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New DEEP Sea Underwater Habitat Announced

Handout render of DEEP Sentinel great hall. A new deep-sea habitat project has been launched by ocean technology and exploration company, DEEP, which has announced its intention to create a permanent human presence under the oceans by 2027. The project is already two years in development, with its base located at the former British National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), an 80m-deep, 600m-long flooded quarry in Gloucester, England, which suddenly announced its closure in February 2022. The centrepiece of DEEP’s project is Sentinel, a customisable capsule system designed to be ‘modular, scalable, autonomous, recoverable, re-configurable and re-deployable.’ Sentinel can be tailored to the individual needs of its users, be that a single installation or a network of segments interlinked to form a ‘deep-sea village’, and DEEP claims it will be installed on the sea floor with minimum disturbance to the surrounding ecosystem. Built using an innovative construction method employing robotic welding arms, which wil

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-YANGTZE ALLIGATORS-SURVEY (CN)

(240522) -- NANLING, May 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 21, 2024 shows the Changle area in Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve, Nanling county of Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province. The Yangtze alligator, a species that has existed on Earth for over 200 million years, now a first-class protected animal endemic to China, also known as Chinese alligator, lives along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the longest waterway in the country. A wild population resources survey of Yangtze alligators was officially launched on Monday, which will be jointly carried out by Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve and the College of Life Sciences of Anhui Normal University. Since its establishment in 1979, Anhui Yangtze alligator national nature reserve has been undertaking the work of artificial breeding, habitat protection, wild release and science popularization education of Yangtze alligators. There are nearly 1,400 Yangtze alligators in the wil

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Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 21,320

STORY: Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 21,320 SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the IDF operation 2. various of Gaza Strip 3. STANDUP 1 (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah 4. STANDUP 2 (English): NICK KOLYOHIN, Xinhua reporter in Jerusalem STORYLINE: The Gaza Health Ministry said on Thursday that Palestinian death toll in Gaza has risen to 21,320, and at least 210 people have been killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours. STANDUP 1 (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah "As the Israeli army concentrated its attacks on the middle areas, tens of thousands of Palestinians are fleeing central Gaza to the south. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society, in coordination with the Egyptian Red Crescent, is working to establish the first organized camp for displaced Palestinians in the city of Khan Younis. As an initial stage, they will set up 300 tents that wil

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