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Photos: See the best photos from this year's total solar eclipse

NPR

Photos: See the best photos from this year's total solar eclipse

Millions of people in Europe stepped outside Wednesday to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal. (Image credit: Christian Hartmann)

NPR

LOOK: Total solar eclipse, some images of this rare celestial show

LOOK: Total solar eclipse, some images of this rare celestial show

Millions of Europeans contemplated the sky in awe today (August 12, August 13 in the Philippines) during a rare total solar eclipse that plunged a swathe of Spain into an eerie daytime darkness. The shadow cast when the Moon covers the Sun…

Lessons from Calabar landslides

The recent Calabar landslides highlight Nigeria’s vulnerability to climate change and poor urban planning. Learn critical lessons to prevent future tragedi Read More: https://punchng.com/lessons-from-calabar-landslides/

Why Nigeria must value scientists behind its diagnoses

Why Nigeria must value scientists behind its diagnoses

Discover why Nigeria needs to recognise and invest in medical laboratory scientists, whose crucial work underpins accurate diagnoses and a stronger healthc Read More…

Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia

The Guardian

Potatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of Asia

South Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly designated ‘cruelly hot’ days In a potato field in Yanggu county, 80 miles (130km) north-east of Seoul…

The Guardian

The Papers: 'The Sun, the Moon' and 'The greatest show on Earth'

BBC

The Papers: 'The Sun, the Moon' and 'The greatest show on Earth'

The once in a generation solar eclipse across the UK and Europe dominates Thursday's front pages.

BBC

Japan Times

‘Imposing ignorance’: U.S. climate science under siege

President Donald Trump's latest move against science documenting the impacts of climate change is causing concern among experts.

Japan Times

Millions across Europe wowed by once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse

ABC News

Millions across Europe wowed by once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse

From Spain to the UK, millions gathered to witness the sun's light be fully blocked by the moon in the continent's first solar eclipse in almost three decades.

ABC News

Total solar eclipse enthrals Iceland: ‘Another world’

Total solar eclipse enthrals Iceland: ‘Another world’

KEFLAVIK, Iceland — A total solar eclipse plunged western Iceland into complete darkness Wednesday, though heavy cloud cover and rain blocked the sight of the sun disappearing behind the moon. Total darkness swept over Keflavik, some 50…

Partial eclipse seen from North and West Africa

France 24

Partial eclipse seen from North and West Africa

In tonight's program, across parts of Africa millions lifted their eyes skywards for a rare celestial event, a partial solar eclipse. Also, in Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema hopes for a second term his main rival, says that it's been…

France 24

Straits Times

‘Trying to bury the science’: US climate research under siege

Scientists saw a “broad attack” on attribution science, including from Republicans in Congress seeking to outlaw climate accountability lawsuits.

Straits Times

PH: ‘Most storm-exposed country on Earth’

PH: ‘Most storm-exposed country on Earth’

Sixteen years after the passage of the law creating the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and 17 years after the enactment of the Climate Change Act, the Philippines is far from becoming a resilient nation as…