The People’s Republic of China has just marked a milestone in space cartography, by presenting the first geological atlas of the Moon on a global scale, in high definition. As announced by the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a total of 12,341 impact craters, 81 basins, 17 types of lithologies and 14 types of structures distributed throughout the selenite surface are mapped in the work. Available in Chinese and English, the atlas was compiled from scientific exploration data obtained from China’s Chang’e lunar exploration program and other international missions. It is considered by scientists as a fundamental tool to understand the evolution of our natural satellite, select possible landing sites and installation of future research stations and open a promising path towards the use of lunar resources. Along with providing basic data and scientific references to strengthen the lunar exploration program of the Asian country, the atlas will also contribute to the study of the origin of the solar system…
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Founded on January 15, 1940 by Dr. Antonio Núñez Jiménez, the Speleological Society of Cuba (SEC) undertook in the last four decades a set of research that has directly or indirectly contributed new knowledge in dissimilar spheres of national life. Included in the relationship are the execution, in close collaboration with the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, of the large-scale mapping project of geological hazard scenarios due to karst development, the results of which provide governments with territorial areas of vital information for making decisions linked to the management of this type of relief predominant in our country, in the face of climate change. Likewise, Cuban speleologists participate in the location, identification and study of geosites in the largest of the Antilles, a project led by the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, of the Ministry of Energy and Mines…
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An international team of scientists led by the Technical University of Munich, in Germany, concluded a study where the priorities to be investigated were defined to determine the real capacity of urban trees in mitigating the impacts of high temperatures in large areas. cities and thus improve the thermal comfort of their inhabitants. According to preliminary results, published in the academic journal Landscape and Urban Planning, although trees generally contribute to reducing the undesirable effects of heat waves, this condition can be further enhanced through the appropriate selection of each species. planted in the city environment, the characteristics of the local climate and the location and quality of the tree cover.
