December 30, 2022

Interested contributors have until 30 January 2023 to submit abstracts for the IAEA’s International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology: Sustainable Water Resources in a Changing World, to be held from 3 to 7 July at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria.   Isotope hydrology is a sophisticated nuclear technique that reveals the history of water molecules and contributes to a better understanding of the way in which water is cycled through land, the ocean and the atmosphere, known as the water cycle. It has applications in water resources assessment and management, the study of past and future changes in the Earth’s climate

One of three white South African men accused of racially attacking two young Black South Africans on Christmas Day has been charged with attempted murder and released on bail. A video of the men using force to prevent the two from using a resort swimming pool went viral and raised the specter of past racial segregation under apartheid. The clash underscored South Africa’s ongoing struggle with racism, almost three decades after white minority rule under apartheid ended. Jacobus Klaasen was the last of the three suspects to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court and faces the more serious charge of