News you might have missed: 1 June 2009
Looking to catch up on the news now that the weekend’s gone? Here’s Greenbang’s daily summary of headlines and developments you might have missed:
- New research by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick has discovered that a mystery stellar explosion recorded in 2006 may have marked the unusual death of an equally unusually carbon-rich star;
- Large bombardments of meteorites approximately four billion years ago could have helped to make the early Earth and Mars more habitable for life by modifying their atmospheres, suggests the results of a paper published today in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochima Acta;
- A University of Leicester student has discovered a 425-million-year-old “Pompeii” with fossils found in rocks from the Silurian period of geological time in Herefordshire;
- Royal Dutch Shell plans to cut between 350 and 450 senior management jobs as it restructures to cut costs, Reuters reports;
- The Times Online cites previously unpublished Government reports that indicate the UK won’t hit its 2020 targets for renewable energy.
