17630 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.fijitimes.com/fijian-community-express-gratitude-to-tonga/The Fijian community in Nuku’alofa, Tonga affected by the recent underwater volcanic eruptions and tsunami have expressed gratitude to the Tongan government for the timely assistance. Lusiana Kikau Tagivetaua was one of the survivors of the tsunami waves that hit Fafa Island.2022-02-20T04:14+0100fijitimes-be85f5a7835e3332328a73454722d19d20220220041400https://samacharcentral.com/elon-musk-donates-50-satellite-terminals-to-help-reconnect-volcano-damaged-tonga/Tonga says space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano-damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world. Tonga’s telecommunications system has been severely restricted since January 15 when a violent volcanic eruption and tsunami severed its underwater fibre-optic cable.2022-02-20T03:40+0100samacharcentral-f7a23e6199fdce5318d4b4b04cc1f40220220220034000https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2022-02-19-discovered-a-new-type-of-microorganism-that-removes-%22shellfish-poison%22-that-leads-to-restrictions-on-the-shipment-of-shellfish.H1HcwukJe9.htmlA research group at Tohoku University has discovered a new type of microorganism that parasitizes plankton, which causes "shellfish poisoning" that causes numbness and dyspnea when eating shellfish, and has the function of removing it. It is expected that it will lead to technology to reduce damage.2022-02-19T23:13+0100tellerreport-08f3f95189a398264fa75148a556892c20220219231300https://wonderfulengineering.com/these-photos-from-deep-inside-fukushima-reactor-show-horrible-mounds-of-radioactive-sludge/According to the Associated Press (AP) , a remote-controlled robot was made to travel to the bottom of Fukushima’s most damaged reactor last Thursday. It captured the images of heaps of melted fuel there, that sank as a result of the tsunami in 2011. A massive earthquake and tsunami hit the place in....2022-02-19T20:44+0100wonderfulengineering-5e1a0add86d55de1e5cdaa55a841a86120220219204400