subsurface mantle plume. The work is published in Geophysical Journal International. The Eifel region … Continue reading
Russian Govt. Suggests Satellite Re-Entry Could be Behind Euro Ruthenium-106 Spike
Ruthenium-106 is used, in particular, in radiation therapy and can also be released in nuclear fuel reprocessing A satellite that burnt in the atmosphere could have been the source of the radioactive isotope ruthenium-106, whose traces were registered in Russia and some European countries, according to the materials of a probe into the incident released on Friday. “The source could … Continue reading