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A NSW program reported on 8 November 2026 was to bring 120 landholders and public land managers together across 600,000 hectares near Walgett to reduce feral pigs, which are estimated to cost Australian agriculture more than $190 million a year.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 12, 2026, featured a 2024 Perseid meteor image from Poland and noted that the 2026 shower was expected to peak that night with 50-100 meteors per hour.
The Environment Agency issued South West Water a drought permit for Wimbleball Reservoir in Somerset, which serves 390,000 people and was 18% full as of 4 October 2026, against 30% a year earlier.
On October 12, 2026, Hong Kong's Leisure and Cultural Services Department reported red flags at Stanley Main, Shek O, Big Wave Bay and Silverstrand beaches due to big waves, advising against swimming.
Researchers formally mapped a 1.56km rose coral colony off Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a formation local divers had seen in parts for decades, the ABC reported on November 11, 2026.
NASA's Vertical Motion Simulator at Ames Research Center, in service since 1979, has received upgrades including digital systems and a 4K projection dome, the agency reported on August 12, 2026.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority said on 8 October 2026 it is considering legally binding undertakings from Brink’s, including the sale of two businesses, to address concerns over its acquisition of NCR Atleos.
Centennial Park's century-old rose garden, home to 33 rose varieties and an estimated 800 plants, is using released ladybirds and parasitic wasps against a heavy aphid infestation.
A NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry published on August 13, 2026, described the Moon's total eclipse of the Sun a day earlier, with views of totality captured in Zaragoza, Spain.
A Rail Accident Investigation Branch report published on 8 October 2026 examined how two steam locomotives moved about 3 metres during coupling at the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex on 9 August 2025, while a shunter stood between them.
Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection recorded four Legionnaires' disease cases among men aged 69 to 77 in the week ending October 10, 2026, bringing the year's total to 157 cases as of that date.
Quantum DC says it will not seek development approval this year for a proposed 1200-megawatt AI data centre at Tungkillo in the Adelaide Hills, after admitting it misread community feeling about the project.
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