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More than half of the lakes around the world are loosing water
Posted on 26 June, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: A recent study found that 53 percent of the greatest freshwater lakes on earth are in decline and are now retaining less water than they did thirty years ago. The study measured changes in water levels in roughly 2,000 of the largest lakes and reservoirs in the globe using satellite measurements spanning decades. It was discovered that human consumption, sedimentation, and climate change are to blame .
However, the lead author, former CIRES visiting fellow and current climate...
AI discovers flora's hidden characteristics to aid save species
Posted on 4 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary:To research and mitigate the effects of climate change on flora, scientists from UNSW and the Sydney Botanic Gardens have trained AI to access data from millions of plant specimens maintained in herbaria around the world.
Associate Professor Will Cornwell, the study's principal author, adds that herbarium collections are incredible "time capsules of plant specimens." It's no longer feasible to go through items manually because the National Herbarium of New South Wales alone...
Climate change, causing oceans to become more green
Posted on 16 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
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More than half of the world's oceans have become greener over the past 20 years, likely due to global warming. This was determined by analyzing 20 years of data on ocean color from NASA's Aqua satellite.
The greening indicates increased phytoplankton and algae in the surface waters. Phytoplankton contain chlorophyll which makes the ocean appear greener.
The tropical and subtropical waters between 40°S and 40°N latitude changed the most in color. These areas...
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The Underground Hydrogen Rush: A Cheap Green Fuel or Just a Pipe Dream?
Posted on 20 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
For most of the past century, the idea that hydrogen gas could be sitting underground in commercially viable deposits simply did not register as a possibility worth entertaining. Geologists knew the Earth produces hydrogen constantly through reactions between iron-rich rock and water, and through the splitting of water molecules by radioactive decay. They also knew that microbes eat it, that geochemical reactions consume it, and that its molecules are small enough to slip through rock...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 9 October.
- Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
- Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
- Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U) chartered in New Haven.
- Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay.
- Benjamin Banneker black American astronomer dies.
- Joshua Stoddard of Worcester Mass. receives patent for 1st calliope
- 1st 2-way telephone conversation
- Public admitted to Washington Monument.
- Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer Only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
- Yanks sweep Cards in the world series
- 1st transcontinental flight by woman lands Laura Ingalls
- Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
- Yanks sweep Cubs in the world series
- Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the world series
- Gil McDougald's World Series Grand Slam Yanks beat Giants 13-1
- Pope Pius XII died 19 years after he was elevated to the papacy.
- Yanks beat Braves 4 games to 3 in the world series
- Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning - world series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1
- Uganda gains independence from Britain (National Day).
- Che Guevara executed in Bolivia.
- Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
- Yanks 1st AL Championship game beat Royals 4-1
- Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 5 but returned after failing to dock
- Yanks beat Royals for pennant #31
- Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st American woman to walk in space
- Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E. Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.