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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...
Clean, sustainable fuel produced from plastic garbage
Posted on 8 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: Researchers have shown how carbon dioxide from industrial operations or even straight from the air can be gathered and converted into sustainable, clean fuels using only solar energy.
The University of Cambridge researchers created a solar-powered reactor that transforms collected CO 2 and plastic waste into renewable fuels and other useful chemical compounds. In experiments, CO 2 was transformed into syngas, an essential component of sustainable liquid fuels, and plastic...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 16 November.
- Pizarro seizes Incan emperor Atahualpa
- Sherman begins his march to sea thru Georgia
- 6 000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan
- Okla becomes 46th state
- Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets ending a 31-game undefeated streak (NFL & major-league football record)
- NY Rangers play their 1st game
- Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR
- UN gets US govt approval to issing postage stamps
- 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (DM Campbell)
- Venera 3 launched 1st land on another planet (Crashed into Venus)
- 1st public announcement about Walt Disney World
- Dr Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail by a jury
- Skylab 4 launched into earth orbit
- 5th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 5 returns to Earth
- 14th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 2 returns to Earth