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China hit back at the US on Wednesday, warning that trade conflicts create “no winners” after President Donald Trump raised the possibility of halting cooking oil imports from China.When asked about Trump’s threat, China’s foreign ministry said trade disagreements were “not in the interests of any party.” The product in question is used in biofuels,…
The planet has reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point, with warm water coral reefs facing long-term decline, according to a new report. Scientists warn that unless global heating is reduced to 1.2°C as quickly as possible, these reefs will not survive on any meaningful scale, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people…
Rare earth elements comprise a collection of 17 elements with comparable chemical characteristics. (AI image) India is looking to launch its programme for building a rare earth stockpile that will ease supply chain issues for the industry. This action comes in response to China’s restrictions on rare earth magnet exports, an essential component for electric…
(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) Taiwan’s economy ministry has announced that China’s newly imposed restrictions on rare earth exports are unlikely to disrupt the island’s semiconductor industry, as the controlled elements differ from those used in chip manufacturing. Earlier this week, China expanded its export controls, adding five new rare earth elements and increasing scrutiny on chip-related…
Source: Smithsonian Magazine For centuries, plants were seen as the first colonisers of land, but new research reveals that fungi ruled terrestrial ecosystems long before plants took root. Emerging hundreds of millions of years earlier, fungi played a crucial role in shaping early environments, forming partnerships with algae and recycling nutrients to build proto-soils. Their…
AI image for representation only. TL:DR: Driving the newsChina, once the biggest buyer of American soybeans, hasn’t booked a single purchase from this year’s US harvest – sending prices tumbling and farmers into panic. The abrupt halt mirrors Beijing’s previous use of rare earth exports as leverage in trade wars. Now, it’s soybeans.US President Donald…
NASA and ISRO have released the first radar images captured by their joint Earth-observing satellite, NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar). Launched on July 30, 2025, the satellite carries advanced L-band and S-band radar systems, designed to provide unprecedented insight into Earth’s dynamic surface. The initial images, captured in August, reveal remarkable detail, from dense forests…
A groundbreaking study published in Geophysical Research Letters has revealed that rocks deep within the Earth’s lower mantle can undergo dynamic transformations, carrying major implications for both earthquakes and the planet’s magnetic field. Nearly 2,900 kilometres below the surface, scientists detected a mysterious change at the core–mantle boundary using data from NASA and Germany’s GRACE…
