Climate scientists push back against catastrophic scenarios

Enlarge / Sometimes, reality is alarming. (credit: Jim Nix) One of the challenges of discussing climate change is that it really is that bad. Completely realistic projections of things like sea-level rise, loss of agricultural productivity, and so on can sometimes sound like a disaster movie. This is a bit of a problem in two […]

Pilots warn of ‘catastrophic disaster’ after DRONE forced shutdown of Gatwick Airport

Sussex Police are investigating the incident but pilots say there should be tougher rules on drones.  The British Airline Pilots’ Association is calling for mandatory drone user registration.  This would help police to more effectively trace those who fly them illegally. Flight safety specialist Steve Landells said: “Yet another incident at Gatwick involving drones shows […]

British Airways passengers STILL without luggage after worldwide ‘catastrophic’ failure

The UK’s flagship airline insists a full flight schedule will proceed today after a weekend of flight cancellations which began on Saturday morning.  A global IT failure caused the grounding of British Airways (BA) long-haul and short-haul flights, affecting 75,000 passengers.  A BA spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “Our IT systems are now back up and running […]

‘Catastrophic consequences’: N. Korea vows to retaliate against deployment of US strike group

North Korea has denounced the deployment of the US naval strike group to the peninsula, warning that it is ready for war and Washington will be fully responsible for any potentially “catastrophic consequences” in the event of an invasion. In a show of force last week, Washington rerouted the Carl Vinson nuclear strike group into […]

‘Severe’ bleaching of Great Barrier Reef causes catastrophic damage

An unprecedented amount of coral bleaching for two consecutive years has severely damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial surveys have shown. Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies recorded severe coral bleaching for the second time in 12 months after surveying the Great Barrier Reef’s entire 2,300km-long (1,500) miles […]

Jesus’ tomb reopened in Jerusalem amid fears of ‘catastrophic’ collapse (PHOTOS)

The believed site of Jesus’s tomb has been reopened in Jerusalem on Wednesday, amid warnings by scientists that the holy site faces a collapse of potentially devastating proportions. Read more A team of workers and scientists from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) have spent the last nine months restoring the Edicule, the believed […]