Monthly Archives: August 2020

Scientist of climate change dies after falling into crevasse

A famous Swiss-American scientist of climate change has died after falling into a crevasse while conducting ice research in Greenland, authorities and reports said Wednesday. Konrad Steffen, director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), was working at Ilulissat on Saturday when he was reported …

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‘Socially Distanced’ UK Concert Venue holds first show

Photo: David Wala / Shutterstock About 2,500 British music fans saw a live performance on August 11 – and unlike some recent Stateside shows, we could not see our masks. Rock singer-songwriter Sam Fender performed the first show at the pop-up Virgin Money Unity Arena in Newcastle, crowned as the …

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