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Une entreprise récompensée par le Concours Audace reçue à l'Élysée
Siberia is known for its extremely cold winters and harsh climates, but when summer rolls around, all that snow has to go somewhere. Like a scene straight out of the Kevin Kostner film Waterworld, this drone footage captured the surreal spectacle on the tarmac of the DOSAAF aviation sports club, near Ishim city, located in the heart of Siberia, after severe flooding submerged the airfield under water on Monday, May 15.
Researchers discovered rippling bubbles of methane under the grass in Bely Island in the Kara Sea. The phenomenon is caused by gas coming from underground and becoming trapped by the topsoil. Researchers concluded that those patches are the results of global warming and abnormal heat that made the permafrost melt.
Russia and China veto a US-backed draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a "hypocritical spectacle" that does not pressure Israel. IMAGES
The White House confirms that a national security threat raised by US lawmakers involves Russia developing an anti-satellite weapon. "I can confirm that it is related to an anti-satellite capability that Russia developing," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters, adding however that there was "no immediate threat to anyone's safety." SOUNDBITE