Europa Island

Flag Description The flag of France is used. Currency There is no economic activity on the island. Astronomy Today's date is May 12, 2008. There is currently a First Quarter Moon. Location Southern africa, island in the mozambique channel, about one-half of the way from southern madagascar to southern mozambique. Climate Tropical. Terrain Low and flat. Elevation Extremes The lowest point is at Indian Ocean 0 m. The highest point is at unnamed location 24 m.

Nature & Science News

Great tits cope well with warming - Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.

'No bias' against UK astronauts - UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.

New batch of walruses gets tagged - Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.

Platypus genetic code unravelled - The genetic blueprint of one of the world's strangest mammals - the duck-billed platypus - is deciphered.

EU's sat-nav pioneer calls home - A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth.

Nasa set to join petaflop elite - Nasa has unveiled a plan to boost its supercomputer power to help plan and model future missions.

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