Science

Re: ‘Beyond the Certificate: Why COREN Must Be in the Classroom Before the Gate’

The article by the respectable Engr. Professor Baba El-Yakubu, published in Daily Trust on 12 August 2026, makes an articulate case for the continued accreditation of university engineering programmes by the Council for the Regulation of…

Another eclipse over Spain on 28 August: where and how to see the Moon almost completely covered

Spain will turn its eyes to the sky just 16 days after the historic total solar eclipse. On 28 August a partial lunar eclipse of magnitude 0.93 will be visible across the country and will not require special eye protection.

Responders fight spreading wildfire in Indonesia's Way Kambas Park

Emergency response teams are battling a forest fire that has burned roughly 673 hectares of land in Way Kambas National ...

Cameroon: 'An Invisible Avalanche' - What Happened in Cameroon's 1986 Lake Nyos Disaster?

[RFI] On 21 August, 1986, 1,746 people died from carbon dioxide poisoning after gas escaped overnight from the bottom of Lake Nyos in Cameroon. RFI examines what happened in the world's deadliest "limnic eruption" and how, 40 years later…

EU sends helicopters, firefighters to Serbia to tackle wildfires

BELGRADE, Aug 22 - The European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism will send helicopters and firefighters to help Serbia fight a massive wildfire in a nature reserve in the northeast of the country, the head of the EU mission to Belgrade…

Why a B.C. wildfire evacuee wants to see an haul of emergency support services

Dawne Young, a retired 911 dispatcher, said her evacuation experience was unsettling. Her neighbour's home was lost in the Bald Range wildfire. She said her family did not all receive the emergency alert, and she was met with lengthy…

Arizona eighth-grader’s drone study finds rural areas have more ground-level CO2

Swedish hospital uses stored winter snow to cool building in summer

A hospital in Sundsvall, central Sweden, used an unusual cooling system that stored winter snow for use during summer. The snow was kept in a large, insulated storage area and its meltwater was circulated through the hospital to provide…

25 Maltese Photographers Come Together For Month-Long Valletta Exhibition | Lovin Malta

Photography is taking centre stage in Valletta as 25 Maltese photographers come together for ‘One Image. Many Visions’, a month-long exhibition showcasing different perspectives from across Malta’s photographic scene. The exhibition opened…

BMKG urges fire mitigation as East Kalimantan records 11,869 hotspots

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urged stronger wildfire prevention and response ...

Hong Kong-built greenhouse gas tracker device ‘functioning well’ on space station

A greenhouse gas monitoring instrument developed by a university in Hong Kong is operating successfully aboard Tiangong space station and is expected to contribute to sustainable development, the city’s technology minister has said…

Canada sinks retired Boeing 737 off Vancouver Island to create artificial reef

In an innovative environmental initiative, a Boeing 737 from Canadian Airlines has been transformed into an artificial reef off the coast of Chemainus, British Columbia. Sunk in 2006, this aircraft has undergone a thorough cleaning by…