Sofia Quaglia

Italy

Award-winning freelance journalist covering all things science, nature and how we talk about them. Work in @nytimes @natgeo @guardian @newscientist

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Scars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years on

4 days ago | bbc.com | Sofia Quaglia

Scars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years onUSGSHalf a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal. Plunging to the ocean's abyss on the Blake Plateau, a deep-sea mountain range off the coast of North Carolina, is an otherworldly experience. It's like no other ocean bed that microbiologist Samantha Joye has ever visited.
Scars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years on

4 days ago | flipboard.com | Sofia Quaglia

3 hours agoEngineer, pioneer, businesswoman, pilot, mother and rumoured spy - Monica Maurice wore many hats throughout her remarkable life. For nearly four decades, she ran Wolf Safety Lamp Company in Sheffield and played a key role in making the work of thousands of miners safer with innovative …
What Kind of Seafood Is Sustainable?

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sofia Quaglia

Ask NYT ClimateWe asked the experts how to make smart choices at the fish counter, for your health and for the environment. Credit... Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Shutterstock Fish and seafood can be a more environmentally friendly protein choice than other animal foods like beef, pork, and chicken. But you need to choose carefully. Not all fish are sustainable.
First ever confirmed image of a colossal squid in the deep ocean

1 month ago | newscientist.com | Sofia Quaglia

A colossal squid â€” the largest invertebrate on the planet â€” has been filmed alive in its wild habitat for the first time. For decades, the Kraken-like colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) was more myth than reality: scientists had only a vague sense of its appearance from fragments of its remains found in the stomachs of the whales that eat the molluscs. In fact, it was through those remains that the species was officially described by zoologists in 1925.
Nieuwe kijk op fossielen wijst erop dat dinosaurussen floreerden voordat de planetoïde insloeg

1 month ago | newscientist.nl | Sofia Quaglia

Het aantal dinosaurussen was mogelijk stabiel voor de inslag van de planetoïde. Dit gaat in tegen eerdere aanwijzingen uit fossielen die erop wezen dat de dinosaurussoorten al afnamen. De populaties van dinosaurussen gingen waarschijnlijk niet achteruit in de periode vlak voordat een planetoïde ze allemaal wegvaagde. In plaats daarvan zijn er misschien simpelweg weinig fossielen uit die periode. Daarop wijst nieuw onderzoek.
Dinosaurs’ apparent decline before asteroid due to bad fossil records

1 month ago | newscientist.com | Sofia Quaglia

Life The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less diverse Dinosaurs likely weren’t declining before an asteroid wiped them all out; instead, there may just be limited fossils from that time period, according to a new study. It has been hotly debated whether dinosaur populations were thriving or dwindling when a huge asteroid slammed into the planet about 66 million years ago.
It's Looking More Likely That NASA Will Fly Artemis II

1 month ago | realclearscience.com | Eric Berger |Sofia Quaglia

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA's second Space Launch System rocket into position between the vehicle's two solid-fueled boosters. Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, ground teams used heavy-duty cranes to first lift the butterscotch orange core stage from its cradle in the VAB's cavernous transfer aisle, the central passageway between the building's four rocket assembly bays.
A massive insect study may have made a huge mistake

1 month ago | sciencefocus.com | Sofia Quaglia

When French scientists Laurence Gaume and Marion Desquilbet first heard the news about a new international insect decline database, they felt something was off. It suggested that some insect species were actually on the rise – a claim that contradicted years of research. So, they called each other up. “We were concerned. We felt their conclusions were over-optimistic,” says Desquilbet, an environmental economist at Toulouse School of Economics.
El tesoro de Atacama: cómo un cactus chileno se convirtió en el centro de una inédita operación policial en Italia

2 months ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Sofia Quaglia

A primera vista, lo único que se puede ver a lo largo de miles de kilómetros en el desierto de Atacama, en Chile, son fragmentos de rocas de color con un tono naranja y blanquecino rodeadas de polvo. Este es uno de los lugares más secos de la Tierra . Al mirar alrededor, parece imposible que pueda sobrevivir alguna partícula de vida.
Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler's downfall

2 months ago | bbc.com | Sofia Quaglia

Operation Atacama: The $1m cactus heist that led to a smuggler's downfallAndrea Cattabriga(Credit: Andrea Cattabriga)After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled how they got there – and is setting a precedent for dealing with crimes of this kind. At first sight, orange and off-white shards of rocks surrounded by dust and dirt are all you can see for thousands of desolate kilometres in the Atacama Desert of Chile.