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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 5 October.
- Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British
- Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone
- Palace Hotel on Market Street opens
- Chief Joseph surrenders ending Nez Perc‚ War
- Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville Kansas bank holdup
- Giant's Henry Matthewson walks 14
- Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8)
- Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey
- Portugal overthrows monarchy proclaims republic
- Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
- 1st Yank & radio broadcast of the World Series beat Giants 3-0
- Yanks & Giants play an infamous 3-3 tie world series game
- Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star
- 1st nonstop transpacific flight Japan to Wenatchee Wash
- Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely
- 1st Presidential address televised from White House - HS Truman
- Billy Martin 12 hits sets record Yanks win record 5th straight WS
- Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yank to hit a World Series Grand Slam
- Hyde St Pier re-opens as State Historical Park
- SF Fire Department Museum is dedicated
- PBS becomes a network
- Yanks set AL attendence mark at 2 627 417
- Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9 851 kph at White Sands N. Mex
- 41-G Challenger carried 1st Canadian Marc Garneau into orbit
- 13th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 6 launched