Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Science

Flood Warning Systems Failed In Nepal. Can Satellites Strengthen Them?

The apparent movement of the glacier before its collapse has renewed discussion within the geospatial community about integrating satellite observations into early-warning systems.

Flood Warning Systems Failed In Nepal. Can Satellites Strengthen Them?

We haven't written up this one. NDTV has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

Also reported by 1 other outlet

Read the original at ndtv.com →

More in Science

Tracking emperor penguins from space

For the first time, geographers from Durham University have used freely available satellite radar images to track emperor penguins through the polar winter—giving a year-round view of their movements.

UN Warns Global Warming Will Top 1.5C Within Years

The rise in global temperature is on track to soon exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, likely within the next few years, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report showed on Wednesday.

  • UN report warns global temperature rise likely to exceed 1.5C within years
  • Best-case scenario predicts peak temperature increase of 1.8C
  • Current policies could lead to 2.6C median temperature rise by 2100

Rising Over Louisiana

On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m.

More from Wednesday 2 September →