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Associated Press
07-05-2025
- Associated Press
Man charged with trying to kidnap a child from a school in Buffalo, New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An Illinois man tried to kidnap a student from a school in Buffalo, New York, and fled after punching and shoving an employee who confronted him, prosecutors said Wednesday. Shane Cronin, 30, of Lombard, Illinois, was arrested a short time later near the school. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted kidnapping, burglary, attempted assault and other charges, and was ordered to be held without bail. Cronin entered the Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet school without permission Feb. 11 and approached two children he did not know in a hallway, authorities said. He was attempting to lure and abduct one of them when a school employee saw him and directed him to leave, District Attorney Michael Keane said. Cronin punched the employee and shoved her to the ground before a security guard intervened and Cronin ran from the building, the prosecutor said. The school is adjacent to the Buffalo Museum of Science. Cronin's attorney said his client may have been in the midst of a severe mental health crisis when he legally entered the science museum and from there 'was somehow able to gain access to' the attached school. 'By all accounts, most of the employees did what they were supposed to do upon making contact with any person not authorized to be on the school premises,' attorney Daniel DuBois said in an email. Cronin didn't have any tools or weapons on him or in his vehicle, which was searched by police, DuBois said. A spokesman for Buffalo Public Schools did not immediately respond to questions about how the intruder gained access to the school and what security protocols may have been breached. The school includes students in grades three through eight. The Buffalo Board of Education last month authorized an independent investigation after a veteran Buffalo police detective discussed the case on an April 26 podcast and accused the district of cover-ups. Keane said he is aware of the detective's comments. 'My office has been conducting an investigation. We are committed to upholding the law, pursuing justice for victims, and preserving the integrity of the investigative process,' he said.
Scoop
01-05-2025
- Science
- Scoop
Climate Effects Of Volcanoes Beneath The Waves
Press Release – University of Auckland Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate, according to research led by University of Auckland and Tongan scientists. Research on Tonga's devastating 2022 Hunga eruption has just been published in the journal Nature Geoscience. 'Submarine volcanism has previously been overlooked in global climate studies, because there is typically not much atmospheric sulphur dioxide released,' says Professor Shane Cronin, a co-lead author of the study with postdoctoral fellow Dr Jie Wu. However, while sulphur dioxide can lead to significant climate effects, so too can water vapour. At its peak Hunga's eruption injected up to 3 billion tonnes of steam into the atmosphere in a single hour, with the water vapour reaching the stratosphere and even the mesosphere more than 57 km up, Cronin says. 'The eruption has been shown by several recently published studies to have cooled the Southern Hemisphere and cause a range of other atmospheric and climate impacts that we are still discovering,' he adds. Hunga had the potential for a global impact from sulphur dioxide. The team estimates 20 million tonnes of it was released during the eruption, however, most of the sulphur went directly into seawater at depths between 300m and 1100m. Cronin is at the School of Environment at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, while Wu is now based at the University of Otago. University of Auckland and staff and students have been working with Tongan partners to understand the wider implications of submarine volcanism in the Southwestern Pacific in the aftermath of Hunga, the largest eruption witnessed in the modern era. 'We are striving to understand the broader hazards of submarine volcanism including tsunami and damage to shorelines and internet data cables as well as how these eruptions affect our environment and climate,' says Cronin. The work is supported by an MBIE Endeavor Research Programme grant from 2024.
Scoop
01-05-2025
- Science
- Scoop
Climate Effects Of Volcanoes Beneath The Waves
Research on Tonga's devastating 2022 Hunga eruption has just been published in the journal Nature Geoscience. 'Submarine volcanism has previously been overlooked in global climate studies, because there is typically not much atmospheric sulphur dioxide released,' says Professor Shane Cronin, a co-lead author of the study with postdoctoral fellow Dr Jie Wu. However, while sulphur dioxide can lead to significant climate effects, so too can water vapour. At its peak Hunga's eruption injected up to 3 billion tonnes of steam into the atmosphere in a single hour, with the water vapour reaching the stratosphere and even the mesosphere more than 57 km up, Cronin says. 'The eruption has been shown by several recently published studies to have cooled the Southern Hemisphere and cause a range of other atmospheric and climate impacts that we are still discovering,' he adds. Hunga had the potential for a global impact from sulphur dioxide. The team estimates 20 million tonnes of it was released during the eruption, however, most of the sulphur went directly into seawater at depths between 300m and 1100m. Cronin is at the School of Environment at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, while Wu is now based at the University of Otago. University of Auckland and staff and students have been working with Tongan partners to understand the wider implications of submarine volcanism in the Southwestern Pacific in the aftermath of Hunga, the largest eruption witnessed in the modern era. 'We are striving to understand the broader hazards of submarine volcanism including tsunami and damage to shorelines and internet data cables as well as how these eruptions affect our environment and climate,' says Cronin. The work is supported by an MBIE Endeavor Research Programme grant from 2024.
