According to data released by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's internal scientific service on “Technology and Democracy,” indicates that on average the Portuguese spend 129 minutes a day on social networks and this ranks Portugal as the fifth country in the European Union (EU) with the highest social media use and thus leaving the population more exposed to phenomena such as misinformation and political unrest.
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Two examples of new innovative equipment devices which allow the safe transportation of patients with infectious diseases, including Covid-19, have arrived in Madeira.
Hertz Used Cars is running a special sale campaign until the end of October.
The former director of the scientific department of the American Space Agency, James Garvin, said today that the Capelinhos volcano in the Azores is "an open book" with the potential to become an exploration "laboratory" in respect of the volcanic system on Mars.
At 06.17 this morning, the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), recorded an earthquake registering 2.1 on the Richter Scale off the southwest coast of Ribeira Brava. The quake had a depth of 10 km.
The Regional Government has announced that they will protect Porto Santo's sand dune line from the effects of steadily rising sea levels. The decision was announced this morning, 13th of October, by the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, as part of the LIFE DUNAS.
In an address to European partners by videoconference the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, stated that the situation within the tourist sector remains critical and stressed the need for new measures to boost this sector.
According to a study published by the Australian Scientific Agency (ASA) on the 12th of October, the coronavirus can survive for at least 28 days on surfaces such as plastic and steel at room temperature (20 degrees Fahrenheit).
Controversial or not, the measures implemented by the Region in response to the pandemic will continue, says the Regional Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos.
According to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), without changes in the world economy and a reduction in gas emissions, climate change will cost 4.6 billion euros per year until 2070, increasing further thereafter.
Between 2020 and 2021, the Funchal City Council is set to invest some half a million euros as part of its sustainability strategy for municipal markets, including the installation of photovoltiac panels which turn light into electricity.
Madeira will insist that the European Union determines a “uniform criteria” applicable to all member states concerning the control of Covid-19 for those travelling throughout the EU.
A study presented and published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has concluded that less than 10% of the worlds population has developed antibodies against Covid-19, and that “most of humanity is still susceptible to the disease.”
According to a Japanese news agency, a Japanese company, Kyodo, has developed an ultraviolet radiation lamp that inactivates the new coronavirus using wavelengths that are known to be harmless to humans.
Portuguese and Spanish paleontologists are currently excavating a (late Cretaceous) 68 million-year-old deposit of dinosaur eggs near the Pyrenees in Spain where they hope to find the first dinosaur embryos in the country.