Tom Burridge

1 month ago | abcnews.go.com | Tom Burridge

Researchers said they discovered a coral that can survive extreme heat stress. The Acropora corals stick out of the water because the tide is low and the wind pushes the water out of the closed lagoon on November 27, 2021 in Tatakoto, French Polynesia. Tatakoto, a remote atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia, is surrounded by a lagoon rich in marine life. Like many regions worldwide, its corals are subjected to thermal stress caused by elevated temperatures.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Tom Burridge

A possible "biological treasure chest" of corals located in an underwater lagoon off a remote island in the South Pacific appear to be surviving extreme heat stress caused by climate change, scientists say. In the pristine waters off a French Polynesian island in the South Pacific, a team of marine biologists believes it has made a "miracle-like" discovery -- a type of coral which can survive in abnormally warm water.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | David Brennan |Tom Burridge

Russian strikes injured five people, and damaged homes and a gas pipeline in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson overnight on Wednesday, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. One Russian strike drone was shot down over the Kherson region -- most of which is occupied by Russian forces, with the region bisected by the frontline marked by the Dnieper River -- and one woman was killed by a drone attack on Thursday morning, Prokudin added.

2 months ago | thepulseofnh.com | David Brennan |Tom Burridge |Erielle Reshef |Emily Shapiro

(LONDON) -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said overnight missile and drone attacks launched by Russia showed that Moscow's claimed support for a ceasefire in Ukraine is not "real."Ukrainian authorities reported airstrikes in several regions of the country, including a drone attack on a hospital in the northeastern city of Sumy. The barrage came hours after Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to a halt in attacks on energy infrastructure as part of the White House's peace efforts.

2 months ago | thepulseofnh.com | Candy O’Terry |David Brennan |Tom Burridge

(PITTSBURGH) -- Joshua Riibe, the 22-year-old Minnesota college student who was with University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki the night she went missing on a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, will receive his passport back on Thursday, a source in the prosecutor's office told ABC News. Riibe -- who is considered a witness and not a suspect in Konanki's disappearance -- had his passport and cellphone taken away as he was being interviewed over the last several days.