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NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires | Mirage News

With the North American fire season underway, and a record number of acres already burned nationwide, NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite's three instruments are observing vegetation precursors to fires, along with plumes of smoke and their movement. This data will help scientists piece together clues that…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

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NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires

With the North American fire season underway, and a record number of acres already burned nationwide, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite’s three instruments are observing vegetation precursors to fires, along with plumes of smoke and their movement. This data will help scientists piece together clues that…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

SpaceX

SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US

During the IPO roadshow, Musk sold investors on future plans to launch data centers into space and build a colony on Mars. Analysts at its lead underwriter Goldman have predicted a 100-fold surge in its AI revenues to $322 billion by 2030. While describing expanding Starlink as another key growth…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

Greenland

European heatwave’s unlikely accomplice is an ocean ‘cold blob’

The heatwave battering Europe may have an unlikely partner-in-crime: a patch of cold ocean water south of Iceland and Greenland that can influence weather patterns over the continent. Often called the "cold blob", this swath of water in the North Atlantic has bucked the global warming trend, cooling even as…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

Vietnam

Vietnamese environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach released after 5 years in prison

Vietnamese environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach was released from prison on June 24 after serving a full five-year sentence for tax evasion, charges advocates say were a pretext to silence his activism against coal mining. Bach, the founder and former director of the Law and Policy of Sustainable Development Research…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

Belfast

Tara Kumar’s Top New Tunes: June 2026

As summer very slowly begins to creep in I’ve been living in a world of music over the past few weeks. Since I last spoke to you, I headed to Belfast for AVA Festival, where I hosted the Resident Advisor stage. It was the perfect way to kick off festival…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

Monsanto

Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. In another major Supreme Court ruling, the court blocked thousands of cancer patients from suing the manufacturer of the popular weed killer glyphosate, marketed…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

Syria

Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in “Racially Inflected” Decision

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González, as we move into a second major decision on immigration the Supreme Court handed down yesterday, which, interestingly, is actually linked to devastating natural…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

Homeless

Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We’re going to continue with the Supreme Court decisions that came out yesterday, but first, we’ve just made a connection with Venezuela, so we…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

Air Pollution

Wildfires Linked to Premature, Low-Weight Births | Mirage News

Max Planck Society Study confirms negative health consequences for newborns Exposure to wildfires and related air pollution in Spain leads to lower birth weights and higher risks of premature births. Negative effects on birth outcomes were consistent across all socioeconomic groups, with no significant differences found. Rising temperatures increase wildfire…

bubmagJune 26, 2026

NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires | Mirage News

NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires

SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US

European heatwave’s unlikely accomplice is an ocean ‘cold blob’

Vietnamese environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach released after 5 years in prison

Tara Kumar’s Top New Tunes: June 2026

Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer

Supreme Court Strips Protections for Haitian & Syrian Immigrants in “Racially Inflected” Decision

Venezuela Earthquakes: U.S. Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts as Death Toll Soars

Wildfires Linked to Premature, Low-Weight Births | Mirage News

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