iTWire – Announcing Humboldt – the first Internet cable route between Asia Pacific and South America

iTWire – Announcing Humboldt – the first Internet cable route between Asia Pacific and South America

Google, Desarrollo País of Chile, and the Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT), have announced Humboldt, a subsea cable route linking Australia, French Polynesia, and Chile, strengthening the reliability and resilience of digital connectivity across the Pacific. The network protocols driving the Internet work on routing packets of data through many interconnected paths …

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Subsea Internet Cable Route To Link South America, Asia-Pacific

Subsea Internet Cable Route To Link South America, Asia-Pacific

Google has announced it will help build a subsea internet cable route linking Chile, French Polynesia, and Australia — the first ever to directly connect South America and Asia-Pacific. The joint venture by the Chilean construction company Desarrollo País, Google and French Polynesia’s Posts and Telecommunications Department is named the Humboldt subsea cable. Expected to …

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The Surprise Reappearance of a Rare Frog Has Scientists Leaping to Protect Its Habitat | Science

The Surprise Reappearance of a Rare Frog Has Scientists Leaping to Protect Its Habitat | Science

The word “marsupial” typically evokes a kangaroo or perhaps a koala, something furry and warm-blooded that protects its babies in a pouch. But a surprising variety of creatures have evolved this unusual means of parental care, including crustaceans, seahorses—and frogs. With jaunty peaks sticking up from its eyelids that may help it camouflage as a …

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Hunting For The Wild And Feral Pigs Ravaging Argentina & South America

Hunting For The Wild And Feral Pigs Ravaging Argentina & South America

Wild boar in San Luis province, Argentina (2018) Pablo Rodriguez Merkel/Proyecto ENEEI Wild pigs (including wild boar and feral domestic pigs) are invading protected natural areas across Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Due to their ability to out-compete native species for food, change landscapes and carry disease, wild pigs now threaten hundreds of …

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