Ecology

The world's largest starfish returns to California waters: why it's good news

The world’s largest starfish returns to California waters: why it’s good news

A large purple and orange sunflower starfish. Credit: Zachary Gold/NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory It had almost disappeared from the North Pacific, wiped out by what NOAA calls the largest marine epidemic ever documented with billions of dead specimens. Now the sunflower starfish (Pycnopodia helianthoides), belonging to the Asteriidae family, is slowly reconquering the waters of California, and the signals ...

10 best airlines 2026: none European in Skytrax world ranking

10 best airlines 2026: none European in Skytrax world ranking

The ranking of the 10 best companies in the world. According to the most recent Skytrax 2026 ranking, the world top 10 of the best airlines is made up exclusively of Asian and Middle Eastern companies – like Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines and Hainan Airlines – awarded for their quality standards regarding products and services, which include both the on-board ...

How eSims work and what is the difference with roaming when we are abroad

How eSims work and what is the difference with roaming when we are abroad

Trip abroad. We arrive at our destination and… panic. The roaming should it be activated or not? Do we risk spending hundreds of euros without realizing it? These are questions we all ask ourselves, yet we don’t always really know how this mechanism works. In this video we clarify all the options available for when we travel, with a particular ...

The first artificial island in the North Sea that will produce clean energy for around 10 million families

The first artificial island in the North Sea that will produce clean energy for around 10 million families

Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. In the heart of North Seaapproximately 80km off the peninsula of Jutland, Denmarkone of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever conceived in Europe is taking shape. Is called North Sea Energy Island and it is an artificial energy island designed to collect and distribute electricity generated by hundreds of wind turbines offshore. ...

The EU will ban single-use plastic packaging from 2030: what changes for fruit and water packaging

The EU will ban single-use plastic packaging from 2030: what changes for fruit and water packaging

EU rules on plastic packaging such as water packaging are changing. From the August 12, 2026 they change EU rules for the plastic packaging: in the European market the food packaging containing PFAS above specific thresholds, while the limits on containing materials will be strengthened heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium. The news, in reality, is ...

Thunder-like sounds emitted by the prehistoric fish sturgeon have been recorded for the first time

Thunder-like sounds emitted by the prehistoric fish sturgeon have been recorded for the first time

Generated with AI for illustration purposes. They were captured and recorded for the first time the sounds emitted by the Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the reproductive phase; news that will particularly excite zoologists and ichthyologists (fish researchers) from all over the world. The discovery, published in the Journal Endangered Species Researchwas the result of the intuition of a ...