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The Underground Hydrogen Rush: A Cheap Green Fuel or Just a Pipe Dream?
20 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
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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...
Climate change, causing oceans to become more green
Posted on 16 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Highlights;
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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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 22 September.
- Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University
- Nathan Hale is executed as a spy by the British
- The US Post Office was established
- Origin of French Republican Era
- President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech
- 1st auto built in US (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
- Italo Marchiony granted a patent for the ice cream cone
- Ice Cream Cone patented
- Fred 'Bonehead' Merkle misses 2nd base costing NY Giants the pennant
- Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers
- Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
- Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)
- Boulogne reoccupied by Allies
- Stan Musial goes 5 for 5 off 5 different pitchers
- Mali gains independence from France (National Day)
- The Man from UNCLE premiers
- Zond 5 completes flight
- War between Iran & Iraq begins
- 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins