Orionid Meteor Shower to peak this week, will light up Saudi skies
Orionid Meteor Shower to peak this week, will light up Saudi skies
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UN climate panel head wants swift end to deadlock over key scientific report
The world's top climate scientists will reconvene at the earliest opportunity, the panel's chair said on Monday, after member states failed to agree when to release its crucial new findings on global heating. The IPCC, a United Nations body, is the global authority on climate science. Its reports bring together the latest knowledge on climate change, its causes, potential impacts and options for responding.
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Indonesia fires burned over 1.9 mn hectares through September: monitor
Fires in Indonesia have devastated over 1.9 million hectares as of September, according to satellite monitoring. The figure is considered conservative due to challenges posed by haze.
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The Painstaking Task of Cataloguing the World’s Species
A bumblebee-like insect that was last seen in France 150 years ago was spotted again in the Paris region in 2025. Had the creature, known by its scientific name Pocota personata, disappeared and returned after all those years? Or did it simply fly around unnoticed this whole time? The mystery illustrates the challenge facing scientists seeking to catalogue the world's biodiversity, as so much of nature remains poorly understood.