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Stories for October 19th 2021

  • Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    Widespread collapse of West Antarctica’s ice sheet is avoidable if we keep global warming below 2℃

    In West Antarctica, the interior of the ice sheet sits atop bedrock that lies well below sea level

    By Dan Lowry, Mario Krapp, Te Herenga Waka (*) – Rising seas are already making storm damage more costly, adding to the impact on about 700 million people who live in low-lying coastal areas at risk of flooding. Scientists expect sea-level rise will exacerbate the damage from storm surges and coastal floods during the coming decades. But predicting just how much and how fast the seas will rise this century is difficult, mainly because of uncertainties about how Antarctica’s ice sheet will behave.

  • Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    Ushuaia honours descendants of ten original families settled a century ago

    “It is the history behind each of these families that helped build the large history of Tierra del Fuego with its first settlers...” mayor Walter Vuoto said

    The mayor of Ushuaia, capital of Tierra del Fuego province, extreme south of Argentina honoured the descendants of ten original families that settled in the territory over a century ago. The ceremony headed by Mayor Walter Vuoto, lawmakers and members of his cabinet, took place at the Monument to the Tierra del Fuego pioneers, with the unveiling of a plaque in remembrance of the ten families represented by their descendants.

  • Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

    Pig production recovers in China and pork prices fall

    Pork production was up 38% in the first three quarters of this year compared to 2020, having reached 39,17 million tons

    Pork production in China soared in the third quarter of this year, according to official data released on Monday, as big farming businesses built huge industrial breeding establishments last year to recover the swineherd hit by the deadly African swine fever.

  • Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

    Gold booms in Argentine province of Salta

    Mining is on its way to surpassing agriculture as the main source of exports

    Despite economic shortages stemming from sanitary restrictions in force during most of 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, gold has managed to become the second most exported product in the Argentine province of Salta, a study showed.

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