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Ukraine
Power Cut at Nuclear Plant
A radiation accident almost happened yesterday as Russia tried to disconnect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from Ukraine’s power network. The power was cut from the grid for several hours, leading to a hazardous situation as the plant relies on electricity for its cooling system. The power plant was able to receive electricity from one remaining backup line, however the other two lines were already cut off by the Russian military. Back in March, Russia took over the Zaporizhzhia plant, yet the site is still managed by Ukrainian workers, with Russia reportedly presenting plans to Ukrainian workers on connecting the plant to the Russian power network instead of Ukraine’s. International authorities and the United Nations are warning Russia against doing so, but the status of the Zaporizhzhia plant remains to be determined.
This map depicts the site Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, as well as Russian-controlled territories (highlighted in orange below). Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Barron's
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Pakistan
Record Flooding Hits Province
At least 900 people have died in Pakistan due to record rainfall and flooding since the beginning of monsoon season in early June. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported there has been a 124 percent increase in average rainfall compared to the 30-year average. The floods have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed thousands of homes. Balochistan alone, Pakistan’s largest and most impoverished province, has seen an increase in average rainfall of 200 percent from the 30-year average, with nearly 700,000 acres of crops destroyed from the flooding. The province has reached out for federal assistance, and the United States promised $100,000 in immediate relief to Pakistan on top of a $1 million package to combat natural disasters.
This map depicts the Pakistan province of Balochistan, which has been affected by record high rainfall and flooding. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Al Jazeera
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Argentina
Remains Found Buried in Canoe
In a new paper published in the PLOS ONE journal, the first evidence of the remains of a woman buried in a canoe or "wampo" was discovered in Argentina’s Patagonia. A team of researchers from Universidad Católica de Temuco says the woman, called 'Individual 3,' was buried around 800 years ago in a canoe potentially meant to help her journey into the afterlife, with her remains found at the Newen Antug digsite near Lake Lacár in western Argentina. According to the study's authors, this discovery serves to reaffirm ethnographic and historical accounts that canoe burials were practiced throughout pre-Hispanic South America and refutes the belief of such burials only happening after Spanish colonization.
This map depicts the archeological sites of the study, where a woman's remains was found at the Newen Antug digsite in western Argentina. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Utah's Zion Canyon took millions of years to be carved out by which river?
A: The Virgin River
Forming more than 250 million years ago, Zion National Park located in southwestern Utah was previously covered in a low body of water before being carved out and left as a high altitude red-rock desert. The North Fork of the Virgin River begins north of Zion at Cascade Falls, which comes out of a cave near Navajo Lake at an elevation of 9,000 ft (2,743 m), and the East Fork originates above Long Valley. Both forks of the Virgin River run through the park, and the river takes a 162 mile (261 km) trek before emptying into the Colorado River at Lake Mead. The famous 16 mile hike, the Narrows, is the narrowest section of Zion Canyon, with walls a thousand feet tall and with a width of just 20 - 30 ft (6 - 9 m) wide. The hike consists of walking ankle to knee deep in the Virgin River for a majority of the hike, however flash flooding is a constant danger and the time of day and season can affect hiking conditions.
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Q: Considered a global biodiversity treasure for its more than 1,000 different fish species, which East African lake has more distinct fish than any other lake in the world?
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