500 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.zmescience.com/ecology/this-newly-discovered-gecko-species-was-hiding-in-plain-sight-for-decades/species ( Uroplatus garamaso ). This species is a master of disguise. It resembles tree bark during the day and had been mistaken for a related gecko for decades. The researchers had first found it in Madagascar in 2000 but it took many years for them to revisit the area and understand that this was a different species.2023-09-15T12:31+0200zmescience-2f4204723b9c4f9927f6cb440f1ae6a020230915123100https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/newly-described-gecko-from-madagascar-a-master-of-disguise/Mongabay Series: Conservation in Madagascar Newly described gecko from Madagascar a master of disguise. Madagascar is a hotspot for gecko diversity, and the latest to appear on the tree of life is Uroplatus garamaso. U. garamaso, with a length of 8.3-13.9 cm ()3.3-5.2023-09-14T16:21+0200mongabay-a30d6312870f471bad9626d448efc92820230914162100https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/extreme-weather-events-2023-storms-floods-wildfires-b1105866.htmlA week after the high winds of super Typhoon Saola, Hong Kong faced a new disaster: 600 mm (23.6 inches) of rain in 24 hours, shutting down the city for the second time in a week. According to a news release from the government, the deluge started late on Thursday night, when the Hong Kong....2023-09-08T18:41+0200standard-1130db43e3689628cf367b9bbccebea720230908184100https://www.kompas.id/baca/english/2023/09/07/en-situasi-bumi-terkini-dan-sinyal-bahaya-untuk-masa-depan?open_from=Section_EnglishKOMPAS/AGUS SUSANTO. Asep used a forked hoe to loosen the soil in a dry field in Sirnajati Village, Cibarusah District, Bekasi Regency, West Java on Thursday (24/8/2023). The concentration of greenhouse gases, global sea surface temperature, and ocean heat content have reached record highs, while....2023-09-07T21:10+0200kompas-id-bf487ebae47869434758e607534f67f620230907211000