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Environment 2 September 2020 By Michael Le Page A gulf in the Bering SeaKarakol/Shutterstock Winter sea ice extent in the Bering Sea is the lowest it has been for the past 5500 years and will soon be gone completely, according to a study of how it has changed in recent millennia. “We are essentially locked…

Share on PinterestA new analysis suggests that COVID-19 may have been present in thousands of people with flu-like symptoms in winter 2019.On December 31, 2019, China announced a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, which later transpired to be the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).The U.S. reported its first case of COVID-19 just 21 days later,…

By Jessica Hamzelou Ambulance crews treat a patient with possible covid-19 symptomsPhoto by Leon Neal/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A particularly “challenging winter” could bring a second wave of coronavirus infections that leads to around 120,000 deaths in UK hospitals, twice as many as the first wave, according to an estimate of a reasonable worst-case scenario. Assuming people acted…

Image copyright Getty Images The UK could see about 120,000 new coronavirus deaths in a second wave of infections this winter, scientists say. Asked to model a "reasonable" worst-case scenario, they suggest a range between 24,500 and 251,000 of virus-related deaths in hospitals alone, peaking in January and February. To date, there have been 44,830…