301240 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6531221/mag4quake-Dec-6-2021-Indonesia-FLORES-SEA.htmlThe United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.3 quake in Indonesia near Bima, Bima City, West Nusa Tenggara, only 24 minutes ago. The earthquake hit late at night on Monday, December 6th, 2021, at 10:24 pm local time at a shallow depth of 10 km.2021-12-06T17:04+0100volcanodiscovery-efeaa53828abefabf8ebc5608b3ecb6a20211206170400https://www.asianews.it/news-en/East-Java%27s-Semeru-volcano-erupts-killing-14-people-54658.htmlThe Civil Defence Department reports that 98 people were injured and about a thousand displaced, but the toll is likely to rise. Rescue operations have been hampered by smoke, ash and lapilli. The bridge connecting Lumajang and Malang collapsed, isolating many villages. Caritas on the ground to bring aid.2021-12-06T11:26+0100asianews-en-aed339db40441dafd310dd759bf884c120211206112600https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/34888/20211206/great-pacific-garbage-patch-unexpected-marine-habitat-troubles-scientists.htmIn a baffling discovery, scientists found various marine animals living on plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Many of the unexpected inhabitants of the open ocean plastic debris area are coastal species that live miles from their habitats halfway between the California coast and Hawaii.2021-12-06T10:53+0100sciencetimes-48787a5e0bab2637826b6da45a23788920211206105300https://pasifika.news/2021/12/pacific-ocean-garbage-patch-is-immense-plastic-habitat/Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in an area of the open ocean dubbed “the Great Pacific Garbage Patch”. Many of the creatures are coastal species, living miles from their usual habitats, on a patch halfway between the coast of California and Hawaii.2021-12-06T07:19+0100pasifika-ffdff5a12d6960e49ea6350e135fb4ca20211206071900