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La sonda sovietica Kosmos si schianta sulla Terra: mistero sul punto di impatto

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La sonda sovietica Kosmos 482 è rientrata nell’atmosfera terrestre il 10 maggio 2025, dopo oltre 53 anni in orbita. Lanciata nel 1972 come parte del programma Venera, destinato all’esplorazione di Venere, non raggiunse mai il suo obiettivo a causa di un malfunzionamento del razzo di propulsione, che ne impedì l’uscita dall’orbita terrestre.
China Exports to U.S. Grind to a Halt: No Ships Left Its Ports in Past 12 Hours

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On Friday morning, West Coast port officials reported a startling fact to the media: in the past 12 hours, no cargo ships have left China with goods destined for California’s two major ports. “This is cause for alarm,” said Mario Cordero, CEO of the Port of Long Beach, adding, ”This has not happened since the pandemic.”China has so far been a major trading partner of the United States.
Calo nei traffici tra Cina e USA, dazi e tensioni rallentano gli scambi

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Venerdì mattina, i funzionari portuali della costa occidentale hanno riferito alla CNN un fatto sorprendente: nelle ultime 12 ore, nessuna nave da carico è partita dalla Cina con merci destinate ai due principali porti californiani. “Questo è motivo di allarme”, ha dichiarato Mario Cordero, CEO del porto di Long Beach, aggiungendo: “Non era mai successo dalla pandemia”. La Cina è stata finora uno dei principali partner commerciali degli Stati Uniti.
Major U.S. Cities Are Sinking: Scientists Warn About Risk of Floods and Damage

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New York, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Washington and San Francisco are sinking at a rate of between 2 and 10 millimeters per year. Raising the alarm is a study published in Nature Cities by a Virginia Tech research team, which attributes the phenomenon to factors such as the weight and pressure of buildings, groundwater extraction–which is responsible for 80 percent of the phenomenon–and increasing drought linked to climate change.
Jury Selection Begins for Sean “Diddy” Combs on Rape and Racketeering Charges

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Jury selection begins today at a federal courthouse in Manhattan for the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, one of the most successful rappers and music producers in the United States. Some 600 potential jurors have been summoned and have already completed preliminary questionnaires. Since he is a public figure, Combs’ defense has requested “sequestered” jury selection, that is, with individual questioning conducted away from other jurors to avoid contamination by media reports.
New York Events May 5 / May 14

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Sargasso Algae in the Atlantic Grow to Unprecedented Proportions

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A team of scientists at the University of South Florida’s Optical Oceanography Lab released a statement saying that in April, the amount of sargassum algae in the Atlantic grew out of control, exceeding the previous all-time high by 40 percent. This is a floating yellow-brown macroalgae on which crabs, sea turtles, shrimp and other marine life depend. This phenomenon, with summer now upon us, puts Florida’s beaches at risk of being covered in slimy, foul-smelling algae.
Ricercatori avvertono: record di alghe sargassi nell’Atlantico

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Un team di scienziati dell’Università della Florida Meridionale, dell’Optical Oceanography Lab, ha rilasciato una dichiarazione in cui afferma che, nel mese di aprile, la quantità di alghe sargassi nell’Atlantico è cresciuta in modo incontrollato, superando del 40% il precedente massimo storico. Si tratta di una macroalga galleggiante di colore giallo-marrone, da cui dipendono granchi, tartarughe marine, gamberetti e altra vita marina.
Falling Satellites and Space Pollution: Lacking Regulatory Framework

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As the number of satellites in orbit increases, so does the number of decommissioned ones which fall toward Earth, threatening the atmosphere and releasing pollutants from above. There are currently more than 10,000 active satellites, of which about 6,591 belong to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. Others are operated by companies such as Amazon, OneWeb (based in the UK) and new Chinese ventures, which plan to put more than 15,000 satellites into orbit in the next few years.
Kennedy Cuts Health Care for Minorities: Alarm Grows in U.S.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is gutting the minority health offices within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency of the U.S. government responsible for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, particularly for those least able to help themselves.